DE PAUL'S QUINTET THEY WENT AWAY AS CHAMPIONS AND CAME poze THE SAME

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Mikan Scores 33 Points, High
for Campaign at Garden, to
Help Crush Blackbirds

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18,000 FANS SEE GAMES|}

Victors Lead by 37-27 at the
Half—N. Y. U. Is Paired With
|. Baylor in Afterpiece

 

By LOUIS EFFRAT

A capacity crowd of 18,000 turned
out last night for the college bas-
ketball double - header at Madison
Square Garden, where De Paul met
L. I. U. and N. Y. U. faced Baylor.

De Paul, with the remarkable
George Mikan counting 33 points
for the season’s high at the Gar-
den, routed L. I. U., 75—61. It
was the last game of the campaign
for the Blackbirds, who ended with
a 14-9 record, the poorest in their
history. :

N. ¥. U. led Baylor, 34 to 23, at
the half way mark in the second
encounter.

De Paul, with George Mikan
putting on a one-man show, held
a 37-27 lead over L. I. U. at half-

time. Mikan amassed . 22 oints, , f caer
sear hice. ee put tanethen in Coach F. C. (Phog) Allen (second from right) talking with three members of the 1943 undefeated

a string. Without the big fellow,| Kansas University quintet who went into service and since their return have helped their team capture the
who holds the Garden scoring rec-| Big Six title this season for the twelfth time-in eighteen years. Left to right: Otto Schnellbacher, Charles

ord of 53 points, it would have :
Wiki aie wate iauen contest. Black, Coach Allen and Ray Evans. oe | Associated Press Wirephoto