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kansas city, dec.29... oklahoma's dribbling
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goliaths with backline buckshot thru the full 40 minutes here thursdgy
before going down, 87-95, in the umsx semifinals of the %& ninth
annual big sever tournament

drawing a terrific Sl-point boradside from

their soloing gu. rds, jiswsy peck and lester lane, bruce drake's
nignte nubbins scrapped out of 8 l-point early in the first half
to pul. within one point of the tourney favorites on three different
ogcagions a thru the frantic final stanza.

the third of these single-digit deficits was
written with 11:30 remaining before the tigers put the cap on their
fiercely fighting foe on a late salvo by bob reiterm 649 center. and
to lay-ups out of a stall by guard gary filbert.

kansas state, first round conquerirs of
_ealiornia, and iowa state, upset-winners over kansas, were meeting
in the second semf inal game to fill the berg$h opposite the tigers
in thursday night's final. a sellout throng of seas 10,000
manici pal auditorium fans watched both matchese

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