PAGE SIX Basketball Team Takes Richmond Kubista Named'Most Valuable' As Defense-Minded Cagers Win By SANDY PADWE In these days of modern basketball with the accent on 1 m-oi inl and otfense, the de-' fensive nspe( ts of the gamm seem to have been forgotten. I But dm mg (lie holiday vacation Penn State’s basketball team put on an "old f.elnoned” exhibition of defen-ivc basketball .and as a result won tlnS'c games, two of the wins bunging homo the Rich mond Tomnarnont title "It was our defense that car ried us through those three games." said basketball coach John Egli. "Our rone worked to perfection and our rebounding was terrific." Combining their .strong defen sive showing with good shooting peifoimanees the Lions breezed past Colgate Dec 20 at Rec Hall, 711-54. Thin beat Georgetown, 88- 74, and Richmond, 01-54 The lat ter two wins came at the Rich mond tourney. The Lions came back from Rich mond with two tiophies, not one Ted Kubista was selected “Most Valuable Played’ by the sports wrilers and coaches. In addition to winning iha MVP award Kubista was also named to the all-tournament team along with two other Lions—Wally Colender and Mark DuMars. According to Egli, Kubista play ed some of the finest games of his career during the holiday break. “Ted did everything right. He scored, pulled down plenty of re bounds and was terrific on de fense,” commented the Lion men tor While Egli was handing out ac- 10 Lions Star in Post-Season Bowls Tun Penn State athletes com bined a little business with plea sure over their Chnstmas vaca tions and took lime out from the normal rou tine to star in post-season foot ball and soccer bowl sanies Three Blue and White fjndder.s anchored the left side of the de fensive Blue line ill) m the annual scheeicher Blue-Grav same Dee. 27 in Mont gomery, Ala 1 lalfbaek Dave Kasperian' blocked five Gray aerials, in his defensive secondary slot while the other two Lions, Chuck Ruslavage and Maurice Schleicher, were lauded by coaches and scribes for their fierce line play. The Union won. 16-0. Later in the same evening, A 1 Jacks took over where these three left off and continued ihe job of keeping Penn Stale in the press clippings, this lime for offensive performances in CAR MMI. tunes By JIM BATHURST Our customers gel a real lift from our service. We let them ride up on ihe grease rack. E4THURST GULF SERVICE: Q I [ OPEN ZM HOURS Atkeatbn £. Cotfeqe STATE COLLEGE W« Give S&H Green Stamps colndos he mentioned Tom Han cock as bring the "key” behind the Lion surct-s Hancock led the Lions in rebounding, gathering in lti dining the title game against Richmond. Switching back to offensive performances. Colender led the * * * Ted Kubista ... top Richmond performer Nittanies in scoring in the three games with 52 points. Twenty one came against Colgate to spark the Lion win against the Red Raiders. Kubista was next in scoring the North-South classic at Mi ami, Florida. Jacks was selected for the first (string quarterback post and com [peted with the South’s Buddy [Humphrey of Baylor in a great (passing show in the Orange Bowl stadium. I Jacks hit his receiver on 17 out of 32 tosses, amassing a total of 190 yards. He found his greatest success passing from a spread for jmation and connecting with left Gary Prahst of Michigan. 1 Not to be outdone by the grid uron sport, soccer moved into the [limelight of post-season competi tion and five Nittany hooters (were among 60 of the nation’s top soceermen invited to play in the Sunshine Bowl at St. Petersburg, ! Florida. All-American Howie Maier hofer, Bill Fieldler, Pete Wads- JANUARY GRADS! Drop us a line or give us a call. We will arrange a prompt interview for you with our Professional Rep resentat iv e Ad dress or ask for MR. RAY DEL LER. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA with 47 points while DuMars tal lied 43. No. 1 spot in The Associated Press major college basket ball ratings yesterday as the rest of the top ten took a thorough scrambling. fans have been waiting for since j rampaging Wildcats added last February. A year ago the three more victims to their list Lions outplayed the Mounties last week to run their unblem throughout the whole game at ished streak to 11. As a result, Rec Hall only to lose to the top- they drew more first place votes ranked team in the country, than ever before, 81, and boasted 74 -71. , their biggest point lead of the sea- The Mounties had a rough vaca- son, 1245 to 1115 for North Caro tion as they lost to Kentucky, lina State, which jumped frfim 96-91, and Northwestern, 118-109. i They beat Ohio State and Ten-! *••••••••••••••••••••••*••••••••••••••••••••••••• ' “ Box Score, |j URGENT MEETING! | COLGATE (54) PENN STATE (78) > (if p U t pi* Haxenah 3 2 9 DuMars 4 2 10j? Salisbury 2 2 6 Calender 9 3 211? Jackson 6 3 13 Hancock 6 0 12 A Davenport 3 3 9 Kubwta 7 ft 14 I® Norum 4 3 11 Edwards 2 7 11 IT Heathen 0 0 0 Sweetland 9 0 o[^ Brandon 12 4 Mtiv>er 2 16^ Ludd 10 2 Wilson 0 0 9 I Lambnx Oil Dibert 0 0 0 * Ramey 10 2* Hauer 1 1 3 9 GEORGETOWN (74) PENN STATE (88) © (t i p (i i p • Coleman 10 2 Edwards 5 6 lb I „ Matan 9 1 19 Rubiata 19 0 McCloekey 6 319 Hancock 4 l 9j . Oravec 12 4 Colender 8 2 18 Sheehan 6 2 14 DuMars 7 2 16 Kitzatnck 6 4 l6S\\eet!and 1 0 'l' Ohruuller 2 0 4 Wilson 10 2 Philibin 0 0 0 Ramey 0 0 0 Kaixett! 0 0 ODibeit 0 3 3 Hangaren 10 2 Musser 10 2 RICHMOND (54) PENN STATE («1> fg f p fg f p O’Bryan 1 2 4 Hancock 2 B y Slone 10 2 Kubifita 3 3 13 Willis 5 0 16 Edwards 113 Cole » 1 13 Colender B 1 13 Hooker 4 2 10 DuMars 6 5 17 Lambiette 3 3 9 Sweetland 3 0 0 The Lions now have a 4-2 rec ord. They put their four game winning streak on the line Thurs day night when the West Vir ginia Mountaineers returns to Rec Hall. worth. Herb Heriner, and Wayne Rodgers made the trip to the sunny climes. Fiedler scored five goals and Wads worth kicked in one as their South team won the first game, 4-3, and the second, 6-4, before dropping the finale, 4-1. Steve Garban, State’s All-East center, beat out Oklahoma’s All- American Bob Harrison for the first team offensive center slot on the Major College Team in the newly ins t i tuted All-America Bowl at Tucson, Arizona, Jan. 3. Garban recovered a fumbled punt on the opponents’ 13-yard I line to set up his team’s first j touchdown and elevate them from jthe throes of a 6-point deficit to [a 1-point lead. The “Big School” j squad edged the “Small School” All-Americans, 14-12. ■RE'S THE OPPORTUNITY iND THE CHALLENGE OF ASSIGNMENTS IN .. . UIDED MISSILE ELECTRONICS dix YORK needs RONIC ENGINEERS Mechanical Eng. • Physicists Here is your chance to prove your ability doing important work on missile fuzing, guidance, packaging and related test equipment. 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