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EKU Gets Win InTourneyMyers Suspends Three RaidersBy DON HEXKV Avalanche-Journal Sports StaffOKLAHOMA CITY — Texas Tech, finding prosperity loo hot to handle, dropped a game it possessed most of the way in the opening .round of the ancient Ail-Coliege Basketball Tournament.A victory would have been worth a ticket to the semifinals but that spot went to Eastern Kentucky, by a 95-92 margin. Now, the Raiders will play in consolation, their Joss worth only a ticket to the afternoon matinee (consolation) show in this 36-year old tournament.The Raiders will battle Jacksonville, upset 209-88 by Santa Clara in Tuesday's second game, today in the consolation round at l p.m.Tech, playing without two starters suspended earlier in the day by coach Gerald Myers, fell to 4-4 for the year with the Joss and has yet to win a game away from LubJwck Coliseum.I Jig Leads Here Tuesday night, the Raiders pulled away to leads of 13 points and owned an 11-point pad with less than 12 minutes to play. Bui the pressure tactics by Eastern—and the Raiders’ own mistakes - proved too costly Tor victory for Tech.Earlier Tuesday, Myers suspended starting center Ron Richardson and forward Randy Prince, reserve Steve Smith and manager Mickey Stuckey. Myers would not elaborate beyond saying the foursome were in violation “of training : rules.”“It won’t do to say more about it, it was something which we will handle within the team, Myers said.Palo mar Gets SO he losses forced Myers to return Ralph Palomar from forward to post and the 6-7 junior college transfer respond-3 ed with 30 points and eight re-0 bounds. And .with just seconds y remaining and .Tech trailing by one, the play was set tip lot Palomar to go for two more.The scoring talents of six-foot guard George Bryant had e brought the Colonels back and into the lead , and forward Billy Burton drove the lane for a bucket with just 36 seconds left. This shoved the Colonels to a three-point (93-90) lead.But Don Moore hit his only shot of the night, a 10-footer from the left baseline, with 19 seconds to go. Tech was pressing, but the Colonels' inbound pass traveled the length of the court without contact, giving Tech the ball out under its goal, j with 14 seconds left.Too Much Pressure The plan was to go to Palomar on the post for the final shot. The ball went into him with seven seconds, but Eastern’s h prewre forced a fumble, and ^ out of the traffic underneath the £oai. Eastern came out with the ball.The had to foul to try to gel the ball, and with just twe seconds left, guard BobbySee KATDERS BOW Page 1• ,T3'AS TECH ft to it fUtreb[j utile - . .Iswrey iq 22 8 9 0Johnson 2 6 4 5 J**Wakefield 4 5 0 1 ITalomar KM E 12 SMooreKaberllneTotal ------— W 35 40 !•KA3TER.V KILY. r* f« « fla r*b Bryant 14 24 7 S 2Burton 3 6 3 5 Sd Areabriehi -.13345 Dunacan 5 S 1 1 S11 Mitchell 7 34 2 2 3Brooks 113 3 3[», UpchurchNewell _ ......in 0 0 0 B 0 3 0 0 2 1
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Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 29, 1971
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