Keep Score Low at Start.

Missouri had trouble only in
the first half as Nebraska’s zone
defense and some cold shooting
on both sides kept the score low
and about even, Missouri had
the upper hand almost all the
way but the biggest margin the
Tigers could snare was the 6-
point, 35-29 halftime edge, Norm,
Stewart’s fourteen points in the
first half paced M. U. while
nineteen of Nebraska’s twenty-|
nine in the twenty minutes were)
notched by Gary Renzelman.

Big Bob Reiter, M. U. center,
started hitting his sweeping hook
in the second half and, with the
help of Med Park and Lionel
Smith, pushed M,. U. into a 52-
37 lead in eight minutes of play
in the second stanza. The big-
gest stretch came early when
the Tigers hit ten points while
Nebraska was going scoreless.
From that deficit the Huskers
never recovered.

The gap grew to twenty points

later on and Coach Sparky Stal-
cup started sending in the re-
serves in profusion.
_ Stewart hit twenty-six points,
most of them outside over the
Nebraska zone, to lead _ the
Tigers in their scoring. Renzel-
man’s*. nineteen lead _ the
Huskers.

Huskers Are Cold.

Nebraska battled a cold shoot-
ing streak throughout and
coupled it with a good many
errors. Missouri, too, had
trouble locating the basket in
the first half, hitting only 29.5
per cent, (Nebraska had 26.9)
but the. Tigers got better aim
in the second half to hit over-all
32.9 percentage. The Huskers
wound up with 31.4 per cent.

Stalcup used fourteen men in
the game, all but one of those
suited up, Coach Jerry Bush of
Nebraska, once he saw the sad
handwriting on the wall, also
used his. reserves, sending in
thirteen men. It was. Missouri’s

fifth victory in seven starts.
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managed to run up a. 5-point
lead in the first half and then
a 6-point bulge in the second}:
half only to have the Sooners
outhustle and outshoot them. |

Colorado led by 37-35 at the
half but Oklahoma tied as the
second heat started. Then the
lead changed hands ten times
as the teams battled for su-
premacy. Oklahoma broke on
top with a 52-48 lead. Then Colo- |
rado took over 55-54 as George}
Hannah, replacement for the}
Buffs’ Burdette Haldorson, who}
sat out the last thirteen min-|
utes of the second half nursing
four personals, pumped in a tip
shot. Four more times the lead
changed sides but Colorado took
a 65-59 lead with seven minutes
to go.

But Peck and Lynn.Hart pow-

ered the Sooners. back into the

game with a 7-point burst and

Lane tied it at 68 with 3:48 to go.
Stall Too Long.

Then the Sooners, with 3:23
left, put it in the freezer. For
three minutes they held, then
took a time out with twenty-
three seconds left. Again they
stalled, then Lane drove for the
bucket but he had waited too
long, the buzzer sounded before
he cut loose.

Lane darted in to take the tip-
off starting the overtime. Peck
drove but was called on steps.
€olorado’s Yardley shot and!
missed. Then came .Lane’s hit!
for a 70-68 OKlahoma lead. Man-
field got one free throw for the
Buffs. Oklahoma started a stall,
but was forced into a bad pass
and Colorado took over, only to
lose the ball out of bounds. Hart
missed two free shots for Okla-
homa, then Peck got one of two}

won it. ,

Jeangerard got twenty-three for
Colorado, high for the team.|
Haldorson came in as the over-|
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