Hoosiers make use of Kentucky's charity I-afay- United Press Internaional PURDUE 65, DePAUL 63, at West ette, Ind Russell Cross scored all 13 of his points in BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Randy Wittman led a the second half and Purdue rallied from an 11-po- int tough Indiana defense in the first half and a pa- deficit to beat DePaul. tient offense in the second, carrying the No. 5 Hoo- finished with 16 points, hit six free throws in the Purdue, 7--1, took the lead for good on a tip-i-n by 62-5- 6-foo- 1-a- nd-1 siers' to a 9 victory over No. 2 Kentucky closing minutes. the t-10 Cross, and Ricky Hall converted a Wednesday night. Kentucky's last lead was 53-5- 2 on a basket by to put Purdue ahead 62-5- 9 with 54 seconds Wittman scored 17 points to pace the Hoosiers, Charles Hurt. Bouchie, the Indiana center, fol- left. In file closing seconds. DePaul substitute 8--0, and also contributed as the floor general as In- lowed with two free throws and Indiana had the Tony Jackson hit a field goal, but Boilermaker 7-p- diana came back from a oint second half defi- lead for good. The Hoosiers led 60-5- 5 in the last Steve Reid countered with a free throw . cit minute "We had a good stretch playing ourselves back VILLANOVA 87, SETON HALL 68, at Philadel- into the game and Wittman was very important in TENNESSEE 99, OKLAHOMA CITY 56, at phia Mike Mulqum's 15 points led a balanced that stretch," said Indiana Coach Bobby Knight. Knoxville, Tenn. Dale Ellis scored a career-hig- h attack as Villanova defeated Seton Hall in the Big "We beat a good team. That was the best Ken- 39 points, 25 in the first half, and Michael East Conference opener for bcth teams. tucky team I've seen since I've been here." Brooks added 16 to lead No. 10 Tennessee to a rout The Wildcats, 4-- 2, led 45-3- 2 at the half. Villanova The Wildcats, shooting 61 percent from the field of Oklahoma City. outscored Seton Hall 15-- 8 in the first 10 minutes of entering the game, made only ll-of-- 29 shots (38 Ellis, a 6--7 senior, surpassed his 38-poi- nt pefor-man- ce the second half to open a 6040 lead percent) in the first half. Kentucky Coach Joe against Alabama last season to help the For Villanova, Stewart Granger and John Pi-no- ne Hall credited Indiana's defense. Volunteers, 7--0. Oklahoma City, 2--5, was led b had 14 points each and Harold Pressley 10. "That's the best defense we've played," Hall Jones Richmond's 18 points Seton Hall, 2-- 6, was led by Ken Powell with 15 said. "They pressured us and ran us out of our of- The Vols scored 15 unanswered points midway Four other Pirates had 10 points each. fense. We also weren't doing a good job on the through the first half to roll to a 48-2- 6 halftime boards." lead and began the second half with a 13-- 2 streak MARQUETTE 61, KANSAS STATE 51, at Mil- Hall said a loss to Indiana in December "is not to put the game away. waukee Dw?yne Johnson scored 19 points and the end of the world" and Knight agreed. Glenn Rivers added 16 to lead the Warriors over "December games are fun," said Knight. "It's GEORGETOWN 80, SOUTHERN 56, at Landov-e- r, Kansas State. great to play a good team in December. It was a Md. Patrick Ewing scored 35 points to lead Marquette led most of the way, taking its big- well played game. We played hard, with a good 12th-rank- ed Georgetown over Southern. gest lead at 50-2- 9 with 10 minutes left in the game level of intensity and Kentucky did too." Ewing hit 13-of-- 17 shots and hauled down 15 re- Starting forward Eddie Elder led Kansas State Steve Bouchie added 10 points for Indiana. For bounds while Bill Martin added 19 points for the with 12 points. Kentucky, Turpin had 17 points and Hurt 15. Wit- Hoyas. Rivers scored 12 first half points to push the tman, playing strong defense, held Kentucky's Georgetown led by 5 at the half, but the Jaguars Warriors to a 33-2- 0 lead at the intermission No. 2 scorer, Jim Master, to 3 points. stayed in contention with 19 points by Brian Kansas State got in foul trouble early in the first Free throws were the difference as Indiana hit Broadway and 15 by Arnold Scott. half and Wildcat Coach Jack Hartman was forced 13-of-- 15 6-fo- down the stretch. In fact, Indiana hit noth- Georgetown guard Fred Brown, mending from to remove ot-6 sophomore Lafayette Watkins 6-foo- ing but free throws after Wittman tied it 49-- 49 with knee surgery, started his first game of the year. and t-10 starting center Ies Craft, who each about five minutes remaining. Ted Kitchel, who He had 7 points and 5 assists in 33 minutes. had three fouls apiece..