NM State 3 NBA Stars Pull Away, Will Face UMass 1996 in FInal 4

New Mexico State already featured the edge of three future NBA players to one, but when Charlie Criss drew a 5th foul on Temple's 1 future NBA player Guy Rodgers with 14 possessions (7:40 to go) they took a huge edge down the stretch to 21-11 run to end the game and advance with a 77-60 win.

They will play UMass 1996 in on Final Four Game.

Pos	New Mexico St. 1970	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Season Actual	Hts
1-PG	Charlie Criss	15	2	2	5	8	2	1	0	1	12.5 Pts-nba	5'8
2-SG	Jimmy Collins	24	5	4	1	1	3	1	4	2	24.3 Pts-nba	6'2
3-SF	Roy Neal	4	0	2	0	0	5	1	0	3	5.5 Pts	6'6
4-PF	Jeff Smith	6	0	3	0	0	8	0	3	1	12.8 Pts	6'8
5-C	Sam Lacey	14	0	6	2	3	7	0	2	2	17.7 Pts-nba	6'10
1-PG	Chito Reyes	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8.2 Pts	6'6
2-SG	Milt Horne	5	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	4.4 Pts	6'0
3-SF	Bill Moore	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2.0 Pts	6'3
4-PF	John Burgess	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4.7 Pts	6'5
5-C	Lonnie Lefevre	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.3 Pts	6'8
	11 Turnovers	77	8	22	9	14	32	3	9	15
Pos	Temple 1958	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Season Actual	Hts
1-PG	Guy Rodgers	2	1	4	0	0	2	2	0	5	20.1 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 5.2 Ast-nba	6'0
2-SG	Bill Kennedy	2	1	6	1	1	1	1	0	1	13.5 Pts, 3.3 Reb	5'11
3-SF	Mel Brodsky	2	0	3	1	2	9	0	0	1	10.9 Pts, 7.5 Reb	6'2
4-PF	Tink Van Patton	2	0	3	1	2	7	0	0	1	6.6 Pts, 10.5 Reb	6'8
5-C	Jay Norman	2	0	4	0	0	10	0	1	2	13.0 Pts, 11.9 Reb	6'3
1-PG	Joe Goldenberg	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb	5'7
2-SG	Jack Peepe	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.1 Pts, 1.1 Reb	6'2
3-SF	Ophie Franklin	2	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	1	2.1 Pts, 2.5 Reb	6'4
4-PF	Pete Goss	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1.3 Pts, 1.4 Reb	6'7
5-C	Dan Fleming	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	5.0 Pts, 4.3 Reb	6'6
	19 Turnovers	20	2	25	4	7	39	4	2	16