Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
West Kentucky Five
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nights action is over another Of
the clubs with clean records
could topple.
Western Kentucky, winner Of
10 games-the highest total
among the unbeaten teams -
faces Bowling Green, a tough
customer in any league. If Bowl
ing Green can't handle the as
signment, Stetson and Eastern
Kentucky will get pot shots at
Ed Diddle's boys later in the
week.
If the Hilltoppers get past this
week, they should 60 through
the rest Of the season unbeaten.
Easy Games for Wildcats.
Kentucky, the No. team in
the weekly Associated Press poll,
has three games on tap this week,
but no one would dare predict
that either Georgia Tech win
lesS) or Georgia Ito be met
twice. will offer any more than
token resistance to the Wildcats,
who have string of Is victories.
Duquesne, which has been
fighting the Wildcats for the top
spot-and which certainly is the
best the East has to offer-fig-
ureS to make Villanova victim
No. 10 tonight. Connecticut, the
other major unbeaten team, will
face a stiff test Wednesday when
1t goes up against Fordham. the
class of the New York schools
with 1872 record. The Nutmeg
gers have won IA.
The only other unbeaten team
is little Norwich, which boasts
IL triumphs. Erskine, another
little fellow among the big pow
ers, dropped 102-85 decision to
Belmont Abbey Saturday and
thus fell from the select group.
May Top Lovellette Tonight.
Unless they cover the basket
or make him shoot blindfolded,
Frank Selvy of Furman should
break the three-year scoring
record of 1888 points held by
Kansas Clyde Lovellette when
his crew tackles Clemson to-
night. Lovellette set the mark
two years ago.
Selvy warmed up to the task
Saturday by scoring SO points
as Furman vanquiShed The Cit
adel. l14-72. That brought his
average to almost 40 per game.
a hefty Improvement over his
national record of 295 last year.
Frank now has 1879 with ii
games to go.
Seattle owns the longest win
ming streak in the country after
whipping Portland, $3.50. last
night for No. 20. Seattle plays
two more games this week-to-
morrow against Pacific Lutheran
and Saturday against GonZaga.
The Chieftains have beaten both
earlier in the season. They
haven't lost since dropping their
opener to Wichita.
Races Near Decisive Stage.
The conference races. mean
while. are getting into the de-
clsive stage with the winners
promised NCAA playoff berths.
Here is a rundown on how they
stand:
Big Ten-Indiana still on top
with 60, but Iowa and Mime
sofa are close behind with 6-1
and 81, respectively. Minnesota
plays Indiana in the big one next
Monday. After a two-week lay
of for exams, the Hoosiers re-
turn to action against Louisville
tonight.
Observation-Disclosures State.
believe it or not, shows a SO
mark to Kentucky's 40. Tulane
has a Al record. The Wildcats
don't meet either of them during
the regular season.
Pacific C0aSt-California still
leads the Southern Division with
40 and Oregon State heads the
North with 60.
Atlantic Coast - Maryland
shows 6-l to top the league,
followed by North Carolina with
Al and Duke with 81. The
Blue Devils. who beat Navy 81
IS Saturday for the Middies'
first home defeat in q games.
bear watching. A tournament
will decide the title.
Eastern League-Cornell still
rates as the favorite with SO
record.
Southern-George Washington
(7-O leads, but Selvy ana MS
operatives from Furman are 80.
The title goes to the tourna-
ment winner.
Big Seven-Kansas, the fav-
orite, and Nebraska each have
40 records after having spent
the week at mid-year exams.
Missouri Valley-Oklahoma A
& M, which stands 80 and has
an overall mark of I'LL must get
by Wichita SD Thursday.
Southwest - Texas is riding
high with 40.
Skyline-Colorado AIM and
Wyoming are tied, each with 6-1.
Both were defeated by Utah
State last week.
In Saturdays big games, Ken
lucky trounced Vanderbilt, 85-
So; Duquesne had a rough time
of it before edging st. Bon
aventure. 53.41, and Minnesota
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