Evening star., 1950-12-22
Felix, Hoya Nemesis,
Shares Honors With
White as lIU Wins
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Versatile
Sherman White needs only a little
help. and when his Long Island
University mates cooperate, the
Blackbirds don't lose,
The polished. 6-foot-8 scoring
ace got plenty of support here last
night as Long Island played its
best game of the season to defeat
UCLA. 90-71.
White teamed with Ray Felix,
6-11 sophomore, to control the
backboards in a wild, running
game. Felix, who first came to
notice week ago when LIU
rallied on the strength of his
blackboard work to defeat George
town, also helped out by scoring
IA points last night. AS usual,
White topped the scoring with 26
points. LIU go ranks No. 7
nationally in this weeks Associat-
ed Press poll.
Aggies Stave Off Rally.
For the second straight night,
Oklahoma A. and M. (7-0) STAYED
off a rally to win. The No. S
Aggies defeated Southern Cali
fornia, 50-48. The night before
they squeezed past California,
36-35.
use. in losing for the first time,
couldn't solve the Aggie semi-zone
defense and possession minded Of
ense. The Hank Iba-coached
visitors just wouldn't let Southern
Cal shoot from less than Is feet
away. Customarily, no Aggie
stood out much, team play being
the idea. Norm Pilgrim led the
winners with 16 points.
Bradley which meets A. and M.
next month in battle of Missouri
Valley titans, kept pace with an
easy 1854 drubbing of Centenary.
Gene Midget Mikan Melchiorre
scored eight points in the first As
seconds to start the Braves off.
The Bradley regulars sat down
early and Harold Mooty scored 81
points in Centenary's losing
struggle. Bradley go. NCAA
finalist last March, ranks No. 2
behind Kentucky this week.
City College Beaten.
They did it last December and
they did it again last night. Okla
homa (4D again befuddled City
Colleges national champions
(4-2l with a revolving offense off
the post to win. 48-43. Marcus
Frieberger used his 6 feet IL
inches well for rebounding and
point making, 16. Charles Pugs-
ley helped out with Is and a fine
floor game. Missouri, also of the
possession minded Big Seven Con-
ference, had handed the NCAA
and NIT champions their first loss
this season.
Larry Imburgia slumped a bit,
but Cincinnati (4-O defeated
William and Mary anyway. $3.50.
The Bearcat forward averaged
29.3 points game up to last
night to lead the Nation, but
scored only % against the South
ernerS.
Murray State, contender in
the backyard of No. l Kentucky,
won its ninth straight, 66-52, over
Texas Tech.
Center Mel Payton dropped in
20 points in Tulane's upset of
Northwestern, 67-49. The Green
les (4-3) had lost two straight to
Columbia the preceding nights.
Holy Cross Wins Close Ones.
Holy Cross (4-1) proved again
1t can nurse a scant lead in de-
feating Vanderbilt. 64-62. Tues
day night the Crusaders whipped
Oklahoma, $3.50. After Earle
Markey scored a two-pointer with
four minutes left, Holy Cross
stood off Vanderbilt to freeze the
ball.
Dayton (6-3) knocked Tennes-
see out of the unbeaten class, To-
81. The Volunteers had won their
first four games.
Mississippi (6-2) overcame a 12-
point lead in the last 13 minutes
to defeat Arkansas, 46-41. Kansas
State (6-2) trimmed Springfield
(Mass.) $3.50.