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Kansas Jayhawkers wrested @ narrow 40-38 victory from Kansas State on the latter
team's courte ‘Then eleven more consecutive games were played in whieh the visite
ing club always lost.
Oklahoma, tutored by youthful Bruce Drake, former Sooner court great,
in his first year of coaching, came nearest snapping the jinx in her first meeting
with Missouri, the club with which she is destined to share the championship.
Playing on the Missouri floor January 14 before the largest Tiger crowd of all time,
Oklahoma had coolly and competently built a lead of 18 to 5 when her regulars were
Pied 28 to 17 with only nine minutes of the game
of the Missourians decided the issue. The
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fouls and the Tigers, increas ithe pressure beautifully, were even with Oklahoma
$1 to $1 et the guns The Sooners seored first in the extra period Wut Missouri
then hit three field goals, the last two by Little Bill Harvey, to win 87 te 33.
Significant in the box score wis the fact Missouri committed only séven fouls
and lost no players during the fronsiea milling. Oklahoma mde 14 fouls, twice
re dering of gemee on her hens ‘ours ent quickly
overhauled the leaders. The S@d¥ers licked Nebraska 56 to 59 with Guard Mervin
tdheiins we ent cone GA ceet questi They nosed Zensas State.
87 to 55 on en extra period basket by Mesch, defeated Tow State 60 to 41 with |
Forward Jimsy Moliatt setting a new Big Six individual record of 29 p
game, and on February 11 again feed Missouri, eager to avenge the extra-per’1d
defeat at Columbia. oe ee
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