Kentucky - 57 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Final Rank 1st by AP]

Player	FG	FT	FTA	PF	Pts
Lou Tsioropoulos	0	0	0	5	0
Lucian Whitaker	3	3	4	3	9
Shelby Linville	1	2	3	3	4
Willie Rouse	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Hagan	9	4	5	5	22
Gayle Rose	1	0	0	3	2
Bobby Watson	1	2	2	3	4
Frank Ramsey	5	4	6	5	14
Billy Evans	1	0	0	5	2
Totals	21	15	20	32	57

St. Johns - 64 (Head Coach: Frank McGuire) - [Final Rank 10th by AP and 9th by UPI]

Player	FG	FT	FTA	PF	Pts
Jack McMahon	8	2	5	2	18
Jim Davis	1	0	1	2	2
Jim Walsh	1	2	2	5	4
Bob Zawoluk	12	8	9	4	32
Ronnie MacGilvray	1	3	4	1	5
Dick Duckett	1	1	3	5	3
Solly Walker	0	0	1	4	0
Totals	24	16	25	23	64

Zawoluk Tallies 32 As St. John's Stuns Kentucky In 64-57 Upset

Redmen Gain Revenge for 41-Point Licking Earlier by Wildcats

RALEIGH, N.C., March 22 - The University of Kentucky's basketball season ended abruptly here tonight as the Wildcats dropped a surprising 64-57 decision to an alert St. John's team before 11,200 roaring fans in Reynolds Coliseum in the finals of the NCAA Regional play-offs.

As a result of the setback, which snapped a 23-game winning streak for Coach Adolph Rupp's charges, the Kentuckians lost out on their chances to repeat as NCAA champions and compete in the Olympic tryouts scheduled later this month.

Redmen Different Team

St. John's vanquished 81-40 by the Wildcats at Lexington last December, was an entirely different team tonight. Coach Frank McGuire did a great job in preparing his Redmen for the game and they never let the Wildcats show on top on the scoreboard after the first minute of play.

Big Bob (Zeke) Zawoluk, who had been humiliated in four previous games against Kentucky, was an All-America performer tonight as he ripped the cords for 32 points.

Jack McMahon, another St. John's performer who had little success in previous games with Kentucky, came through with 18 points, giving Zawoluk and McMahon 50 points between them. This is exactly five times the number of points these two men produced against Kentucky at Lexington. On that occasion Zawoluk got seven points while McMahon was limited to three.

McGuire planned his strategy well. It was evident before the teams entered the final quarter of play that Kentucky would have a hard time catching up. Each time the Redmen got possession they played cautiously. They started to freeze as the final period opened after being in a semi-freeze for much of the third quarter.

Four Wildcats Benched

These tactics led Kentucky to commit numerous personal fouls in an effort to gain personal fouls in an effort to gain possession with the result that Billy Evans, Cliff Hagan, Lou Tsioropoulos and Frank Ramsey all were on the bench when the game ended.

St. John's deliriously happy players lifted McGuire to their shoulders as the final horn sounded and Kentucky Coach Adolph Rupp, his dreams of a fourth NCAA title shattered, had a hard time getting to McGuire to congratulate him.

It was a glum Kentucky team which walked slowly off the floor, hardly casting a glance at the celebrating Redmen. Instead of taking an early-morning plane to Seattle, as they confidently had expected, the Wildcats instead will head to Lexington and put their cage togs away until next season.

Hagan Collects 22 Points

Cliff Hagan, the Wildcats' All-American center, paced the Kentuckians in scoring with 22 points, seven shy of the total he needed to break Alex Groza's mark of 699 set in 34 games in the 1948-49 season. Hagan wound up his junior career with 692 points in 32 games.

Frank Ramsey was next in line for Kentucky with 14 points, followed by Skippy Whitaker with nine. Capt. Bobby Watson, playing his final game in a Wildcat uniform, as were Shelby Linville and Whitaker, had one of his poorest nights. He was so closely guarded that he was able to take only five shots from the field. He made only one - a wide open crip - and wound up with four points. The same number chalked up by Linville.

St. John's hit for a red-hot 45.2 per cent, the Redmen tossing in 24 field goals in 53 attempts. Kentucky shot more times - 64, but hit only 21 for 32.8 per cent. Good enough to win most games. But not tonight's.

Free Shots Waived

The game got rough in the late stages with St. John's freezing and Kentucky trying desperately to get possession. Both teams waived many foul shots.

The crowd favored St. John's throughout, despite the fact that Kentucky is a Southern team. and Ramsey was given a rough going-over by the fans when he collided with Ronnie MacGilvray in an attempt to break up the freeze and knocked MacGilvray under the press table. Ramsey also was shaken up and it appeared for a while that both players might be hurt seriously.

Kentucky drew first blood when Ramsey and Watson hit free throws in the first minute of play but after McMahon tabbed a crip and two free throws to put St. John's on top, 4-2, the Cats never regained the lead during the first half.

Hagan knotted it at 4-4 and tied it again at 6-6 after Zawoluk had hit a hook shot but a crip by Davis and a similar shot by McMahon sent the Redmen into a 10-6 lead and they stayed ahead by from two to 10 points for the remainder of the period.

Redmen Led by 21-11

The biggest lead enjoyed by St. John's during the first quarter was 21-11 with two minutes left. A crip by Whitaker cut the margin to 21-13 at the end of the period.

Kentucky appeared ready to close the gap at the start of the second half when St. John's failed to score for three and one-half minutes. But the Wildcats still were off their game and could manage only four points - on goals by Hagan and Ramsey - to cut the lead to 21-17 before Zawoluk hit another hook to break the Redmen's scoring drought.

Whitaker countered with a jump shot and Hagan hit a free throw to make it 23-20. McMahon and Evans traded field goals and Zawoluk made is 27-22 with a hook on an out-of-bounds play.

Cats Cut Deficit to 29-27

Hagan's one-hander was followed by another Zawoluk basket but Ramsey hit a free throw and Watson a wide-open crip to put the Cats behind by only 29-27 with 50 seconds of the second quarter remaining.

MacGilvray hit a free throw and McMahon scored on an out-of-bounds play to send St. John's ahead again by five points. Hagan hit a gratis toss but Zawoluk connected as the horn sounded to send St. John's to the dressing room with a 34-28 advantage.

Zawoluk opened the scoring in the third quarter to make it 36-28 but three minutes later the Cats had cut the margin down to 40-37. They matched the points for the next two minutes, then St. John's spurted and with two minutes remaining in the quarter the Redmen held a 51-41 lead. They boosted this to 11 points, at 54-43, and were ahead at the end of the period, 54-44.

Kentucky Lacks Punch

Several times in the last quarter the Wildcats got to within seven points of the Redmen and once they trailed by only six but, with Hagan on the bench, they lacked the scoring punch to close the gap and St. John's was determined not to let the Cats get possession long enough to start a rally...

St. Johns' Bob Zawoluk holds onto the ball while surrounded by Kentucky's Lou Tsioropoulos (#16) and Frank Ramsey (#30)

St. John's Ronnie MacGilvray and teammate Jim Davis get tangled up with the ball between them while Bob Zawoluk and Cliff Hagan (left) look on and UK's Lou Tsioropoulos (right) reaches in

Cliff Hagan (#6) shoots from under the basket over the outstretched hands of St. John's defender Jim Davis while Lou Tsioropoulos (#16) and Dick Duckett (#16) and Ronnie MacGilvray (#15) look on

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