Rice Registers
62-47 Victory
Over Sooners

By VOLNEY MEECE

(Daily Oklahoman Sports Writer)
| HOUSTON, Dec. 8—Rice Insti-
tute’s fancy-stepping Owls dragged
|Oklahoma’s Sooners down out. of
the cage clouds here Thursday
night, breaking open a tight tussle
late in the first half and coasting
in, 62-47, to snap the visitor’s one-
game “winning streak.”’
_ At least partially shattered as
Rice traipsed to its fourth victory
without defeat this season were
opes that coach Doyle Parrack
might work a miracle in his first
year with the thin OU squad. The
300ners surprised Baylor last
weekend but this time went
down firing despite a 23-point
alvo by hard-working center Le-
Roy Bacher. >

Bacher was the night’s most pro-
'ific scorer although many of his
20ff shots from in close refused to

 

points after missing several drives
at the hoop.

Inability to hit free throws
loomed OU to defeat, the Soon-
xs downing only one of seven in
the second half to miss a chance
for a dozen more points under the
gne-and-one rule.

_Free Throws Decisive

The Parracks threw a tight
vicket line around Rice’s touted
3-10 sophomore pivotman, Temple
Cucker, and limited him to 10
oints. But they couldn’t tame the
est of the free-shooting owls,
vho won going away as Joe Dur-
enburger posted 20 points, Fred
Voods 16 and Tucker and Dale
‘all 10 each. -

The Owls put up 70 shots, hit-
hg only 21 for 30 percent while

The Sooners led only once, at
‘0-9 after seven minutes of play.
ut they stayed close until 2:10
vefore halftime when ball netted
he first of four points that lifted
Rice into a 34-28 lead at inter-
ission.