University Daily Kansan
Thursday, February 14, 1974
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KU Falls 74-71;Wildcats Grab Big 8 Lead
By GERALD EWING
Kanaan Sports Writer
MANHATTAN A stingy zone defense and a lack of fools helped Kansas State University defeat the University of Kansas, 74-71, last in anight at Abner Field House.
The win gave K-State the conference lead with a record of 8.1. KU dropped one-half game to No. 3.
KU was stymied throughout the game by an inability to penetrate the saging K-State zone. Most of KU's points came on long jump shots from the outside. KU's two longest jumps and Rick Suttle were ineffective met with the game and combined for only 14 points.
A second major factor in the game was K-State's avoidance of fists. The Wildcats had to finish the game with only 15. KU'd get to shoot a free throw until 8:28 was left in the second half. The Hawks finished the game with only one free throw made in four rounds.
KU opened up an 8-lead early in the first half, on long jump shots by Norm Cook, Dale Greenlee, Roger Morningstar and Knight.
K-State surged on back three field goals by Kary Williams to take the lead, 16-12 with 10 seconds left.
The two teams traded baskets several times before K-State finally broke away to its biggest lead of the half, 27-20, with 6:24 left.
KU fought back to tie it at 30-on goals by Tom Kivisto, Morningstar, Tommy Smith and two follow shots by Suttle. The half ended with KU ahead 34-13. KU's final points came on two long jump shots, one on either by Smith with only two seconds left.
The second half was similar to the first with KU getting most of its points from outside and the lead being traded back and forth in the early going.
K-STATE TOOK the lead for good, 41-40, on a short jump shot by Dean Harris with 17:44 left. The lead was lengthened to 51-42, K-State's biggest of the game, on shots by Larry Williams, McVey and Harris. That came with 14:27 left.
35-foot jump shots, one by Smith and two by Greenlee pulled KU within three again, 62-89 with 5-44 left. But the Wildcats had another seven lead, 68-10 with 3-10 left.
KU cut the lead to five points several times in the final minutes, but couldn't keep it going.
K-STATE SCORED its final points on two clutch free throws by Harris and two long jump shots by Larry Williams and Kruger. The three long jump shots that shot atia (7, 7-8)
It wasn't that KU played poorly, but that K-State played that much better—especially Larry Williams and McVey. Williams was the leading scorer in the game with 20 points on ten of 14 from the field. McVey added 15 points in one of his best performances, while Mississippi high was 15 against Northeast Missouri State, hardly in the same class as KU.
If statistics are any consolation, KU outschool and outboundbounded the Wildcats, but it is still an unfortunate
The next game for KU will be against Iowa State Saturday in Allen Field House.
| | FG | FC | RT | RB | F | TK |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Cook | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Murgantierar | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Mugentierar | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Kikko | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Kikko | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Sutti | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| Sutti | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
KANSAS STATE (24)
Cook, Knight, Miranda, Owens, Reid, Shelton, Emery—With 2:06 Left, No One Looked Happy
| | PG | FT | RB | F | T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| L. Williams | 15 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 30 |
| Hurry | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| McVoy | 6.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Boer | 5.1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Boer | 5.7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Boer | 6.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Williams | 3.7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| C. Williams | 3.7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 28.57 | 18.24 | 32 | 15 | 87 |
KANSAS
KANSAS STATE
Kansan Staff Photo by DAVE REGIER
Greenlee Dribbles Past K-State's Lon Kruger
"We got it!" yelled a jubilant Gene McVey as the K-State center raced from the floor, arms raised, following last night's victory over the University of Kansas.
The Wildcats had indeed "got em," 74-11 before a frozenized soldout crowd in Ahearn.
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
Kansan Sports Writer
Wildcat coach Jack Hartman was more composed than his players after the game, but not by much. He was exceptionally skilled and strong, that KSU had triumphed on its hope court.
"I WAS PLEASED with our work on the boards," Hartman said. "We also definitely knew of the players who told out players before the game that if we were going to give them anything, it was the outside shots. Thankfully, they didn't have to come from the outside and hurt us very bad."
Hartman Credits 'Cats' Zone in Win
"I saw some tremendous individual effort out there tonight," Hartmann said. "It was incredible."
K-State held the Jayhawks' double post tandem of Rick Suttle and Danny Knight to 14 points. Larry Williams, Beard and McVey took control of the boards in the second half by grabbing many "must" rebounds.
Hartman said he thought a major contributor to KU's downfall was the Wildcats' ability to stay out of foul trouble while forcing the 'Hawks to foul.
Two free throws by K-State's Jim Molinari with just 11 seconds left in the game sealed the victors for the Wildcats, giving them a 78-47 lead. Molinari was intentional fouled seconds after a Bill Klein kick to KB to within 76-75, with 15 remaining.
Kansas State used 80 per cent free throw shooting and the 27 points of Darryl Winston to edge KU, 78-77, in the junior vgame game against Oklahoma State. In Kansas State basketball game
K-State JV's Edge KU, 78-77
K-State had a 34-29 halftime lead, KU closed the gap time and time again early in the second half, but the Wildcats opened the game on defense with tippins or long bombers by Molina
Klein's tipin gave RU its first lead of the game, 66-65, with 5-25 remaining in the game. But the Wildcats backed and took a 72-71 lead with 1:53 left.
Other lineman signed were James Emerson, Harry Murphy and Frank Osborn. Emerson, a 6-3, 35-round tackle from Emmerson, was the highest-ranked Magazine's prep All-American team. He averaged more than 14 tackles a game and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.8 seconds. Emerson also kicked a 50-yard goal field this season to be the longest in Kansas prehistory.
Osborn, 6-5, 245 pounds, from West Elk,
averaged more than 20 tuckles a game.
Murphy, who is from Shawnee Mission east,
6-4, 210 pounds.
Caleb Row, Percy Battles and Tom Dinkel are backs. Rowe, from Leavenworth, is 5-11, 175 pounds. Battles, 5-11, 100 pounds, is from Wichita Southeast and Dinkel, 6-3, 230 pounds, is from Shawnee Heights in Tonka.
"WE NOTICED THAT KU has been making a lot of fools in their games this season," Hartman said. "We thought that we could get them in foul trouble with our
Rebanding against the tough KU front line was a tremendous chore, KSU forward and rearline were on high alert.
"I didn't really notice whenever they (KU) made any personnel changes," he said with a grin. "It seemed like it was tough underneath the board all night long." McVey was a more settled player in the bullpen, not wasn't
Jim Lob and Skip Johnson, two of the players signed, were members of Shawnee Mission South's state championship team. Johnson, 6-1, 200 pounds, rushed for 955 yards on 189 carries last season. Lob is a 6.3, 210 pound lineman.
"Aas a team, I thought we pretty much did what we wanted to against Kansas," he said. "We wanted to go out and play like we were going to win and we just did that—we won, again."
KU COACH TED OWENS, meanwhile,
was more than upset over the inability of
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KU's offense to muster any sustained threat against the Cats.
Kansas' position in the Big 12 race was weakened by the loss to the Wildcats, Owens admitted, but he emphasized that the team will contenders for the conference crown.
They played the zone about the way they always do. We were just too impatient on them.
"We were super cautious in attacking their zone," Owens said. "We just couldn't get through."
"We're a good team," he said. "We just have to get going again. We did a lot right."
tonight. We didn't play bad but we weren't great either."
But, as K-State floor leader Lon Kreuger pointed out, the invincibility of KU was that it had been built to fail.
"We KWEEN THAT 14 games was a long stretch," Kruger said of the Big 8 conference schedule. "And if KU could win all four, it would obviously deserved to win the league crown.
But, thanks to K-State, KU won't win all 14 games this year. And, for KU, the revenge countdown for their March 6 home game rematch with the Wildcats has been.
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