5 LES.
pannan had a his half. -dogen
‘and three personal fouls to show
for his work against him.  .,,

In exact contrast to their first
half performance, the Buffs took
the floor with a vengeance.the
last 20 minutes. Hannah ere
exception to the rule. ‘

Of Colorado’s 13. points belie
Coffman’s jumper out of the cor-
ner which tied it, 49-all, Hannah
poured in nine. During this same
|stretch he held Bacher to. only

‘two goals—one a circus-like tip-in

It was obvious the fine perform-

ance which ignited the BuffS in
‘their victorious rally also served
\to spark Hannah to greater
heights.
- He hit from every angle from
jthat point until Coach Bebe : ‘Lee
jushered in the reserves—hooks,
driving layups, push shots from
the. corner and tip-ins—in what
Lee glowingly called Hannah’s
“greatest game.”’

After Wannah fetched the
} Colorado lead at 51-49, Peterson
‘and Dave Mowbray quickly
boosted it to 55-49 with a pair
| apiece. Hannah’s two _ free
throws offset Peck’s basket and
then Hannah made it 5i- 51 with:
§ 8:29 played.
| Peck and Colorado’s Bob Helzer
traded two-pointers and then
Bacher came through with Okla-
‘homa’s dying gasp with succes-
‘sive hook shots which cut Colo-
rado’s edge to only two points,
59-57.

Those were to be the Sooners’
last points for three minutes and
‘40 seconds. Peterson, Hannah,
Coffman, Mowbray and Helzer
ran the Buff lead to 74-57 with
6:39 left. There was no doubt
about the outcome after that.

Colorado shooters popped bas-
kets at nearly a 50 pet. clip—
17 for 36—in the last half come-
back as against a weak 10-for-31

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