0.0, RALLY FAILS

‘Into Finals of Big 7 Meet
by Winning, 95-37.

REITER HITS 29 POINTS

Lane and Peck Combine for
-Fifty-One Counters to Keep
the Sooners in Game.

- Nigers Gain Victory Margin at
Free Throw Line as Each
Club Nets 29 Baskets.

By Ep GARICcH.

(A Member of The Star’s Sports Stalf.)

Oklahoma put the pres-
sure on but found Mis-
souri unyielding lastnight
-as the Tigers marched
convincingly into the fi-
nals of the Big Seven pre-
season basketball tourna-
ment with a 95 to 87 vic-

tory.

Missouri built up a 10-point
lead at the half, pushed it to a
14-point margin in the early sec-
ond half, then survived a Sooner
rally, which clipped. the gap to
a single point, and a late full
court press by Oklahoma to
emerge triumphant.

Another Capacity Crowd.
_ A crowd of 10,500, a packed
house, saw the Missouri victory
and the Kansas State-Iowa State
contest which followed.

Again it was Oklahoma’s pes-
tiferous pair, Lester Lane and
Jimmy Peck, who gave the win-
ners trouble. The two had pow-
ered the upset over Colorado in
the first round and seemed on
the verge of repeating last night
when they pulled the Sooners up
to a 55-56 position with about
fifteen minutes left to play.

Peck furnished two goals and
Lane four free throws in a 10-
point burst in a minute and a

F - half which melted Missouri’s

11-point lead.