Evening star., 1962-01-30
Ohio State and Kentucky
Extend Winning Streaks
Buckeyes Equal
Big Ten Record
With 20 Struioht
By the Associated Press

With ~ Straight
By the Associated Press
While top-ranked Ohio State
keeps streaking along college
basketball's victory trail much
as expected, pursuing Kentucky
has proved somewhat of a sur
prise in reeling off a long win
ming string Of its own.
Adolph Rupp's Wildcats,
pegged No. 2 in the Associated
Press poll, extended their VIC
tory streak to 13 with a 71-62
triumph over Georgia Tech in
Atlanta last night. Kentucky's
overall record is 14-1.
Undefeated Ohio State, mean
while, upended Purdue, 94-73,
on the Boilermakers' court for
its 18th straight success. 1t also
was the Buckeyes Goth Big Ten
conquest in a row, equaling the
modern league record for most
consecutive victories set by In
diana in 1850.
Bradley Tops Tulsa
Two other members Of the
top 10 also saw action last
night as the schedule picked up
after a two-week lull caused by
mid-term examinations. Ninth
ranked Bradley polished off
Tulsa, $3.50, in a Missouri VAL
ley game and Mississippi State,
No. 10 nationally. disposed OF
Delta State, 106-76.
For a team supposedly in the
process of rebuilding, sopho-
more-studded Kentucky has
projected itself right into the
thick of national contention.
The Wildcats only loss came at
the hands of Southern Cali
fornia, 1877, in their second
game of the season.
The boys from the Blue Grass
State appear in good position
to gain their 20th Southeastern
Conference title after failing to
win the league championship
the past three seasons. Their
last title came in 1858.
Kentucky was runnerup to
SEC League Champion Missis-
Sippi State last season after
winning a playoff for second
place with Vanderbilt. When
the Maroon decided to bypass
the NCAA championships, the
Wildcats got the bid only to
lose to Ohio State. Overall.
Kentucky finished with a 1919
mark, its worst record in Rupp's
81 seasons of coaching at Lex
ington.
Nash PAGES Wildcats
Sophomore sensation Cotton
Nash powered the Wildcats to
their fifth successive league
verdict at the expense of Geor-
gia Tech. The 6-foot-5 star
contributed 18 points in the
second half after being held to
three before the intermission.
The teams were tied 25-all
at halftime when Nash went
to work and solved Georgia
Techs tight zone defense. The
strapping 219-pounder from
Lake Charles, La, broke loose
with eight points in the last
31a minutes to nail down the
victory.
His 81 points were high for
the winners. Georgia Techs
Mike Tomasovich took scoring
laurels with % points.
The return meeting between
All-Americas Jerry Lucas of
Ohio State and Terry Dis
chinger of Purdue proved some
thing of dud as Boilermaker
sophomore Mel Garland and
the Buckeyes Mel NOVEL; stole
the scoring spotlight.
Dischinger outscored Lucas,
1918, the third time he has
finished ahead of the Ohio
State star. A week ago Lucas
held the upper hand. collecting
80 points while the defending
Big Ten scoring champion,
hampered by an injured finger,
managed just nine. In four
meetings over three seasons,
Dischinger edged Lucas, 90-89.
Garland wound up with 80
points for Purdue while Nowell's
long-range shooting accounted
for 20 for the Buckeyes, who led
at halftime. 46-39.
VPI Tops M0untaineers
Bradley, playing Tulsa with
out ailing All-America Chet
Walker, maintained its hold on
the Missouri Valley lead. The
victory, at home, boosted the
Braves league mark to 6-1 and
1873 all told. Bradley, which
opened up a 28-13 halftime
bulge, was led by Joe Strawd-
er's % points.
Mississippi State coasted to
its 18th triumph in 16 outings
at the expense of outclassed
Delta State. Delta's Grandle
Barron topped the scorers with
25 points while Doug Hutton
was high for the Maroon
with 81.
In other games, Leroy Ellis
81 points triggered touring St.
Johns (N. " to 1872 dou-
ble-overtime victory over Notre
Dame, Jimmy Rayl scored II
of his "a points in the second
half as Indiana rallied to nip
Northwestern, 72-71, and Wis
consin posted it's fourth straight
Big Ten victory in turning back
Illinois, 1881, as Ken Siebel
supplied the scoring impetus
with % points.
Virginia Tech handed West
Virginia its first Southern Con-
ference setback in II games
85-82, behind a 28-point bar
rage by Bucky Keller; Winnie
Ernst scored 81 points and jim