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MARSHALL, PRESIDENT Bi ee city ,mossdec. 27ees letting out the leash only on occasions, kansas state's defending champions crashed convineingly a into the semifinals of the “nt sixth amual big seven basketball tournm ent here thursday night, burying nebraska under a record total of 87 points for a 20-point tu umphyiuxthexfivstrxyamsvarx. 17, the idea game of 8 final first-round double-bill. a missouri, led by their mscle-plated center a bill stuffer, won the final half of skievx afraip with, & 49-2 victory over towa states cae by whaling the quintet huskers state moved against arcierival kansas in an 8 pem. friday battle that many are for so enillng ag the fimeiux t tle decider, snax phog allen's jayhawkers will put an S«game winning streak on the line, after punokttngx pummeling colorado, 76=56,in wednesday opening session. missouri tackles oklahoma in the remaining sm irinal at 934.5 in another tussle ‘that takes shape as a tight fit. the sooners stunned heavilyntewered stanford, FE etneny to gain ‘the round of four. ‘ avsermaun all but one of jack gardner's 15 squad members played a scoring hand as @ near-capacity evawdvofx mmnioipal auditorium throng of 9, 226 watched kansag state control the backboards with their superior heft and height and cut nebraska's defense to kattore with. 18 crips off their fast break and drives decir the poste mora me SU ESTERN UNION mare PRESS MESSAGE W. 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" the victory" pick up remainder first night lead \ punishing the cyclones off both back stautfer punished Le the 215-pound stauffer punished the cyclones on both backboards over the full route and paced the niguktsvavavx game's scorers as well,with 18 digits. he matched lowastabe's full first half production _ of 1 points to fuel mi into a commanding ead which chick sutherland's os never could quite wipe out. ‘shooting mutyx afrigid 16 ‘percent through the fieutx opening twoperiods, the cardinal and gold ol. behind as far as 16 points bated vane intermission trailing, 1-28. the cyclones went 7 minutes 13 secou s without sco ng @ point duvimgvitsevx at one period in the sof first half ad almost 12 minutes without a field g0ad « this sealed their doom early ayvzivms tvx pea wat jxwxwnvx even though they rallied stoutly to haul within three points of the winners5 midway through 1 the final atawavxquarter,. center jim stange accounted for the squeeze with two free throws to bring the count to Lo-h3. but stauffer rose out of the keyhole to pot his final goal and gers landolt,who canned 13 points for the night,drove tie baseliw for two southpaw set-ups, to ice the issue WESTERN UNION PRESS MESSAGE W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT with 13259 left, stauffer kayoed state during tustex its deep freeze by wrapping 11 points around a free throw by bob murrey ‘i balloon missouri into a22~ 8 spread midway through the first half, the cyclones never recovered fro m this fusillade and toppled into the loserss' bracket opposite stanford in the secom half of fridays afternoon imaxyxx enn nebraska meets colorado in the openers that's all ptsx don pierce npr collect, sports desk,daily oklahoman, okla. ® WESTERN UNION PRESS MESSAGE W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT kansas city,smoesdece 27ee4 lotting out the leash only on occasions, kansas state's defending chanpions snow ed nebraska under a record total # 87 points here thursday night to race to a 20-point triumph over the cornhuskers in the third first round game of the sixth annual ~~: ~—e basketball tournament. ayury one of jack gardner's 15 squad members took a hand in the scoring as $¥2x a near capacity municipal auditorium crowd of 99226 watched the wildcats control the backboards with superior — height and heft and score no less than 18 crips off their fast-break and drives around the poste this suswstremveafx plantooniged attack drowned out & suuyx one-man scoring show by husker guard jim buchanan san Seana 23 points despite swift guarding by bob rousey and gene wilson, lightning negro sophomore. state's nyuzsoruxwipsdxeoutx point preduetion i toppled by two points, nebraska's twosyea’-old mark of 85 , which the scarlet used to beat iowa state in an overtime consolation game that year, the two-team total of 155 also was a new standard,erasing the nu-lowa state 152=point demonstration in the same 1949 game heres the victory moved the purpke against kmsas in friday's 8 peme semifinal. nebraska dropped into the losers' bracket opposite colorado. these two clubs open friday aftemoon's two-game session. first add first night lead, sports desk,daily oklahoman,okla,— aaa. 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