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Wildcats wipe out two 19-point leads to tie at 72-72 6:0 from
the finish, It also saw Lovellette score only five points through
the first half and nail 22 of his 27 while carrying four fouls.
State forward Hoot Gibson, sent the game into overtime with 2
long tip-ins 9 seconds before the finish to forge ay deadlock,
80-80, Then the two bitter intra-state foes whirled through 18
points in the overtime.

Ranking on the same plane was Missouri's 1949 win over OU
which saw Guard George Lafferty score ke his team's last seven
points to pull the Tigers from behind.

With the conference expected to be considerably tighter
from top to bottom this winter, the intense firing in Kansas

City should be even more acrid,

BIG SEVEN TOURNAMENT BRACKET
First round pairings;
Saturday
8 p.m Kansas vs. Colorado
Saturday
9:45 p.m. Iowa State vs. Missouri
8 p.m. Monday: Kansas State vs. Nebraska

9:45 p.m. Monday: Oklahoma vs. Washington

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