College Cage Powers Unset In Tourneys
The top teams Southern California Stanford and Bowling Green opened holiday tournaments with losses. USC 72 54 to Colorado State Northwestern edged Stanford 62 61 on Ken Lutyens final second play, while Bowling Green fell 58 37 to St Josephs. Eight major events began with buzz as 19 crowns await Saturday final rounds.
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Jim Boyle
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
UCLA
Utah
Knight
Colorado State
Quaker City
BYU
la Salle
Villanova
Manhattan
Providence
Delaware
St. Josephs
Kansas City
Kansas
Colorado
Iowa State
Nebraska
Oklahoma City
Wyoming
Creighton
Bay
Portland
Ore
Iowa
Arizona
Oregon
Washington State
Celtics Hold Off Warriors In Close NBA Clash
Wilt Chamberlain starred for the Warriors with 43 points and around a dozen blocks and 32 rebounds but failed to lift San Francisco past Boston. The Celtics won 116 to 113 as Russell was held to eight points in a defensive showcase. Detroit beat Chicago 123-116 and St Louis edged Los Angeles 106-104 in other NBA games.
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Wilt Chamberlain
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Warriors
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Chicago
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Lakers
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Boston
Bill Russell
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Big Wilt
Russell
Prep Schedule Night Friday Jan 4 Basketball Matches
Listing of Friday and Saturday night games across southern Illinois towns including West Frankfort Centralia Harrisburg Carbondale Herrin Anna Jonesboro Sparta Murphysboro Chester Pinckneyville Du Quoin Carterville Attucks Lesser Wallonville Feldorado Johnston City McLeansboro Norris City Shawnee Vienna Hurst-Bush U School Trico Marissa Crab Orchard Equality Joppa Rosiclare Goreville Thebes Benton Eldorado Johnston City West Frankfort Carbondale Anna Jonesboro Du Quoin Chester Zeigler Royalton Hurst-Bush Fairfield McLeansboro Elyria Aluuicks and more games noted with venues and pairings.
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West Frankfort
Centralia
Harrisburg
Carrier Mills
Carbondale
Herrin
Anna Jonesboro
Sparta
Murphysboro
Chester
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Christopher
Carterville
Elvorado
Attucks
Lesser
Wallonville
Feldorado
Johnston City
McLeansboro
Norris City
Shawnee
Vienna
Hurst-Bush
U. School
Trico
Marissa Crab Orchard
Equality Joppa
Rosiclare
Goreville
Thebes
Benton
Eldorado
Harrisburg and Carmi Triumph in Egyptian Tourney Opener
Harrisburg, Carmi posted wins to open the Egyptian Holiday Tournament at West Frankfort. Harrisburg held off Du Quoin 77-56 behind Guy Turner 28 points and Ed Cannon 16. Carmi edged Carbondale Attucks 51-43 led by Kenny Winter 25 points and strong defense. Turner and Cannon starred for Harrisburg while Winter carried Carmi with 17 first-half points. Du Quoin led briefly but Harrisburg pulled away in the third quarter. Best attendance night drew 35,677 at Yonkers harness track.
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Narvisburg
Carmi
West Frankfort
Bill ‘Trees
Harrisburg Bulldogs
Guy Turner
du Quoin
Kenny Winter
Carmi Bulldogs
Carbondale Attucks
Mt. Vernon
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Harrisburg
Indians
Bulldogs
Alfred Hall
Wille Miller
Bob Conte
Chuck Koerner
Mike Crews
Conte
Ron Maguire
Winter
Turner
Don Gulley
Ed Cannon
Bluebirds
Hall
Henry Carter
McLeansboro
Carter
Walt Moore
Koerner
Crews
Maguire
Davison
Cannon
Wunderlich
Pavelonis
Gulley
Reynolds
Martinko
Salukis Face Fordham as Edwardsville Eyes Big Tourney
Southern Illinois University basketball notes Armando problems as Auburn and Evansville brace for a tough schedule. Fordham and Centralia tourneys loom with talks of small teams and stars like Bechtold Renn and Walker. Centralia hosts prep tourney led by Belleville and Benton rivals, while Salukis seek fourth major foe upset.
Tourney Schedule Tonight Across Multiple Illinois Courts
Centralia Edwardsville faces Peoria Manual at 6 45 p m with Cen tralia meets Pekin at 8 p m and Decatur plays Wood River at 9 30 p m West Frankfort Carbon dale clashes Mt Vernon at 7 p m while West Frankfort faces Murphysboro at 7 30 p m McLeansboro Eldorado battles Carrier Mills at 7 p m Metropolis meets Albion at 8 30 p m Fairfield plays Norris City at 6 p m consolation round Sesser Blind draw links Sesser Zeigler Royal ton Carterville and Christopher Pairings set for 6 15 p m first games start at 7 p m as all four teams play Cathedral Waterloo meet at 3 40 p m Freeburg Cahokia against Steel ville at 7 p m
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New Trier
Centralia
Scott Emnyre
Harvey Fox
Benton
Herrin
Marion
Freeburg
Chester
Red Bud Kagped
Elvorado
Steeleville
Cahokia
Cathedral
Waterloo
Gale
Ku Joseph
Steve
Benedict Bush
Elverado
Red Bud
Gielow
Lesinger
SIU
Korves
Lider
House
Budh
Ethlers
Menard
University
Luthy
Davis
Foster
Southern Fenton
Bowlin
Fish
Methodist
Punk
Emucha
Peruna
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Univer
David Kenney
Edwardsville
Peoria
Pekin
Decatur
Wood River
West Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
Murphysboro
McLeansboro
Eldorado
Carrier Mills
Metropolis
Albion
Fairfield
Norris City
Sesser
Zeigler-Royalton
Carterville
Christopher
College Basketball Scores From Various Games
College basketball results include West Virginia 65 Boston College 74 and U Penn 66 New York U 71. Notable wins feature St Bonaventure 82 Holy Cross 98 and UCLA 89 Utah State 75. Other scores include Kansas 70 Colorado 64 and Arizona 56 Oregon 67 Washington State 57.
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West Virginia
Boston College
UT St. Bonaventure
Holy Cross
Tinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Kansas
Colorado
Town State
Nebraska
Arizona
Oregon
Washington State
WCAC
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San Jose
Pepperdine
Santa Clara
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State
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St. Louis
Washington
UCLA
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Northwestern
Stanford
Louisiana Tech
West
Giants Aim for Balanced Ground Attack in Title Game
Giants coach Allie Sherman seeks a balanced offense to aid L. A. Tittle against Green Bay. He cites Rams and Lions rushing yardage against the Packers to illustrate possible ground success and warns against underestimating Lombardi’s club after their 1961 setback.
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Bear Mountain
N.Y
Allie Sherman
Green Bay
New York Giants
L. A. Tittle
Packers
Los Angeles Rams
Detroit
Giants
Sherman
Army Field House
West Point
Vince Lombardi
Alex Webster
McLeansboro Tops Norris City In Openers At Tourney
Top seed McLeansboro defeated Norris City 73 to 42 as Ridgway beat Fairfield 71 to 62 in two opening night games of the McLeansboro tournament. Coach Gene Jaile's Foxes used heavy substitution and led 13-6 after one period, with the Burns twins contributing strongly. Ridgway's Tom Suttner scored 27 as his team outrebounded and outlasted Fairfield, who fouled out ten players in a 71-62 loss.
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Centralia
Danville Schlarman
Bryan Williams
Lee Cabutti
Champaign
Hursey
Clark
Bush
F. M. Walker
Walker
Belleville
Roger Bechtold
Dave Renn
Jerry Jowett
Renn
Collinsville
Bob Crawford
McLeansboro
Norris City
Ridgway
Fairfield
Carrier Mills
Eldorado
Metropolis
Alpion
Gene Jaile
Foxes
Cardinals
Haile
Ace Burns Twins
Jin
John
Bob Dallas
Larry Odum
Fairfield Mules
Mules
Eagles
Tom Suitner
Rich Wallers
Jim Burns
John Burns
Sturm
Ingram
Edmonds
Upton
Farlow
Lampley
Morgan
Johnson
Healy
South
Downen
Austin
Poshard
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Leonard Mitchell
Tom Wunderlich
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Keith Stelter
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Ryansville
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al West
Pete Kelley
Bob Hoskins
Ison
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Canisius
John Stevens
Rams
Salukis
Jim Hallihan
Jerry Hill
Quincy
Larry Gross
Cliff Berger
Merritt Pulley
Limpus Realty
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Thrift Plan
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Pearce
Moore
Tom Rand
Lance Olson
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