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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, December 7, 1967
Cards harass Hawks
By Richard Lundquist Kansan Sports Editor
It was a Cardinal sin.
It was a Caucasian son.
Before a full house and a regional television audience Wednesday, nationally second ranked Louisville dumped KU 57-51 behind the combined talents of guard Butch Beard and center Westley Unseld.
Beard and Unseld hit 11 of Louisville's final 13 points to spark the surging Cardinals to victory.
With 7:40 to go and the game tied 44-44, Unseld sank a free throw. Two minutes later Beard hit a 15-foot jump shot to push the Cardinals to a three point advantage. The rest was all downhill as Louisville widened its lead in the remaining minutes.
The difference in the game can be seen in two things the Jayhawks didn't do well—shoot and defend.
"Any time you can't shoot the ball against a zone, you're in trouble," moaned KU coach Ted Owens after the game.
Bothered by a sticky zone defense, the Jayhawks hit only 39 per cent of their field goal attempts. Most telling of all was an anemic four baskets in eighteen attempts by Jo White.
"Jo Jo had one of the worst shooting nights that I've seen him have," Owens said, "and on offense we weren't getting the ball inside enough."
But this was only part of the Jayhawks' trouble.
"We did the worst possible thing you can do against a team like Louisville." Owens said. "We let them get the ball inside."
Once the ball was inside, 6-8 All-American Unseld made effective use of it.
"The difference in the game was Unseld," Owens said. "He's in the best condition that I've seen him."
"We didn't block him off the boards which is a fundamental mistake. He had excellent reactions in following his own shots."
"Louisville is a better team now than they were in the regional tournament." Owens added.
"We were fortunate to be playing KU so early," Louisville assistant coach T. L. Plain said after the game. "When (Dave) Nash and (Rich) Bradshaw get some more experience and (Vernon) Vanoy gets back in stride, KU will really be tough."
Freshmen defeat K.C. Juco by 38
KU's freshman basketball team outclassed a small but scrappy quintet from Kansas City (Kansas) Junior College Wednesday 97-59.
The fresh racked up a 13-point halftime lead behind the solid play of forward Dave Robisch and guard Rich Essington. Robisch led the scoring with 21 points, 11 in the second half. Essington, besides doing most of the ball handling and playmaking with his nifty passes, was second high scorer with 15 points.
The juco team found themselves at a serious height disadvantage and had little success getting the ball inside. They managed only one rebound for every two Kansas got and their 32 per cent shooting from the field was no match for the Jayhawks' hot 54 per cent.
KCJC G F T Kansas G F T
Hall 1 0-1 2 B'slv c 3-5 8
Fouse 3 5-6 11 Rob'ch b 1-6 2-1
M'Cl'n 8 0-1 16 Esson t 1-2 1-5
Carroll 3 6-6 12 Russell s 2-5 1-2
Shields 1 0-2 2 Norg'd r 0-1 10
Gustin 0 0-1 0 Stucy 0 1-2 1
Tietze 0 0-1 0 Stucy 0 1-2 1
Gustin 0 2-2 2 Allen 0 2-0 4
Sidney 1 1-1 3 Houilk 2 0-4
Totals 19 19-29 5 M'tw s 9 29-7
Totals 20 19-29 59
"We feel that our defense was a factor in our winning," Plain said. "Of course KU's defense was a strong factor, too. Both teams had poor shooting nights." Louisville shot 38 per cent from the field, and Kansas hit only 39 per cent of its attempts.
Vocal applause for KU was common in the Louisville locker room.
"Bradshaw almost broke our back a couple of times with his steals," Butch Beard said. "He's going to be a great one."
Speaking of Nash, Unseid said, "He's a real good ballplayer. There's no telling how far he'll go."
KANASS (51) FG FT RT RB PF TP
Bohnenstein's 1 3-8 1-1 7 1 3
Sloan 0-1 1-1 2 1 1
Nash 4-10 2-13 1 1 10
Bradshaw 5-10 1-1 5 3 10
Bradshaw 5-10 1-2 3 3 10
Harmon 4-10 5-6 3 13
Vanoy 0-1 0-0 0 2 0
Team 0-1 0-0 0 4
Totals 20-58 11-14 37 17 51
L VILLE (57) FG FT BF TP TI
Gorius 0-2 0-0 3 B 3 1
King 1-10 2-5 8 R 3 0
Bard 7-13 8-1 8 R 3
Beard 9-13 2-2 7 1 20
Deeken 1-3 2-2 1 0 4
Bearn 2-5 3-4 2 4 7
Holden 2-5 3-4 2 4 7
Team 5
Totals 20-53 17-24 44 15 57
Kansas 23 28 - 51
Louisville 24 33 - 57
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For Owens the loss brought back haunting memories.
"We started pressing against the zone whenever we were down," the KU coach said. "This is the thing that hurt us last year against Houston and the year before against Texas Western."
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