Even the _ strategy was
strange, Missouri’s coach, Wil-|
bur“Stalcup, held his No. 1 cen-|
ter Bob Reiter, out of much of}
the’ game, hoping to have an ad-|
varitage when Kansas’s. Born
fouled out. Born had three per-|
sonals at the intermission, But}
Reiter, without a foul in his first}
half play, collected five in the
second half while Born lasted
the. game, being called only
-onee in the last two quarters.

Kansas did lose Kelley and
another starter who was sorely
missed, Harold Patterson. Both
went out in the third quarter.
Patterson left first with 6:01 to
go in the third.

Missouri threatened in the
third quarter, but did not get
closer than five points. And had
the Tigers not missed eight con-
secutive free throws in that pe-
riod'the heat may have been on
Kansas earlier than it was.

=<"Start 8 Points Ahead.

Kansas started the period witt
a 42-33 lead, saw it melt to 47:42,
then wound up the period on top
by 38-49, :
Born and Patterson. shared
scoring honors for the winning!
Kansans. Each hit for seventeen)
pots but nine of. Kansas’s ten)
players scored. For Missouri
Nogman Stewart was high with)
fourteen points. Reiter hit ten|

and so did his replacement,|

Hoist.

rn and Patterson were ua
clos@ in the rebound department.|
Bof got nine, Patterson eight.|
Holst got nine and Stewart eight|
for™ Missouri. All told Kansas
carfied a slim 36 to 34 rebound
leadsfor the game. ee
1e Tigers had a better shoot-
ing-percentage, 39, with twenty-
thrée out of fifty-nine shots fall-
ing..hrough. Kansas hit at a
34.4 per cent pace, getting twen-
ty-one out of sixty-one,