Pettit & LSU Survive Ferocious Walt Frazier Rally, 75-73

With no player taller than 6-foot-4 having been dominated by one of the greatest rebounders of all time (LSU's Bob Pettit, 6-foot-9, 36 points including 11 of 12 from line), Southern Illinois put on a ferocious defensive rally at the end.

Trailing 65-71 with 1:30 to play, Walt Frazier came up with his 6th and 7th steals of the game. On the first one he scored on a dunk, and then he passed to Craig Taylor, only in the game because Dick Garrett had fouled out early trying to guard Pettit, who drained a rare 3-pointer for the 1967 Southern Illinois squad to cut the lead to 71-70. 

LSU's 1953 squad did survive when Benny McArdle score and Southern Illinois turned it over, giving LSU the 75-73 win to advance and face Allen Iverson and Georgetown. 

Please do check out the preview of this game and link to Frazier talking about the 1967 NIT title in a year in which Southern Illinois was not yet considered a major program.
 

Pos	Southern Illinois 1967	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Season Actual
1-PG	Walt Frazier	26	0	11	4	4	5	7	0	2	6'4, 45th best ever
2-SG	Jay Westcott	8	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	6'4,5.5 ppg
3-SF	Willie Griffin	8	0	3	2	2	4	0	1	2	6'3,10.8 ppg
4-PF	Dick Garrett	8	0	3	2	2	1	0	2	5	6'3,20.1 ppg
5-C	Chuck Benson	6	0	3	0	0	6	1	2	1	6'4,11.9 ppg
1-PG	Craig Taylor	7	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	6'1,3.9 ppg
2-SG	Bobby Jackson	10	0	3	4	6	5	0	0	1	6'0,5.2 ppg
	14 Turnovers	73	3	26	12	14	27	10	5	15
Pos	LSU 1953	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Season Actual
1-PG	Norman Magee	5	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	5'11,13.3 ppg
2-SG	Benny McArdle	10	0	4	2	2	2	3	1	1	5'10,8.1 ppg
3-SF	Don Belcher	7	0	3	1	1	6	0	0	5	6'2,12.7 ppg
4-PF	Bob Pettit	36	1	11	11	12	7	1	3	1	6'9,31st best ever
5-C	Ned Clark	6	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	6'5,9.7 ppg
1-PG	Kenny Bridges	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'11,1.7 ppg
2-SG	Leslie Jones	5	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	6'2,2.5 ppg
3-SF	Don Sebastian	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5'10,3.2 ppg
4-PF	Bob Freshley	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	6'6, 2.1 ppg
	15 Turnovers	82	1	28	16	19	28	6	7	15