Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-11
Three MT Prospects
Bolster Standings;
Dukes Win Again
BY the Asseeietsd Press

BY the Asseeietsd Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Three
basketball teams which probably
will rate bids to the National In
vitation Tournament. and one
which would certainly like to join
them. offered freshened creden-
tials today for the benefit Of the
selection committee.
LaSalle, Dayton and Louisville.
the three likely prospects. all won
handily last night. So did st.
Francis Of Brooklyn, the wishful
outsider.
Duquesne. the Nations second
ranking team. accepted an invi-
tation yesterday and showed its
skill last night in walloping help
less Carnegie Tech. 86-40, for its
10th consecutive victory. West
ern Kentucky already is in the
tournament field.
LaSaIle Defeats Iona.
LaSalle did the selectors q
double favor in beating Iona,
$3.50. It ran its own winning
streak to II games in an 1873
season and it cooled off the
tournament claims of Iona. the
tallest in the New York area but
not one usually considered for
the NIT.
Dayton whipped Miami of
Ohio, 5000. probably dumping
Miami from consideration. The
Flyers from Dayton have a
1875 record.
Louisville trimmed Loyola of
New Orleans 94-77. running it's
mark to It's. Both Louisville
and Dayton have lost to West
ern Kentucky.
st. Francis, the best New
York area team available for
the NIT. defeated Temple, 71-62.
The Brooklyn school has won
II Of 20 including 10 in a row.
It's losses were to Western Ken
lucky. Seton Hall and Ken
lucky Wesleyan. st. Francis
tournament chances figure to be
slim despite its record because
many New York observers feel
it has not played a strong
enough schedule.
Fordham Defeats Rutgers.
Fordham. which could have a
bid but doesn't want one, de-
feated Rutgers, 69-58. The
Rams undoubtedly will cast
their lot with the NCAA as an
at-large representative from the
East.
College action last night was
confined almost entirely to the
East. In one of the few Mid
western games, Oklahoma AIM
continued its merry way toward
the Missouri Valley title by
beating st. Louis. 1888.
The Aggies. who now have won
20 out Of 81. grabbed the lead
for keeps in the first minute of
the last quarter on a field goal
by Verde Farmhouse. Bob Mat
tick led the AIM scorers with
20 points.
Norwich University, the Ma
tons last unbeaten small college
team. suffered its first loss, 60
81, in overtime against the Uni
verSity of Vermont. Kentucky
and Duquesne are the only four
year colleges in the country
which haven't lost.
Navy scored at the rate Of 3
points minute through the first
half and buried Georgetown,
1l0-75.
Yale Upsets Dartmouth.
Yale upset Dartmouth, 84-74,
in the Ivy League. collecting 10
points in the final 10 seconds.
Ken Patterson of Dartmouth and
Jim Plecas of Yale each hit for
19 points.
In another Ivy game Princeton
got the Jump on Columbia and
stayed in front all the way for
a surprisingly easy 66-47 deci-
sion.
Pennsylvania held of a late
Syracuse rush and escaped with
1874 victory. Penn had three
scorers over 20 points. Joe
Sturgis was high with %.
Boston College trounced Har-
ward. 1852. with Tony Daukas
scoring % points. Army out
claSSed st. Michael's. 91-64:
Villanova squeezed by St. Peters
of Jersey City, 74-70: Mullen
berg edged Lehigh. $3.50. and
Lafayette beat Buckness. 89-77.
West Vlrg n a defeated
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