Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
In-and-Out Terps Playing
Tar Heels Tonight for Title
Surprising WIN
Goes for Grown
After CIV Upset
BY GEORGE HUBER
star stan Writer

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BY GEORGE HUBER
star stan Writer
RICHMOND, Mar. e.--It win
be q surprising William g. Mary
basketball team going for its
third straight upset in tonight's
Southern Conference champion
ship final against West Virginia.
Hardly anyone expects the
Indians to take the title from a
West Virginia team that has
ruled the roost for three
straight years. but the Indians
already have tossed two shock
ers into this tournament.
Their real sumner came last
night when they outplayed
second-Seeded George Wash
ington for a thrilling 57-56 vic
tory. The night before they
had eliminated third-seeded
Virginia Tech. 1851. but hardly
anyone expected them to do It
twice in q row.
Now they'll be going for No.
5 against a West Virginia flve
that had only a minor amount
of trouble eliminating Rich
mond, 81-70. in last nights
other Semifinal.
Win II Of Is
The Indians have come a
long way in recent weeks,
winning II Of their last Is
games to get into the tourney
as the No. z team. Last night
they caught CIV in a shooting
slump and made the Colonials
play their kind Of a game
They had the height to match
the ColonialS under the back
boards; indeed. they showed a
slight edge in that department,
and their defenses somehow
kept GW's fast break in check.
william & Mary was ahead
most Of the time. although
never in control. The Indians
biggest margin was seven
points very early in the game.
When they settled down TO real
play, their best lead was iive
points. The Colonials had the
lead three or four times. but
never led by more than three
points.
The Colonials made only
34.5 per cent of their shots.
their lowest percentage Of the
season, and the Indians hardly
were better at 34.s. Actually
CIV was ahead in field goals,
23.l9. but fell behind at the
foul line, where the Indians
sank 10 of IS. CIV got only
10 Of II.
LANCE Scores % Points
Roy LANCE, q 6-foot-3 junior.
did the most damage to the
Colonials with seven field goals
and nine Of IL free ones for
% points. But the man of
the hour was Jen Cohen. a
6-foot-7 freshman. He dropped
in four field goals and seven of
nine fouls for Is points.
George Washington's stand
outs were Gene Guarilia with
Is points and Bucky Mcdonald
with Is, both below their usual
output. Guarilia. HOWE Bash
and Sam Knisley Of the starters
all fouled out before it was
over.
The game was q real thriller,
with the Indians taking a 90
81 halftime lead on one Of those
minute-long freezes and last
second shot by Cohen.
The Colonials abandoned
their zone defense for a man
for-man system in the second
half, apparently hoping to
speed UP the game, but it made
no difference. They occasionally
took a minor lead, but couldn't
stay ahead. Some good late
shooting by Mcdonald that ac-
counted for two field goals in
the last minute only made the
score close, and he missed what
would have been the winning
basket three seconds before the
end.
West Virginia Loats
West Virginia in its game last
night seemed to play only hard
enough to stay ahead of Rich
mond. Jerry West, the Noun
taineers' all-conference scoring
ace, dumped in 26 points. high
est Of the tourney. although
playing only about three
fourths of the time.
The Mountaineers may be
without one of their starters,
Don Vincent, with a sprained
ankle tonight. He was hurt in
a scramble under the basket in
the closing minutes.
Last night the Mountaineers
moved ahead early in the game
and stayed there, working UP a
comfortable So IS halftime
lead.
But almost without anyone
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