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iElkhart AmongFinal FoursomeContinued From Page Eight.sszs it popped into the finals last year, d representing the smallest school d to reach the round of four since 1915, there was a feeling that the Indians were pretty lucky. They) had needed two overtimes to de-j‘ feat Knightstown Memorial, got ». past Connersville by only two s points, and had to play another p | overtime against Attica in the semifinals.This time Milan came upthrough the Indianapolis^ semifinal with a string of solid victories. In seven tourney games, its y | thinnest margin has been eight points over Aurora at the regional level.The Indians beat a good, big r | Montezuma team in the afternoon game of the Capital semifinal, 44-“ 34. Thev bounced a favored Indianapolis Attucks team at night,e i 65-52. nf-t-«i-sreGuard Bobby Plump, darling of n ; the independent fans last year, | : again has been a terror for Milan. He was second among all semifinals scorers with 45 points, 17against Montezuma and 28 against '* Attucks.e One of the tourney’s outstanding s | players didn’t reach the finals.0 | Mississinewa's 6-foot-5-inch Larry Heddon scored 26 points in histeam’s 63-55 afternoon victory n | over Kokomo. He got only 14 2 i against Muncie Central but the *) Bearcats had to shift their lineupto slow him dojvn.Columbus gave Milan a helpinghand by battling Attucks to the wire in their afternoon game. Attucks was down by 14 points in the third quarter and won in thelast seconds on a free throw by sonhomore Oscar Robertson.Attucks keeps six members of its 12-man tourney squad, so In-1 dianapolis still has hopes of winning the state championship someday. It never has.i
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Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Mon, Mar 15, 1954
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