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Wednesday, February 24, 1971
University Daily Kansan
Little Men Lift Hawks Past K-State's Wildcats
By DON BAKER
Kansan Sports Editor
MANHATTAN—For the second straight game the Kansas Jayhawks were forced to do without a big man. And for the second straight game the Kansas Jayhawks won without a big man. This time the victim was Kansas State as KU racked up its 19th victory in the season and also moved its overall record to 21-1 and retained its soildest conference state at 19-0.
Saturday night the Hawks defeated Missouri, 85-64, without the fires of Florida. They won in two sets, Brown reached the lump but played only a little more than half the game because of a foul trouble. Coupled with that 6-10 forward and team scoring leader Dave Bohlstein played into the end.
THIS TIME SIX STRAIGHT KU points
BIG EIGHT STANDINGS
But for the second straight game the Jayhawks appeared undaunted by the losses using a late surge to dispose of their opponents.
| | Conference | W L | Pct. | All Games |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kansas | 10 | 6 | 1.000 | 14 | .654 |
| Missouri | 10 | 6 | .967 | 14 | .704 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | .600 | 17 | .777 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 4 | .600 | 16 | .796 |
| Colorado | 4 | 5 | .444 | 17 | .619 |
| Kansas State | 4 | 7 | .384 | 9 | .391 |
| Iowa State | 7 | 4 | .362 | 14 | .291 |
| Oklaho State | 8 | 1.81 | .111 | 14 | .291 |
started the flurry beginning with a little more than 10 minutes to play and with Robisch on the bench with five fouls (he picked up his fifth with 11:35 to play in the game). Leading 43-42, Bud Stallworth, who was the high scorer for the second straight game, started the KU fireworks with a pair of free throws at the 10-02 mark. Brown followed with another 10-03 mark. Washburn Russell made it 48-42 with 8:36 showing. Less than thirty seconds later the Stallworth canned another free throw and the repeat performance was well under way.
The Cats scored four of the next five to cut the KU margin to four, 50-46; with exactly 7-0
showing. But the show was over for the most K-State partisan clan of 12,000 as the Wildcats wentScoreless for the next six nights while KU ruled off nine straight points.
A Russell layin started the K-State downtown follow-up a minute later by a 12-foot Stallworth jumper. A Russell free throw followed by two layoffs in the first half made it 59-40 with only 92 seconds left.
DAVID HALL FNALLY ENDED the critical drought for Kansas State with a layin at the 0:42 mark. Russell added the icing to the cake for KU with a layin at 0:16 to make it
Stallward paced the KU and game scoring with 23 points. Russell followed with 16. Robisch, going into the game averaging just under 28, was third with eight.
Sopomoreme Ernie Kusner paced KState with 15 while Hall was second with 13.
The early (oul) problem of Brown and Robisch made the viewing unasy for KU fans but the slack was picked up and Kansas State was downed at intermission. 33-31.
WITH BOTH BIG MEN on the bench, KU coach Ted Owens used a lineup consisting of Stallworth, Russell, Greg Douglas, Bob Kivisto and Mark Williams the last three minutes of the initial 20 minutes while using delay tactics.
Owens, whose philosophy is against stalling, used that very tactic successfully as two Stallworth free throws, a Douglas layran and a Stallworth basejumper with 0:11 left in the half brought KU from a three point deficit in its halfway lead.
Never one to change a winning thing,
Owens opened the second half with his "small" inep for the first five minutes at which time K-State required the lead.
On the strength of Russell and Stallwell KU stayed even with the Cats setting the tone.
SHOOTING PERCENTAGES PROVED the
DIFFERENCE KU connected on units of 12, second
of time.
could drop only six of 21 for a 22 per cent effort.
The difference was also spiked at the free throw line. The Jayhawks have been up and down at the line all year but up for the Cats cashing in on 23 of 26 attempts for an 88 per cent night. At the same time K-State managed only 10 of 20 for 50 per cent.
For only the second time this year Kansas was outrebounded. Playing without the big men nearly half the time, the Jayhawks were on the short end of a 3-60 rebound battle. In the first meeting between the two teams rebounds were even. Oklahoma became the first team to edge the Hawks in this category and that was last week in Norman.
Hobbit paced KU rebounding with seven,
followed (with six) while Stallworth
crashed.
THE JAYHAWKS CAN CLINCH the title Saturday night at Boulder when they engage in a return match with the Colorado Buffaloes. The game ended with the Buffaloes suffering an at KU's hands earlier.
Leading, rebounder for K-State was Hall with 15.
Kansas (16) PG-FGA FT-PTA REB PF TP
Robich 2-7 4-4 7 2 9
Russell 6-10 4-5 6 6 10
Brown 6-1 4-5 6 5 14
Brown 7-15 4-10 3 5 17
Nach 1-6 2-2 4 0 4
Kivisto 0-1 0-0 3 0 0
Williams 1-6 0-0 0 2 0
Douglas 1-6 0-0 1 2 4
TOTALS 19-18 23-26 30 16 61 (AGP) (AGC)
Kus. St. (48) FG-FA GF-FTA FT-AFB REB PF TP 13
Hall 6-11 1-6 15 4 13 Kaiser 7-14 1-6 17 4 15
Kueyser 1-14 1-6 7 4 15
White 6-10 6-10 7 4 15
White 3-9 2-3 7 4
Thomas 2-5 0-0 2 0 4
Smith 2-5 0-0 0 1 4
Smith 0-2 0-0 0 0 0
Zender 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Lull 0-2 0-0 0 1 0
ROUTES
TOTALS 19-56 10-29 36 18 48
(34%) (50%)
Kansas    33    25-61
Kansas State    31    17-48
Officials: Jim Bain and Ben Dreith
Turnover: Kansas State 18, Kansas 17
Attendance: 12,500
Stall Served Purpose for Kansas
Kansan Sports Editor
Rv DON BAKER
Shouting and screaming to the tune of "We're Number One" prevailed in the Kansas dressing room. It was indeed gratifying, but win of the year over the Purple. It was straight win of the year. The fifth conference road win without a loss. An overall record of 21-1 and z conference log of 10-0. it was alluring. We were savoring every minute of it.
About that time Pierre Russell and Ted Owens sprinted into the spirted dressing quarters after a race in New York, where cameras. Russell carried the game ball to the antagonism of a K State official trying to retrieve
A Few MINUTES later Owen were applied, all smiles in knowing his team had passed its own ball and so undeficated in the conference.
The big question was the stall KU used so effectively the last three minutes of the first half and then the second minute of the second period.
"We had Dave Brobisch with four fours and Roger Brown with three," Owens began in explaining the very tactics he has used against him. "I felt they did not come and kill it a lot of time. They had Steve
THREE AND A HALF minutes into the half K-SATE did go ahead bringing Brown, Robich and Aubrey Nash back into the game.
"I think it served its purpose," he continued. "I had determined, if they did go ahead we'd come back with our starters."
Owens had been known as a died-in-the-wool proponent of the 30second clock to prevent stall games. Does he still favor it?
"Yes, I sure do," he insisted,
"but as long as the rule exists you might as well take advantage of it."
"I thought our pressing made the difference," Owens enthusiastically offered. The KU pressure defense has become a noted aspect of most every game and after early success the team has been able to
THE STALL AND pressuring defense were definitely contributing factors to the Jayhawks win. But just as im-aware of the excellent team free throw the excellent team's play without Robbisch
"You know the really great man about this course, and when we meet him at the school where he responded in a lot of different ways," Owens said. "Tongtie it on."
KU sank 23 of 26 attempts for an 88 per cent mark.
While Owens was all smiles about the overall effort, the response of the team when Robbish fouled out pleased him
IT WAS ONLY the seventh time in Robish's career that he forced out and he admitted the experience was trying.
"One reason we're better this year is a year ago we didn't think we would do it without Dave and our boys, boys have grown in confidence."
"I got as worn out on the bench as I did playing." he said. "But was confident the whole game we would win.
Spending over half the game on the bench, the scoring average of the big 6-10 forward suffered but he said it made little difference.
All that is well and good but many KU fans suffered a near heart stress when he picked up the ball. He hadn't played in the game. But the team didn't
"We won though," he smiled.
"I don't care what I do as long as we win."
fold. Instead it seemed to pick itself up.
DETERMINATION IS something this team has not lacked and now the team is in a position to play as the title is only a game away.
"If we win on Saturday (over Colorado) we've got it regardless." Brown cheerfully offered.
For Brown it was a comeback affair after missing the Missouri game with the flu. Like Robich, his play was limited due to fouls.
"Yea, Saturday is what we're shooting for now," Robisch quickly chirred in.
"I felt weak in the first half,
he said of the action he received
tried to pace myself. The second半
l began to get my wind
A completely healthy Brown seems apparent for the Colorado match. But just as important, a teammate with no arms is珍罕 imprinted for the contest. If cleared by the KU Medical Center Wednesday, Canfield will return to practice Wednesday and play against the Buffs in Boulder.
Pierre Russell (44) and Bud Stallworth
... did not care for the call of official
The KSU freshmen were also moving greatly with the momentum of the highly partisan Browns on hand at Ahearn Field House.
The Jayhawks, who boosted their record in the Big Eight to 10-
KU Frosh Get 1st Loss At K-State
Pierre Russell Passes to Bob Kivisto (45) During KU Stall
MANHATTAN—An otherwise perfect evening was marred when the Kansas Freshman Jayhawks failed to stop the younger team from winning. The team ended 99-74 with an extremely poor average from the field and poor positioning on the boards.
The high man for KU was Klivisto with 28 points, and he was the only one to break the twenty five in a game that had three players above the sum of tenyf and one close behind at 17. The Hawks were also out but did not reach this and this inability to control the boards was extremely costly.
Hartman's Purple Pride Punctured
BY NOBILIS COGROVLE
Kansan Sports Writer
In the final period the Hawks in the second right ranged widely and got no wrong. Many turnovers for KU during this half was also a reason for the Hawks to lose.
By NOBLE COSGROVE
The Hawks were never really in good position as they began to trail soon into the first period. With KSU hitting constantly from behind, the Wildcats could drop many points, the Wildcats were able to widen the score.
MANHITAN—I was quite sometime before Kansas State's head basketball coach, Jack Hartman, made his appearance to meet the press. And when he finally did show up, he reverted to such silence that it was almost impossible to obtain a quotable phrase.
But, one didn't need to hear anything from this man because the expression on his face told him that he had punctured purple pride.
Hartman answered most of the questions directed to him with his hung low as he stared at her and responded by a response uttered was at louder volume. With all eyes and ears trained on his mouth, seven members of the press were forced to lip read their way through ten minutes of speech.
... that eventually led to downfall of Kansas State
Although the entire KU effort was good, Hartman singled out guard Bud Stallworth as being the guy that beat his team.
0. were looking at K-State as on of the biggest games left on their schedule
"Stallworth had one fine ball game," Hartman said, "especially in his outside shooting."
Kansas State tried to diagnose the problem they were having with Stallwolf and decided to go to a zone defense.
Bud ended up with 23 points for the night, but these 23 came at very needy times. Whenever KU
"HE WAS GETTING that who stole from outside and we could not just let him go," she said. "so we went to the zone defense because at least that way you could get away."
was down and needed a basket desperately. Stallworth seemed to be on target.
Hartman's quietness was also shared by the entire K-State team. The only sounds to be heard from the Wildcats purple locker room were the shower and the banging of locker doors. A man in the locker was the only exchange between player and coach
It has been a hard for the Wildcats from Manhattan and more than once they have had to swallow their purple pride. The team's greatest achievement was what remained of their season by beating the nations fifth ranked team, but that when they failed knew that their time had run out on them. The team and their coach were consequently at a loss for words.
THE ATMOSPHERE OF TRUE competitive play and good sportmanship was temporarily interrupted when KSU players offered offence and pelled the floor with everything from paper to ice. At one point the game was stopped and Hartman asked the responsible parties to show their court record in some other fashion.
We thought we played much better when we were at Ranass, "Hartman said. 'I felt before the game that they were going to the ball inside, and we didn't."
Ernie Barre, K-State Athletic
school, said after the garmw.
"Kansas is not a good place,
I thought they might get tripped
up here but now I don't see why
there's nothing to worry about."
Reaves Eyes Big Eight
Lying in the training room was one of the top KU track man. The trainer was working on his right leg as he waded through Eight champion in the long jump and a top 100 yard dash man, would miss a couple of meets in the last few seconds.
"It's not that I'm that much better, it's that I have more experience," he says.
Reaves gained a lot of experience in the army. When they asked if anyone wanted to parachute, he said no. He was on the way.
Phil Heavens journey to the top of the Big-Eight has been an amazing track in the fifth grade and in sixth grade was the AAU final. Track seemed the natural thing for him to do as he could always
Kansan Sports Writer
"IF YOU WON IN your squad
you were to division. If you won
your division you went to bat-
alion, and so on." He kened on
WHEN HE WAS a freshman at Edison High School in Fresno, California, Reaves began to work in the long jump. In 1964 he took second in the state of California for the long jump and the 100 yard dash.
Him Hines, who went on to win the 1989 Olympic gold medal with a 6-4,6-2 victory. Bonds, now an outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, beat him in three.
One thing that separates Reaves from most college athletes is a three-year stint in the NCAA. He has helped him in college.
By BION BEEBE
winning until ii he became the U.S. Army European champion in the long jump and 100 in 1966 and 1967.
The competition was not a mashover either. He had to race up the slope, and he experienced his proved valuable to Heavens in his collegiate
He spent another two years at Presno City College where he was a junior and a freshman. He long jump and 100. His best time in the 100 was 9.4 and his best
Then he came to KU. There were many reasons why he chose this school. Two important reasons were Ben Wilson and Lee Adams. He knew these two men and was anxious to work with them Also, "the curriculum needs any needs" and he liked the game.
AFTER RUNNING TRACK since fifth grade. Phil Reaves is
getting tired of it. He almost quit before this season but decided not to. His plans for the future include the Big-Eight outdoor season, the NCAA championship, the FIBA qualification, and trying out for the 1972 Olympic team. After that he will quit.
"I never think about it. I don't feel any older."
He likes the athletic department here and he likes Wade Stenson. "You can talk to him," he says.
Reaves, a social studies-school of education major, is the oldest man on the team at 24. How does it feel?
He doesn't like Kansas and would prefer to work in California after graduation. However, he would be willing to work if the price is right. He also has one big complaint about KU:
By United Press
"The social life is dead."
Wesley Scores 50
International
With only 12 victories for the Cleveland Cavaliers so far this season, every one becomes memorable for Walt Wesley. However, Wesley will probably win against the Lakers with a little longer than all the rest.
The Cavaliers' 125-109 victory over the Cincinnati Royals was a nightmare for the lifetime for Wesley. He scored 50 points, more than he had ever scored before in his life, by hitter Justin Marsh and adding 14 of 14 free throws.
"The best I ever scored before was 45 at Kansas when I was a junior." Wesley said. "I feel a little more determination when
played the Royals because I once played for them 3 never before. They are a game and it's a great feeling to score 60, but it's even greater to get to 75.
Going into the game, Wesley was hitting 45.5 per cent of his shots from the field, and in four seasons he had 76 points, year he, had 76 points, an average of 19 per game. Wesley got 16 points in the first half, and then hit 24 each for the 54 lead, and the 6-10 center quarterback the third quarter for a 9-82 advantage to snap a 12-game losing streak. It was Cleveland's second-hit season, and the third time the Cavaliers seat an established NBA team.