Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Cincinnati S Ambush
OF Duquesne Leaves
Kentucky All Alone
BY the As.oeioted Press


bush only four steps from home
and today was Just another
member of the pack that almost
but not quite-made college
basketball history.
Since they have been keeping
records. only a handful Of teams
have been able to go through an
entire season undefeated. With
% victories and only 4 to go be-
fore last nights game with Gin
cinEai, the Dukes, No. team
in the Nation. looked as if they
would get by unscathed.
But Cincinnati, $3.50 outfit,
hung a solid $685. defeat on the
Dukes to leave Kentucky the
Nations only major unbeAten
team. The Wildcats have won
%. They play Auburn tonight
and finish regular season opera
tions against Alabama Monday.
Cincinnati's triumph over Du-
quesne wasn't even close. The
Dukes trailed all the way and
were completely at the mercy of
Cincinnati's possession game.
Earlier this season Duquesne had
beaten the Bearcats by 20 points.
Outhustled and Nervous.
"It's impossible to keep win
ming them ALL" Duquesne's Coach
Dudley Moore said philosoph-
ically. 1--WE were outhustled and
when we got behind we became
overanxious and nervous"
George Smith, Cincinnati
coach. said it was desire and de-
termination that won for his
boys. He added, however. that
Duquesne was mot up to par"
The Dukes play Dayton. an
other tough. customer. tonight.
Meanwhile All-America Frank
Selvy of Furnan shattered the
one big college scoring record
that has escaped him when he
dropped in eight free throws as
his club whipped Davidson,
1888. Now he has 1886 free
throws, surprising the record of
1872 set by Johnny OBrien of
Seattle last year.
With Furman having played
its last regular season game,
Selvy has these records to his
credit in addition to the foul
shooting:
Total points this season-1,149
in q games for an average Of
42.5.
Career total-2,478 in 76 games
for a 1926 average.
Season field goals-407.
Career field goals-902.
Career free throws-674.
Oklahoma Aggies Upset.
Oklahoma A&M. the fifth
ranking team in the Associated
Press weekly poll, also was the
victim of an upset. Kansas
stopped the Aggies. 66-65, to
extend its home-court winning
streak to % games.
Colorado A&M won its first
Skyline championship by defeat
ing Utah. 70-66, and thus filled
another berth in the NCAA post
season tournament.
Seattle. bound for the NCAA
tournament, won its 26th
straight, a $3.50 victory over
Portland. 1t wound up the
Chieftains' regular season.
The Southwest Conference
race will go right down to the
end. Both Texas and Rice won
last night to stay in a tie for
first place. The Longhorns de-
feated Arkansas. 67-57. and the
Owls polished off Texas Chris
tan. 1865. Each has one game
to play.
In the Ivy League, Cornell ex-
tended its first-place margin
with 1888 triumph over Brown.
The Big Red now has an 80
mark while Penn and Princeton
are tied for second, each with
8-3. 1
In the Big Ten tonight, the
heat will be on Indiana, the
leader. If the Hoosiers lose to
Ohio State and Iowa ticks Michi-
gan State. a tie for first place
would result. If the Hoosiers
win, however. they can do no
worse than tie for the champion
ship.
Southern California defeated
UCLA, 1858, and prevented the
Uclans from sewing up the Pa
cif1c Coast Conference southern
division title. UCLA and South
ern Cal now are tied for the
lead, each with IA.
Oregon State also blew
chance to win the northern di-
vision crown by losing to Ore
gon, $3.50, in double overtime.
Oregon State will try again to-
night to beat Oregon and wrap
up the title.