Evening star., 1955-01-04
.Ierps Guarding
.AgainstL|eiupin
Tonighi'sGaIlle
Promising Quintet
Faces 6umeeocks in
Bid for Sixth Straight
By MerseII WhittIesey

Maryland's basketball team Is
showing signs Of developing into
the Terps' best club In more
than 20 years. and Coach Bud
Millikan hopes there win not be
q post-tournament ietdown In
tonight's game against South
Carolina.
Game time Is 8:l5 at College
Park. There win be no fresh
man preliminary.
The Terps have a five-game
winning streak. the All-Ameri-
can City tournament title, and
q T-2 record for the season. They
exceeded this pace with an l1-2
start In their first 13 games last
year. but this club appears to
have more balance, even though
1t doesn't have Gene Shue.
Millikan Is wary lest the Terps
skid a bit after beating 8-point
favored Cincinnati in the Ovens
boro. KY. tournament final last
week. He emphasized to the
squad yesterday that North Caro-
lima State lost to Villanoya BY
Is points Saturday night, just
two days after its most impress
siye Dixie Classic triumph.
Gamecocks Win Wrong Ones.
South Carolina has a COM
mendable 3-1 record against
non-conference teams, beating
Georgia, Georgia Tech and Ken
lucky Wesleyan and losing to
Tennessee, but the Gamecocks
have lost all five in Atlantic
Coast Conference competition.
They dropped their fifth, 60
SO. to Virginia last night in
Charlottesville, even though they
outscored the Cavaliers by 3
points for the last 81 minutes
OF the game. Virginia, with its
best team in years. rolled to a
22-pofnt edge in the first 8 min
utes, scoring 20 in one stretch
while holding South Carolina
scoreless.
South Carolina has most Of
last years team back, plus Ave
boys from q Kentucky Junior
college. Woody Preston, one of
the Kentuckians, and Joe Smith.
last years top scorer, led the
Gamecocks against Virginia with
23 and II points.
blackboard Work Impressive.
A major factor In the Terps'
success thus far and for the
optimism for the future, is the
manner in which they control
thes hackboards. A coach AZ
Owensboro told Millikan last
week that no man is safe under
the boards when the Maryland
boys 60 UP after a loose BAH.
Bob Kessler. Bob Everett and
Frank Fuqua rank l-2-3 in re-
bounds. but John Sandbower
and Bob Dilworth have been
grabbing their share
Two other reasons for Asorv
lands success nave heen Roh
O,Brien's set shots which hs,r
break IN zone defenses anS
Eyerett,s rnuch-improvad fn,,l
shooting Everett rrho Sra ~ 49,.
lot 81 fouls. made n,,lv "a e,
cent last wear Now hs;s b;ttisa
almost 90 Der cent
N,rr ~. -.
;,,,,,t.s -. AsrpS naVe peen
~. si.su 49, pacS .o oWensnoro ior
ne, rsvt 1u ,,aa. Inis.lnas ~. S tournament
t,ss.. tsAs sssI, Due nave not mace up
sa.sn Illus. Maryland also
as yrsn Invlteu 20 Lubbock 70
r.uy .a.,,., aeAas lecn next year, put
..aah ~. caIls see ms way clear
~ ths Zip. lave Wenster
s.nsw pass SMACK INTO q Hnode
lslali1 pIaysr nanos az OWENS
!. Unv .ss,,, lass wee, ana. o. course,
Miliikan Iusneo SUP 70 the
sco,ers oencn. as always when |
. payer makes q grievous mis-
Iake. But before the sub could |
~ e Weoster naa made MS
nrst Two baskets o. the season. |
@ one reason s Ior the few fouls
az 0Wensnoro was because the
Omclals y Z. ,s... lst ths s.i.y boys play. ana
Milikan usn sa,6 De',sr W,a,ssa game : q y. y