Evening star., 1952-03-11
UCLA Quintet Upsets
Washington 10 Take
Pacific Coast Title
BY The Asseeiosed Press

LOS ANGELES, Mar. lin
the upset of the year in the Far
West, UCLA's hustling Bruins have
won the Pacific Coast Conference
basketball championship from the
towering Huskies Of Washington.
Led by the smallest man on the
court, 5-foot-10 Ron Livingston,
UCLA shredded the Huskies' de-
tense and won the deciding game
in the hectic playoff series, so to
SO, last night with a strong third
quarter outburSt.
The victory gave UCLA its sec
ond Pee title in four years-it de-
feated Washington State in two
straight In l949- -50-and sends the
team to the regional NCAA tour
nament at Corvallis, Greg. March
81 and az.
The final game was rated a toss
up, in view Of the underdog Bruins
65-to-53 upset in the first contest
Friday and their rally in the sec
ond Saturday that fell just short
as they lost, SO to so.
Huskies Take Early Lead.
Last night the Uclans, younger.
greener and shorter, we're out to
prove their late season hot streak
was no fluke. They had their
work cut out for them.
The Northerners, sparked by
their little man. 5-foot-11 Joe
Cipriano. held a 17-16 lead at
the end of the first quarter and
moved nine points ahead early in
the second. Cipriano, a guard,
looped in a series of beautiful
set shots from 20 to 80 feet out.
He finished the game with IA
points. IL in the first half. to tie
with Center Bob Houbregs for
Washington scoring honors.
But a Bruin rally closed the
gap and the challengerS--WaSh-
ington beat them in the play
offs last year-Were two points
ahead when Charlie Koon swished
in an unbelievable shot from So
feet to end the half at 33-all.
UCLA's third quarter squirt al
most completely disorganized the
Huskies' normally excellent de-
fense. Livingston darted under
and around the Giant defenders
for lay-in after lay-in. He also
uncorked a deadly left-handed
shot that was just about as ef-
fective. Hi Is points were high
for the game.
Six Huskies Foul Out.
Outscored IA to in the third
and trailing 47-36, the Huskies in
the fourth quarter launched a
desperate, though futile, drive.
Six Huskies fouled out while try
ing frantically to get the ball.
Washington came to town with
an impressive ass season record
and a ranking Of sixth in the As
sociated Press national poll. UCLA
had a 1910 record.
UCLA will meet Santa Clara In
the NCAA tourney, in which Wy
oming and Oklahoma City are
the other entrants. The winner
at Corvallis plays in the NCAA
finals at Seattle March Is and 26.
K0nsos Big Seven Chompion; ;
LovelIette Breaks Record
KANSAS CITY, Mar. IL. B.-
All-America Clyde Lovellette and
his University Of Kansas Jay
Hawks will represent the Big
Seven Conference in the Western
Regional NCAA playoffs at Kansas
City March 21-22.
Lovelette clinched the Big Seven
title with q 4l-point performance
that helped Kansas to q 72-55 VIC
tory over Colorado at Boulder last
might.
Kansas State. second In confer
|ence play. knocked Of Oklahoma's
|Sooners, 1855, at Manhattan.
Kansas finished with q ILL.
league record. Kansas State had
llO-2.
Here's what Lovellette did last
might:
/. Set q new one-game total
record for Big Seven play. break
ling the mark of 80 he shared with
Dick Knostman of Kansas State.
2. Gave him 4 339 total for I2
big Seven games and b 654 total
Iof a. games all season. Thas,s d
league average Of 28.3 and az s
for the season.
3.sBrought his three-year 1Rreer
mark to 1.74T points.