Gopher Cagers
Nip Nebraskans
InOvertime Tilt

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 26—Minne-
sota’s Gophers defeated Nebraska,
55-54, in an overtime basketball game
that won’t be topped in suspense for a

| Minnesota led, 21-20, at the half and
|Nebraska’s Jim Strahan scored six
|straight points as the regulation time
|ran out.

| Bob Hahn, Cornhusker forward,
| scored a goal and Clarence Hermensen,
| Gopher center, tied it on a long heave.
|Bob Costello’s foul put Nebraska
|}ahead momentarily, then Buzzy Lehr-
man sank two free throws for Minne-
sota. With seconds left, Costello blew
a foul shot that would have tied the
game. Hermensen was high for the
night with 27 points.

Kansas U. got off to a fine start in
Big Six competition with a 63-40 vic-
tory over Kansas State. Coach Phog
Allen’s Jayhawkers were paced by
Moffett, who netted 25 points, It was
a rough game, K. U. committing a
{fouls, K. S. 19.

Set shots that hit their mark in she
second half gave Great Lakes a 60-47
basketball. victory over Purdue here.
‘Luke Majorki and Dick McGuire hit
the net from all angles to stifle a
Boilermaker threat midway in the
j}second half. Paul Hoffman of Purdue
was the outstanding performer on the
| -ourt.

| In New York, DePaul’s veteran
|}»Blue Devils« defeated Long Island
} University, 74-47, racking up the
|season’s highest basketball score at
Madison Square Garden. :

In the first game of the double-
header, St, John’s of Brooklyn downed
Puerto Rico University, 41-35..

The Blackbirds held George Mikan,
'DePaul’s six-foot, seven-inch center,
[to 14 pcints, his lowest total of the
|season, but the rest of the Illinois
|team took up the scoring slack.
| Iowa’s flashy scoring machine snap-
|ped Notre Dame’s winning streak and
made it five triumphs in a row by |
|whipping the Irish, 63-46. Vince
| Boryla, Irish ace, led the scorers with

Walter Kell scored 21 points to pace
| Michigan’s Wolverines to a 38-33 vic-
|tory over Wyoming for their seventh
| straight victory.