St. Louis - 74 (Head Coach: John Benington) - [Ranked 16th by AP]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	Reb	PF	Pts
Gordon Hartweger	35	3	11	0	1	9	2	6
Tom Kieffer	45	9	17	3	4	5	4	21
Bevo Nordmann	30	7	15	4	8	10	4	18
George Latinovich	27	3	8	1	3	1	3	7
Glen Mankowski	39	4	10	3	3	8	5	11
Dave Harris	24	0	2	2	2	8	5	2
Donnell Reid	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Dave Luechtefeld	14	4	8	1	1	5	1	9
Bill Nordmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	225	30	72	14	22	46	26	74

Kentucky - 72 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Unranked]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	Reb	PF	Pts
Jim McDonald	30	1	5	2	4	7	1	4
Bill Lickert	45	11	17	7	10	12	2	29
Ned Jennings	33	4	10	2	4	9	5	10
Roger Newman	39	3	10	2	3	8	0	8
Larry Pursiful	45	2	6	11	13	1	3	15
Vincent Del Negro	26	0	1	4	6	2	5	4
Allen Feldhaus	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Totals	225	22	50	28	40	41	16	72

St. Louis Wins

Cats Beaten in Overtime

Lexington, Ky., Dec. 23 -- Tom Kieffer is from the "Show Me State" of Missouri and he showed Kentuckians what sharpshooting under pressure is like here Thursday night.

He fired home a 25-foot bullseye with five seconds left in an overtime to give St. Louis a 74-72 victory over Kentucky.

Deadeye Kieffer had kept St. Louis alive for this overtime victory by sinking a jumper from the circle to tie the frantically fought game at 60-60 with six seconds remaining in the regulation skirmish.

The Wildcats never got off second shots in this basketball blaster after the game was sent into overtime. So the courageous Billikens took home the championship trophy of the eighth annual University of Kentucky Invitational Tournament.

Despite the icy roads, a crowd estimated at 8,000 turned out. and they were rewarded for braving the frigid weather as the Billikens and equally valiant Wildcats slugged it out in a blazing battle.

Lickert Gets 29

It was the first time a U.K.I.T. championship has been won in an overtime. St. Louis had to go through an overtime to edge California to advance Wednesday night, however.

Kieffer ended with 21 points to lead St. Louis. He got seven of those points in the overtime -- all within the last 1:14 minutes.

For Kentucky, this was a real heartbreaker, especially for Bill Lickert. He pumped in a big 29 points, but even this brilliant effort was not enough.

Kentucky itself showed it was of stalwart stuff when it fought back from an early 14-3 deficit to get within striking distance.

St. Louis led 26-23 at the .....(rest missing)

St. Louis Billikin Bevo Nordmann shoots in front of Kentucky's Ned Jennings (#10) and Roger Newman (#42)

Ned Jennings (#10) keeps the ball away from a St. Louis player

Larry Pursiful (#24) tries to sneak in to get the ball against two Billikens

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