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son’s first heart-breaking feat; he
canned both free throws after
Helzer’s foul with 37 seconds re-|
|maining.

In. the’ skirmishing which fol-
\lowed, Helzer was to become a
momentary hero and a permanent
“goat” in a move that he had
‘no choice but to make.
He hit a layup on a fine pass
from Ranglos with 27 seconds

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left to bring the Buffs back to ;

|within that familiar one-point
deficit at 52-53.

| Johnson almost got the Buffs

jout of the woods with 10 seconds |,

left when he intercepted a Cy-
clone pass but he carried the ball

out of bounds before he could)

stop his forward progress.

Then, with no choice but to
foul Thompson ‘and take a
chance that the little Cyclone
would miss even one and Colo-
rado get possession, Helzer did
just that with 8 seconds left.
The only hitch to it was that
Thompson calmly canned both at-
tempts to clinch the Cyclones’
seventh victory against a lone de-
feat by Denver.

Mel Coffman, Colorado’s. de-

fensive ace, did a workmanlike
‘job in covering Thompson who

iearried a 21-point average into}

the contest. The Buff veteran

limited his personal enemy ‘to|s

four baskets, but Thompson found
daylight for three more against
other Buff defenders. Those goals
jand his four vital free throws
|igave -him game scoring honors
|| Ranglos’ even dozen points was
\ithe best Colorado individual effort.

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Iowa State connected on 21-of-56
from the field as against 19 of 61
by the Buffs.

In afternoon consolation games
Thursday, Kansas State whipped
Oklahoma, 86-64, and Nebraska
bounced guest Cornell, 70-69.

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