first add first night lead, sports desk,daily oklahoman,okla,—

aaa. WESTERN UNION
PRESS_ MESSAGE

-W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT

| nebraska got off to a heO lead and hung until late
in the first half when dick knostman, smooth junior center, escorted

the cats to a 39=26 spread with six quick points. state closed on
top at intermission,42=29«
| the scarlet also hopped off to a flying start at the
outset of the second half, four rapid goals by buchanan, fred seger and
eten. matzke, paring the victors’ margin to seven points at 37albe
nu pulled within nine late in the same period at ShelSs
but knostman, carby and wilson ripped loose through the next four
minutes to hoist stebe on top,65@50 as the third period closed.
it was no contest through the final 10 minutes
as gardner continued to alternate his gikvéertnyx mercury=tipped
personnel, guard danny upseon pulled the wildcats past the old record with
2807 rermaining when he ran the end lim for aset-up.

state simply ran the ever=try ing huskers out of gas
with ‘heir overall floor speedxwatixexknostmanvandvx a buckshot scoring
power,while knostman aml carby cons tantly controlledthe boardge the formez
paced state's offense with 17 points, but carby had 15, jim iverson mika
11 and wilson nines , ,
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