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Lions Eye Upset Victory
For National Recognition
MORGANTOWN, W. Va.., Jan. 15 The Penn State
basketball team arrived here late tonight, hungry for national
recognition and gunning for a big upset over ninth-ranked
West Virginia.
The upstart Lions will be after their tenth win in 12 starts
when they battle George K .
evening and will also be se
victory, a feat the Nittanies
haven't accomplished since 1955.
And not since 1955 has a Lion
team beaten West Virginia at
Morgantown.
That year, the Nittanies, led by
All-American Jesse Arnelle, trip
ped the Mountaineers, 77-68, in
overtime at Morgantown and then
ripped them 84-58 in Roc Hall.
THE LAST STATE win'over
West Virginia was in 1957 in Rec
Hall when the Lions over-powered
a "poorer than average" Moun
taineer team, 80-65.
Although West Virginia has
beaten the Lions 10 straight times
to take a 33-28 advantage in the
series, many of the victories
didn't come easy. In the 1960-61
season, the Mountaineers squeak
ed through, 80-78, and 71-68. In
1960 they romped to a 304-74 win
at home but had to settle for a
75-73 decision in Rec Hall. In
1959 they won an 89-81 overtime
battle and in 1958 won by 74-71.
While the Lions have rolled to
a 9-2 chart, they have yet to play
anyone of the caliber of West Vir
ginia. The Mountaineers are 10-3
and ,have impressed enough peo
ple to crack the top 10 ratings.
Mountie wins have come over
Citadel, 86-61; VMI, 100-74; Rich
mond, 78-59; Oregon State, 70-65;
Boston College, 65-64 in overtime;
St. Bonaventure, 94-82; VMI 86-
74; Furman, 104-71; Davidson,
89-73, and George Washington,
100-97. Loses have been to Ohio
State, 76-69; Kentucky, 79-75, and
Illinois, 92-74.
LIKE STATE, West Virginia
has won four straight, its last
loss coming in the finals of the
ECAC Holiday Festival at Madi
son Square Garden against Illi
nois.
With All - America candidate
Rod Thorn directing the Mountie
attack, West Virginia has moved
in its traditional talented fash
ion. The much publicized and
highly pampered Thorn has ripped
the nets for 283 points this 'sea
son.
West Virginia coach King will
also start Jim McCormick, Mike
Wolfe, Gale Catlett and Tom
Lowry.
Lion coach John Egli, who ad
mits to being surprised at the
showing of his club so far this
year, will stick with' the same
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ing's Mountaineers tomorrow
eking their fifth consecutive
lineup that brought home two
victories over the weeeknd.
"I don't believe in making a
change in the lineup when you're
winning," Egli said before the
Lions boarded the bus for the
trip. "Why change a winning
combination?"
THAT WINNING FIVE has
been co-captain Earl 'Hoffman
and sophomore Ron Avillion at
forward, junior Bobby Donato
and sophomore Bob Weiss at
guard and junior Tom Malinchak
at center.
Hoffman is - the closest thing
State has to matching the Moun
taineers' Thorn. The 6-5 senior
has tallied 218 points for a 19.8
average per game and has shot
48 per cent from the field.
Weiss is the Lions' second lead
ing scorer, with 150 points, fol
lowed by Donato with 131 and
Avillion with 88. '
Although the Lion mentor
wouldn't commit himself, he left
the impression he felt State could
pull an upset if everything was
right.
"We'll have to
_play like we did
against Temple, and really scram
ble for the ball," Egli said. State
beat the Owls, 78-51, in its best
performance to date.
"THE TEAM that controls the
boards will probably win," Egli
added. "That has been our big
problem. Bucknell out-rebounded
us and so did Colgate and Syra
cuse. But our shooting has been
exceptional so far and that's
what is keeping us in the games.
Why, who would have thought we
would have been 9-2 at this time?
I sure didn't.
"West Virginia will be a lot
taller than we will and their
bench is very strong too," Egli
added as a final word of warn
ing.
Co-captain John Mitchell, who
has missed most of the season
due to a bad leg, will suit up
for the game and is ready if Egli
needs him. Also Terry Hoover,
who has played the past five
games with a broken finger, had
the splint removed and is set to
spell Malinchak at the center
post.
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HAPPY DAYS are here again for Penn Stale
basketball teams. The Lions are off to their best
start since 1954 with a 9-2 record and would like
to get number 10 tonight against West Virginia
at Morgantown. Head coach John Egli points to
The second annual handball
and paddleball singles tournament
will get underway Friday eve
ning 'with eight matches, involv
ing sixteen fraternitiei, scheduled
in each of the first night's single
elimination tournament. The in
dependent tournament is slated
to start this Monday.
• Following handball and paddle
ball will be swimming. The en
tries for this tournament are due
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sports. The play is set to start
around Feb. 18.
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a cartoon of the Mountaineers as his team looks
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fman, Tom Malinchak, Terry
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