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“gees, chuck: duncan , veteran, 6-5. 205-pound center, and gary thompson,

bliond of wae bat Bup cuard, who Kas es ablished himself as one of the

league's top sophcwores kaxxhisxtournams off his tournament showinge —
duncan OOK | lester lane’ 3 BURVAEX scoring champ-=

iosnhip away roa hom x on the final night by natling 75 points for

the three-game route. the sooner, guard, falling to nine’, in the third

place playoff, finished at 67, three more than he used to earty off.

the bauble last yoar. dunean, the lo p's ninth-ranking scorer in the 1954,

race, is a fmch smoother shooter, and far better feeder abd revounder
, thompson finished tenth in this dorky at l6,

“but that represented only part of Se overall value

than he was haat winter. :
thompson finished tenth in the meet point derby
fourth .

et ho, ‘but that represents only a xhix@t of his value. he is an excellent
play-makor;amavx defender and Ort Ober. ktxwawxbisxx he combined with ,

the: veveran larry we. ere and gerald sandbulte, former nebragicm’ g to
| weave an 18-point covering job on lane and his bacaline pal, jimuy
peck, in cthursday's victory. tiis trio eulbobed frequently go that
"Che of them was policing lame or peck at all times, , |
: | e spraky stalcup, who guided his missourtL club to
| the shanpstchahas with an 89-71 pasting of kansas state in .he finals,
pomapkedis. “ strannigan has done a helluva job already ."

) ‘this Suxbe scateuent was justified not only by

state's third-place finish, but also by the obvious and. marked improvement

of vi -erans like don dekoster, stan frahm, and wetter , wha were

merely names in the box score last year.