Evening star., 1961-03-18
Ohio State Escapes Upset
But Bonnies and Troians Fall
ChuppeII Is Star
AS Deucons Beat
St. BonuVenture
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The surprise defeats of st.
Bonaventure and Southern
California and the hairbreadth
escape from elimination of
Ohio States unbeaten and top
ranked Buckeyes featured the
opening last night of a hectic
week end in the National Col
legiate (NCAA) basketball
championship tournament.
Ohio State, the defending
national champion, chalked up
its 30th straight victory (25
this season., 56-55, over a
fired-up Louisville team. The
Buckeyes, with their ALL
America Jerry Lucas held to a
mere nine points, came from
seven points back to tie at 54-
81, then won in the last six
seconds on John Havlicek's
basket.
With one second left, Louis
ville's John Turner got
chance to tie the score from
the free throw line on a
1-and-1 situation. He made
the first charity toss but missed
the second as a capacity home
town crowd of 1888 groaned.
DeacOns Beat Bonnies
st. Bonaventure and South
ern California, third and
seventh ranked nationally,
weren't so fortunate. Wake
Forest tripped the Bonnies, 78-
73, in the East regionals at
Charlotte, and Arizona State
University, champions of the
Border Conference, upended
the Trojans, 86-71, in the Far
West regionalS at Portland,
Greg.
Ohio State, Wake Forest and
Arizona State were joined in
the national quarter finals by
Cincinnati, Kansas State, Ken
lucky, Utah and St. JosephS of
Philadelphia.
Cincinnati, second ranked
nationally in the final Associ-
ated Press poll Of the season,
won its 10Th straight by drub-
bing Texas Tech, 1856. Kansas
State, fourth-ranked, downed
Houston, 1854. Utah walloped
Los Angeles Loyola, 91-75. and
st. Joseph'S defeated Princeton,
1851.
Pairings for Tonight
The results set up these re-
gional finals tonight with the
winners going to Kansas City
for the semifinals and final
next Friday and Saturday:
At Charlotte: Wake Forest
VS.. st. Josephs.
At Louisville: Ohio State
VS.. Kentucky.
At Lawrence, Kans.: Gin
cinnati VS.. Kansas State.
At Portland, Greg: Utah
VS.. Arizona State.
, Big Len Chappell sparked
, Wake Forest against st. Bona
venture, just as he did when
the Deacons upset St. Johns
in their first round game at
New York last Tuesday.
Coach Bones McKlnney's
Deacons overcame a 6-point
, early deficit to move in front
: with IS minutes to play and
never lost the upper hand.
The overflow crowd of 10000
, at Charlotte, which came alive
in the exciting closing minutes
of the st. Joseph's-Princeton
game, eXerted almost as much
+ energy as the players with a
. steady roar that accompanied
the Deacons' superb play.
! Stith Scores 20 Points
Chappell's "a points and IS
S rebounds were about as expect
t ed for the Deacon ace. But he
got 10-point last half help from
/ clio Soph Bob Woodland, who
. also collected II rebounds.
Dave Wiedeman, a late bloom
! ing soph who was ineligible
the first semester, added IA
| points and seven rebounds.
The Bonnies' All-America ace,
Tom Stith, scored 80 points
and Fred Crawford 10, but they
lacked the squad depth that
kept the Deacons rolling.
st. JoSeph'S, winning in the
5 regionals for the first time in
5 three years" of NCAA appear
ances, almost let the Princeton
: Tigers out of the cage after
having them 10 points down
with six minutes to play.
, With 26 seconds left the
Hawks from Philadelphia led
Y only 68-67, but they scored the
: games last four points on fouls
) to slip home free.
Little Man Is Star
Little So Larry Armstrong
led Arizona State to its upset
y over Southern Cal. His drib-
bling, long accurate shooting
and interception of passes kept
the TrojanS off balance. He
finished with 27 points and was
given an ovation when taken
y out near the end Of the game
Kentucky had trouble against
) Morehead who climbed to with
Il in 1854 with two minutes left
y Coach Adolph Rupp's Wildcats
/ then sewed it up on points by
Bill Lickert, Carroll Burchett
= and Roger Newman. Lickert
- was high with % points.
Utah, upset by Loyola in its
opening game last December
had little trouble against the
Los Angeles team this time as
Loyola's star, Ed Bento, fouled
out with IL minutes left. Billy
/. McGill led the Utes with 2s
n points.