| Oklahoma, handling the ball well ‘and working cautiously, moved up ‘across the midline as the seconds ‘ticked away and with about five seconds left Lane was ready to fire. But again he was covered tightly -and had to flip the ball quickly to ‘Peck cutting toward the head. of the keyhole. Peck, the little sopho- ‘more from Leedey, grabbed the ar and shot in almost the same ‘motion. The ball darted through ‘the net and seconds later Peck was ‘mobbed by the jubilant Sooners who hoisted him to their shoulders and paraded around the auditorium ‘floor for five minutes. Lead Changes Cften The lead changed hands 18 times and was tied on nine occasions as Oklahoma and Colorado go: the ninth annual conference mixer off to a thrilling start. Colorado, outmanning the Socn- ers by a wide margin on the boards with its big height advantage, had to go 11 minutes before claim- ing its first. lead. This margin came during a spurt of nine con- secutive points which wiped out an 18-14 OU advantage-to move the Buffs ahead, 23-18. It appeared at that point Colo- rado was ready to take command but the Sooners braced, fought back for a 28-27 margin as Fred ‘Muller, Sam Thompson and Lane set the offensive pace. OU hung on to trail only 37-35 — at intermission and moved ahead again early in the second half, During one three-minute stretch just after halftime the lead | tee- tered nine times as the rivals ‘scored each time they went down court. With 8 minutes to go Colorado ‘began another surge to out - score (Continued on Page 12, Column 4). The Box Score OKLAHOMA (73) — FSFA PF Lo Burr, f 2-2 Madras tt ns ice sess 0-0 Thompson, § nie Te oe CHP RwHwcoe 2 Teak 25-54 23-36 1 COLORADO (71) ah re PF A Coffman, 1-10. Yardley, f . 0- Jeangerard, f ........ 8-20 Rangoias; fof cp