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clicked twice on crucial free
throws then stalled success
fully. Iowa State took third
place with a 67-55 victory over
Oklahoma.
Larry Comley made the first
important free throw to tie the
count at 62-62 but he missed
from the floor as Kansas State
tried to set up a winning shot.
Kansas drew ahead in the ex-
ira period, but the Wildcats
pulled even on one free throw
by Pat Mckenzie and ahead on
another, then stalled success
fully for the last three minutes.
Miami, the home team, won
its tournament by whipping
Holy Cross hardly, it'll,
cashing in on 10 of 20 free
throws. Tennessee beat Army,
1911 for third.
Buckeyes Trail
Ohio State, with its superb
star, Jerry Lucas, slightly un-
der the weather. trailed pre-
viously unbeatensSt. Johns by
Is points at one stage, but the
Buckeyes balance and shoot
ing skill finally paid OF with
a 70-65 victory. Unbeaten st.
Bonaventure. Is points ahead
in the middle Of the second
half, barely lasted to beat Utah.
1888.
Ohio State now rules q FIVE
point favorite to defeat st.
Bonaventure in the finals Sat-
urday night.
The victory was Ohio States
eighth without a defeat and
resulted in st. Johns first loss
after seven triumphs.
Third-ranked st. Bonaven-
ture also had a close call. The
Utes, trailing by 81 points mid
way In the second half, staged
q desperate rally that failed to
overtake the Bonnies only be-
cause Joe Morton missed a free
throw with six seconds left.
The free throw would have tied
the score and given Utah an
other foul shot.
The Buckeyes, trailing by 10
points. came to life in the Sec
ond half. They outscoreds the
Redmen. 28-9, during one
stretch to forge ahead $3.50.
Lucas and John Havlicek led
the Buckeyes drive. Lucas, held
to four baskets in the first Is
minutes, scored IS Of his %
points in the last Is minutes.
Havlicek finished with 20.
The Redmen. led by their
own All-America Tony jackson
who wound up with "a points,
fought back to narrow Ohio
States lead to 64-23 with a min
ute and % seconds remaining.
Lucas, however, put the game
beyond reach with a basket
and two free throws.
Sophomore Fred Crawford
scored 80 points and senior
Tom .Stith had 20 In the
Bonnies' eighth straight VIC
tory. High man in.the game,
however. was Utah's Billy Nc
Gill with 80.
1ndiana'S second defeat of
the still young season came at
the hands Of keen-shooting
UCLA, 94-72. in the semi
finals of the Los Angeles
Classic as Olympian Walt Bel
lamy was limited to 16 points.
Iowa, hitting on Il of IS field
attempts in the second half,
turned back Southern Cali
fornia, 1902, in the other
seminal game.
Oregon State Wins
Oregon State and Seattle
won their seminal games in
the Far West Classic in Port
land, Greg. Oregon State,
which has won the tourna-
ment four straight years, de-
feated Idaho. 1888. after
Seattle outlaSted Arizona
State, 1886. in overtime.
Tenth-ranked North Car
DINA State succumbed to Viii
lanova, 1858, in the Dixie
Classic. Other first-round
games saw favored Duke
whomp Wyoming $3.50. Mar
quette top defending cham
pion Wake Forest, 91-S3, and
North Carolina beat Maryland,
81-57.
Equally surprising in another
way, Baylor, which had lost
seven straight before the start
Of the ALL College tournament,
outlasted New York University,
$3.50, in a defensive struggle to
reach the final. They'll meet
Wichita, 1858 winner over de-
Tending champion Utah State.
Memphis State, with Wayne
Yates scoring 20 points, routed
defender Western Kentucky,
95-74, and West Virginia
thumped Tulane, 1910, in the
opening games of the four
team Sugar Bowl tournament.
Nays Allen Hughes, who
doubles in football and basket
ball bowl play, paced the Mid
shipmen to a 69-62 overtime
victory over Florida in the
Gator Bowl. Favored Georgia
Tech unfinished Georgia to
win the other game, 54-51.
South Carolina had to go
overtime to beat Centenary, the
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