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Tuesday, December 9, 1975
University Daily Kansan
Notre Dame iigs past KU. 72-64
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
KU guard Milt Gibson drives on Adrian Dantley
Notes and quotes
KU COACH TED OWENS: "They shot the ball exceptionally well against the zone. We had to go to a zone because we were in foul trouble."
On the play of Norm Cook: "He's really started to play well. We'll respond to his play. We need him to furnish the leadership on the court."
On the lack of KU's depth: "If we had
our regular defense in a second half,
our regular offense
On fouls called against Kansas: "The ones that were killers were the very marginal ones, where we had almost perfect position."
FORWARD MORN COOK, on Notre Dame's Adrian丹曼:"He's a great offensive player. He scored 27 points he needed for his. He was great on defense, too."
On KU's spread attack: "We were trying to do that because they had a pressure defense and we wanted to try to get some back door baskets against them."
KU GUARDI CLINT JOHNSON, on the fools: "When we were fighting hard, they (the referees) started calling fools that were really marginal. That kind of holds you down. I made a clean steal on my man and the referee calls a fowl on me. That kind
NOTRE DAME (T2)
| | F1 | F2 | M1 | M2 | T1 | T2 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Danfleck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Kishigui | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kihtai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paterson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paterno | 1-1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Flowers | 7-1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Fujimori | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Lalmiwera | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29-34 | 14-27 | 32 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 20 |
of takes away some aggressiveness. You're afraid. That was no fourth foul, and I had to
Fg-Fgm Ff-Fn Ii-It Reb Pf Pt Tp
Cocks 4-9 5-1 6-2 7-3 8-4 9-1
Nobles 4-10 5-1 6-2 7-3 8-4 9-1
Koedigs 5-1 6-2 7-3 8-4 9-1
Gilton 1.5 5-1 6-2 7-3 8-4 9-1
Shannon 1.5 5-1 6-2 7-3 8-4 9-1
Shulon 1.1 5-1 6-2 7-3 8-4 9-1
Totalb 22.51 0-0 20 0 22 7
Totalc 22.51 0-0 20 0 22 7
Darrell 26 44 72
On the use of a spread offense: "It wasn't for stalling. We tried to lose them up."
KU GUARDI MILT GIBSON, on the Irish height advantage: "We had some critical people fought out. We get hurt on the boards and a past past Ken (Keenans) and Herb (Nobles)."
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
Sports Editor
Irish luck had little influence in Allen field house last night. But a powerful and successful fight
Attendance: 15,270
Officials: Iry Brown and Jim Bain
The Irish thus fought off an inspired University of Kansas squad to eke out a 72-64 win before 13,270 frenzied fans in Allen Field House.
It was the fourth straight win this year for Notre Dame, ranked ninth in the nation by the AP. KU fell to 2-2. It faces Boise State on Thursday night in Allen.
THEN CAME THE fours. And out the window went Kansas' chances for a victory. First to leave was center Ken Koenings, with 14:16 left, on a call the vocal KU fans strongly protested by pelting the court with debris.
For 30 of the game's 40 minutes, the breaks were definitely going the Jayhawks way. The Irish couldn't buy a free throw and Noreen Dame's tall front line.
Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps was full of praise for the Jayhawks. But one of his comments pointed to the depth advantage the Jayhawks had over the Nets in stretch, where the tip of the game turned.
Simply put, KU had nobody else to put on the court to match that kind of height. Unfortunately, Notre Dame had all kinds of depth, shuttling players in at will, until the deeper Irish finally wore down the out-manned Jayhawks.
"First of all, you don't want to be satisfied in losing," he said. "But I'm very proud of you."
"OUR LACK OF SIZE killed us," Kansas coach Ted Owens conceded after the game: "I think their of offensive rebounds and stickbacks (tip-ins) were the big factors in the
"Their kids played their hearts out," Phelps said. "I love playing here. The crowd reaction is great. Give Kansas credit. They played super."
Then with less than five minutes to go, forward Herb Nobles was gone. That left one KU player, forward Norm Cook, at 6-4, who played six fish players, four of whom toped 6-0-5.
Owens stressed that he was proud of his team.
THEM HE ADDED casually, "We were forced our speed term in order to match it."
The more fact that Phelps could reach to his bench and pluck out such players gave him a great advantage over Owens, who was virtually forced to go with a six-man lineup against one of the best teams in the nation.
The most galling thing about the night was the fact that the Jayhawks almost upset the Ducks by 15 points.
Phelps asserted that his team won't looking ahead to its game. Tissue against him.
But the lackadaisical play by Notre Dame for most of the game belied that statement.
The Irish jumped in front early, leading a point. But Bintou faced back, tied it at 20-20. In the second half,
DREAMS OF AN UPSET solidified when Kansas maintained its lead, until it was 43-41, with 11:51 left. Then Adrian Dantley, Notre Dame's All-America forward, pumped in a tying 15-foot bucket. Two goals by the Irish got them a 47-43 lead with 9:26 left, a lead they never relinquished.
The game was nip-and-tuck down the stretch. But every bucket Kansas obtained off its spread offense was answered by an Irish field goal.
The coup de grace came with a minute to play.
KANSAS WAS TRAILING 66-42 when Jayhawk Reuben Shelton took and missed an 18-foot jumper. But he rebounded his own shot, took a closer shot, missed that, then fouled Notre Dame's Bruce Flowers trying to get the ball.
Flowers sank the charity shot, making it -42. For all intents and purposes, that was a mistake.
The Irish were led by Danylte, who managed to score 27 points and haul down 12 rebounds, despite the sticky defensive effort of Cook, who led KU with 19 points.
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