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Smith Hits 24 Points
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- Ann Arbor; Mich (2)—Foots~ - ,

ball star Ron Kramer and 6-
|foot-6 sophomore Pete Tillot-
son led Michigan past Ne-
braska, 77-71, Saturday night.
The victory was Michigan’s
first of the season. Kramer
plunked in 20 points and Tillot-

| son 16 to overcome the dead- .

eye shooting of Nebraska’s 6-1
Forward Charlie Smith. .

Smith led scorers with 24
‘points.

42.8 Perceatane

Michigan never trailed, -
building a 50-39 half-time lead, |
but had to fight off the Corn-
huskers late in the second half
‘|when Smith’s accurate shoot-
‘|ing brought them within one
point of the Wolverines, 67-66.

The Wolverines had a 42.8
shooting percenta e first
half and grabbed rebounds
to eight for Neb ka)’ The tal-

n tga4m continued to

dominate backboards with
.|37 rebounds to 14 overall, but
‘|its shooting cooled in the sec-
ond half.

- 3 Straight Baskets

Michigan netted 32 field
goals in 84 shots for a 38.1
average. Nebraska sank 21 of
56 shots for. 37.5.
' -Nebraska’s Don Smid col-
lected 17 of the Cornhuskers’
points and Jim Kubacki had 14,

_It was Kramer’s three
straight baskets with 514 min-
utes left that enabled Michi-
gan to widen its one point mar-
gin. Tillotson entered late in
the first half and chipped in
|four straight baskets in over-
coming another Cornhusker

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