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By GEORGE FRANCO. -

Denver Post Executive Sports
Editor

_ KANSAS CITY, Dec. 28. Tig
George Hannah, the unassuming
youngster who played in the
shadow of Colorado University’s
greatest basketball. player for

years, finally had - mis

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in the Buffy brilliant sec-
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it opengr here Tuesday,”
le poured through 22 of his 28
its in that CU rally that start-
th the defending conference
s 10 points down with 3: 26

e first half. - .
in of Mel Coffman’s
ree throw with 7:04°of
half played eae Colo-
a never-ending lead at. 51-
started the Buff scoring

f the estimated 6 50th
ce in Municipal a
could have given Colo-
ch. of a chance to win
listless first-half show-

hore Except for a brief Shure af “the
start when Hannah, Coffman and ;
Bill Peterson shot Colorado to
an 8-2 edge, the Buffs had to‘be
content to play ‘‘catch up”’ sand
not too successfully at that.

_ A Colorado dry spell and rapid
‘Oklahoma point production for a
| three-minute 28-second stretch
)from that spot in the proceedings
|made for the difficult Buff task. —

Leroy Bacher, OU’s muscled
middle man, Jimmy Peck, Gary
Badling and Joe King all chipped
in with points that pushed the.
Sooners into a 12-8 edge with 6:00
played.

The Buffs found the range again -
at this point. But Oklahoma found
the target more often to increase
its advantage to 10 points late in
the first half and finally to 7, ae
41-34, at the intermission.

’. Bacher was the enemy’s most.
potent threat, hitting at a néar-
perfort 7- He 3 ohp. and adding

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