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gardner, taking the defeat in stride, said he was "really proud
of the way nannhens fount’ back after being behind most of the way.
when a team hits more than 50 percent of its shots in the first half
and has a l4-point lead, there's not much you can do but try |
to fight back, we did that, and almost made it."
there were plenty of tears in the k-state dressing room,
but gardner had this message for all his tm charges:
"remember, we get two more cracks at ‘em this season, and we'll
get *en."
jack carby, on whom the costly technical foul was callea in the
overtime period, said he mum didn't swear at the referee, "I was
just cussing mm myself for committing the foul," he said,
but mostly the wildeats were a solemn, bitterly-disappointed
‘buneh, and had littie or nothing to say.
naturally, it was a different story in the jayhawker dressing
room. it wan laughing, shouting, hapry bunch that quickly donned
street, shoes and headed to tin a downtown hotel to dress,

big clyde t lovellette, the goat turned hero in the game, said

"44 was a great game. they've got a real fine ball club, that
(jess) prisock is one of the best. in another year, nobody'll
stop him, and they’ re alla great bunch of guys, I erijoyed playing
ngatimabhinm 8 them."

bob ‘kenney, who turned in’ another brilliant cher talked fast
as he tore tape off his injured hand. "we should have beaten ‘on
a lot worse, we gave ‘em too much, but they're easily the best

ball club we've seen all year, they've got a fine bunch of boys."