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By Maury White.

(Staff. Writer.)

KANSAS CITY, MO.—lowa

| State got a basketball trophy,|

Coach Bill Strannigan got car-
ried off the floor and most of a
‘| sellout crowd of 10,000 got
disappointed here Friday night.

‘The Cyclones, never before
in ‘the final of the annual Big
| Seven tournament, made their
first try a memorable.one by

 

defeating Kansas, 67- 56, for

the title.
Thompson, Frahm.
Led by its great 5-foot 10-

inch junior, Gary Thompson,

and spurred by sophomore de-

fensive ace Lyle Frahm, the
Cyclones went into the game}
as four-point underdogs and

threatened to make it a .run-
away.) f

They were faced with a zone
defense that made their usual

 

offense ‘wereabie but these
Cyclones rocketed to a 10-2

| lead, fell behind only at 13-12

and had a 19-point bulge early
in the second half,
Playing before a predomi-
nately “home” crowd, the
‘Jayhawks crept up to 57-50 |
—then fell victim to a 5
minute slowdown.
Young Thompson, easily the
outstanding player in this
four-day meet,

 

joined with

Frahm and Jerry Sandb

the only reserve Stran

used, in dribbling
of the game.
22 by Thompson.

In addition to leading all
scorers with 22 points, Thomp-
son played his usual outstand-
ing floor game and kept the
young Cyclones together. ,

Rebounds were even and
Kansas had the most. shots,
57-53, and made the best per-

 

centage. It had 22 0
per cent as compare

State’s 18 of So 10r

ever, and the lose
aged only 12 of 20

least fouling—team.
It’s hard to watch

 

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