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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1962
Page
8
Washington's freshman basketball team topped Mid-Prairie 46 to 16 after a 17 to 9 first half. Tim Dougall led with 10 points and Ron Marshall added six. Mid-Prairie's Ging mounted five points. Coach Jim Rossen said the Demons visit Mt Pleasant Thursday.
Ohio State Cincinnati and Kentucky hold the 1 2 3 spots in the United Press International college basketball ratings during the midseason lull. Kansas State moves to No 4 swapping with Southern California while Duke rises to No 6 and Oregon State to No 9.
Mace 1790 and Swift 1629 lead individual and team totals. Hy-Vee 1827 team series with Mace 1790 and Hy-Vee 660 team game ahead of Swift 629. Dorothy MacCarthy 223 and Helen Brotherton 190 top individual games. Helen Brother 497 and Pat Harris 482 series. In Melody Lanes results, Melody Lanes 3 0 Produce 0, Washington Laundry 3 0 Twinks 0, Davis Paints 3 0 Carsons 0, Johnson 2 1 Sportshop 1. Team series Melody Lanes 1677, Sportshop 1489. Tom Lowe 523, Mike Moore 444. Lowe 193 and 178 in games.
Wisconsin, unranked, upset Illinois 85-81 to move to 4-0 in the Big Ten, showing the absence of top scorer Ron Jackson hasn’t slowed them. Ohio State extended its winning streak to 15 with a 94-73 road win over Purdue, led by Mel Nowell’s 29 points. Indiana’s Jimmy Rays sparked a late rally in a separate game.
At a meeting last evening the Methodist Church Men's Club elected Lyle Wilcox as president Elmer Wenger as vice president and Charles Barclay as secretary to serve until July 1 1953.
Indiana topped Ohio State 72 to 71 to move into third place at 3-1. Rayl scored 24 after a 56 point burst previous week, while Bass added two late free throws to seal the win. Purdue trailed early and Lucas and Siebel led their squads in scoring for their teams. Northwestern suffered a fifth league loss in six.
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