'|Nebraska Humbled, 89-47, by
Colorado in Big 7 Tourney |
Consolation Play.

|SECOND LOSS FOR K. U.

||California Hangs 65-62 Defeat on
Ragged Kansas Squad—
Fine Bear Stall. ~

Rebounding savagely from an
llunexpected first-round defeat,
Colorado’s Buffaloes hung the)
worst lacing in the history of|
the Big Seven pre-season basket-|
‘ball tournament on Nebraska)
yesterday afternoon, walloping|
the Huskers 89 to 47.

Kansas’s Jayhawks, perennial
title contenders, had the unac-
customed experience of taking a
second loss in a row when Cali-
fornia dumped the erring Jay-
hawks, 65-62, in the other
matinee game,

Buffs in Similar Role.

The previous worst defeat in
the 9-year history of the tourna-
ment was a 33-point, 81-48 deci-
sion, also by Colorado, over}
guest Harvard in 1948.

Coach Bebe Lee used three!
full teams in the rout, throwing)
in his third unit with 74 minutes)
remaining after the Buffs had)
built a huge 52-point lead, 82-30.

Colorado led 52-23 at the half,
and seemed a cinch'to break the
tourney i
points set by Stanford against
Iowa State in 1951, but Lee
elected to give his reserves some
experience,

Burdette Haldorson, on the
Bench about a third of the game,
scored twenty-five points to lead
Colorado. : |

California played without its)
ace center, Bob McKeen, who
was out with an ankle injury
suffered Tugsday night, but got
a slim lead in the second half,
then played ball control to whip
Kansas by three points./-