Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
BRADDs FILLS LUCAS SHOES
Buckeyes Bearcats Roll
By the Associated Pres

Jerry Lucas Dig SnoeS, given
Ohio States new-era Buckeyes
visions Of another triumphant
reign and caused the campaign
FIRST effigy hanging.
sLucas' sophomore spear car
r1er. the 6-foot-8 Bradds came
through With his second 80
point plus performance last
night. carrying the supposedly
weakened Buckeyes to an $3.50
triumph over highly-regarded
st. Louis for their 36th con-
secutive home-court victory.
While Bradds was scoring his
81 points and carrying the
Buckeyes-who weren't among
the top 10 in the Associated
Press preseason poll-to their
second straight triumph. on
the st. Louis campus Billikens'
Coach John Bennington was
getting the hang-the-dummy
treatment.
Bearcats ROut Virginia
A sign on the dummy said:
"Old Man Bennington. our Won
derful coach"
And some 200 students were
chanting: Bennington. Bening-
ton, burn him, burn him."
There also were some fire.
works. in other parts Of the
country as top-ranked Cincin-
natl continued to steamroller
lesser opposition, fourth-rated
Loyela Of Chicago reached the
century-mark for the second
consecutive game, Arizona
shocked 10th-ranked Wisconsin
and Michigan unveiled a soph-
omore sensation in Bill Buntin.
The Bearcats used Ron Bon
hams career high 80 points to
whack Virginia, 91-42; Loyola
blasted North Dakota, 1896,
Arizona upset wisconsin, 51-46.
on a key three-point play by
sophomore AL johnson and
Buntin scored IS points and
grabbed % rebounds in Michi-
gan's S1-62 triumph over
Creighton.
Bradds put Ohio State out
front to stay, 1921, on a pair
of foul shots as the Buckeyes
spurted for 20 points in the last
six minutes Of the first half
and overcame a short-lived st.
Louis lead. Garry Garrison was
high scorer for the Billikens
with % points.
Conner Leads Cavaliers
Bonham contributed six
points in a l0-point Cincinnati
spree that sent the defending
NCAA champions to q COM
manding 1874 lead over Vir-
GINA. Tom Thacker scored IS
and Gene wilson Is for the
Bearcats with Chip Corners
16 high for the Cavaliers.
1t was q big night on other
fronts and no less than eight
games involving major teams
turned on a point or two-two
games winding up in double
overtime before 1t was all over.
Colorado's defending Big
Eight champions needed two
overtimes to subdue Wichita,
1860, as Jim Davis scored IL
of the Bluffs 16 points in the
second extra session. Davis fin
ished with IS points but Wheat
shocker star Dave Stallworth
had 80.
In another double-overtime
marathon, Florida outlasted
Jacksonville, Fla, 82-81.
In an Atlantic Coast Confer
ence battle, North Carolina
State edged Clemson, 56-55,
on Pete Auksel's field goal with
"a seconds left. Arkansas
nipped Kansas. 64-62, in over
time as Tommy Boyer wound
up with q points. Rick Lopos-
sa's two foul shots after time
had run out gave Northwestern
a 57-55 decision over Pitts
burgh.
More Squeakers
Purdue overcame Detroit, 10
70, after Ron Hughes basket
put the Boilermakers ahead
with less than two minutes to
go. Jim Caldwell dropped in a
field goal, with less than q
minute to play In overtime for
Georgia Techs SOTO victory
over Furman and Miami Of
Ohio squeezed by Eastern Ken
lucky. 1894.
Elsewhere, Drake defeated In
diana, 87-76; Minnesota
knocked off Kansas State, 1852,
Oklahoma City took TCU. TT
go; Marquette bombed Wake
Forest, S7-72; Houston beat
Nebraska, 1851: Stanford wal
loped Utah, $3.50; Arizona
State belted Fresno State. 1851: !.
Penn State clobbered Lehigh.
77-49; Providence overwhelmed
Mt. st. Mary's, 1857. and Mem
phis State outclassed New Mex
clio State, l0l-77.
In others, Utah State got by
Butler. 80-74; Duquesne defeat
ed Kent State. $3.50; Tennes-
see walloped Rice. 1852; Geor-
gia crushed The Citadel. 1918;
Missouri tagged Montana. So
So; New Mexico beat Denver,
$3.50; LSU throttled New Or
leans Loyola, 1886; Mississippi
downed Arkansas Ann, 1890,
and Louisiana College beat Tu-
lane, 1915.