a M Penn State’s ieers that thr it be a circu: The surpris: ;mal showing ; 'eat, 80-65, be 1 —Daily Collegian Photo by George Harrison NOW CALM DOWN, HOT ROD! Referee Mike Jacobs succeeds in calming Wesi'Virginia's Hoi Rod Hundley after a minor dispute, over a referee's calL The Hot Rod seems to be disappointed with the turn of events—wonder why? LION -CAGE CENTER; Bob Ramsay is caught in the middle by West Virginia's two stand outs, Rod Hundley (33) and Lloyd Sharrer (b ’hind Ramsay) during the exciting Nittany win Lion Sieve help Ramsay Saturday might. Baidy moves in 1 if possible. WIMMER'S SUNOCO E * .College A block from |fA— W Simmons Calcium Chit ride on the streets and roat s is injurious to paint and chiome. ... So durii g this snowy period we will jxperily scrub the exterior of your car for $l.OO. WIMMER'S SUNOCO Phone AD 8-6143 ers Humiliate nties', 80-65 By VINCE CAROCCI sketball team proved to Hot Rod Hundley and the West Virginia Moun sn’t room enough for both a clown and a Lion under the same roof, whe top or a basketball arena, Saturday night at Recreation Hall. Lion cagers, in no mood for clowning- antics of any sort- following a; mn the night before, handed the highly-touted Mounties a humiliating) approximately 6000 fans in one of the major cage upsets of the year.) •¥■ ★ ★ ★ Hundley, the clown prince of the modern court era, had no op portunity to display his famed court antics before the partial Nit-j tany crowd as the Lions simply) refused to bow before the awe-] some West Virginia ability and record—the loss was the Mounties! first in their last 12 games, an) almost complete reversal of an earlier West Virginia-Penn State clash. STATE COLLEGE'S FINEST Italian Spaghetti and Meat Balls La Galleria Fresh Sea Food Fried Oysters Fantail Shrimp Lobster Tail Steamed Clams Steaks Chops Italian Foods and your favorite beverage from our bar 233 E. Beaver AD 8-6765 COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Whai made ihe win even , more surprising was that the Lions had returned to Univer sity Park only five hours before gametime following a 77-68 loss to Penn. But they were surpris- ■ ingly ready, very willing, and , most certainly able Saturday i night to turn in their best per- \ formance of the year. [ “Those kids played the best; game I’ve ever seen them play," l Coach John Egli said after the! game. “You could tell that nobody | was going to beat them.” The Lions played their type of| game Saturday night, waiting for) the good shot instead of running; with the Mountaineers as they did! at Morgantown ear'ier this year.! “We waited for the good shot . . .1 didn’t take a foolish shot in the' ; second half," Eg 1 ' said. j The Lions shot an amazing 6L per cent in the second half, hit-; ting for a creditable 47 per cent' average over-all. 1 It was that second-half drive! that proved the difference. Trail ing, 34-29, at halftime, the cagers! brought the home fans to their! feet as they took a 35-34 lead: in the first minute and 45 seconds' of play in the period. The Mouniies bounced back to lake a 40-38 lead before two fouls by Ron Rainey and a bas ket by Steve Baidy gave the Lions a Iwo-point advantage with 16 minutes left. Once in motion, the Lion offense never stalled. Bob Edwards, who scored 27 points for the highest individual Nittany performance of the year, began to hit with amazing con sistency from the pivot to boost the Lion lead, 58-45. At this point, Coach Fred Schaus was forced to revert to a full-court press, a press which completely befuddled the Lions at Penn. But the strategy never fazed the hot-handed cagers. Rainey and Edwards found the man-to-man defense to their lik ing and began scoring consistent ly. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers fell apart—the game was lost. In winning, the Lions kept Hundley in check. Although he led the Mountie scorers with 23 points, he was not the fabulous Hundley everyone raved so much about. He couldn’t be —he never had the chance to show the abil (Continued on page ten) Saxton Will Attempt To Outbox Basilio CLEVELAND, Feb. 18 (/P) —It may not please the fight crowd, but Johnny Saxton is going to attempt to outbox welterweight champion Carmen Basilio in their 15-round title fight here Friday night. “I have to box to win,” Saxton said here today. “! chn’t think about the fans this time.” * * ir He was referring to the Sep tember battle with Syracuse, when he attempted to outslug Basilio and was knocked out in the ninth round. Speaking of their first meeting in Chicago, when he outpointed the champion in a much disputed decision. Saxton said, “I don’t like to hear the fans boo as they did in Chicago when I outboxed him but I can’t think about the fans this time. I have to think about Johnny Saxton and keep those pay checks rolling in.” Saxton is reported in top form He hopes to outspeed Basilio and outpunch him, not so much in the power of his blows but in the number he can deliver. Basilio. on the other hand, says he’s ready to take on Saxton re gardless of which style he uses. As for Saxton's speed, the cham pion figures a few well aimed body blows will take some of the steam out of. the lightning fast' DOVtOII, Ci/ICV challenger. > • 7 • Basilio, who keeps moving in' Accept NIT Bids and likes the rough house kind of i NTrw vork svh ir,p, The fight, is the odds on favorite to TT NEW . Eeb - i: -' pl T Tbe retain the title. University of Dayton Fivers, beat en finalists m four of the last b » e / lt e a^t: / I b ?,,? n adl< ? f‘ ve National Invitation Basket ana television (NBC) with a local oa!1 Tournaments, and the Uni television blackout. 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