The Key West citizen., 1954-12-30
N estate Defeats
Minnesota Cagers
TCU Upsets
Alabama In
Court Action
BY SHELDON SAKoWITz
The Associated Press

! collegiate DaSKetbalPS Second-rank.
/ ing team, and unheralded Texas
Christian shared the tournament
spotlight today after capturing
championships in a pair of holiday
classics.
! North Carolina State nipped
Minnesota 1884 last night to win
the Dixie Classic for the fifth time
In six years. Everett Cases Wolf
pack extended ther winning streak
to IL. But it took field goal by
sophomore reserve John Maglio
with nine seconds to play to pull
State through after underdog Min
nesota had overcome an eight
point halftime deficit.
The Gophers' Dick Garmaker,
who wound up with "a points, had
put the big 10 representatives in
front 1888 on a basket with II
seconds to 60.
Texas Christian, also paced by a
sophomore, stunned favored Ala
bama 1852 to win the Southwest
conference tournament. Dick
O'Neal, a 81 center, scored "a
points in the first half for the
Horned Frogs and the Crimson
Tide never recovered. O'Neal
wound up with 80 points.
LaSalle, No. 3, and Duquesne,
No. 8, were victorious in the semi.
final bracket of the ECAC Holiday
Festival in New York. The Phila-
delphia Explorers, sparked by All
America Tom Gola's 20 points,
turned back 15th-ranked UCLA
85-8S. A 39-point performance by
Dick Ricketts, - including 10 of IS
free throws - featured Duquesne's 5
90-75 rout of Dayton, No. 4.
Two other members of the top
10 breezed to victories in tournaE
ment play. George Washington,
No. 9, whipped William and Mary
S7-73 in the semifinalS of the Rich
mond InvitatiOnal as Corky Devlin
and Joe Holup scored Sc points
between them. Niagara, No. 10,
trounced Syracuse '91-71 in an
ECAC consolation round game.
Here's the tournament situation
at a glance:
Sugar Bowl New OrleanS) -
Notre Dame dOwned Loyola of
New Orleans 66-45 and defending
champion Holy Cross defeated
Bradley 1881 in first-round games.
The winners meet for the title
tonight.
ECAC Festival New York; -
LaSalle plays Duquesne in the
finals Friday night.
Big Seven (Kansas City, -
Three-time champion Kansas State
cOaSted into the final with a 1880
conquest of Iowa State. Kansas
State will meet Missouri, 95-S7
victor over Oklahoma, for the
championship tonight.
Richmond Invitational - Rich.
mond trOunced Virginia Tech &-57
and will oppose favored George
Washington in the finals tonight.
All-American (Owensboro, Ky.)
Defending champion Maryland
disposed of Rhode Island 1866 and
will face Cincinnati, S2-62 victor
over Evansville, in tonight's cham
pionship game.
Northern Division Pacific Coast
Tourney (Seattle) Washington
shaded Oregon State 5S-57 in over
time to win the four-team tourney.
New England Invitational (Storrs,
Conn., - Connecticut and Dart.
mouth, both unbeaten, tangle in
tonight'S finals. Connecticut, the
defending champion, eliminated
Brown 91-6S and Dartmouth sub.
dued Middlebury 1859.
HofStra Invitational (Hempstead
N.Y. - Lafayette throttled Mar.
ietta 1853 and Hofstra over.
whelmed Delaware 1853 in the
semifinals. The two winners come
to grips in tonight's finals.
Queen City (Buffalo) - No
games were played last night.
Georgia Tech plays Canisius to.
night with the winner meeting st.
Bonaventure in the finals Saturday
night.