— gals.

“. Tigers to an early lead which

N.U. CAN'T CATCH TIGERS

Favored Missouri Takes Over Late inh First Half and
| Holds On for a 71-66 Triumph Over Huskers
in the Big Seven sah

LATE FREEZE WORKS FOR BENCALS

Norm Stewart Scores Only Sixteen Points for Sparky
* — Staleup’s Crew, but Turns Ina Brilliant Floor:
Game—Smith Gets Hot..,

BULLETIN.

' Kansas also passed its first-round test by crounelag
_ Cornell, the guest team, 75-58. :

 

 

 

 

 

3 By Ep GarIcH. ©
(A Member of The Star’s Sports Staff.)

Missouri had to. fight all the way to defeat
Nebraska, 71-66, last night in a first round game in
the Big Seven pre-season basketball tournament.
An estimated 10,000°
persons saw the Tigers,
one of the favorites in the
tournament, dogged /by
the Huskers througout,
never claiming a lead of

 

  
 
 

ball in the last ree min-
utes to proteét
lead. :

The big ¥
Stewart, played a brilliant floor
game, but had a cold night scor-
ing. He hit -only sixteen and
Lionel Smith took up the shot-
making slack to pace the Ben!

Smith and Bill pies led the

never amounted ,to more than a
pair of points. Nebraska, with
Rex Ekwall and Don Smidt
hitting, tied it at 10-all with
13:25 left, then took brief leads
which were 14-10 and 16-12 be-
fore Missouri caught up on
_-Stewart’s hit over the top to
make it 16-all, :

 

1 -ta 77 =a