Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
Oregon State
And Kentucky
Keep Rolling
Southern California
Comes Cropper at
Hunds of UcIuns

among otnef tnlngS, tne cur
rent Oregon State basketball
squad is being ranked among
the finest Stats Gill has de-
veloped in his "a seasons as
the Beavers coach, and per-
haps the best on the West
Coast.
1t could be the case, on both
counts. The Beavers are or
d 14-game winning streak and
own a sparkling 15-1 record
after last nights impressive
1858 conquest at Oregon.
While the Beavers were ring
ing up another victory the
P acific Coasts nationally
ranked power, Southern Cali
fornia, took a 1859 beating
at UCLA. Elsewhere, second
ranked Kentucky put on a Sec
ond-half surge that carried il
to an 81-69 decision over Flor
ida. Cornell took sole possession
of the Ivy League lead by
trouncing Harvard, $3.50, and
Utah State and Colorado State
University both won, maintain
ing their hot race for the Sky
line Conferences NCAA tour
nament berth.
Carly Has Hot Hand
With 7-foot Sophomore Me-
Counts and Jay Carly domi-
mating the boards and Carly
doing some torrid shooting
Oregon State overwhelmed Ore
gon. Carly clicked on his last
10 tries from the field, finish
ing with Is points. The two
teams meet again tonight, this
time on Oregon States court
at Corvallis.
Johnny Green played the hot
hand for the UCLA Bruins a.
they upended fifth-rankec
Southern Cal and pushed theil
Big Five lead over the Trojans
to 112 games. Green pumped
in his first eight field goal at
tempts on his way to a 28-point
night. UCLA now is 40 in the
conference and 1877 overall
while Southern Cal is 80 and
1874.
Kentucky Q6-D trailed by
as many as 10 points in the
first half but blew down the
Gators at Gainesville with a
rally spearheaded by Larry
Pursiful, Scotty Baesler and re-
serve Allen Feldhaus and won
its 18th straight. Pursiful was
high for the Wildcats with &c
points, Feldhaus added 16 and
BaeSler IS.
Extend Home Strings
Cornell's runaway at Harvard
coupled with PENIS 71-49 shell.
lacking of Yale in Philadelphia
broke the Ivy League tie be.
tween the Big Red and the Ellis
Cornell, now SO in the Ivy, Is
14-2 for the season.
Colorado State University
beat Montana, 1886, and Utah
State clipped New Mexico, 76-
"a, leaving Colorado State 6-1
and the Utahs ST. in Their
Skyline battle. Utah 16-2)
shaded Wyoming, 84-81, and
went 60 in the conference but
is not eligible for post-season
play due to a recently imposed
NCAA penalty. Tonight, Utah
plays at Colorado State and
Denver is at Utah State.
New York University won its
49th in a row at home, downing
Mount st. Mary's, 77-59, and
Virginia Tech made it 81
straight on its own floor, getting
81 points and 81 rebounds from
sophomore Howard Pardue in
a, 11-86 rout of East Carolina
Len Chappell's So points led
Wake Forest to a 1874 Atlantic
Coast Conference victory over
South Carolina. Billy Hoy
benched most of the game with
an injured ankle, came through
with II points in the final nine
minutes and spanked St. Jo-
Seph'S (PaD over Xavier (Ohio)
1853.
Buckeyes Play Tonight
Ohio States top ranked
Buckeyes are in action tonight,
along with virtually all the
other national powers.
The Buckeyes, who've won Is
straight this season and rate
as unchallenged leaders in COL
lege basketball, go for their 30th
victory in a row at home and
are overwhelming favorites to
nail it down against Northwest
ern.
Cincinnati and Bradley, in
their usual duel for Missouri
Valley supremacy, have confer
ence games on tap, the Bear
cats at North Texas and the
Braves-with All-America Chef
Walker back in the lineup after
missing two ?games because
of a kidney ailment-at home
against st. Louis. In key Big
Eight games, pace setting
Colorado plays at Oklahoma
State and second-place Kansas
State entertains Nebraska. At
Duke, the Blue Devils will seek
to protect their Atlantic Coast
Conference lead against their
closest pursuer, North Carolina.
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