Evening star., 1957-12-28
D the Associatsd Press

NOrbu Caroliu8 ana NOfIu
Carolina State, old hands at
giving each other q hard time
in college basketball. go at
1t again in the Dixie Classic
championship in one of seven
major tournament title games
tonight.
Elsewhere, it's San Francisco
Oklahoma City In the An
College tournament: Texas
Christian-Rice In the South
west Conference tourney; Mis-
sissippi State against Morehead
in States Invitational; Utah
oregon State in the Far West
Classic: Georgia Tech against
Detroit In the Motor City Clas-
sic. and Richmond vs.. LaSalle
In Richmond's Invitational.
Kansas State, third ranked
in this weeks Associated Press
poll, was q f1rst-round winner.
beating Missouri, 60-51, in the
Big Eight tournament at Kan
sas City and Joined Utah and
Mississippi State with 80 rec
ords after last nights work.
Brennan Leads Tar Heels
North Carolina, the defend
ing champion in the Dixie Clas-
sic at Raleigh. hustled from
behind for q 1862 seminal
victory over Duke. Pete Bren-
nan scored ~ points and Lee
Shaffer 23 for the fourth
ranked Tar Heels, who took
the lead for keeps at 44-43 on
B rem n q ms flve consecutive
points early in the second half.
N. C. State. beaten only by
Clemson in Atlantic Coast
Conference play this season.
blew an 11-point lead. but de-
feated Wake Forest, 63-6l, on
John Richter's field goal with
IS seconds left. The Deacons,
hitting Sis per cent from the
field, led most Of the second
half against State, which de-
feated North Carolina, $3.50.
for its sixth and last classic
title two years ago.
San Francisco. top-seeded In
the ALI College meet at Okla
homa City, had too much
height and class for Niagara.
defeating the Purple Eagles,
7l-60. Boo Ellis was high with
20 points. after scoring 38 in
Niagara's first--ound upset OF
Western Kentucky. Oklahoma
City qualified with a. 4s-41 VIC
tory over Tulsa behind the 19-
point work Of big Hub Reed,
who missed 10 minutes after
collecting three first-half fouls
Southwest Showdown
Rice and TCU, rated i-2 fol-
the regular season Southwest
title. set up an early showdown
with a pair of tough decisions
TCU tumb. 1 Texas Tech,
Cinderella bunch to their first
defeat. 7l-69 on Ken Kings
long set shot with IS seconds
remaining. Rice put down an
Arkansas rally just in time fol-
"a 50-49 victory.
Bud Blenker's 20 points car
ried Georgia Tech TO q 67-5e
decision over Marquette in the
Motor City Classic, while De-
troit took charge when three
Columbia regulars fouled out
and beat the Lions, 1911.
Mississippi State, rated No
10 nationally, kept rolling with
q 66-53 decision over Mississippi
after Morehead had beaten
Alabama, the recent Carrousel
tourney winner, 1891.
Utah, getting its first real
test Of the season. slipped past
Washington, 64-62. when the
Huskies d-D missed a field
goal try with S seconds left.
Oregon State beat Yale, 1869,
for the right to play Utah for
the title in the Far West meet.
Richmond Closes Fast
Theryl Willis swished Is Of
his IS points in the last Ga
minutes as Richmond came
from 6 points back and
smacked previously unbeaten
Penn. 72-65. LaSalle. trailing.
1892. after q 20-point first
half by Virginia's Herb Busch.
held the 6-foot-4 Cavalier to
two free throws in the last 20
minutes and won. 72-64.
Kansas State looked q Bit
sluggish. but had enough to
stay ahead all the way. holding
Missouri without a field goal
for the first 10 minutes. Ne
braska meets Kansas State in
the semiflnals tonight after
humping Princeton to its first
defeat, 74-64. Second-ranked
Kansas and Iowa State. who
won their opening games
Thursday night. meet in the
other seminal tonight.
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