Evening star., 1953-03-07
Shue's High Scoring
Eases Pain Of Terps'
Defeat in tournament
By MerreII WhittIesey
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

ance against Wake Forest was
the greatest one-man basketball
show Bones Mckinney ever has
seen, the former Washington
Caps coach was saying last
night.
"If he isn't All-America I've
never seen one," Bones said of
Maryland's brilliant courtman,
who, in what now has become
an embarrassing oversight. was
omitted from the All-Southern
Conference team.
Shue's 73 points in two South
ern Conference tourn m n t
games were only five short of the
three-game scoring record of
Dick Groat, but unfortunately
Shue won't be around to break
the record because of the Terps'
61-59 loss to Wake Forest.
Tonight the Deacons play
North Carolina State, a squeaky
$3.50 victor over West Virginia,
which used the fast-break for an
early 15-point lead, but was too
tired at the finish to do anything
but go through the motions.
Seventh Title Likely.
It looks like a seventh straight
title for the Wolfpack. Several
coaches here think Maryland
could have beaten State because
of the Terps' style of play and
the Maryland system must be
bothersome because State again
has refused to play Maryland
next season.
After a rather dull opening
round, the semifinals kept the
packed house of $4,000 keyed up
all the way. Both losing teams
were ahead most of the way.
Maryland lost the game be-
cause of "minuses," as Coach
Bud Millikan calls them. The
Terps were losing the ball with
out getting shot away. West
Virginia lost because two key
players fouled out, two others
had four fouls and the fast pace
caught up with them.
But as Coach Red Brown of
the Mountaineers put it, 1--WE
might win the conference title
if they ever play at Morgantown.
State has won it six straight
years, always on its home court. "
Shue Everybody's Champ.
But regardless of who wins
the team title, Shue, 6-foot-2
junior from Baltimore, is every
body's individual champion.
Mckinney, now an assistant
coach at Wake Forest while
studying for the ministry, said,
"Shue has a wonderful soft
shot, he's not hungry, has a
great change of pace and is a
fine defensive player.
That's a well-coached ball
Club" he said enthusiastically
beautifully coached"
Shue unquestionably has made
the all-conference team, and un-
less somebody Comes DIP with a
super-performance tonight he
will be the most valuable player
in the tournament. And Gene
probably will be back next year,
with a better supporting cast.
AS an indication of what a
one-man show it was, Ralph
Greco scored two foul shots for
Maryland to give the Terps a
1870 lead at halftime. The next
Maryland player other than Shue
to score was Greco again, with 4
minutes and ii seconds to play
in the final quarter. Nobody hut
Shue had scored for more than
II minutes.
Scores on Is Of ~ Shots.
For the two games Shue took
AZ shots and made 25. He was
scoring mostly from outside last
night, soft set shots that were
good the minute the pail left
his hand. But If they watched
him too closely he'd cut fer a
layup. He took charge all the
way, drew 33 foul shots and
made 26. Gene missed two min
utes of the Duke game because
he had four fouls, but went all
the way against the Deacons and
drew only one. He fouled out of
only one game this season.
With his 73-point perform
ance here, Shue, a shy, modest
youngster from Towson Cath
olic High, became the first
Washington srea collegian to
score more than 500 points a
season, totaling SOB. He owns
every possible Maryland indi-
vidual scoring record for half
game, season. percentage, field
goals, fouls, etc. For the season
he made 46.5 per cent of his
shots.
Wake Forest beat North Car
olina State once this season but
it was early, and at Wake For
est. Tonight'S game will be
under tournament pressure, and
State has won nine straight
games under such conditions, six
in the conference and three in
! the Dixie ClasSice.