TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 7— A rough, wide‐open basketball game ended in a brawl between players and fans as Alabama beat Louisiana State, 106‐104, today.
Pete Maravich of L.S.U., who played on sore legs, poured in 69 points for a Southeastern Conference record, getting 47 in the second half. He raised his career scoring record to 3,157 and broke his own con ference‐game mark of 61 set earlier this season against Van derbilt.
Alabama scored a flurry of baskets with about eight min utes left in the game to take a 7‐point lead and was never headed.
Maravich pursued a spectator when he left the floor at the end of the game, and several other L.S.U. players became in volved in a fight with fans. The brawl was broken up quickly without any injuries.
The fireworks began in the second half. Maravich poured in 47 points after the break, and was also at the center of a brawl that apparently began when he mistook a congratulatory gesture from a court-side photographer for a shove. The ensuing fracas led to several Alabama football players coming out of the stands to join in, according to the Feb. 8, 1970 edition of the Florence Times-Daily.
Pete Maravich of L.S.U., who played on sore legs, poured in 69 points for a Southeastern Conference record, getting 47 in the second half. He raised his career scoring record to 3,157 and broke his own con ference‐game mark of 61 set earlier this season against Van derbilt.
Alabama scored a flurry of baskets with about eight min utes left in the game to take a 7‐point lead and was never headed.
Maravich pursued a spectator when he left the floor at the end of the game, and several other L.S.U. players became in volved in a fight with fans. The brawl was broken up quickly without any injuries.
The fireworks began in the second half. Maravich poured in 47 points after the break, and was also at the center of a brawl that apparently began when he mistook a congratulatory gesture from a court-side photographer for a shove. The ensuing fracas led to several Alabama football players coming out of the stands to join in, according to the Feb. 8, 1970 edition of the Florence Times-Daily.
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