The 1957 team's run to the ACC title begins in record-setting fashion as their All-American eclipses the single game scoring record.
Rosey Sets Tourney Record As Tar Heels Rout Clemson, 81-61; Enter ACC Semi-Finals
Rosenbluth Connects For 45; Cagers Meet Deacons Tonight
By LARRY CHEEK
Special To The Daily Tar Heel
RALEIGH --- All-American Lennie Rosenbluth staged a one-man assault on the record books here last night as top-seeded North Carolina waltzed into the Atlantic Coast Conference semi-finals with an 81-61 win over the outclassed Clemson Tigers.
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Frank McGuire, coach of the undefeated Tar
Heels of North Carolina was tonight named
Coach of the Year by the United Press.
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Rosenbluth, recently named to both the UP and AP All-American squads, tied his own personal record and broke the tourney mark with a total of 45 points, 27 of them in the first half. Buzz Wilkinson of Virginia held the old record of 44.
The win. achieved with almost effortless precision, moved the nationally top ranked Tar Heels into tonight's semifinals against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Tar Heels leaped off to a early lead and held a 10-2 advantage at the 17:24 mark. Playing relaxed, almost nonchalant basketball, they held the margin with little difficulty, and led, 47-30 at the half.
In the second half, Carolina concentrated mainly on getting the ball to Rosenbluth and although the UNC ace cooled off slightly from his torrid first half pace, he managed to pour in 18 points, enough to break the record.
With so much emphasis place on getting the ball to their star, the Tar Heels allowed the Tiger to creep within 10 points, 57-47, at the 10:33 mark. Then UNC center Joe Quigg dumped in a pair of field goals and it was a breeze from there on out.
Rosenbluth made 19 of 31 from the floor and 7 of 12 from the line in amassing his total. The record of 44 was set in 1954 by Wilkinson.
The Tar Heels as a team hit 31 of 71 from the floor for 43.7 percent. Their hapless rivals could do no better than 22 of 74 for 29.7 percent.
Clemson employed a zone defense, collapsing on Rosenbluth in an effort to halt the UNC offense, but it went to no avail. Carolina will meet Wake Forest at 7:30 tonight. That game will be followed by a clash between South Carolina and Maryland for the other Saturday night finals birth.
The Box
UNC G F P T
Quigg f 3 4-4 2 10
Brennan f 3 6-6 3 12
Lotz f 1 0-2 1 2
Young f 0 0-1 2 0
Searcy f 0 0-0 0 0
Rosenbluth c 19 7-12 1 45
Kearns g 2 1-3 0 5
Cunningham g 1 1-2 4 3
Rosemond g 1 0-1 0 2
Holland g 1 0-1 1 2
Totals 31 19-32 14 81
CLEMSON G F P T
Yockel f 5 6-8 3 16
Hoffman f 2 1-2 3 5
Seay c 3 3-4 5 9
Moncrief c 0 0-1 3 0
Brinkley g 7 2-4 2 16
Cameron g 5 4-4 2 14
Yeary g 0 1-2 1 1
Totals 22 17-25 19 61
UNC 47 34 -- 81
CLEMSON 30 31 -- 61
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