University Daily Kansan
Thursday, March 4.1976
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Koenigs goes for tip-in over Harris's shoulder
Tigers defeat Cats; MU's Smith gets 38
MANHATTAN (AP)—Guard Willie Smith poured in 38 points at 15-ranked Missouri downed Kansas State 81-72 to clinch at least a fifth. Big Eight basketball tittle yesterday night
The Tigers took the lead for good, 57,56 on Smith's jumper with 13:42 left to play. They stretched that lead to as many as seven points, but the Wildcats came as close as one on several occasions, the last coming at 73-72 with 3:13 to go.
But then the Tigers clinched the game on Smith's jump shot from the lane and two free throws by reserve guard Scott Sims III, losing possessions remaining to give Missouri a 77-2 lead.
Stewart, whose Tigers are now 234 on the season, still wasn't ready to make room in the MU trophy case or the Eight crown. "We haven't won it yet," he said. "We've got one more game left, and so does Kansas State."
Missouri finishes the season at home against Colorado Saturday, and K-State, now 19-7, will play Oklahoma State on the road.
The Tigers, 11-2, now lead the Wildcats, 10-3, by one game in the conference standings, and each team has one game remaining.
Smith's hot hand, along with a defensive arm by Tiger Coach Norm Stewart, were among the four players who scored.
In the second half, Stewart brought 6-7 reserve forward James Clayton out to cover Kansas State guard Mike Evans, who was hot at the time and finished with 24. Clayton, using his six-inch height advantage, stymed艾曼斯, blocking several of the 6-1 sophomore's shots and keeping him from shooting others.
"Claybon's playing one of their guards was a key to the game," Stewart said. "We started working on it Tuesday. It was preplanned."
The Tigers also had a whipping on the free throw line. The Wildcats scored five more field goals, but Missouri connected on seven shots compared to only four of seven for K-State.
"You can't afford to let people go to the line that many times," Wildcat Coach Jack Hirschfeld said.
Meanwhile, Smith was unstable. The lanky, 63 senior hit 14 of 25 shots from behind.
"He's a great player, and you've to recognize that," Hartman said. "He's quick, and it's extremely hard to deny him the ball over an extended period of time."
KU ends up empty-handed again
By STEVE SCHOENFELD
Associate Senior Editor
KU is still on a starvation diet.
Starving for offense, confidence and victories, the Jayhawks plummeted deeper toward the rest of the Big Eight also-rans by falling to Nebraska, 69-38, last night in front of 9,140 dreary-eyed fans at Allen Field House.
THE FAMINE NOW has lasted four games. The Jayhaws closed their home season with a 5-4 conference mark and are now one of the teams that the old story-problems on offense.
"The thing that's hurt us all year hurt us again," Ted Owens, KU basketball coach, said after the game. "We've had a lack of patience on offense. We forced shots. We're forcing passes. It's a disease we've had all year."
THE JAYHAWKS SUFFERED from the disease starting at the opening tip-off last night. They continually tried to get the ball inside to Paul Mokeski, their 7-4 center, and Ken Keoeng, their 6-10 forward. Instead, they threw the ball right into a Nebraska cornerback, coach-influencers, who never trailed, jumped off to a nine-point lead, 37-28, at halftime.
"We tried to force it inside when it wasn't there," Owens said of the 12 turnovers his
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"OUR INABILITY to take advantage of the situation at the end of the game was the difference," said Owens, whose team lost only its second game to Nebraska in Allen. "We were outplayed by possession and three real good shots where we could have cut it to one."
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The main reason Nebraska had such an unproductive second half was that they stayed in the delay game for most of the last 11 minutes.
Three points was as close as KU could come, despite the fact that Nebraska made only one field goal the last 12 minutes. KU did have the ball a couple of times when they trailed by three, but again mistakes on offense killed them.
EVEN THOUGH KU played poorly in the first half, the Jayhawks still had a good chance to win the game after intermission. The Cornhuskers won scoreless for an eight-minute stretch in the second half. They scored 53-12 with 12:17 to play; and when NJ Tech was outplayed one of two free throws at the 4:12 mark, the "Huskers led only by three." 53-80.
At the same time, KU started working the ball inside to forward Norm Cook and Herb
"WE WORKED SO hard in the first half we got tired in the second half," said Joe Cipriano, Nebraska coach, whose team now plays Eight Bighamp Eight 18-8 overall, and has a shot at second place in the league and a possible NCAA or NIT tournament berth.
The Cornhuskers did work hard at the outset of the game, opening up a quick 11-4 lead. Most of the damage was done by Fort, who now is the all-time leader, scoring
Nobles. Nickel, held without a field goal in the first half, popped in 10 points in the second half. Nobles came off the bench to score eight second-half points.
Jayhawks made in the first half. "We have big people in the lineup. We need to show them."
against the Jayhawks. Fort hit on five of 11 shots in the first half for 13 points, and he led the Cornhuskers down the court to set up numerous fast break baskets.
"THEY (NEBASKA) played extremely well in the opening moments of the game." Owens said. "That allowed them to have a lead we never overcame."
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