Evening star., 1961-01-14
Buckeyes Get
Warning From
3.Big Upsets
By the Associated Press

From the way things have
been going in college basketball
this week. the Friday the 18th
jinx could catch UP with top
ranked Ohio State tonight a
day late.
On paper the unbeaten Buck
eyes. seeking their 18th straight,
shouldn't have too much
trouble against Northwestern
in a Big Ten Conference
struggle but there may be an
omen in what happened to
Bradley. st. Johns of New York
and Kentucky.
Second-ranked Bradley was
upset by Houston, fifth-ranked
st. Johns was humbled by st.
Josephs Of Pennsylvania and
Kentucky, q power in the
Southeastern Conference, lost
for the first time in Is years
to Louisiana State.
The Kentucky stumble came
last night in Baton Rouge on
Friday the 18th, so it behooves
Ohio State to beware on the
Northwestern hardwood to-
night. Jerry Lucas, the Buck
eyes All-America, is nursing
a knee injury. but is expected
to play.
Tigers End Loss Streak
LSU's 1859 victory over
Kentucky broke a 7-game los
ing streak for the Tigers. Add
ing to the cup Of woe for Ken
tucky's Coach Adolph Rupp
was the fact that the defeat
marked only the second time
in 81 years that his Wildcats
have lost two straight confer
ence games. Unbeaten Wander
bilt took the Wildcats early in
the week. Ellis Cooper and Stan
Jacobs sparked LSU in scoring
with Maury Drummond domi-
mating the backboards.
Florida also come through
with an upset in the SEC. The
Gators beat Auburn $3.50 be-
hind Lou Merchants % points.
It was Florida's third straight
conference victory and stamped
the Gators as a surprise con-
tender.
In other major games last
night Princeton took over first
place in the Ivy League by
beating Brown 71-60, Texas
Tech went into q triple tie for
the top in the Southwest Con-
ference by handing Texas AdzM
its first league setback 74-58 and
Southern California went to the
front in the Big Five by whip
ping Washington 66-56.
Navy Edges Out
Wyoming surprised Utah
State 1918 and Colorado State
beat Brigham Young 73-49 in
the Skyline Conference. Other
top Friday games found Dart
mouth beating Cornell 65-51,
Penn beating Yale 1851, Har-
ward defeating Columbia 67-6l,
Navy nipping Colgate 74-73,
Tulane drubbing Tennessee
$3.50. Texas edging Taylor So
So. UCLA drubbing Arizona
90-68. Stanford taking Oregon
67-60 and oregon State top
ping Washington State 1866.
Sophomore Art Hyland led
Princeton in its triumph over
Brown. Yale fell out Of q first
place tie with Tigers as the Eli
lost to Penn in q surprise.
Texas Tech Comes Back
A crowd of 9.150-the largest
OF the season at Lubbock, Tex.
Texas Tech overcome a
7-point second half deficit to
beat Texas A8M and gain a
triple tie for first with the
Aggies and Texas. Roger Hen
ming and Harold Hudgens each
tossed in l9 points for Tech.
John Rudometkin's "a points
IA Of them in the second half
led Southern Cal to its
triumph over Washington. The
Huskies took the lead early in
the last half before Rudomet-
kin began finding the range.
Stanford broke a 56-56 tie
with Oregon on quick field
goals by Don Hendry.
Fourth ranked Louisville and
DePaul tangle tonight in a
battle Of unbeatens and Kansas
State tries for its 10th straight
in a Big Eight game against