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gary thompson, the little
roland, ia. rocket , got out of a sick bed to marshall iowa

state’ s. aS last half rglly over kansase
" I've had an upset stomach all day ", he

| omrneek: between the- pounds and-—josties of his giddy teammates.
who had just suappua won their second opening-round game of dl 1- ;
time while snapping a streak of 12 consecutive ee losses to
the jayhawicse | oe |

: | “ 4 rested and slept all day - the 5-10
crewout blond, continued, " but it didn't do any good. i vomited
again just before the gam. * |
thompson collared every one of his 1h points
in ne Fine half » the last, four of which swung that spine-tingling
ante decision. with the cyclones protecting a 78=77 lead with
two minutes left, thompson whisked thru two free to forge a three-
point pads with — 32 seconds remaining , ku once again had pulled within
a@ point following two larry davenport charities. ska thompson again
swished two perfect charities for an 82=79 bulge. had he missed any
of the four , the jayhawks would have won. four ronnie johnson,
a substitute forward, goaled at the buzzer on a recovery directly under
the boards.
asked to explain his first half blanking

ty dallas dobbs and john parker, who switched continuously on the

. little sophomore, thompson said sin AYeees..7 4 had che shots. 4