Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
San Francisco
Quinf beofs
State 54-47

New York, Dec. 24-A-P)-
Upsets characterized play last
night in college basketball. The
defeats of UCLA, North Caro- :.
lima State, New York University
and Long Island topped the list.
from the unbeaten ranks with a
40 to 46 victory in a double =
header at Los Angeles.
San Francisco snapped N. G.
States seven game wining
streak, 54-47, in a twin bill at
San Francisco.
Colorado chalked up its first
victory of the season by outlast-
ing NYU, 68-65, before 1884 at
a Madison Square Garden twin
bill. Butler walloped Long Is J.
land, 1854, in the first half Of
the Garden attration.
Wisconsin, trailing by six
points in the second half, hit for
IL consecutive points to end U
CLA's six game winning
streak. Don Rehfeldt sparked
the badgers with 20 points.
Northwestern whipped South :
ern California, 38-35, in the first
half Of the Los Angeles double
header. Thus the Big Nine
teams turned the tables on their
Pacific Coast opponents. On
Tuesday use beat Wisconsin
and UCLA trimmed northwest
ern.
North Carolina State, south :
ern Conference champs, made
only four field goals in the first
half against San Francisco's
man for man defensive tao
tics. In chalking up their sixth
win in seven starts before an
eastern invasion, the Dons
pulled away to a 1880 edge in
the second half and In the last
four minutes froze the ball.
Hamlin hung up its sixth
straight victory in the opening
game Of the San Francisco twin
bill, whipping Santa Clara, 60 to
50.
In contrast to its $3.50 defeat
at the hands of Temple in Phil
adelphia the night previous, Col
orado rallied in the losing min.
utes to nip NYU. The violets led
at 1884 and again at 1884 be-
fore Bill Ley rimmedd two free
throws to put Colorado ahead
for god in the last 20 seconds.
Butler, twice defeated on its
home court by big nine quintets
put on a sharp performance in
walloping Long Island.
Michigan, big nine champs re-
turning from a Pacific Coast
tour, stopped off in Fort Collins
Colo. and liked the Colorado ag
gies, 56-37.
Bradley stayed in the unbeat-
en- racnks, racking up no. 8 in {
row, a go to SO conquest Of Sar
Diego State at Peoria, Ill. Okla.
homa weakened In the second
half and fell before Syracuse, IS
to 40, at Syracuse, N. Y. It was
the Oranges fifth win in six
starts.
st. Mary's Of California bat
tied Beloit on virtually even
terms until late in the second
half when Beloit iced a So
54 victory with 10 straight
points.
Louisville likewise put on a
late squirt to overwhelm Ari-
zona, SO to so, at Louisville. Ari-
iona was ahead. 43 to AZ, before
the Cardinals broke lose.
An underdog Arkansas quin :
tet almost upset the Oklahoms
Aggies at Fayetteville. Ark. The
Razorbacks led until the closing
minutes when the Aggies took
the lead on Vern Yates field
goal and went on to win, 50-45
West Texas won its six t h
straight against Marshall, 66-47;
Siena chalked up its seventh in
a row against Detroit, 52-43 and
the Springfield MOI Teachers
registered no. 8 in row against
Wayne Neb) 43-40. In 9th Ell
games Wyoming made it three
straight against Pacific Coast
Conference teams by taking
Oregon, 57-44; Seton Hall de-
feated William and Mary, 59-55;
and Kansas nicked Centenary
49-41.