Evening star., 1955-02-16
CIV and n. {. State
Gaining Momentum
As Season Advances
sy N. A,.esiaied Pres.


sy The Associated Pres.
George Washington and North
Carolina State. two of the Ma
tons top 10 teams. seem to be
gathering momentum as the
collegiate basketball season pro-
crosses.
GW's Colonials. ranked fifth
in this weeks Associated Press
poll, posted their 11th straight
victory last night as they staged
q second half comeback to SUBJ.
due Washington and Lee, 6s-62.
George Washington has q 2o-3
overall mark.
N. C. State. No. z in the poll,
closed fast to down Duke, 84-78.
The Wolfpack has won six out
of its last seven games to extend
Its season record to 22-4.
Oregon State Takes Title.
Only two other ranked teams,
Maryland and Oregon State, saw
action last night. The Terrapins,
No. IL. received a scare from
stubborn Clemson and had to
rally to pull out a $3.50 verdict.
Oregon State. No. Is. wrapped
up the Northern Division cham
pionship of the Pacific Coast
Conference with a 67-56 triumph
over Idaho.
Another notable development
saw Sophomore Dick O'Neal
break the Southwest Conference
record for free throws for one
season as he led first-place Texas
Christian to a 1856 conquest of
Texas.
Bob Seitz, a 260-pound re-
serve. provided the scoring
impetus in the closing minutes
as North Carolina State upended
Duke in an Atlantic Coast Con-
ference game. Seitz' shooting
kept the Wolfpack in contention
during the final minutes and it
was his field goal that put State
ahead, 80-78, for good.
Game Tied Is Times.
The game was tied l8 times
and State trailed 70-60 mid |
way the last half.
Seitz contributed IL points but |
Vic Molodet. N. c. State guard, |
was the games high scorer with
20.
Maryland, in squeezing past |
Clemson, remained tied for first |
place in the ACC with N. c. |
State. Each has a 1912 record, |
while third-place Duke fell |
further off the pace with an 8-3
mark.
Oregon State. in boosting its
league slate to 1910, again was
paced by Wade (Swede) Hal
brook, its 7-foot-3 star. Hal
brook shared SO rebounds to
break his own record of 80, set
Monday night. He also con-
tributed 81 points.
Playof Starts March 4.
The Beavers will meet the
Southern Division winners of the
Pacific Conference in the best
of-three playoff series starting
March 4. The winner goes to
;he National Collegiate tourna-
neut.
O'Neal scored 36 points, IL
IN free throws, to give the Texas
Christian stalwart a record to-
,al Of los free throws in nine f
Southwestern Conference games.
The old mark was "a, held joint
" by John Starkey of Baylor
and James Addison of Texas
A65M.
Southern Methodist kept its
title hopes alive with an 81-56
conquest OF Texas A8sM as Jim
Krebs hit for 27 points. Rice,
ed by Joe Durrenberger's 81
point output, whipped Baylor,
,0-68, in another Southwest
Conference game.
Elsewhere around the country:
Dick Boushka found the range
sor 20 points as st. Louis over
Thelmed Arkansas. 99-72, Fur
nan drubbed South Carolina be-
hind a 36-point performance by
Darrell Floyd, the Nations top
major college scorer; Dartmouth
Upset Holy Cross, 71-64; George
,oWn jolted Seton Hall, 1918;
(Ky.) avenged an earlier
setback with a 58-48 success over
Oklahoma City, undefeated Will
Jams rolled over Rensselaer,,
1854, for its 14th straight, and
Fordham outclassed CCNY as
ed Conlin tailed 23 points to
break his own Fordham season I
'coring record. S