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3 adisas clty ioe, dec. Gee most of oklahoma'ts
focus as if moved agabnst kansas state ina first-rpund conlation
, mateh which was to lead off thursday's big seven basketball card ,
Was centered on pivot leory bacher,. |

: ubsv32xpwhen wednesday night's veusining firts -round
ousnees were in , bacher's 32 in a losing cause against colorado
tuesday, s$ili stood as tle mect's individual high thrdugh the
first rounds only two mens nebraska center rex skwell, and.
missouri guard ‘Lionel smith , broke past 20 wednesday night as
the ti@rs and kensas won as expecteds ekwall nailed 25 in the ~
: 66-72 loss to missouri while smith was harvesting 22 as his
be 53 ca _—, norm stewart sank to his seasonal low of 28x 16,

oe gee savansus seventeen was the. high of a's 75 -58
Haskins of cornell with three men ‘sharigg that figuresjayhawk ~
forwards gene elstun and bill brainard each hit that figure WEEXX
while cornell's milt kohan, another fw ntliner, was gleaning the
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2 bacher thus hoes into tle third day of comemeey
actin ee, a four E orareg lead of colorado ec enter georges hannahe
the latter’ 8 28 “wenisad oklahoma was his ali~time collegiate highe
the hippo=hipped sooner pivot is expected to enjoy another heavy
harvest against kestate's 6=9 sophomore center, jack parr, who
is not distinguished for his defense, &

by: averaging anxbivx aie beyond 27.3 ig
his ‘three tournm ent apperances bacher can write a new single-meet
records. this now stands at 82, a ceiling ku's clyde lovellette
erected in iv@x 1950. he averaged 27.3 in so £ doing. only three
other men, minnesota's maynard jotmson 3 Lowa state's chek duna@ n,