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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1973
Page
14
In West Lafayette Indiana Purdue dominates Illinois 61 31 on the boards to win 91 80 in a Big Ten opener. Sophomore center John Garrett scores 30 points led by 20 in the first half while Frank Kendrick adds 25 for the Boilermakers. Freshman guard also contributes.
Bruce Parkinson scored 12 points with nine assists and a game high 13 rebounds as Purdue outrebounded Illinois 27 11 in the first half. The Boilermakers improve to 8 3 while Illinois drops to 5 4.
John Ritter scored 24 points as Indiana staved off a late Wisconsin rally to win 76 64. Indiana built a 42 30 halftime lead and rode Ritter and Laskowski off the bench to an 8 2 overall mark in the Big Ten opener. Kerry Hughes was hampered by an injury for Wisconsin.
Sophomore Campy Russell scored 23 points to spark Michigan to a 68 to 621 victory over Ohio State, snapping a 6 game drought in Columbus. Russell heated up in the second half, rallying the Wolverines as they overcame a late Buckeye push.
Allan Hornyak scored 23 for Ohio State, lifting his career points to 1,231 and moving into ninth on the OSU all-time list. C J Kupee broke a 56 56 tie with four minutes left as Michigan pulled away to an 11 5 record? The Buckeyes dropped to 5 5 with the loss.
Michigan State held Northwestern scoreless for seven minutes and led 9-0 early as Northwestern missed its first 11 shots. James Wallace finally scored Northwestern’s first basket on a 14 foot jumper with 12 36 left in the first half while MSU extended the lead to as Northwestern trimmed the margin to 17 14 before the Spartans surged ahead.
Michigan State, on a seven game win streak the longest since 1956 57, built a 12 point lead only to see Northwestern cut it to 49 46 with 13 52 left. The Spartans answered with a 60 50 margin as Mike Robinson scored 22 and Bill Kilgore 21 to pace the victory while Mark eney led Northwestern with 2a.
North Carolina State, ranked fourth, toppled Virginia 68 to 61 in Atlantic Coast Conference action. Tom Burleson sparked a second half surge, giving the Wolfpack the lead for good at 37-36 as Virginia battled back from a early 12-12 tie and 10 lead changes. David Thompson scored 14 for NCSU, Rick Holdt 12, while Barry Parkhill poured in 26 for Virginia and Wally Weiler added 12.
Washington Redskins running back Larry Brown dominates AP MVP voting with 45 of 75 votes. He led the league with 1,216 rushing yards, setting a team rushing record, and was also the Offensive Player of the Year. OJ Simpson and others trailed in the ballot, with Brown the standout star of a championship pursuit.
The East Division defeated the West 6 2 in the WHA All Star game. McKenzie joined Pleau and Dorey scoring in the second period with McKenzie breaking the 1 1 tie at 8 87 of the frame to seal the East lead for good.
Herrin and Murphysboro led area wrestling wins on Thursday night while Carbondale fell 30-24 to Jackson, Missouri. Herrin rolled to a 45-9 win at Carmi and Murphysboro crushed Carterville 57-6, with detailed Herrin results listing pins and decisions for key weight classes.
The DC-7 cockpit and fuselage were located near the wreck site off San Juan Puerto Rico. Navy divers and Coast Guard cutter Sagebrush continued a 120 foot depth search for the missing four bodies while locating cockpit pieces and wreckage from the ill fated flight bound for Nicaragua.
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