-CYCLONES--- Continued from Page Nine. had been as high as 11, and the game got real tense at 49-48, with less than 3 min- utes to go. Then Vogt, 6-foot 5-inch re- bounder from Clinton, moved into the post and made a short shot. This was answered a minute later by Colorado re- serve Gordon Johnson, who grabbed a loose ball and scored. Starts Dribbling. Thompson, who led all scorers with 18 in this de- fensive battle of switching as- signments, then took over. He dribbled for about 35 seconds before he lost the ball. Colo- rado’s George Hannah tried a hook shot which missed and Thompson grabbed the re- bound and was off again. There were 49 secgnds left when Thompson started dribbling and 37 when Hél- _ zer, maxing a frantic body block, fouled the one-time Roland star. If there was one thing the Cyclones had been having foul luck with it was free throws. Don Medsker, the 6-8 sopho- |more center, had scored seven in eight tries, and the rest of the team had totaled two for EZ. Gary had missed each of the four times he had stepped to the charity line. But he’s a clutch player, and much de- pended upon the fact that he | didn’t miss now. So he didn’t. He made one. Then he made another. Colorado promptly took time out, planning what it could do about a 53-50 defi- cit in 37 seconds. | What it did was free Helzer ‘under the basket. He got his layup, Iowa State got the ball |and Thompson got back into ; action. starts, the last three in a row. Thompson and sophomore forward Jc..n Crawford were the guiding forces of the early play in which Iowa State was twice tied at 4-all, then took a 10-4 lead. Crawford and Thompson each tallied eight of their points in the opening 20 min- utes and Jumping John was vital under the defensive, board, grabbing nine of Iowa. State’s 22 rebounds. Colorado, with 6-7 Han- nah and limber 6-5 Jim Ran- || gios, out-rebounded the Cy- clones, 45-40, but the quick hands of Thompson, Lyle ie Gaarde at was high for the team the mountains, earlier a The biggest lead in the first. half was 10 when Crawford put together two. quick buck- | ets. Thompson hit a jump | shot to make it 39-28 in the| second half, but then trouble | sci in. Iowa State didn’t get as ‘many shots, but it used them better. The Cyclones made 21 of 56 for 37.5 per cent as comnared to 19 of 61 for the Buffs. eK. KANSAS 73, MISSOURI 5$ Kansas was ahead, 35-26 at the intermission, after a cold half in which the winners hit only 34.3 per cent of their field shots to Missouri’s 25. | Kansas—73. | ees ee gear Elstun,f - | Ross,f H’inger,f | : Green, f 5 'Ronsick.f Br’inard,f |Jensen,f Johnson,¢ 2 | Reichert,f c 1|/Paden,f ‘)|Henson,f 5 |Denny,c¢ -1) Stephens, c a; ik estner.c on Lockley, Mowry,c¢ King, Johns’n,z¢ Parker,& |Stew art, Totals 23 27-36 17 Cotter.g Stehr, z Smith.¢ WROR Ww ms a SPNSOPOHOD? eee CHRADOFLONSH* | ° Slo le cee gee areal eT 0- Q- 0- 0- 1- 0- 1- 2r 0- 2-8 0- 2- 2=¢ WWE WONNOWOSCEAM NoONWH OSB OWMOSR