Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
ACC Final Pits
N. {. State and
.Deacons Again

DedC0nS Again
BY MERRILL WHITTLESEY
Star Stan Correspondent
RALEIGH, N. c., Mar. Be
cause North Carolina State lost
one of it's starting players
through an honor code violation
three weeks ago. and its star
center broke a wrist last week,
the consensus was the Wolfpack
would miss the Atlantic Coast
Conference tournament final this
year.
But here it is Saturday night
and the Wolfpack is in there
against its old rival Wake Forest
with the conference basketball
title and an NCAA bid at stake
in the fourth meeting this year
between the schools only 10 miles
apart.
They're in there because State
and Wake Forest handed sound
spankings to Duke and North
Carolina, respectively, before the
usual full house of 12,400 last
night.
State was magnificent in turn
ing back Duke, 91-79, and Wake
Forest had a surprisingly easy
time in humbling North Caro-
lima, 77-56.
In fact North Cardinals per-
Torrance rivaled Maryland S
against Duke for the most inept
performance of the tournament.
State Has Won 8 Straight
State has to be the favorite
tonight because they've beaten
Wake Forest eight straight times
during the last three seasons
regular season games and tour
inamentS. Three of those games,
however, have been in overtime,
Including the one last Saturday
which the Wolfpack won, 80-78.
That was the night Ronnie
IShavlik broke his wrist.
Shavlik missed part of the
game last night, just as pre-
dicted. He missed IL seconds.
The 6-foot-8 center from Dem
yer fouled out with that much
time remaining and when he
logged to the bench, followed
by his gleeful teammates, the
Joint was jumpin'. Even the
Duke players followed him, con-
graduating him with slaps on
the back. 1t was a tremendous
standing ovation.
Ronnie, his broken left wrist
in the improvised cast, made
only eight points, but Dukes big
men didn't score much against
him. He was credited with 16
rebounds and his presence OBJ
Iviously gave the Wolfpack a big
psychological lift.
The previous night in States
scare against Clemson, Shavlik
actually was a liability. But
Coach Everett Case said he de-
Icided to start his big star just
before game time and you'd have
to say it was a wise decision.
Fast Action Due
This figures to be another of
those high-scoring, fast-moving,
Iaction-p acked finals. States
Iback-court men, Vic Molodet and
John Maglio, 60 down that court
like Nashua, and the Deacons
have two back-court men in
Ernie Virgins and Jackie Muir
dock who can move it.
State has Shavlik hanging
around the basket and Phil Di-
Inardo and Lou Dickman between
the back court men and Shavlik.
The Deacons can't match
Shavlik's height by 2 inches,
but 6-foot-6 Jim Gilley isn't a
bad center and then they have
ALI Conference Lefty Davis with
that soft, arched shot and jack
Williams. the service returnee
who is their high scorer for the
tournament with 40 points.
Neither team has much in the
way of reserves.
Wake Forests five starters
missed a total of six minutes last
might, three of them going all
the way. States five starters
missed a total of II minutes;
but a couple of them were in foul
trouble and were rested.
High-Scoring Pair
Duke still hasn't beaten State
in a tournament game since
Case started coaching at Raleigh.
The Wolfpack had an 11-point
margin at one time in the first
half last night, saw it cut to
one early in the second half.
but State took command again
and most of the second half was
one sided.
Molodet and Maglio scored 81
points between them-26 for
Molodet. Dukes big one-two
punch of Ronnie Mayer and Joe
Belmont made 30, but Belmont
had only eight of these.
Wake Forest was out to beat
the Tar Heels and it was easy.
Lennie Rosenbluth, Carolina S
only consistent scorer, was the
only Tar Heel player in double
figures. He hit for 26 and missed
the two-game tournament rec
ord held by Virginia's Buzz Will
kinson by one point. Rosen-
bluth had 35 against Virginia
for 81 total.
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