Evening star., 1959-12-24
Golden Bears
And Utes Keen
StreaksGoing
Western Cugers
Strengthen Claims
To High Rankings
BY the Associated Press

and Utah'S Redskins continue
to give every indication that
they will have to be reckoned
with in the battle for top COL
legiate basketball honorS.
The Bears, last seasons ma
tional collegiate champions and
fourth-ranked nationally this
year, took their 22d straight
game and their sixth in a row
this season with a 71-60 tri-
umph over Michigan State last
night.
Utah. which handed a strong
Ohio State quintet its first
defeat of the season Monday
night. won its eighth straight
without a loss, knocking of
College of the Pacific, 1888.
California broke open the
game with Michigan State in
the second half after holding
only 1885 halftime lead. Only
the Bears difhculty from the
free-throw line made the game
close. They missed 10 of 16
charity toSSes in the first half.
ImhOff Sets Pace
Darrall Imhoff, California S
6-foot-l0 star, led the scorers
with l8 points. Horace Walker
had II and Lance Olson Is for
the losers.
Utah. ranked sixth nation
ally, toyed with College of the
Pacific. Coach Jack Gardner
put in his second team midway
in the first half after the Utes
had rolled up a 10-point lead.
Utah led at the half, 1924.
California goes into the
Holiday Festival at Los Angeles
starting Monday night, while
Utah enters the Dixie Classic
at Raleigh. N. c., the same
night.
Indiana captured the myth
cal championship of the eighth
Hoosier Classic at Indianapolis.
defeating a strong Notre Dame
team, 7l-60. for its fifth
straight. Butler upset Purdue,
1859, in the first game of the
double-header.
HOOsiers Need Rally
| The HooSiers had to come
from behind to notch their
sixth victory in seven games.
They trailed. 1892. early in
the second half. Then they
scored eight straight points and
never were headed.
Scoring honors went to Mike
Graney, who netted 81 for
Notre Dame. The Irish senior
had 81 the night before in
Notre Danes 82-79 victory
over Purdue. Frank Radovich
and Herbie Lee collected l6
apiece for Indiana.
Butler ran up a 20-point lead
in the first half but had to hold
! of a Second-half rally to down
Purdue. Buffers Ken Penning-
ton scored 81 points for a
three-game total of ITO in the
classic. That bettered the old
record of l03 points set by
Leroy Leslie of Notre Dame
from l949 through 1851.
High scorer of the game,
however, was Purdue's Terry
Dischinger with 30 points. He
sank "a consecutive foul tosses
in two games before missing on.
his final try.
GOpherS Nip SOOners
Bob GriggaS dropped in a
field goal with 81 seconds re-
naming to give Minnesota a ST.
56 victory over Oklahoma. It.
was the GopherS' second
straight over the Sooners and
left them with a 4-3 record.
Oklahoma is all even in eight
games.
Oklahoma trailed most of the
second half but finally took the
lead at 56-55 on a layup and
free throw by Del Heidebrecht
with a minute and IL seconds
left. Less than a minute later
Griggas connected with a Jump
shot from 8 feet out for the
winning basket. Minnesota S
Ron johnson was high man
with II points.
Iowa State held off a strong
challenge in the closing minutes
to defeat Drake, 1884, in the
107th renewal of their tradi-
tional rivalry. 1t was the Cy-
clones 72d victory in the series.
brakes Gud Guydon won scor-
ing honors with 20 points.
Xavier of Ohio downed st.
Mary's of Texas, 1851, for its
sixth victory in seven starts.
Montana's Grizzlies made good
on 18 of 10 free throws to up
set Nebraska, 64-58. Louisville
whipped Wittenberg, 59-46. and
+St. Bonaventure continued it's
mastery on its home court by
defeating Texas Southern, So
10. Southern California again
beat Hawaii, this time by 75-49.
Four Colt Fms