By JAY SIMON
ULSA university’s co-leader-

ship in the Missouri Valley

basketball race undergoes a
rigid testing this week as the
Golden Hurricane meets two con-
_ ference foes on the road—Hous-
| ton Monday and Oklahoma A&M
Saturday.

Currently tied with St. Louis
for the loop lead at 2-0, Tulsa
would move into a commanding
spot if it were to win twice this
week. Following these games the

- Hurricane faces only Detroit and
St. Louis away from home, while
the Billikens still must visit ev-
ery port in the circuit.

However, Tulsa’s chances of
sweeping the next two games ap-
pear rather slim. Houston is un-
beaten at home this season and
the Oklahoma Aggies looked po-
tent while lacing WichitaNin their

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Kansas State 4 667
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Scoring Leaders

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Lane, Oklahoma et 24.8
Duncan, lowa State ..
Reiter, Missouri ...... 4
Dobbs, Kansas :
Stewart, Missouri
Craft, Kansas State .
Thompson, Iowa State ;
Park, Missouri 4
Ekwall, Nebraska 3
Jeangerard, Colorado ss
Weiter, Iowa Sate 5
Vicens, Kansas State .
Elston, Kansas .....
Poore, Kansas State . 6
Johnson, Kansas

Muller, Oklahoma ....
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Fagler; Nebraska ....
Hart, Oklahoma
Adams, Kansas State .
Matzke, Nebraska ....
Buel, Nebraska

Harrold, Colorado ....
-Peck, Oklahoma
Thompson, Oklahoma _
Coffman, Colorado ... 3

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Houston Hosts Hurricane

last conference outing nearly two
weeks ago.

A&M follows Tulsa into Hous-
ton for a Wednesday nigh’ game,
and iwo victories this week for
the defending champion Cow-
punchers would move them into
the position of logical challeng-
er to St. Louis.

Those three games involving
Oklahoma’s members of the Val-
ley account for all the  onfer-

ence activity this week. Howev- °

er, members of the far-flung cir-
cuit will engage in five a
league games while se@kin
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record agai

Wichita, all i. re out of
the title pictWe in Saturday
night’s 73-71 loss at St. Louis,
meets Drake at Des Moines Mon-
day night and takes on Wyoming
at Hutchinson, Kan., Saturday.

ICKED to win the crown in
. a pre-season poll of coaches,
the Shockers now have dropped

‘three of their four Valley starts.

Other non-conference business
Saturday finds Houston hosting
Texas, Detroit meeting cross-
town rival Wayne and St. Louis
entertaining St. John’s of Brook-
lyn in the Billikens’ homecoming
scrap.

St. Louis again proved the old
adage that there is so little dif-
ference between winning and los-
ing when the Bills nipped Wich-
ita on Jim McLaughlin’s jump
shot in the final second. St.
Louis’ other conference victory
came by one point over Houston
on Dick Boushka’s basket with
12 seconds remaining in an over-
time period.

Wichita, on the other hand, has
lost two of its three games in
the dying seconds. In addition to
the narrow setback at St. Louis
the Wheatshockers were beaten
by Tulsa, 67-65, on Bob Patter-
son’s goal with seven seconds
remaining.

Action in the Big Seven
comes to a virtual halt this

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week as schools wind up mid-
year examinations. Only game
slated in that loop matches lead-
ing Colorado against Iowa State
at Boulder Monday night. The
Buffs took over first place last
week when Missouri dropped. a
home contest to Kansas State,
78-67,

Big Seven teams are meeting
more success on the road this
year than they have in ages. Of
the 15 league games played to
date visiting quintets have won
seven while losing eight.

Colorado, Missouri and Kansas
State each has won twice on the
road already with the conference
race barely a third completed.

In the Valley visiting clubs
have won three of the nine
games and barely lost three oth-
ers when home forces snatched
victory in the waning moments.

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ming at Hutchinson, Kan.

Scoring Leaders

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Bouldebuck, Houston. . 39

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Hodgson. Wichita ..
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Foster, Hontie
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