‘ raue al all, IMSSOUur1|
_moved uneasily ahead to a 23-20}
‘Yead, was caught at 23 on
Smidt’s screen shot, fell be-
hind 23-25 on Ekwall’s corner
jump shot, then rallied on points
by Stewart, Smith and Ross to
lead at the half, 36-31...

- After that close battling, the

the game but no deep breaths
were taken by the Bengals until
the final. horn. :
‘ Nebraska got within three
points, 38-41, early in the second
half, then narrowed to two
points at 41-43 as Ekwall hit al
pair of free throws. Missouri|
survived that one and a later one|
Which narrowed the gap to a
single point, 49-48, with twelve
minutes left.
-'The Bengals pulled away again
on hits by Stewart and Smith,
expanded ‘the margin to 58-51
and held a lead of from five to
Seven points the rest of the way.
+ Smith hit twenty-two points to
pace the scoring for Missouri.
Stewart had sixteen, well below
fis average of 26.2 going into
the game. He took few shots in
the second half. { -
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