PAGE SIX
Cagers Just Miss Upset, 74-71
W.Va.
Rally
Overcomes
Lion Lead
By VINCE CAROCCI
Sports Editor
'lie Mountaineers were a
shaky f.;;oup when they left
Rea cation Ha 11 Saturday
night. And rightly so they
barely escaped the Penn State
confines with their 20th win
in 21 contests.
The Penn State basketball team
barely missed crashing the na-
Canal collegiate cage headline::
by dropping a scant three-point
decision to West Virginia, 74-71.
West Virginia, the number two
collegiate team in the country.
was extended to the final buzzer
before walking off the court the
victor—a shaky victor, to be sure.
The loss was a bitter pill for
Coach John Egli and his club to
swallow. For more than one-half
of the contest, the Lions had its
capacity-packed, partisan audi
ence smelling roses—the tweet
roses of an upset.
Completely out-oefensing the; —nail, Collegian photo by Joe Patton
mighty Mounties, the Lions drove, OVER THEIR HEADSgoes.
• . . the ball, but West Virginia's Jerry
to a surprisingly easy 33-23 half-, West (44) displays some of the extra fine defensive work that
time advantage. Even in the sec- marked the action Saturday night in Recreation Hall. The Lion's
and period, the Lions stayed in Wally Colender (10) is doing the shooting with Steve Baidy (15)
the lead until the 11:40 mark. ,
and Paul Sweetland
During this time even West Vir-;(22) looking on.
ginians themselves were begin
ning to admit that the situation fouls before Smith, who hit onto• I
looked bleak. five of his six baskets in the sec - ,Sixth Victory
But the Mountaineers, proving and half, put the Mounties in the
themselves to be every bit the lead for good with two more cor-
• basketball team they were re- ner shots. 59-57. By Nttany 25
puted to be, were just too sharp The Lions fought gamely to re-, •
to be stopped. Hitting on 16 of 27 gain the lead but the Mountie de- Paces
shots in the second half, West tense proved to be too tough to
Virginia went ahead for the first
, zer ended the contest--a contest:
crack. Baidy's basket at the buz-'
time in the ballgame at the 11:40 t Nittany 25 continued its un
mark, 44-42, on twa fouls by . that saw the Lion fans give their beaten ways Friday night in in
sophomore Jerry West. club as loud an ovation as everitramural basketball at Recreation
For the next seven minutes, the given a Penn State basketball'
score bounced around like a crazy team. Hall as they defeated the Nimble
volleyball. Ted Kubista sent the Mountaineer Coach Fred Schaus Nittanys, 21-19. The win was the
Lions to the lead once again, 45- told the story when he said afterl victors' sixth compared to no
44. with three foul shots. 'the ballgame: "We've been lucky' victories for the losers.
But. Bob Smith hit on a jump in that we haven't had two bad;
from the corner and Bob Cloussonhalfs in one game this year." i In another close game, the
converted twice from the foul: Saturday night was proof enough Shieks edged the Yellow Jackets,
line to give the Mounties a 48-45 of that. 18-17, for its fourth win.
advantage. Schaus also expressed the feeld Kappa Delta Rho defeated Sig-
Steve Baidy scored on a jump,ing of respect and admiration the: ma Pi, 39-23; Sigma Phi Epsilon
for the Lions and Smith hit from, Mounties had for the brilliant' beat Sigma Nu, 29-15; and Phi
the corner again for the Moun - Lion effort when he told Rainey; Kappa Psi won over Triangle,
taineers to make the score, 50-47.1 after the ballgame: ". . . this'33-21 in Greek loop games.
Lion sophomore Wally Ccilenderlshould've been your game."
i In other iodic action, the Cel
then hit on two consecutive jump
i Visibly shaken and disappointed:tics beat Dorm 21, 27-17; Nittany,
shots—the second attempt wasiafter the contest, Egli had only; 44 defeated Nittany 22, 35-23:
good when Smith was called forlthis to say: "These kids played: N • •
ttany 23 won over Nittany 24,
goal-tending—and Ron Rainey their hearts out . . they deserve: I •
24-18; and the Fierce Frosh won
tallied a goal to give the Nit-fall the credit in the world." Truer
'over Lucky 13, 2-0 by forfeit.
tattles a 53-50 lead. !words were seldom spoken.
West, who proved his All-Amer-' PENN STATE IT. VIRGI2;IA ; Three men were tied for first
ica potential by scoring 21 points FC F . TP FC F TP'place in the individual scoring
Rainey 7 6. 620 Smith 6 2. 2 141
in the last half, then scored two Raid,: 41. 1 9 Went 9 6.11 24i race. Ralph Shaffer, Kappa Del
'consecutive baskets on a drive Edwards 6 0. 212 Sharrar 1 5. 9 71ta Rho, George Huffman, the Cel
and a tap for a 54-53 Mountie'rA•nder 8 0. 016 Gardner 3 2. 3 F l I:CS, and Gerald Becker. Nittany
margin. Soeetl'nd 1 0- 0 2 Vincent It 4/. 1 1212.1, each scored 14 points.
a Haneock S 1- 2 7 Retton 0 2. 2 2i
Kubista tied it up on a foul ana ; Rubinta 05- 1 5 Aker ' 11. 1 311
Baidy gave the home forces their! Clou4son 1 2. 2
;ill
last lead on a basket with 6:90 T 1 01: 1 1; 6. 2! 13-16 71 Totals 26 2240 74
left. West and Hancock traded Penn State 33: We;o: Virginia 23
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PITTSBURGH DROPS THE BALL AGAIN:
Well, the University of Pittsburgh did it again. It added another
black mark to its already shady athletic record last week when it
'announced—rather embarrassingly, we venture to say—that it had
an ineligible basketball player on its roster in 11 of its 13 winning
The player: guard Don Woznicki. The violation: an Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference rule that states all players must
complete their eligibility within five years after enrolling in
school. Woznicki is now in his sixth year of schooling.
This anouncement brings two questions to our mind:
1. What kind of athletic department are they running at Pitts
burgh?
2. Should the Panthers now receive a tournament bid?
To the first question, we can only answer: very negligent. We
can't imagine either Athletic Director Torn Hamilton or Pitt cage
coach Bob Timmons not knowing about Woznicki's eligibility status.
Isn't that part of their jobs?
The mistake may very well have been an honest mistake. We
don't know. But, it is a mistake that should never have happened.
The only reason we can see for it is pure negligence on Hamilton's
or Timmons'--or both, for that matter—part.
It's absurd to think that a schol with Pitt's aspirations
wouldn't know whether or not all o / its players were eligible.
Evidently, though, they didn't. If this occurred at Penn State—
or most any other school, for that matter—we feel certain some
body would be out of a job.
As for a Panther post-season bid to either the NCAA or NIT
tourneys, we can only relate our opinion: NO! True, Woznicki
was only a reserve and didn't figure in any of the Panther wins.
But the very fact that he was on the team is enough for us
to feel that some sort of penalty must be rendered. And, the
best penalty possible for such an unexplainable error is to keep
Pitt out of a tournament.
Dayton, Bonnies
Accept NIT Bids
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (J 1)) The
National Invitation Tournament
today grabbed off two leading
"independent" college basketball
teams after losing one prospect
to the National Collegiate cham
pionships.
Dayton (20-2) and St. Bonaven
ture accepted the invitations to
play in the NIT at Madison Square
Garden March 12-22.
Last Saturday, Oklahoma State,
a team in which the NIT sponsors
were very much interested, ac
cepted an "at large" spot.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1958
By VINCE CAROCCI
Sports Editor
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