Panthers take. round _one, l ,ll.ll ll 4Pt . :I By RICK STARR - away from the boards. We Assistant Sports Editor didn't have board control. PITTSBURGH-With more Pitt today was a better than 16 minutes remaining in team." , the final half yesterday at the ttle Coll4 M il Pitt Fieldhouse, Lion center Penn State, with everybody Randy Meister drew foul in the lineup, could have number five. All 5,300 fans, made it a closer game. many of them standing, Certainly it would have been cheered the 'happening. It closer than 2t points. made everything so simple: Meister's performance was rebound Knight; shot Knight; 8-The Daily Collegian Monday, January 28, 1974 having at least a neutralizing . good night. , effect on Pitt All-America ' "i The picture of Meister's ' hopeful Billy Knight. . departure surely will remain Billingy, who'd missed six the bench. ,; r a, I l k in Lion coach John Bach's games with an ankle injury, To make a long story short, The Penn State-Pitt memory. The bright lights grew tired late in the game, Pitt sank 25 of 31 free throw rematch on Feb. 23 should be 111 11111 shining on his hair, framed by also. attempts. Penn State made interesting. r the screaming, gyrating fans Still, the Dukes, usually a three of six. The reactions The Lions won't be playing • in the dark stands as he formidable foe, made a tough were varied. Duquesne for at least a year, e I crossed the length of the floor. showing before the Lions "I had two, maybe three though, but Bach doesn't His head was bent to the worked past them. fouls," Meister said. "(Jim) think that's so bad. ‘ ~ right and slightly downward. Then there was the Pitt Bolla hooked me as he was l, His expression was under game, Penn State's chance to blocking me away from the "Duquesne is a good firm control, but it still cursed get rich quick. Pitt's chance basket. Then he went up for ballclub," Bach said his luck and the officials. to move still higher in the the rebound and it looked like following that game. "I'd ~ Penn State lost to a very polls. Bach and Pitt coach I fouled him." watch out for them,at the end 1 _';'l good ball club from Pitt Charles "Buzz" Ridl and the "You run into things like of the season. Billingy was out . • 1• • yesterday afternoon 83-61 as 5200 Pitt fans and the 100 Lion this," Brown said, "but it's of shape after that long injury • i '' ; , : the Panthers justified their supporters were set at 2 p.m. just something you Nave to rest. The crowd was with him .. • , , Top Twenty ranking by end- to see their starting fives in put up with." ' but he ran out of gas. Roland ,- ' 1: . .1' • - i . .k:- ing the Lions' six game action. 5201 got their wish. "We didn't lose because of Jones was hurting us outside ' ' , . -- * • .:• ' ' winning streak That made Bach and the PSU rooters the officiating," Bach said. because we were dropping - - ; - „ r., , ' ,r; i . Allit ‘ the Lions 1-1 on their Steel spent the afternoon in "Pitt shot well, hurt us inside four men in on Billingy. - - . .; , , City weekend trip. frustration. : and came up with the steals. "The guards (Kevin Burke, . - • •••:' '- , i -; • . - ' \._ Penn - State ran past The loss of Meister, Penn They have very good Tommy Doaty, Jim ''•• ' i": ',„,, # _. - ~. Duquesne 73-63 Saturday at State's top scorer despite the downcourt speed and they're Ouderkirk ) were refreshing t,. ! Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. fact that he played only 16 not hurt when they go to thean , d Jon Marshall took over - ' : /1.4+,10 The win over Duquesne was minutes out of 40, left the bench. They're a nice team, the boards. 1 ..I. ' made easier by an only Lions spinning slowly, slowly they've earned their wins. . - . , partially ready Lionel in the wind. Ron Brown, "Only a good, well-poised "In the past we were just a - , ~ , Billingy. who ran like he'd hampered by four fouls in the team will* beat them. They vulture waiting up on the .- just been kicked in the shins stretch, was not his usual self make you so down-court vine-enable to kill by an aggressive little sister. during the times he wasn't on conscious that it pulls you anybody." • - ~„i q after dollars doesn ' t r PITTSBURGH - Lion basketball coach John Bach's words "I thought you said that was it?" referee Vince Jacobs on behalf of Mary Alice dresses and greedy TV network complained, feeling the heat the glares of two coaches can , • :,-, , - producers should be an indication that some of the weekend's ti generate. , ' best action took place around the court as well as on it. . "They said two more," the commercial man replied, flip- Most of the excitement took place during the Duquesne • :1 - ping his head set up. "That's all they told me." contest, which was televised regionally by the TVS network as R i'c k Starr The ref took out his handkerchief, half to wipe the per the ECAC Game of the Week. s iration awayand half to signal a surrender. Anycapitalist P . would have done as much. Bach was annoyed with the whole The seat of the problem was set up next to the scoreboard ass't sports editor matter, which isn't surprising. operator and was occupied by the gentlemen in charge of "It was annoying to me and it must have been annoying to coordinating the eight scheduled commercials, of varying the players. You lose all continuity in the game. Not only do lengths. int&he game. The idea is to blow the buzzer during a '"' l they have so many time outs, they're so long. If that's the only pause in the action, and signal a time out to the refs. The of- ficials then tell the two clubs that they have just called time. State. This is unfair to the athletes. The refs then come over and find out how long the com- College time outs only last 45 seconds and Bach, like Duquesne "This should happen to the pros, not to the colleges. The only mercial is (45 seconds, one minute, one minute and 15 coach Red Manning, have learned to organize their thoughts, people who like it are the one's making the money." seconds) and try to keep the teams in the huddle until it's over. get everything across to the players and get them back out in Bach, who' retreated out of the locker room after the Naturally, everything goes wrong and the teams break up 45 seconds. Duquesne game due to the rush hour traffic jam, chided Lion and start wandering around the floor and the fans and the All that is hairy enough. Now add the element of money. If a forward Jon Marshall for his timid play during a short lapse. players have to stand there and look at each other for a half a network can get away with eight commercials and still have "The first couple times they drovethe lane you looked like minute before the network returns and play can resume. three minutes of playing time left, why not run another one. Or you were in a tunnel trying to get o6t of a train's way. 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Lion sophomore Tommy Doaty (21) eyes a prowling Panther 1 / 2 Price Sale ON ALL WINTER FORMALS, - EVENING COATS AND BLAZERS Some Winter Wedding Gowns Petrtno s Bridal Shoppe .340 E. College Are. Phone: 238-.3101 Muir,: Vim In-9 Tul, thru .` , lll In-.; p.m, Trust us. We care. Very, very much. When you fit people with eyeglasses, you'd better know what you're doing . .. and mean what you say. At the Optical Department at Sears, we know what we're doing . . . and we mean what we say. EXPERT FITTING BY SKILLED OPTICIANS AT THE OPTICAL DEPARTMENT AT SEARS. Nittany Mall 2999 East College Avenue State College • Phone 238-2451 4144 - 4 000 -~;:., it has a redeeming collegiate atmosphere about it. Pittsburgh—Nice place to live in. lousy to visit. Pitt All-American hope Billy Knight—Always in the right place at the right time, pulls up cleanly for jumper. one on one opponents are lucky to get away with their shorts. Lion Ron Brown—Guarded Knight and kept his shorts, good game against Duquesne, invisible on offense at Pitt Lionel "Big Train" Billingy—When the Dukes get it to him underneath it's time to sell the farm. • Randy Meister—Before the fouls came at Pitt he was in charge, shot well in both games, seven of eleven in field goal dept. vs. Panthers. Lion sophomore Bruce Chase—What he shoots he makes. hung in with Billingy and did more than just live to tell about Panthers— Fast, aggressive. confident As Bach points out they need the good big center to really crack the top ten, deservedly tournament bound PENN STATE 1731 EG-A FT-A R A F P 6-16 2-2 9 4 2 14 6-17 2-3 17 1 4 II 6-10 0-0 9 1 4 12 5-11 1.2 1 1 2 11 4-13 0-0 II 6 2 8 3-6 0-41 I 0 0 6 Brown Marshall Meister Ouderkirk Doaty , ..,,-44.5. Photo by H R Bagley II I=IIIMMMI 1)1. Ipl F 1% 1 - , 1 2 8 t 4 li 1", 14 14 2 2 19 1 .111 2 1100 1702 1 t 2 412 00 t 1 8 p: I/ 2 II 27 1 1 2 0 5 , 12 2 I I I 2 II u 1 on 1 n n n McCla in Jone. 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