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TIGER SCOREBOARD :
Record to date - 71 South “akota 46; 58 Surdue 623
92 texas Teoh 605 74 Illinois 73; 78 Indiana 81; 81 Idahe 57 w4L 2
eS eparning Lettermen - katkextivkerds ('7) Réd te Honvésnes
Norm Stewart, g3 Lionel Smith, g3; Chuck Yenny , ¢3 Bill Ross, f3 Rea
Reichert, f; Eadie Hons ick, f |
1955 Big. “even finish 2 = 2nd 9853 all gamesix# 165
Previous tournament finishes w ? 1946 © 7th3 1947 -6th;
1948 = , thy 1949 «lst; 1950 “7ths 1951 « ands 1952 - Srd3 1955 - Sras_
1954 « ist W 1710 .630
Remaining .
RE prestournament games = none
Fi rst round opponent = Nebraska, 7230 Peme Wednesday a
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A big , blond scoring# demon named Norm Stewart
has made Missouri the Big %even belicow as the *tgers head into defense
of their Big “even tournament championship Wednesday night at Municipal
auditoriume

With Stewart rocketing along at a 2662 average
khayx through MU s first six games,kbex Spraky Staleip's gaag has been
more impressive than any tournament team. %k Its record won't lift any
eyebrows at 42, but sonsider these factse.... 1 ) Only seven points
separate Missouri from a perfect 6-0 figure ; ana 2) Its average margin of
victory , 1205, would have ranked tenth among the nation's college teams
last yeare

Sone losses have been to Indiana, £OwG2 yxmtvx
18th ranked in the latest AP poll, 78-81, in Columbia, and to Purdue , 58-62,
in “abayettes Between times, the Tigers have run over South “akota,

Texas tech, Tilinois , and Taaho. MU disposed of the latter, 81-57,

Monday in its tournament dress rehearsal and thus left more than a week
to yeenene for its opener ‘ieiiti the Cornhuskerse