Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Tar Heels Hold off Terps> $500;
CoIonia|s Romp Over VMI> 1864
1000 Fans See
Maryland Stage
RuIiy Too Late
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY

BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Thirteen Of North Cardinals
last Is points against Maryland
came on free throws last night
and, with that belated display
Of accuracy from the fppl line,
the Tar Heels won e. 68-62
basketball victory before a noisy.
II not larger crowd Of 1000 In
the Terps' new fieldhouse.
The Tar Heels, who led by Is
points after an 11-point streak
early in the second half, had
their margin cut to one with 6:22
remaining when John Sandbower
dropped two free throws for
Maryland.
But once again the Tar Heels,
who trailed only when the score
was AZ. pulled away. Maryland
scored eight Of the games last
II points In a rally that hardly
had q chance, because at Its i'm
ception Carolina was II points
ahead.
Rebounds Tell Story
A whopping 61-to-40 margin
In rebounds by the tall Tar Heels
from New York and New Jersey
made the difference as what
probably is one Of the most Inn
proved teams in the Nation re-
manned unbeaten with its fifth
triumph. Maryland now is 3-2.
The games outstanding indi-
vtdual stars were the co-high
scorers, Lennie Rosenbluth for
the Tar Heels and Sandbower
for Maryland, who poured In "a
points apiece before they fouled
out. Sandbower drew his nth
personal when it still was a ban
game. at $3.50. and after he left
the Terps were through. Only
seconds remained when Rosen.
bluth exited.
Rosenbluth, who moves with
freedom and grace despite his 6.
feet-5 inches. murdered the
Terps in the first half with Il
OF his points. most Of them
against Bob Kessler, who suf.
fered a letdown after his bril-.
liant night against Kentucky.
Checked by Sandbower
Rosenbluth, who averaged Is
points last year and is scoring
at a plus-2l point pace this sea-
son, was counting on hook shots,
bank shots from q favorite spot
loft the blackboard, and pushes.
he also was giving his bigger
team a tremendous lift OF the
blackboard as he was top rebound
man for the night. = - =
But Sandbower moved over 10
1guard Rosenbluth in the. second
half and the latter didn't make
10 field goal until after Sand
bower fouled out, although he
dropped six free throws.
Sandbower was enjoying his
biggest night in Maryland uni.
form although, like Rosenbiuth,
he had an early burden Of three
fouls.
/ Fortunately for Maryland,
Sandbower had a hot hand last
night. No other player made
more than four field goals and
Kessler was shackled with one Of
his low totals, II points.
Zone Defense Tight
Maryland faced a zone defense
for the first time this year and
1t was good one. The Tar Heels
not only move fast, but they're
so tail 1t is difficult to shoot over
them.
Carolina hung from six to eight
points ahead most of the first
half, but Kessler scored on .
jump shot for his first field goal
and Nick Davis intercepted q pass
and went all the way to close the
gap to three points al halftime,
the Tar Heels leading, 3l-2S.
Davis scored on q jump after
Tommy Kearns' foul at the OUT
set of the second half, but at
this point the Tar Heels hit a
streak, the Terps got sloppy, and
before you knew it the score was
$3.50 for Carolina. Joe Quigg,
the 6-foot-9 sophomore from
Brooklyn. and Jerry Vayda, the
captain from Bayonne, N. j..
were the most damaging in this
streak.
At this point North Carolina
cooled of and the Terps found
the touch. Sandbower was all
over the court as. basket by bas-
ket, Maryland closed the margin
until Sandbower's Jump shot and
his two fouls closed it to 52-51.
Rosenbluth made two free
throws as Sandbower went out
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