Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-15
Dartmouth Meets
Owls Tonight in
Regional Finals
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
star Stan Writer

great season. But Temple sent
the plan awry and there1l be
mo trip to Louisville and the
NCAA finals for Maryland.
Temple. which has an ALI
American in Guy Rodgers and
"a lot more to go with him.
pulled out of a tense situation
with seconds to go to beat
Maryland. 71-67, before a
screaming crowd Of 10000 in
the coliseum last night.
Tonight the Owls will be
after their 25th consecutive
victory and one of the four
seminal berths at Louisville
next week against Dartmouth's
Ivy League champions. Dart
mouth thumped a listless Man
haitian team. 1852, for the
right to meet the Owls. Game
time Is 9 o'clock.
Maryland and Manhattan
meet in a consolation game at
Z O'Clock. Both Maryland and
temple vii be comfortable ia
vorites.
Terps Drew Close
Maryland came within one
point of overcoming the IL
point lead Temple had piled up
with less than five minutes to
go. Gene Danko scored six
points and Charley Mcneil four
for the Terps to cut the mar
gin from $685. to 66-65 with
2:05 remaining.
After an exchange of baskets
"a tap-in by Jay Norman of
the Owls and a jump shot by
the Terps' Nick Davis-Mary-
land got the ball with 40 sec
ondS remaining and called time
out. There was panedmonium
in the Coliseum. with Mary
lands Atlantic Coast Confer
ence champions a top-heavy
crowd favorite.
The strategy was to play for
one shot to be taken by Mcneil
under the basket.
For about 20 seconds Davis
and Danko worked the ball in
back court. Then Davis hit Nc
Mel on the side. Charley
started to drive in but found
Temples three big men, Nor
man, Tink Van Patton and Dan
Fleming blocking his path.
Ball Is Stolen
Mcneil started back out
set up another shot, but B.
Kennedy came from behind an
stole the ball. Rodgers brough
it down court and was foules.
He made one point, boostin~
Temples lead to 69-67. Tha
TerpS fouled Rodgers again.
and when he missed, Van Pat
ton scored on a rebound as the
gun sounded.
But the last few seconds wera
anticlimactic. The drama of /;
full night of basketball wa
packed into those few second
IN which the Terps felt conf
dent they could score the win
ming basket.
Maryland gets credit for a
magnificent comeback, but
Temple deserves even more TO-
overcoming its brief letdown
and preventing the Terps from
getting in that final shot.
What's known in the trad
as the cheap baskets beat US"
Coach Bud Millikan of Mary
land said in his teams dressing
room.
Milliken meant the seven or
eight times Temple scored bv
grabbing rebounds of missed
shots and making the baskets
good. Their control of the back
boards was the big factor of
the ball game.
Norman Top RebOunder
Norman. the 6-foot-3 Negro
with the tremendous spring.
picked off three or four missed
shots and scored, and Van Pat
ton and Fleming, the latter a
sub, each accounted for a
couple. Norman. as usual, was
Temples top rebounder.
Millikan said nothing the
Owls did hurt his ball club ex-
cept to grabbing those missed
shots to score quickly. Few if
any times this year has Mary
land given up so much off the
boards. AL Bunge, Maryland's
biggest man. was out of the
game for the last eight or 10
minutes but Jim Halleck did a
good job in his place. Halleck
has spring, too, but spots Nor
man three inches.
Rodgers said in the Temple
dressing room that he thought
for a minute that he "let four
guys down." The Temple ALL
America twice was called for
charging. enabling Danko to
make four free throws under
the one-and-one situation.
Il took some silly chances"
Guy admitted.
Help for Rodgers
He said Maryland played as
well as any team Temple has
beaten this season. The Owls
lost only two. to Kentucky and
Cincinnati.
Rodgers is a terrific ball
player. His l6-point contribu-
ton was a small part of his
value TO the Owls. He's so
quick, he sets up every play.
And Rodgers has heady help
in the backcourt in Bill Ken
nedy, another speedy man.
Temple screens beautifully.
See MARYLAND. Page Alb
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