Evening star., 1956-12-12
Another Power
Falls as Tigers
Nip N. {. State
Clemson Win Breaks
l5-Seuson Puttern:;
Bono, SMU Roll On
By the Associated Press

Things are tough all over in
college basketball. First Louis
Iville, then Kentucky were knocked
of and now North Carolina State
has come a cropper in a topsy-
Iturvy three nights for the su-
|spected powers.
Louisville ranked No. 4 in the
first Associated Press poll, was
lchilled, 1914, by Canisius Sat-
|urday. Kentucky No. 3 was spilled
I7l-70, by st. Louis Monday. Last
might, N. c. State, ranked eighth.
took the rap in a 96-94 overtime
defeat by Clemson. which hadn't
beaten the Wolfpaeks since 1941.
Southern Methodist and Ala
bama, the only other top 10
members in action, stayed un-
beaten with ease.
SMU, rated No. S, topped Wich-
lita, 1910. Alabama, No. 8, raped
little Howard (Ala0 109-88.
YarbrOugh Breaks 1t Open
Clemson counted 10 points in
the last 3 minutes to gain an
36-all deadlock at the end of
Regulation time with eight of
them scored by Vince Yockel,
who was the high scorer with 81.
Bill Yarbrough sank four con-
Isecutive free throws to break
Things open for Clemson in the
overtime.
John Maglio scored % and Bob
Seitz % for the Wolfpack, who
seldom led while losing for the
first time in four starts.
Jim Krebs, showing no effects
lof an ankle injury, scored 81
points for SMU as the unbeaten
Mustangs led all the way in gain
ing their fourth victory. Alabama.
averaging LOG points a game in
rolling up a 40 record over small
colleges, had a two-way scoring
punch in Jack Kubiszyn with 81
and Jim Fulmeer with 26. How
ards Bill Lankford canned %.
Santa Clara, which lost, 47-44,
to Seattle Monday night, caught
up with the 20th-ranked Chief
tains, 1916, despite a 27-point
performance by Elgin Baylor, g.
foot-5 sophomore from Wash
ington, D. C.
DeacOns Beat Virginia
Washington g. Lee blew a TO-
point lead in the final minute of
regulation play and had to bat
tie through an overtime period
to beat Richmond, 86-83, in a.
Southern Conference game. Bar
Try Storick hit one foul shot and
Phil Palmer converted two for
the winning margin in the final
l6 seconds
In another overtime thriller,
Wake Forest got past Virginia,
60-55, for an ACC victory. jim
Murdock's field goal in the last
IS seconds for Wake Forest made
| it $3.50 at the end of regulation
play. Then Jim Gilley, who had
scored only two points in the
first 40 minutes canned six in
the overtime to win it.
Furman, with no heir appar-
ent to the Frank Selvey-Da
Floyd scoring succession, won its
first in four games, defeating
William and Mary. 1886. in a
Southern Conference game.
Holy Cross Wins Opener
st. Johns of Brooklyn, intent
on staging a comeback as an
Eastern power, remained un-
beaten with an unimpressive So
A victory over little Hofstra.
Columbia, riding along on little
Chet Forte as usual. beat Ford
ham 1894 with the So sharp
shooter scoring 80.
In other Eastern games, Con-
necticut was too tall for Rut-
gers and won. 1875: Holy Cross
made its debut with an 82-57
decision over st. Anselm's, and
st. Francis Of Brooklyn defeated
Fairfield. Conn, 7l-53.
A layup by Jim Mcdonald in
the final 20 seconds gave Bowl
ling Green tOhio) a 67-66 edge
over Detroit, and Murray States
fast break swished past New
Mexico Ann, 81-67.
| Southern California scored as
| it pleased to whip Hawaii, 85-56,
sand San Jose State defeated San
! Francisco State. 67-52.