Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
Tar Heels Take Title
In 95-75 Runaway
RosenbIuth Gets
80 for Record as
Gumecocks Bow
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star STAFF Correspondent

Star Stan Correspondent
RALEIGH, N. c., Mar. g.
North Carolina made sure there
would be no slip-up tonight in
its bid for an unbeaten season
and the national title and the
Tar Heels Numbered past South
Carolina, 95-75, in a runaway fl
nal of the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference championship tourna-
ment.
The Tar Heels, superb in every
department, took 27-point
lead at halftime and behind an
other magnificent performance
by Lennie Rosenbluth, their ALL
American, coasted home over the
outclasSed Gamecocks.
Another sellout crowd of l2.-
400 roared its approval as the
Nations No l team in all the
polls won its 9th straight game
IN an winning season.
Play Yale Tuesday
Next Tuesday. the Tar Heels
play Yale in Madison Square
Garden IN the first round of the
NCAA championship.
The Tar Heels, who had a 80
point lead early in the second
half in one of the most lop-
sized tournament finals ever
played in the South, made Just
another ball player of Grady
Wallace, the Nations highest
scorer, from South Carolina.
Wallace finished fast for %
points, giving him seasons
average of 312 points for 20
games, but he lost all hope of
being named the tournaments
most valuable player, even
though he broke the old record
by scoring 100 points.
ROsenbluth Totals LOG
The stoop-snouldered, emo
tionless Rosenbluth took all in
dividual honors in this tourna-
ment. Taxing the GamecockS
right out of their shoes and
scoring with all his repertoire of
shots. Lennie totaled 38 points
and set new tournament record
of l06. The old record was 10, set
last year by Vic Molodet, of
North Carolina State.
He had a record As points
against Clemson and % in last
nights 6l-59 dream game with
Wake Forest, which he won with
a basket in the last AZ seconds.
When Coach Frank Mcclure
took him out with SO seconds re-
naming. the din was SO loud
they had to halt the game. From
his balcony seat Gov. Luther
Hodges rushed to shake Rosen-
bluth'S hand.
Brennan, Quigg Help
However. the title game was
not one-man show. Pete Bren-
nan and Joe Qulgg. the Tar
Heels big men, completely domi-
mated the backboardS and hit
for more than their scoring
averages. both clicking from the
corners and on followups for
p and l8 points.
Pint-siZed Tommy Kearns be-
wlldered the Gamecocks with his
slick play-making, and when
they let him alone he was hit
ting from deep court for l6
points. Bob Cunningham con-
tributed only a point. but he
put the cooler on Wallace when
1t counted.
North Carolina. l6-point
favorite. showed right away who
was boss. Quigg hit from the
side. Rosebluth on Jump,
Kearns on a steal and Brennan
on a tap and before South Caro-
lima could call a timeout it was
so.
The Gamecocks made a game
of 1t for a few minutes, with
Wallace scoring on six free
throws and two bank shots to
keep the Gamecocks close until
1t was 1919. North Carolina.
90 Straight Points
But school was out. the show
was over, the GamecackS had
had it. Here the Tar Heels put
together an almost unbelievable
string of % consecutive points,
including II in a row by Rosen-
bluth. as they ran the score TO
1913 before gaWky Fred Lentz
ended the famine with a follow
up with 1888 remaining in the
half. 1t was 1923 for the Tar
Heels at halftime.
The biggest lead in the second
nall Was a whopping 1885 mar
GIN Here the Tar Heels relaxed
a DIT and South Cardinals back
court men started hitting as they
finally narrowed the margin 10
20 points.
The Tar Heels. who became
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