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OKLAHOMA QUINTWINS CAGE TITLE44Finally Reaches PinnacleBy ORLO ROBERTSONAssociated Press Sports WriterNBW YORK, March 30— After 18 years a team coached by 41-year old Bank Iba has reached the pinnacle In basketball,Tba’s Oklahoma Aggies capped their NCAA championship with a 52-to-44 victory over Depaul, national invitation tournament winners. In a Red Cross name at Madison Square Garden last night. ,Ab mentor at Classen High school of Oklahoma City. Iba senthis boys to the finals of the na tional championship In 1929 only to loose to Athens, Tex. One of his fives at Marysville college in Missouri lost to the WichitaHenrys.Last, night’s triumph was achieved J before 18.158 fans, who contributedmore than $50,000 to the Red Cross.The game was expected to be a battle of basketball's top big men — the Aggies’ 7-foot Rob Kurland and Depaul’s 8-foot 9-Inch George Mi-kan. But Mikan fouled out after 14minutes of play and Iba assigned Kurland to almost a ball-retrieving and playmaking Job In the last N half.The Oklahoma redhead took only two shots In the last half, making one of them. He added two freel throws to boost his total to 14 I Mikan counted nine times. rDepaul held a 21-16 point lead i when Mikan departed and managed to hold its five-point margin period, leaving the floor with a 26-to-21 advantage. But in the second half, Cecil Hankins showed the way as the Aggies built up a 30-to-28 lend In the first five minutes, Hankins led the scorers with 20 points.The Oklahomans held command by a narrow margin through the remainder of the game.Ifi'ffrVIt
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East Liverpool Review
East Liverpool, Ohio, US
Fri, Mar 30, 1945
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