Evening star., 1957-12-22
West Virginia Halls Tar Heels;
Forty-Niners Picked Over Lions
75-64Defeut
Ends CuroIinu
String at 81

LEXINGTON. KY. Dec. R.-
Brash West Virginia ended
North Carolina's 37-game win
ming streak, clipping the Ma
tion's No. team. 1854. in the
finals Of the Kentucky Invita-
tional Tournament tonight
after Kentucky crushed Minne-
sofa. 1888. for third place.
West Virginia, sure to climb
from its No. 8 ranking after
beating No. 5 Kentucky last
night and then spilling fCaro-
lima, never trailed the favored
Tar Heels.
The Mountaineers led by 28-
81 at the half. built the margin
to 46-37 after eight minutes Of
the second period. and held of
all Carolina threats.
Brennan's Loss Hurts
The valiant Tar Heels. un-
beaten in five previous games
this season, had pulled up 20
55-5l when sparkplug Pete
Brennan fouled out with 5:l8
left.
West Virginia. getting clutch
second-half work by reserve
Willie Akers and Bob Clousson,
pulled away quickly to 60-54.
After a bucket by North
Carolina cut the margin to four
points. West Virginia hit six
straight foul shots to make it
66-56 and force Carolina to
press desperately.
MOuntaineers Pull Away
Carolinas 5-foot-11 Tommy
Kearns hit a jump shot and
Bob Cunningham added two
fouls to narrow it $3.50 with
2:20 to go. But West Virginia
countered with three foul shots
by sophomore Jerry West and
was out of danger.
Jump shots by Harvey Salz
and Ray Stanley closed out
Carolina's scoring. while Boo
Smith and Don Vincent con-
nected fro mthe field for West
Virginia and West Clipped in
with two foul shots.
Vincent. who wound up as
the top man in West Vlrginia's
: balanced attack with Is points,
led their first-half cunning as
the Mountaineers established
dominance of the boards.
West Virginia hit for only
28.l per cent in the first half
and ended with 34.S mark to
Carolina's 1928. but the Noun
taineers grabbed 63 rebounds
to Al for Carolina.
With Vincent hitting four
times from the field in the first
half, West Virginia jumped
into a 9-3 lead. built it TO 1876
with l0:49 left and. once hold
ing a 24-13 margin. still man
aged to keep Cardinals rally
attempts under control.
Akers and West Hit
AS the second half started.
Brennan and Kearns sparked
a drive that saw Carolina pull
up to 1929 before Akers and
West hit for West Virginia.
balancing two buckets by Lee
Shaffer of North Carolina to
make it 37-3l.
Another Carolina squirt mar
rowed it to 1886 with 1850
left. but this was the closest
the Tar Heels ever game. Akers
bounced back with a layup and
three foul shots and added an
other lay-in for a 46-37 lead
which established control.
Behind Vincent in the Noun
taineer attack came West and
6-foot-l0 Lloyd Sharrar with
IA points each and Akers with
IL. Sharrar led all rebounders
with l6.
Brennan. who tied with Sals
as Cardinals top-point pro-
ducer with l3, also led Caro-
lima in rebounding with IA.
KearnS the man who spanked
Cardinals comeback win over
Minnesota last night. hit IL
points tonight.
In the battle for third place,
Vernon Hatton and Adrian
Smith led Kentucky's 20-point
victory over the Gophers.
Kentucky pulled away from
an 8-8 tie after dull early
SkirmiShing and built a 23-l6
margin midway in the half,
with Smith leading the way.
Minnesota, paced by its fine
6-foot-7 sophomore. Ronald
johnson, trailed by only 1928
late in the period.
Then Hatton hit three driv-