Michigan Tips
Huskers, 77-71

ANN ARBOR, MICH.—(®)—

Led by football star Ron Kramer}.

and a 6-6 sophomore Pete Tillot-

pens Michigan clipped Nebraska,|

| 77-71, Saturday night for its
| first basketball victory of the
‘Season,

Kramer plunked in 20 points].

| and Tillotson 16 to overcome the
|hot, deadeye shooting of Ne-
|braska’s. 6-1, forward .Charlie

Smith. Smith Jed -the scorers. with |

24 points.

Michigan never trailed, build-|‘

ing up a 50-39 hailmtime lead,
but fighting off the Cornhuskers
late in the second half when
Smith’s accurate shooting
brought them within one point
of the Wolverines at 67-66,

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The Wolverines. had a good!
42.8 shooting percentage in the!
first half and grabbed 23 re-'
bounds to eight for Nebraska.
The taller Michigan team. contin-,
,jued to dominate the backboards)
_|with 37 rebounds to 14 overall,

|but its shooting cooled in the sec-,
:{ond half,

Michigan netted 382 field

.| goals in 84 shots for a 38.1

‘| average. Nebraska sank 21 of
56 shots: for 37.5.

Nebraska’s Don Smid collected
17 of the Cornhuskers’ points and
Jim Kubacki had 14.
It was Kramer’s three straight
jbaskets .with 514 minutes left
that enabled Michigan to widen
-jits one point margin. Tillotson
rjentered the game late in the first
half and chipped in four. straight
‘baskets in overcoming peener
‘|Cornhusker rally.

Nebraska (71) - Michigan °-(77)
G F P G F

Smid 6 ss 9 2|Tarrier 1
Smith 8 8-13 2/ Stern Qt

Thom 0. 0-0 3\/Kramer 10
Arwood 2 2-2 3]/Williams
Doebele 0 0- 0  0/ Tillotson
Kubacki'}3 8-12 S| Webeee
Reimers 1 3-4 2/Jorge’son
Coufal : 1- 2. 0|Shearon:
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| Totals 21 29- a 17 Totals 52, 13- “24 27
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Michigan 0 eegereces 50 27—77

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