MONDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1961 Middies Nip Lion Cagers, 58-56 Poor Foul Shooting Drops Record to 7-7 By SANDY PADWE John Egli’s patience is slowly ebbing but you can't really blame him. Egli watched in' ulcerous silence Saturday as his Penn State basketball team failed miserably at the foul line and dropped a 58-56 decision to Navy at Annapolis, Md. The Lions missed 13 fouls and many were of the one-and-one variety.. “Just think,” a dejected Egli said after the game, “we out score them from the field on their homecourt and then blow it at the foul line.” Saturday's game was the third time in the last four outings that the Lions have lost at the foul line. At Bucknell, Jan. 10, they scored 31 field goals compared to 30 for the Bisons but at the foul line they were 5 for 10 while the Bisons were 11 for 17. At Army Jan. 14 it was 21-21 in field goals but the Cadets had a 14-7 edge from the free-throw line. Saturday’s win boosted Navy’s seasonal mark to 6-8 and evened State’s record at 7-7. It was a typical Navy-Penn State game—rough and close most of the way. The game was tied eight times and at the half the Middies led 28-27. • But after seven minutes of the second half, Mike Nash and the Middies began to open the gap. A three-point play and a pair of fouls by Nash gave Navy a six point lead and the Middies grad ually widened the margin to 51-42 with nine minutes left. '■ With a comfortable lead, Navy began to play possession ball but their strategy backfired a 3 the hustling Lions outscored the Mid dies 10-0 the next five minutes. Mark DuMars’ fall-away jumper with 4:09 remaning put the Lions ahead 52-21 but Dave Tremaine; scored a few seconds later to put; Navy ahead again. j Some 1200 spectators groaned | when John Phillips' push from ; the top of the key gave State j the edge, 54-53. | That was State’s last lead. Tre maine, a fiery little competitor,! made another jumper from the! corner and the Middies went in front for good with 2:05 left. j The next time the Middies! Frosh Five Drops Second To Navy, 81-71 Penn State’s freshman basket ball team dropped its second game in three outings at Navy Satur day, 81-71, and the outlook for the rest'of the season doesn’t look bright. The reason for the bleak out look is that Wayne Lundy and Charlie Marin are dropping off the squad to concentrate on their studies. Lundy, who scored 26 against the Middies Saturday, was State’s top scorer with 80 points in three games. Marin also was a starter. The Lion frosh will be in action tomorrow night against Bucknell. They lost to: the Bisons, 69-65, in Lewisburg last month. PENN STATE (711 NAVY (81) FG F Ttl FG F Ttl Lundy 11 4- 6 26Kanninsr 5 3- 5 13 Kart 12-2 4Davcnnort 2 2-28 M«rin ;) fl. i OXhoniHH 4 0-18 Donato 5 3- 3 ISMahoney 7 6- S 19 Dunn 5 0-0 lOCampbell 11 5- 5 27 Gvuukovieh 0 0-0 OTorwit’Ker 0 0-0 0 Barle 2 0- 0 4(C