--money, never trailed as Clem Haskins paced the club with 23 points, one more than teammate Chet Walker. John Block led San Diego with 33. Elvin Hayes, the defending scoring champion, was held to 15 points.
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--money, never trailed as Clem Haskins paced the club with 23 points, one more than teammate Chet Walker. John Block led San Diego with 33. Elvin Hayes, the defending scoring champion, was held to 15 points.
By GALEN BLAND
Kansan Sports Writer
The basketballs bounced all day Wednesday in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium as the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament completed its second round. Pro stars Dick Barnett, Willis Reed and Lucius Jackson have come from this tournament so it is usually well scouted by the professional teams.
Stephen F. Austin University of Nacogdoches, Tex., has been rated the number one team all year in the NAIA polls. They are the number one seeded team and most experts expect them to go all the way.
Wednesday night Austin risked their 32 consecutive victories against Augusta College of Georgia. Augusta was not rated high in the pre-tournament polls even though they had lost only two games this year.
Austin started 7-foot, 250-pound George Johnson at center. The awesome cager was first team All-American last year but managed only 11.2 points a game in the current season. At the forwards they have the Polnick twins, Ervin and Marvin. Both are 6-6 and average about 13 points a game.
One of the twins usually starts the game on the bench because third team All-American Surry Oliver is a stalwart on both offense and defense. Wednesday night, however, Oliver rode the bench.
Their guards are quick James Silas, 6-2, and 6-7 Harvey Huffstetler. 6-7 may seem tall for a guard but Huffstetler, at times, is a marvel. He averaged 15.7 during the season with most of his points coming on jumpers from the 25 to 30-foot range. Silas, on the other hand, works best on the inside. His average is high for the team at 17.6 but the best thing is that he is only a sophomore. Both guards were third team NAIA picks.
Austin was definitely not overexcited for this game. Big Johnson was thoroughly beaten on the boards by 6-6 Chip Johnson and 6-4 Joe McBride. Austin plodded their touted fast-break down the court and it was only the deadly outside shooting of Huffstetler that kept smaller Augusta from blowing them out of Municipal Auditorium.
With 12 minutes left in the first half, Austin went for broke and brought in Oliver. This shocked Augusta into blowing two layups and throwing the ball away three straight times. They should not have worried about Oliver. He is a 6-7 forward who is known for being tough on the boards, but he decided it was his night to play outside.
Oliver and Silas decided to go to work in the second half. It was nip-and-tuck for a while but Austin got off to a five point lead. At this point they were showing part of the fast-break that had made them number one in the country.
It had to be an off night for Austin but the question is how far off. There were a few bright spots but the overall game play of Stephen Austin was considerably below the major college freshman basketball norm.
They did not shoot badly from the field (45 per cent). Their guard play, however, was sloppy and their big center could not get off the ground often enough. Their forwards were rough under the basket except for Oliver who was dancing around the 20-foot mark all night.
Austin did not show the talent of four NAIA All-American picks. They did, however, have one big plus, and that was their poise.
12 KANSAN Mar. 12
1970
Knicks clinch tie; Celtics eliminated
By GARY KALE
UPI Sports Writer
The New York Knicks were on the verge of a milestone today, while the Boston Celtics were fitted for a headstone marking their first elimination from the National Basketball Association playoffs in 20 years.
New York, by way of congratulating coach Red Holzman on his promotion to general manager, clinched at least a tie for its first Eastern Division title since 1954. The Knicks' 117-99 victory over Seattle Tuesday night, coupled with Milwaukee's 140-127 loss to Atlanta reduced their magic number for winning the championship to one.
The Knicks can annex the title Friday night in Portland, Ore., against Seattle.
Boston, NBA champion in 11 of the last 13 seasons, was eliminated from a playoff berth as
Detroit edged the Celtics, 115-112.
Detroit eged the Celtics, 115-112.
In other games, Chicago beat San Diego, 111-106, and Los Angeles, thanks to Jerry West's clutch basket with two seconds remaining, edged San Francisco, 106-104.
Lew Alcindor outscored Atlanta's best when he tallied 40 points against the Hawks, but Bill Bridges made the difference under the boards as he collected 24 rebounds to 13 for big Lew. The Hawks held a 62-45 rebound advantage over Milwaukee that spelled the difference. Lou Hudson led the Atlanta attack with 36 points and Joe Caldwell netted 30.
Chicago tightened its hold on the fourth and final playoff berth in the Western Division by moving two full games ahead of Seattle. The Bulls, sensing playoff
West's field goal in the closing seconds from 25 feet out enabled
the Lakers to beat the Warriors and kept Los Angeles only one game behind front running Atlanta in the Western Division. West, on his way to the scoring championship, finished with 42 points, 33 of them in the second half. Joe Ellis paced the Warriors with 24 points.
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