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This will be the leadoff game of the second night
of first-round warring. Kensas and Cornell play for the other lower
pracket semifinal spot in the nighteap. Colorado ami Oklahoma lead off
Tuesday’ 5 show with Towa State and “ansas aia te matched ink the second
upper bracket tiff. Consolation play will fill Xe Thursday and Friday
afternoons. with oh Wigkptongatp bracket moving to a olimax Saturday
night , following a third-place playoff between Friday night's semifinal
Losers e Citta

, Stewart 's terrific early firing hae 10d a general
" inerease of Ti er averages at almost every pointe Center Shuck Henny is
11.2 against a 301 figure last seasone Edie Ronsick and Bail Ross also
are UDe xin ‘Stewart's backline mate, Lionel Smith, is close with 906
compared to a seasonal level of 102 Isst yoare Se is forward Redford
peichert at. 6.0 against a 78 mean last seasone Team offense is at 756
» an increase of 401 points per game over the same route last winters

| This is despite heavy Losses. Gone are those foure

year joborins » Bob “eiter and “ea “ark, plus Lloyd Elmore, a fine
backline defenter. Ratz There also is the absence of @ iad nemed Win
Wilfong, who elected to further his education at “emphis State. when
mustered out of service last springe “ad he returned to GoLumbsa as an
anticipated the *igers would have the: greatest set of ouards in. ‘league
historye He is the nation's tentheranked sccrer at the moment with a
27-7 averagee 7 _ '

On paper , atleast, Missouri doesn't leok as
potent as last year's club which was favored to win the conference flag ,
but finished two games behind Colorade. But Stewart, a smooth 6-4 1996
pound hoss who can rebound, pass and defend as well as shoot, is one of
those rare c-mpetitors who can lift an entire clube Gould be the “teers

will arrive in the throne room a year tetex behind schedulé@e