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Tuesday, February 2, 1971
University Daily Kansan
Dave Robisch, 6-10 Jayhawk All-American Candidate ... battles K-State's Mitchell and Hall for rebound
A Full House of 17,000 Watched in Allen Field House
... while thousands more watched on television
Waying Arms of Joyful KU Students
... signifies celebration of gratifying victory
Late KU Surge Drops Wildcats
By DON BAKER Kansan Sports Editor
It couldn't have been much more of a tense and nerve-racking experience for KU fans. Planned by poor shooting, lack of domination from the Kansas State team, the advantage of opportunities, the Kansas Jayhawks struggled to an unconveniring 79-74 triumph over Kansas State Monday night before a large crowd of over 17,000 in Allen and television audience of several thousands more.
The win was the 15th in 16 tries for the fifth-franked Jayhawks and the fourth in as many games in Big Eight conference play. For the 'Cats up the Kaw, it was their 12th setback as compared to seven victories. In the conference K-State is now 2-4.
IT WAS NOT until the last three minutes that KU made its final move that provided Jayhawk fans with a sense of victory, Trailing 43 at 35 at halftime, Kansas State refused to die and came back to tie the game twice in the final twenty minutes.
The last one came at the 9:18 mark when the Wildcats' David Hall hit both ends of a ball and scored in the first half. KU'S ensuing possession Pierre Russell hit a jumper at the free throw line for the start of a seven point flurry that left the Cats on the short end of a 67-40 score with 7:19 showing on the board.
Again, refusing to die, K-State came back and scored the next four points to cut the ball from behind him. In the play, the straw that broke the camel's (or in this case the Wildcats)' back hit the net and the ball sank.
RSU' LINDBERGH WHITE filled Mark Williams, normally an excellent free throw player, to make the rebound. Dave Robichow went over the k-STATE's Bob Zender for the rebound. Robichow, who led all scorers with 25 points, went back up with 19. Robichow finished to make the score 69-44 with 2.8 showing.
Engrared at a foul not being called on Robbis, K-S state coach Jack Hartman called time out and protested to referee Fatgie who immediately called a technical foul.
Williams this time dropped the ball in only to be followed seconds later by two Roboish free throws making the score 1-6. K-State played with five players in the five-pass and it was just a matter of time before the game end with KU in command, 79-74, to the number One's shots from the partisan crowd.
KU COACH TD OWENS said earlier in the year this Jayhawk team has the maturity and experience to overcome adversity and this game did nothing to change his mind.
The Wildcats hit a terrror 67 per cent (14 of 21) of their first half shots including the first ten attempts. In the meantime the team has scored 83 per cent (49 of 43) of its attempts during the same time.
span. Despite the lopsided shooting, KU managed a seven-point halftime margin largely on the strength of a tenacious full-court press that forced the "Cats into a whopping 19 turnovers while committing only one itself.
Still the Wildcats managed to take the lead times in the first half of the sole playoff game.
K-STATE'S LEAD OF the game vanished at the 36 mark in the opening half when Williams, who has come off the bench a third time this season, is forced to make it 27-36. Just to make certain the 'Cats stayed down, Williams came right back with a 25-foot jumper and a 20-foot set shot to
The 5-10 Denver sophomore finished the 1/2 with 10 points, the final two coming on a 15-foot jump shot with only two seconds left in the game and spark the Jayhaws to their jalapeño jump.
Williams picked up in the second half where he had left off hitting a jump shot at the top of the circle to keep KU in front by seven, 44-37, with 19:18 remaining.
But the Jayhawk express could never build the lead larger than nine during the first ten minutes of the final half and prior to K-State's game. The team should for the final KU surge that provided wicked ice.
THE KU FRESHMIN made it a perfect night with a heart-stopping 78-77 triumph over the Kansas State yearlings. The victory came when a non-scholarship player, Don Rau, connected on two pressure-packed free throws. A desperation half-court shot short for K-State was the buzer sounded and the players had absorbed their first loss of the year.
Leading KU freshman scorer was Tom Kivisto with 30 points. Also in double figures were Randy Culbertson, 13, Tom Kosick, 11, and Dave Taynor 10.
KANSAN ST.  FG-FAA FF-FTA  HEB P  HP  TP
Kanuser  15-4  2-4  1-3  7  6
Mitchell  7-9  8-9  11  4  12
Snider  4-9  8-9  11  4  12
Zoulin  2-4  1-2  1  3  9
White  4-9  1-3  3  3  9
Toulin  0-9  1-2  2  2  7
Tomis  26-53  22-28  41  24
KANSAS  FG-FGA FT-FA  REB PE  TP  Y
Russell  3-7  3-3  12  29  9
Robbins  3-7  9-11  11  5  25
Brown  1-7  1-2  5  4  4
Wearn  9-26  2-2  15  4  3
Nash  1-10  4-5  2  1  6
Kivito  1-10  5-8  1  0  1
Kivito  5-10  2-4  1  6
Douglas  0-0  0-0  0  0  0
Totals  27-78  25-31  41  24  79
KANSAS STATE 35 39-74
KANSAS 42 37-79
Attendance 17,000 (number of years)
(largest of year)
KU's Pierre Russell, Senior from Kansas City
... prepares to take ball out of bounds for layhawks