Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 9

Vs Sparks for Nevada Title Tonight Basic Virgin Valley Nips Gabbs Moapa Valley Defeats Tonopah Title Tilt Lincoln Vegas In Rancho Gym TIMEOUT BASKETBALL Is All Southern Move to inals SCORES Windup Tonight Of Consolation Nevada State Journal 9 Reno Nev March 17 1956 HARRIS DARK Takes on Utah 37 0 well scatttered assist on Santee Wins 4:069 Mile jump ball Gaspar Ortega 8652 at Vegas See Tribe Win quarters 12 22 48 LAS VEGAS CLUB 2 2nd St VIA Have You Been To The i PHONE 2 9001 OR CALL YOUR TRAVEL AGENT 39 35 52 63 47 60 2 0 CLUB RENO GARAGE 70 46 personnel fish and 12 5 26 15 the game that ever important 26 24 ahead but a Reno score RENO PARKING SERVICE 8 12 1 1 2 2 0 21 34 51 24 36 46 43 28 2 2 Player Leavitt 1 8 8 4 3 3 1 5 5 216 1 17 6 20 3 5 2 6 ERNLEY March 16 (Special to the Journal) As play was completed tonight in the second action of the ernley town team basketball tourna ment the following results were recorded: Oasis Bar of Reno 67 62 over Sturm Painters of Sparks ernley Town Team 80 59 over Ca pucci Weaver of allon and in the consolation round it was Ger lach 56 46 over Crafton Roofers Saturday games will be Lovelock vs Sturm Painters at 7:30 and Elbow Room vs Oasis at 9:00 the winner to play ern ley Sunday for the championship fg ft tp 10 2 14 6 3 612 3 10 16 4 210 Moapa Valley (58) Tonopah (39) layer ig i tp layer Score by Lincoln Carson final games to move into the closer Lincoln got by a battling Car son City team 63 60 and Las Ve gas licked Yerington by a handy 70 46 Lincoln dropped its first game of the tourney to the Reno Hus and Las Vegas was upset in the first round by Winnemucca Game time Saturday for the final of the large school consola tion bracket will be 3:30 pm Basic (64) Player umagali Lottridge Miller Peck PHILADELPHIA March 16 (UR) Slim Hal Lear scored 40 points tonight to lead Temple University to a 65 59 victory' over Connecticut and thus become a finalist in the NCAA Eastern re gional tournament Victorious Temple will play Canisius who defeated Ivy League champion Dartmouth 66 58 in the opener of a Palestra double header before 8464 fans The flashy Lear scored 18 field goals in 27 shots and four out of five fouls as he came within five points of the NCAA single game record held by Bob Houbregs of Washington His performance saved a Temple team which played erratic ball particularly in the second half when Connecti cut rallied gamely and once trimmed the Temple lead to six points with five minutes left in the game In the opener the Golden Grif fins of Canisius were led to vic tory over Dartmouth by Hank 29 points 17 5 39 43 58 23 39 1 15 Humboldt got back two of its short points in the second period off a 14 12 period that ended at 32 24 Basic as the Wolves began to miss The third quarter was a repeat for Basic but Winnemucca fell away to only seven despite playmaking that set up plenty of shots as the Buckaroo goal sud denly came up with a lid on it The fourth was a wide open fin ish as Basic notched 20 points Humboldt 17 Lottridge gpt nine in the melee umagali six and Stoker of Winnemucca six The included 18 points on foul shots from 23 chances while the Buckaroos made six in only eight tries The Winnemuc cans were assessed 16 personal fouls Basic only six got feeling that I figure too prominently in this pions!" 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 2 0 0 It was the 52nd consecutive victory for the dazzling Dons who pulled away early in the contest and were never seriously threatened Russell who also contributed 21 points to San at tack blocked shots throughout the game Time and again the All big arms would go up in the air to block what looked like a sure Bruin basket Gene Brown San replacement for All American Jones looked like anything but a green sophomore He scored 23 points most of them on long field goals He was high for the game LAWRENCE Kan March 16 Tall and speedy Oklahoma raced past Kansas State 97 93 and favored Southern Meth odist downed Houston 89 74 in opening games of the Lawrence NCAA regionals tonight Both winners held wide mar gins throughout most of the game but Kansas State came back to within one point of Oklahoma City with only 14 sec onds to go The championship is scheduled between Oklahoma City and Southern Methodist If there was an upset it was pulled by Oklahoma City which took the lead and kept it all the way with 16 point margins twice in the second half Big Jim Krebs 6 8 SMU cen ter led scoring for the game with 27 points although he was used sparingly in the second half and sometimes played only on the defensive half of the court Seven foot Don Boldebuck had one of his poorest nights with 11 points for Houston Sam Sells a 6 9 Houston guard also had 11 Southern Methodist hit 378 per cent of its field goal tries Hous ton was 541 Central Entries Drop Semi inals 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 6 3 12 18 0 2 0 CORVALLIS Ore March 16 (IP) National champion Univer sity of San rancisco with Bill defensive game the big factor scored an easy 72 61 vic tory over outclassed Bruins tonight to advance to the quarter finals of the NCAA bas ketball tournament HOLLYWOOD March 16 OP) Legion Stadium officials predict ed today about a 812000 gate to morrow night when light heavy weight champion Archie Moore meets rankie Daniels in a 10 round nontitle bout Moore finished his work for the fight yesterday by going four rounds with sparring partners Ed die Jenkins and Charlie Black Daniels went four rounds with heavyweight Willie Bean Washoe Rod Gun Club will conduct the annual deer count at Red Rock range on Sunday John Bisagno chairman of the big game committee reports that the club will be assisted in the count by mounted groups from the Nevada State Rangers par ticipating for the fourth year Washoe County Posse Sage Riders and many individ ual horsemen from this area Also on hand will be members and friends of the Washoe Rod Gun Club who will foot Present also will be of the Nevada state game commission and the forest service who have assisted in the past The group will assemble at 9:00 am Sunday at the corrals above Bird Springs on the Red Rock road approximately 12 miles past the turnoff just north of Stead Air Base Road Results of this survey will help determine regulations for the deer season this year Vol unteers wishing to participate will be more than welcome as there is plenty of work ahead oot help as well as mounted riders will be needed After the deer count the Wa shoe Rod Gun Club will serve and doughnuts (Volunteers are reminded to bring their own plates cups forks and spoons) LAS VEGAS March 16 (Special to the Journal) It will be an all South division consolation final Satur day afternoon as the Nevada high school basketball tournament nears a close here in the Rancho gym That was set up this evening when the Lincoln Lynx and the Las Vegas Wildcats won their consolation semi Las Vegas High Wild cats stunned in their opener by the Humboldt Buckaroos today snapped back at the expense of Yerington and handed the Lions a 70 46 whipping to gain the consolation finale orty personal fouls were called during the rough late aft ernoon contest 27 of them against the Las Vegas club As a result the losing Lions picked up 28 of their total from the foul line in 43 attempts The Wild cats got 15 from the free throw stripe in only 21 tries Coach Harry red and black combo left little doubt to the eventual outcome of meeting The Cats whipped up 24 points in a rousing first quarter to get an 11 point jump on the Craig Blackham coached Yering ton team The tempo fell off only slightly in the second period as the Vegans added another 19 to leave the floor at the intermis sion with a 43 28 advantage The three quarter edge was 20 points for the Wildcats 59 39 Guard Paul Loughrey set the scoring pace for the Wildcats with 16 points nine of them in the wild first period and was given 15 point support by pivot Don Helm or Yerington it was Dave Rife with 16 and Bob Guthrie with 12 Loughrey canned nine points in the first quarter to lead the Wildcats to their 24 13 lead Washoe Rod Gun Will Stage Reno Winnemucca Eliminated In Semi inals LOS ANGELES March 16 UR) Welterweight Joe Dorando of Hollywood made his main event debut a winning one last night in unanimously decisioning Joe Abasta of Azusa Calif in Olym pic 10 round fea tured event It was the 10th straight pro fessional win without a loss for Dorando Abasta also making his main event dropped his second straight decision after winning 11 in a row Dorando 146 was a 2 1 choice in the locally televised fight over Abasta 147 (Continued from Page One) the same as Sprague put together five driving layup shots and three foul tosses for 13 points of the 17 the Pirates got in that session Tonopah got eight more and trailed by 20 at 43 23 Sprague added another seven in the fourth before he fouled out with 13 seconds to play while Per chetti and Sorensen found life for the Muckers too late Cottam of the Pirates also got the side line wave in the final quarter with 6:29 left to play Pat McDonald Jim Clapper and Sor ensen finished with four personals each as did Ron Pulsipher and Doug Jones of Moapa CORVALLIS Ore March 16 Utah defeated Seattle Uni versity 81 72 and national champion San rancisco downed UCLA 72 61 tonight t6 advance to the quarter finals of the NCAA basketball tournament before 10213 fans Utah led by some great clutch shooting by Gary Bergen over came a second half Seattle threat to earn the dubious right to meet the San rancisco Dons tomor row night for a semi final berth Electric Shavers REPAIRED properly and quicklyfl by Jack Crampton at his Reno Shaver Shop 230 Sierra across from Sears Headquarters for Rein fl Ington Sunbeam Norelco Schick Ronson Shavers Get up to $750 trade in Phone 2 6501 the field and tried to catch fly balls saw the game at this gam bling oasis The Giants took a 4 0 lead in the fourth inning when they tagged Duane Pillette for five hits including a double by Gail Harris and a two run single by catcher Ray Katt Cleveland teed off on rookie Ernie Broglio up fro mthe Cali fornia League for six hits and four runs in the sixth inning catcher Jim Hegan drilling the big blow a two run double The Indians scored the winning tally in the following inning off rookie Curtis Barlay on a triple by Al Smith and Rudy single (46) fg ft tp i Totals Score by quarters: Basic Winnemucca been completed for the 13th an nual Andy Milich Memorial Bas ketball tournament which will be entered by eight selected town teams The traditional townie tourney which was begun in Lovelock back in 1940 will begin next riday March 23 with the first of four games starting at 6:00 pm It will continue Saturday and finish Sunday night A single elimina tion affair the Lovelock tourna ment will match semi final losers in a Sunday consolation 20 30 Club is spon soring the tournament and has received acceptances from Colfax Calif ireballs: Capucci Weaver winner of the allon city league Winnemucca 20 30 Club spon sored by Sonoma Inn' Barber Shop Lovelock Sparks 20 30 Club ernley town team winner of the allon invitational tourney of the Reno city league Imlay town team winner of the Winnemucca league with 17 1 WHATS HAYS HIS NAME Alderette Pulsipher Whitmore Sprague Sprague Jones Perkins Cottam Leavitt Jensen Totals Score by quarters: Moapa Tonopah Reese rehner Leavitt A Leavitt Totals Score by quarters: Virgin yalley Gabbs NEW YORK March 16 Welterweight Contender Isaac Logart of Cuba chopped at taller Gaspar (Indian) Ortega of Mexi co like a frantic woodsman try ing to fell a tree tonight and won a unanimous 10 round deci sion at Madison Square Garden but could not put him down Ortega only 20 and fighting his first televisionbout and Gar den main event won many ad mirers because of his rugged ness and his undiminished yen for battle even in the final round when he was floundering about the ring and almost went down three times Tenley Albright Skate Champion PHILADELPHIA March 16 Olympic champion Tenley Al bright won the senior skating title for the fifth straight year tonight edging Carol Heiss this world champ in their heralded 7 The 20 year old Radcliff Col lege student from Newton Mass thd leader after the school figures event on Thursday brought a wild ovation from the 5000 arena fans who watched her brilliant and artistic free skating tonight ft tp a 3 7 IOWA CITY Iowa March 16 (UR) Big Ten champions shook off a fist fight and an in jury tonight to beat Morehead State 97 83 and Kentucky downed Wayne 84 64 to advance to the quarter finals of the NCAA basketball tournament The Hawkeyes winning their 15th straight game sailed to a lead as high as 24 points in the first half but a surge of fouling cost them guard Bill Seaberg in the first seven minutes of the second period and guard Milt Scheuerman was put out for fight ing before the 10 minute mark Meanwhile the Morehead team highest scoring club in the nation shaved the Iowa edge to 13 points Carl Cain the leading scorer with 28 points kept the Hawkeyes alive then until 5:12 remained when he hurt his leg on a drive in shot and was taken out limping badly Kentucky eight point fav orte held a tremendous height advantage and controlled the backboard all the way But Wayne boasting a 17 game win ning streak and only one defeat in 19 starts battled in front con sistently in the first half and held a 34 32 edge at the intermission It was the 20th win in 25 games and furnished a sat isfactory start to eighth appearance in the national tourney The Wildcats coached by Adolph Rupp won the national title in 1948 1949 and 1951 6 7 center Bob Bur row sparked his team all the way with 33 points 19 of them in the first half Virgin Valley won its final berth among the schools by taking a narrow 51 46 win over the Gabbs Tarantulas in a come from behind affair in which the Bulldogs trailed until the final five minutes Gabbs was in front all the way until the third period with advan tages of 16 12 24 21 at the quar terS Then Virgin Valley scored five consecutive points to go ahead at 26 25 But Coach Elden Tarantulas tied the count and went back in front Gabbs led by 3631 at the three quarter mark Then the pace quickened and the score was tied at 36 36 again at 42 42 and 44 all Until the 42 42 point the Bulldogs from Bunkerville Mesquite "had come from behind for their ties But then they began to be the pace setters inally the Virgin Valley gang went ahead by 49 44 before Lew Dodgion hit for Gabbs to narrow the spread to 46 49 with a min ute to play Coach Wes green and white clad Bulldogs then worked a freeze and sent Graeme rehner down the mid dle with another insurance goal just qt the buzzer rehnes 14 points topped the winners with 11 point aid by teammate Tom Leavitt Gun for the game however was steady Lew Dodgion with 16 Bob Joryes and Martin Killian were in close support with 42 and 10 re spectively The Tarantulas made 22 points from the free throw line in 31 chances while Virgin Valley made good from there nine times in 17 attempts Nineteen fouls were called against the Bulldogs 11 against the Tarantulas fg ft tp 3 7 5 5 10 STIRRUP CUP LATELY? $100 Buffet Sun 4 Wed Hi i Music by ONE IVerinffton fg ft tpl Player 41 uonaero 1 51 Askins 1 71 Martin 0 O'Bullentini 0'4! Rife 1 15 Sacchlni 4 16' Guthrie 6101 Jones 7 9 Page 0 Scierene 15 15 30 1 0 2 2 0 fg ft tpl 3 3 5 6 0 3 0 0 fg ft tp 2 0 3 0 0 8 4 Las Vegas Player Ruymann Hamel Romero Hampton Baker Helm Loughrey Ashworth Eggars Stewart Totals Score by quarters: Las Vegas Yerington 9 28 46 59 39 0 2 4 0 0 16 0 0 8 2 2 17 12 46 40 49 32 46 0 0 2 8 2 16 1 11 010 1 3 0 0 21 6 48 32 44 64 24 31 48 Jenkins Leader or Skate Cup PHILADELPHIA March 16 World champion Hayes Alan Jenkins opened the fourth suc cessive defense of his senior figure skating title today by taking an early lead over Ron nie Robertson perennial runner up RIVERSIDE GARAGE it leaves you breathless CMIRNA WlllllkllVI (8 THE GREATEST NAME IN VODKA 80 Proof Made from grainSte Pierre Smlnwfi Hartford Conn SA CHICO NOSED SANTA CLARA Calif March 16 (IP) The Santa Clara Broncos nosed out Chico'State today 7 6 in a practice baseball game (Continued from Page One) champions from the tournament here The victory was the second of a four game series for the Maroon Gold with Reno and by far the most important of the quartet of non league games Twice previously the Huskies had tipped Sparks on the Reno court and once the Rail City team had won on its own floor game was a tight all air all the way with Reno leading until the closing mo ments of the first quarter and Sparks holding the lead the rest of the wajl Near the end Men dive Railroaders were Ly as much as 14 points high spirited finish by nearly flipped the final the other way Big men in the Sparks win both In scoring and in blackboard work controlling the all import anl rebounds were center Chuck Walker and forward Carlisle Van Noy They finished with 16 and 15 points respectively to pace the winners in the scoring col umn John Miller had nine more and rankie Rowe another eight Reno meantime was paced by the 16 point work of guard red Black while guard Alex Kan wetz and forwards Jerry Moon and Tom Eloan came along with eight each in a offense So close Was ft was from the free throw line that the differ ence showed Each team hit 17 times from the field But the Railroaders made good on 15 free throws in 22 chances while Reno got only 12 in 24 attempts The Huskies started fast with red Black hitting a quick pair of jump shots and Ron Gifford two foul tosses for a 6 0 advant age before the Railroaders could get untracked Then Carlisle Van Noy made two foul shots to put Sparks on the board and Black streaked in to hit from underneath Van Noy added another four points before the quarter ended and rankie Rowe popped in a pair of set shots The first closed the score to 12 11 Reno and the second put the Rail men ahead for the first time just before the buzzer sounded They stayed in front Van Noy added another seven points in the second quarter mostly from close under the goal and big Chuck Walker scored twice from the field to start his string red Black Alex Kan wetz and Jerry Moon popped in four 'each in the second and the half ended 28 24 Sparks Walker was the man with eight points in the third as the Rail roaders picked up 19 points and Reno fell off to only eight As it turned out that was the period that told the tale and the score read 40 32 Sparks Van Noy Walker and John Mil ler were responsible for the splurge that pulled Sparks away to a 14 point lead in the fourth quarter when the count suddenly read: 48 34 But Tom Sloan connected twice Moon chipped in with two free throws and Kanwetz made it 48 42 as he sneaked under Black hit again on his pet long jump and set closed the count to 48 46 But that ended it and Joe Peroglio made the first of two free throws awarded him on a foul with 18 seconds remaining The game ended at 49 46 Sparks (49) Player Miller Van Noy Walker Macrander Rowe Peroglio Devere Tourney Play iill Conclude fg fttp 0 2 2 BONANZA AIR LINES Lovelock Sets 13th Tourney or 'Townies' LAS VEGAS March 16 The Cleveland Indians found Ray Narleski to be the same sure fire relief pitching star as in 1955 today when he took over in the sixth inning and hurled four scoreless frames to defeat the New York Giants 5 4 A gathering of 8652 fans in ebei 311 eluding small boys who raced on Hunt1 Winnemucca (48) riayer Rhlnes BUI Stoker Damon i I Bankofler I Tang SI 2000 House To See Moore (Reno (46) I Player 3 Rlftnn 5 151 Campbell 4 16! Moon 0 Gifford 2 81 Clark 1 II Black 0 01 McDowell I Kanwetz I Murphy 17 15 491 Totals quarters: 13 12 Totals Score by Sparks Reno Wolves found their way into the title shot in impres sive fashion 64 48 over a Hum boldt team that did nearly every thing right except score The tall talented Wolves from Henderson took full advantage of their height superiority and on the part of Jerome Etchegoy Buckaroos from Humboldt county to lead all the way The quarter advantages were 20 10 32 24 and 44 31 as the Winnemuccans lost their shooting eyes in the second half Top scoring gun for Basic was veteran pivot Doug Lottridge with 19 points but he had plenty of help in the form of 18 points by Ronnie Mich'l and 13 by Bernie umagali Humboldt meanwhile followed the 16 point lead of cool Don Stoker His support includ ed 11 by Lyle Damon 10 by Tom my and eight by Erman Bill a slick ball handling junior who played a fine floor game in the second half as one of two re serves who saw service for the losers Coach Bob Wolves opened a 10 point gap in the Tirst period on the strength of a 20 point effort that included six by Mich! and four each by umagali Lottridge and Bob Peck The lat ter pounded in two long range sets that helped the early pace Virgin Valley (51) Gabbs (46) iglttp layer 6 Smith 2 Cooper 81 Jones 81 Dodgion 21 Killian ernley Event In Semi inal US Tips UCLA In 72 61 Game CLEVELAND March 16 (UR) Wes Santee the Kansas Marine at war with National AAU spread eagled the field in a mile tonight at the Knights of Columbus track meet in four minutes and 69 seconds his best time of the winter in door season ahd only two and three tenths seconds off the local record he set last year Santee lapped the entire four man field and for the last half mile had to set his own pace The regular mile was won by Big Ten champion Ted Wheeler of Iowa in 4:13 Joey Dorando Drubs Abasta 0 0 0 Perchetti 6 0 121 Gumbmann 0 0 01 McDonald 0 0 0 Jacobson 9 10 281 Clapper bi urawiey 0 0 Sorensen 2 101 Breen 0 21 arnsworth 0 0 01 22 14 581 Totals 0 21 9 511 Totals NCAA PLAYOS (at Lawrence Kan) Oklahoma City 97 Kansas State 93 Southern Methodist 89 Houston 74 (at Iowa City Iowa) Kentucky 84 Detroit 64 Iowa 97 Morehead State 83 (at Philadelphia Pa) Canisius 66 Dartmouth 58 Temple 65 Connecticut 59 (at Corvallis Ore) US 72 UCLL 61 Utah 81 Seattle 72 NAIA TOURNAMENT (at Kansas City Mo) Semi finals McNeese State 78 Pittsburgh (Kans) 72 Texas Southern 82 Wheaton 73 ALL ARMY TOURNAMENT (At Leonard Wood Mo) Camp Chaffee 98 ort Lewis 72 ourth Army Camp Chaffee Ark 98 Sixth Army ort Lewis Wash 95 championship game) AIR ORCE TOURNAMENT (At Peru Ind) Shaw AB South Carolina 73 Elmen dorf AB Alaska 72 Bitburg AB Germany 62 Shaw AB South Carolina 61 overtime (cham pionsnip game) WOMEN'S AAU NATIONALS (St Joseph Mo) Wayland College Plainview Tex Nashville Business College 33 final PRO R1SKPTR1IT (Playoff for No 2 Spot in Western Division) Minneapolis Lakers 103 St Louis Hawks 97 while Rife of the Lions hit for seven five of them on foul shots Loughrey was back for another six in the second and Rife can ned another five gift tosses Don Helm took up the slack for Las Vegas in the third with seven points Don Ashworth made six and the the period ended 59 39 Three Vegans fell victim of the five foul limit with John Ruy mann Ron Baker and Helm all getting the wave Bob Guthrie and Arnold Page finished with four each for Lyon (70) 2 2 3 0 2 7 6 5 1 0 28 14 701 Totals 24 13 Reno Bankers Sweep Opener In Elko Play 23 18 641 Totals 2010 12 16 Sparando Leads In ABC Singles ROCHESTER March 16 (UR) Tony Sparando of New York 50 year old former Amer ican Bowling Congress singles champion took over first place today in the singles division of the 1956 tournament with a total of 719 Sparando who is partly blind in his right eye rolled games of 234 246 and 239 The veteran bowling alley proprietor from Rego Park won the ABC singles title in 1954 at Seattle with 723 His singles feat placed him third in the all events competition with an 1863 total Sparando rolled 573 in the team event yesterday and 571 in doubles earlier this afternoon He replaced George Young of Detroit as the singles 1 eader Young has a 696 total Pv CoKS Intimal Snorts Editor Phone 3 4121 Red Deer Count Set Sunday ELKO Nev March 16 (Spe cial to the Journal) Nevada Bank of Commerce the Reno city league champions augmented by several University of Nevada var sity stars tonight slaughtered their Idaho opponents in an open ing game of the invitational town team basketball tournament 72 29 The Bankers advanced into semi finals by ox Cigars of Twin alls Idaho To morrow night run into the power laden Idaho Ramblers composed of the College of Idaho varsity Awhich includes Owens ULittle All America ace This is actually a re match of the Nevada College of Idaho colle giate split series in Winnemucca a year ago Jim Lyon led the Bank of Com merce with 15 points and Dean Smith hit 14 Other scoring was Dan Sullivan 12 Dan Vidovich 7 George Assuras 6 Dave Cardinal li 5 rank Kendrick 3 Chuck Handley 3 Earl Jarrett 2 1 Logart Drubs Lincoln just managed a three point win 63 60 over the Carsen City Senators and made it with starters Jim Rice and Mel Peter son benched during the latter part of the second quarter all of the third and part of the fourth Both carried four foul imposts from the mid way point in the second Roughness of the game showed with 23 personal fouls called against the Senators and 22 against the Lynx The winners however made use of their chances 1o win the game from the foul line where they converted 27 LOVELOCK March 16 (Spe 01 opportunities city cial to the Plans have meanwhile made only 18 points on iouis in oo attempts Rice nearly carried away scor ing honors as it was with 14 points to his credit before he was withdrawn in the second quarter and 16 in all But teammate Jim Gillins tanked 19 points for the top spot followed by Carson Ernie Johnson with 18 The Sen Ed Allison had 14 points as did teammate Chet Wood The two teams fought through an even first quarter 15 15 and by halftime the score was 39 35 Lincoln thanks to an 11 point spree by Rice Ernie Johnson of Carson nearly matched him at that with 10 in the period An even third quarter ended at 52 47 Lincoln George Allison of the Senators fouled out with 4:17 left in the third and 30 seconds later Cliff Jensen was ejected for an intentional foul Things were drum head tight through the final quarter and when the 2:10 mark was reached Lincoln led by a slim 60 58 Jim free throw made it 61 58 Johnson hit from the key for Car son and Gillins cribbed one on a fast break to pull up to three points 63 60 Lincoln controlled a lPHOENIX KTM with one second left Lincoln (63) I Carson City (60) Player fg ft tpl Player fg ft tp Jensen 0 2 2' Wood 5 4 14 Christensen 0 4 41 Moose 0 0 0 Reese 2 5 91 Baxter Oil Peterson 1 0 2 Allison 2 0 4 McGhle 2 5 91 Longero 3 3 9 Glllins 6 7 191 Allison 5 4 14 Rice 6 4 161 Oliver 0 0 0 Barnum 1 0 21 Smith 0 0 0 I Johnson 6 6 18 Totals 18 27 63s Totals 21 18 60.