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Tigers Stand Off Late Rally;
Buffs, Cal Win Consolations

KANSAS CITY, Dec.

29—Oklahoma’s dribbling Davids stung

Missouri’s Goliaths with backline buckshot through the full 40 minutes
here Wednesday before going down, 87-95, in the semifinals of the

ninth annual Big Seven tournament.

Drawing a terrific 51-point broadside from their soloing guards,
Jimmy Peck and Lester Lane, Bruce Drake’s nimble nubbins scrapped
out of a 14-point deficit early in the second half to pull within one

point of the tourney favorites on
through the frantic final stanza.

four different occasions midway

The fourth of these single-digit trailers was written with 11:30
remaining before the Tigers put the cap on their fiercely fighting

foe on a late salvo by Bob Reiter,
6-9 center, and two lay-ups out of
a stall by guard Gary Filbert.
With 10,000 fans looking. on in
Municipal auditorium, Kansas State
clipped Iowa State, 70-60, in the

second game to-fill the berth op-] Mob

posite the Tigers in Thursday
night’s finals.

In consolation games Wednesday
afternoon, Colorado ripped Nebras-
ka, 89-47, and California nudged
Kansas, 65- 62,

Lane 27, Peck 24

Lane fired home 27 points—hit-
ting nine of 25 shots from the
field for 36 percent—and added
nine free throws, while Peck was
collecting 24 on a 40-percent shoot-
ing mean of 8 for 20, plus as many
charities.

Missouri never could halt this
darting duo and their leapigig right-
g Reiter
29 points

  
  

ed the backboards,
despite OU’s furious battling, snar-
ing 54 rebounds against 41 for the
Sooners, ‘

Tiger boss Sparky Stalcup kept’
his veterans on the firing line al-
most all the way, using only eight
men with Stewart going all the
way. Drake shuffled 10 players in
and out with the tireless Lane
going the full 40.

. Reiter Leads Tigers

It was Reiter, who stumbled
through a bad first half with only
four goals, who yanked the Tigers:
out of danger with a personal spree
when OU pressed within one point’
‘for the fourth and final time, at
61-62.

Filbert canned two free throws
to erect a three-point spread, then,
with 11 minutes left, Reiter took
command by nailing eight of Miz-
zou’s next 12 points.

When he finished the Bengals
were riding on top, 74-65; with
8:12 to go. Stewart stretched this
,cushion to 11 a moment later on
two free throws and the Redshirts
never were able to pull closer than
five points thereafter.

Filbert Gets Away |

Twice when the Sooners pres-
sured within seven points in the
last. four minutes, Filbert broke
away for clean crips out of the
delay pattern.

Iowa State ran -into no- eiaket:
periods of seven minutes in the.
first half and five in the second to
fall before the Wildcats, after
reaching the semifinals for the sec-
ond time in tourney annals.

Overall, the Cyclones, torrid in
‘upending Kansas Tuesday, could
shit only 32 percent from the field.
‘while canning barely half mia
ne throws at 20 of 39.

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The Box Score.

OKLAHOMA (87)

 

G-GA F-FA PF TP
Burris doth tine 3-7 1-2 3 7
Hartt or a ee 2-2 4-4 2 8
Thompson, f ...... 3-9 0-0 2 «6
OLA, Sarak wees soe 0-1 0-0 1 0
MENGr est ek 2-6 1-2 5 5
Wheelers. 6? 5%: 0-0 1-2 3 1
ADDEYs Giese 1-3 5-8 5 q
Lane; Baie.. cous 9-25 9-13 1 24
BOGKo Bree sy ase 8-20 8-10 2 24
Hamilton, g ...... I 0-0 2 2
Totals .......29-7 29-41 26 87
MISSOURI (95)
-GA F-FA PF |TP
ARB Pe Posies 4-10 10-11 4 18
Reichert, f° <0... 3-12 0-0 5 6
SPD OP Gye eke Fs eae os 5-8 4-5 2 14
Relters ©. eS. eae 8-20 13-16 5 29
DERNY ON kets kd 0-0 0-0 2 0
Graham, ¢ ....... 0-0 0-0 0 0
Smith, e704 SS SeTt 3-5 4 9
Stewart; € oc... 6-14 7-8 2 19
7 45. 24 95

Totals .......29-75 37-45 2 §
HALFTIME SCORE-Missouri 46,
Okiahoma 36.

Tourney Scoreboard

SEMIFINAL RESULTS

Missouri 95, Oklahoma oe
Kansas Ae 70, Iowa Sta

CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Goleraae 89, Nebraska 47.
California 65. Kansas 62.
RSDAY’S SCHEDUL E
2 p. m.—Kansas vs. Nebraska, seventh

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= Ph m.-—Colorado vs. California, fifth
plz

Ba a m.—Oklahoma vs. Iowa State, third
piace

9:45 p. m.—Missouri ys. Kansas State,
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