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Late Lion Comeback
Falls 3 Points Short
West Virginia found the going rough without Rod Thorn
last night but the ninth-ranked Mounties had just enough to
squeeze past Penn State, 71-68.
Without their leading scorer who was sidelined with an
ankle injury, West Virginia had to survive a last ditch rally
by the Lions for their 21st win' Mounties gained possession and
against three losses. managed to hold the ball for
Last night'A Rec Hall thriller I
the remaining time.
was a typical West Virginia- I Sophomore John Mitchell, who
Penn State game and the out- had one of the best nights of his
come was in doubt right to the 1 you ng career, was State's top
end. scorer with 22 points.
"Rebounding made the dif- 1
1 He thrilled the crowd of 4000
ference," a disappointed John ,
1 with his ball hawking and fast
Egli said after the game. 1 breaks and he repeatedly kept
"We really fought hard, but the Lions in the game when
they were just too big for us," , 1 West Virginia appeared to be
he said, pointing to a statistics pulling away.
sheet which showed West Vir- , Gene Harris had 13 for State,
ginia in front in rebounding,! had 12 and DuMars 10.
52-31.
Even with their height ad-
!ler i Ritchie was runner-up to Mil
: for West Viinia ith 16
vantage, the Mounties really
i points and Jim McC rg ormick w had 13.
didn't get rolling until the lat- 1
i Last night's loss was the set
ter part of the second half.
'ond heartbreaker th e Lions
With 7:40 left Paul Miller, thei
Idropped to West Virginia within
game's top scorer with 23 points., a week.
gave West Virginia a 56-55 lead.l At Morgantown Feb. 14, the
From there, the Mounties reeled;
iMounties won 80-78 on a last
off five more quick points for a ! l secon shot.
' d jump
61-55 edge.
; State now has a 9-11 mark with
They eventually built their four games remaining. The Lions
lead to . 11, 69-58, with three t will be at Pitt Saturday and re
minutes left and then Penn
State made its bid. hopeful Temple next Tuesday.
The Lions scored six Straight: Box Score
points and with 1:30 'remaining PENN STATE .(68) W. VIRGINIA (71)
West . Virginia- found its lead cut' FG F TP Fr. F TP
to five, 69-64. 'Hoffman 6 0- 0 12 McCormick 6 1- 2 IS
'Mirth( 5 3- 5 13 Fatrone 2 3- 3 7
Then Jim Ritchie broke throughlmilehrii 9 4- 522 Wnr4 3 1- 1 7
Penn State's zone press for a two-!, 1 :, 16 , 11 ,i: 1 7 ,0,1 2 1 .
. 4 3 rs' Rut 7- N 23
8 8
0- 2 16
pointer but Earl Hoffman and
DuMera 4 2- 4 10 Pnach 0 0- (1 0
Mark DuMars countered for State! vishic 10- 0 2
to make it 71-68 with 30 seconds, ounois 1 1- 2 3
to go. ---
1 Totals 28 12-21 68 Totals 20 13-18 71
After DuMars' shot, the ‘Halftime: Penn State 33 West Virginia 32
Buckeyes Need 3 Victories
For Perfect Regular Season
By The Associated Press
The Ohio State Buckeyes
are within three victories . of a
perfect regular season today
while maintaining a firm grip
on the top of the Associated
Press basketball poll.
The Buckeyes posted victory
No. 21 Monday night, defeating
Indiana 73-69. This latest triumph
came on the heels of Ohio State's
come-from behind success against
lowa, 62-61, Saturday,
It was the lowa game that kept
the Buckeyes in first place in the
poll for the 11th straight week.
Voting was based on games
through Saturday and Ohio 'State
for the 10th week in a row was a
unanimous choice of the special
panel of sports writers and broad
casters, getting 36 votes.
Unanimity was the order of the
week as St.. Bonaventure, with a
20-1 mark, grabbed all the votes
for the runner-up spot. The Bon
nies, beaten only by Ohio State,
turned back Providence and De-
Paul last week.
There were no newcomers in
the top 10, although there Was a
mild shakeup of position. Cincin-
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nati moved up one place to third
and Bradley advanced a notch to
(fourth. The Bearcats whipped
'Wichita and Tulsa and the Peoria,
,111., Braves won over Notre Dame,
Houston and North Texas.
lowa climbed from ninth to
fifth on the strength of its fine
(showing aganst Ohio State and a
victory over Wisconsin. Duke fell
three places to sixth. The Blue
Devils lost to Wake Forest and
Maryland.
North Carolina, Kansas State, :
West Virginia and Southern Cali
fornia round out the first 10. Kan-,
sas State slumped two places, as
did Southern California. West'
Virginia, winner over Penn State,
and Pitt, moved up one position,:
while North Carolina stayed put.
Ohio State's remaining games
are against Wisconsin Saturday,
Michigan State March 4 and Illi
nois March 11.
The top ten, with won-lost rec
ords through Saturday and first
place votes in parentheses:
' 1. Ohio State i3Ol (20-.01 360
2. St. linnaventtice 120-1) 324
3. Cincinnati 119-31._ 254
4. Bradley 119-4) 191
6. lowa (14-4) 153
6. Duke 19.41.___, 150
7. North Carolina (IS-4) 144
6. Kansas State (16-4) 113
9. West. Virrinia 120-31. ..__ 104
10. Southern California (16-4)__ 72
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
BASKET BOUND—Penn State's Jake Trueblood (50) drives past West Virginia's Joe Posch during
Penn State-West Virginia game in Roc Hall last night. Trueblood scored, but it didn't help as West
Virginia won, 71-68.
Frosh Cagers
Down Ogontz
Penn State's freshman basket
ball team moved into position to
finish the campaign with a .500
record by defeating the Ogontz
Center, 68-49, in Rec Hall last
night.
The win gave Wally Colender's
cagers a 3-4 mark with one game
!—Altoona Center, next Tuesday
—left on the schedule.
John Barie with 18 and Bob;
Donato with 16 were high for the
Lions who have now beaten
Ogontz twice this year.
Box Score
PENN STATE (68) OCONTZ (49)
fg f pts fR f pts
0 2- 6 2•Pu2Hese 4 6- 6 13
8 0- 1 16Benninger 2 2- 3 6
3 0- 1 6 PreAe 2 6-'6 9
8 2- 3 18 McKernan 3 1- 3 7
2 0- 0 4 Sichestiel 3 6- 7 12
1 0- 1 2 Knorr 1 0. 0 2
2 0-n 4
BohnittPl'r 1 1- 1 3
Kart
Donato
Robbins
Rorie
Dunn
Noe
First
Creskovich 3 1- 9 1
Rubinski 1 0- 0 2
Tompkins 0 0- 0 0
Tothla 31 G-15 GA Totals 16 19-25 49
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2 0-0 4
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WEST VIRGINIA'S Jim Ritchie (35) slips in from behind to stop
a Gene Harris (22) drive during last night's West Virginia-
Penn State game in Rec Hall. The Mounties won, 71-68.
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