Reserve Jim Jimas Sparks _ Cougars in Last 2 Minutes — _ Don Fullmer ——e Fights in NEW YORK (AP) — Twas St. Patrick’s Night in the National Invitation Tournamen t SO maybe an itinerant leprechau him the hero n led Bruce Kaplan to the hun ch that made of New York University’s 69-63 Semifinal victory over Villanova. The Violets meshed and made/i t it to Saturday’s +i against Brigham Coe eee Garden Bout managed its first fiel NEW YORK (AP) — Don championship ao sci tet ae ar d goal Fullmer is confident he can beat ene anyone , ik mp to a 14- ng after 2 lead Brigham Young bat- vision, Kaplan asked for You and got the|tled .bacBut Tiger. k and trailed by only a - a Moe fhe Our, 31-2 cha 7 nce. at DlOSIve Bill half time . ~ VLEIC Ni 1 in the middleweight di- including champion Dick All he . wants is the | | 3 ‘ “Then . final minutes Thursday night. | we'll have another | OFF ENS E TERRIBLE middleweight Brigham Young had reached “We were pressing and our family — me,” champ in the the final by whipping Arm said the younger y 66-| offense was terrible in that firs 60 in the t|brothe opener of the doubler of former middleweight header before a capacity crowd half,” moaned BYU Coach Stan|King Gene Fullmer. — | Watt s. “It was our worst point 1 he 27-yea of 18,499 at Madison Square| rol d We st pro duc Jordan, tio n oll hao» » Garden. Most of the Cougars ¥ Said they’d prefer to play Villa nova in the title game but Ka--| plan and the Violets weren’ a t|y - about to oblige them. © vena Hy ; 8-MINUTE FAMINE I NYU had suffered through eight-minute © Scoring famine an| the first half and left the floo in| r trailing 32-27. “Our tempo was| ! off,” said Coach Lou Rossini. | “We are taking bad shots.” Worse than that, NYU star Mal Graham, who had pass ! the 1,000-point career plateaed u| early in the game, was in foul trouble with three personals. _ Graham’s Richie Dyer, backcourt who partner, had | bee n guarding Melchionni in the half, also had three personal first s. | But the Violets with battled back| sophomore - Charlie ° Silen/ and Kaplan Sparking m and| led 59-50 with seven minthe utes left when Graham finally foul out. | Two minutes later, Dyered dre “‘s fourth personal with NYU w! 's ‘down to four. Then Kaplan his move. 6 PR nana Me nd Tae ob , ] _ )