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Texas WesternWins78To76jltonwinO.T. Thrillerpun*in a’ LUBBOCK, Tex. (CPI) with Texas Western’s Willie Cager Piob- turned from goat to hero with 50 to- ’ crucial points in a tingling: overtime period Friday night . •s to *or a victory over, jj15 Cincinnati in the NCAA Mid* elt;jg€ west regionala' Cager blew a free throw with en(t 11 seconds left to play in the iding bnusmg Texas Western-Cincin ,nati contest, hut made up for it roints 111 five-minute overtime.llie The regulation game ended 69-this(jj l0 Cager twice drove past the ^ jjV Bearcat defense for layups and * added two free throws. Guard , rec ■ Bobby Joe UiU gave the thtrd-axico ’rankelt;l Miners a two-point lead et in *our seconds left ,n the m overtime with a free throw. A ^ ‘ desperation Cincinnati shot hitthe rim at the buzzer.-n }*• It was a rugged contest in which Nevil Shed of the Miners -■ * ■ was thrown out of the game in the first half for slugging Cole- Bearcat star Don Roiffes. auben “He (Rolfes) just kept pushing and pushing.’’ said*3—57 shed. “I told the ref about it 15—59 and he wouldn't do nothing, so 1 t hit him.’’jcl Ninth-ranked Cincinnati, hit-'»■ ting a torrid 57 per cent from the field, led Texas Western by1 as many as 10 points m the first half and had a 42*36 i haiftime bulge.David Lattio, Texas Wes- tern’s 6-8 pivot man, pumped inj 37 29 points and 5-10 Hill added 17. gjve ! Roland West spearheaded the 94-80 Cincmnati attack with 19 and a points, followed by Ron KriekI ^ with 18. The high-scoring Rolfestercol- was beid to only 10 for theent Missouri Valley champions, met
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Western Kansas Press
Great Bend, Kansas, US
Sat, Mar 12, 1966
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