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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 14, 1962
ASU, Cincy Ominous Foes; KU's Ellison Doubtful Starter
It could be a rough weekend for the Kansas Jayhawkers.
They must face the nation's No. 13 team, Arizona State tonight in the opening round of the sixth annual Sunflower doubleheader, and the top team in the country, Cincinnati, tomorrow night.
AND NOLEN ELLISON probably won't be available.
Ellison, the team's top scorer with a 15.7 average, sprained his ankle severely during the last five minutes of practice yesterday, and is listed as a doubtful starter for both of KU's Sunflower contests.
In the first round games tonight in Ahearn Field House at Manhattan, KU will meet the Arizona State Sun Devils at 7:35, and Kansas State will tangle with the Cincinnati Bearcats at 9:35.
Tomorrow the four teams move to Lawrence where K-State will face the Sun Devils at 7:35 and KU will play the formidable Bearcats at 9:35 in Allen Field House.
BOTH ASU AND Cincinnati enter the doubleheader unbeaten, and essentially untried under pressure. The Sun Devils have beaten Whittier (94-63), Fresno State (89-61), and Pepperdine (83-71).
Cincinnati, NCAA champions for the past two years, blistered De Pauw (97-39), Virginia (91-42), Miami of Ohio (58-36), and George Washington (86-59).
Coach Ned Wulk's Sun Devils, who return three starters from last year's 23-4 team, are paced by 6-5 junior Joe Caldwell. Caldwell has cleared 6'7" in the high jump and can dunk a basketball with either hand from any direction. He is currently averaging 22.7 points a game.
However, Tony Cerkvenik, a 6-4, 220-pounder, is the team's leading scorer at a 23.0 clip.
CENTER ART BECKER, the biggest man on the squad at 6-8, currently owns a 16-point average.
ASU's fourth regular scoring in double figures is sophomore guard Dennis Dairman, 6-5, averaging 12.3.
Raul Disaurufino, a 6-2 senior, or Gary Senitaza, a 6-2 junior, will round out Arizona State's starting five.
Last year the Sun Devils scored over 100 points a game in seven
games, and included in their 23 wins a 72-58 decision over KU at Tempe.
THEN THERE'S CINCINNATI.
On paper, the Bearcat's are just as good an offensive team as Arizona State. The Sun Devils are averaging 88.2 points a game, while Cincy (which has played one more game) is scoring at an 87.7 clip.
However, it is the defensive side of the ledger that shows the Bearcat power. Arizona State's defense has yielded an average of 65 points in three games, while Cincinnati's defense has given up only 44.3 points a game in four contests.
Cincy has returned four starters from last year's championship quintet. Back to spark the Bearcats are seniors Tom Thacker and Tony Yates, and junior Ron Bonham and George Wilson. Graduation claimed All America center Paul Hogue.
FILLING HOGUE'S SHOES, however, has been coach Ed Jucker's problem. He moved Wilson, a 6-8 forward, to center, shifted 6-2 Thacker into the front line, and brought in 5-10 guard Larry Shingleton.
Bonham is the team's leading scorer, to date, with a 22.8 average. Wilson is averaging an even 16 points a game, Thacker 12.3, and Yates 8.7.
The Jayhawkers enter the Sunflower classic with a 2-2 won-lost record. They have whipped Montana, 68-56, and Wyoming, 75-57, and have lost to Arkansas in an overtime, 64-62, and Michigan State, 81-62
Chances are good, however, that coach Dick Harp's crew will not improve on this .500 record this weekend.
THE LOSS of Ellison, KU's court general, robs the team of a good part of its scoring punch and defense. It was Ellison's defensive play on Wyoming's sophomore whiz Flynn Robinson, who scored 33 points against Wichita and only 17 against KU, that was largely responsible for Hawkers big win over the Cowboys.
Starting in Ellison's place will be 6-3 sophomore Kerry Bolton, who has seen limited action in all four of KU's games this season.
Dave Schichtle, also a sophomore, will start opposite Bolton in the
backcourt. Schichtle is averaging 7.5 points a game.
The only senior that KU will field in the Sunflower contests will be 6-2 forward Jim Dumas. Dumas tried contact lenses for the first time in the Wyoming game and hit seven of eight shots from the field, and four of five from the line, to pace the Hawkers in scoring. He currently owns an 8.3 average.
The team's second-leading scorer, George Unseld, will be the third sophomore in the Hawkers' starting lineup. The 6-7 pivot from Louisville, Ky., has a 14.3 average and leads the team in rebounds with 35.
Junior forward Harry Gibson, 6-3,
rounds out the starting five. Gibson is
the third-best scorer with a 10.3
average, and is runner-up to Unseld
in rebounds with 31.
IM Basketball Slate Cut Short
The four Fraternity "A" intramural basketball games that were scheduled for Monday, Dec. 17, have been canceled until after the Christmas holidays because of the KU-Denver University varsity game that night.
The intramural office announced that intramural competition will continue Jan. 7. The games for Monday that were canceled were Beta-Sigma Nu, PKT-Sigma Chi, TKE-Sigma Epsilon, and SAE-Kappa Sig. The cancellations have not been rescheduled as yet.
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Student ID cards will be sufficient for admittance to the two games, K-State vs. Arizona State at 7:30 p.m. and KU vs. Cincinnati at 9:30.
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No reserve seat tickets are needed by students planning to attend the Sunflower doubleheader basketball games in Allen Field House tomorrow night.
Radio Coverage:
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To avoid waiting in long ticket lines, students are encouraged to come between 7 and 7:30.
Three KU Sports Network stations will carry the KU-Arizona State game tonight at 7:25 p.m. They are KANU-FM (91.5) and KUOK (630) in Lawrence, and KGGF in Coffeeville.
Ten Kansas Stations will carry the KU-Cincinnati Sports Network broadcast tomorrow night at 9:25. Area stations include KANU-FM and KUOK in Lawrence, KVOE in Emporia, and KALS in Salina
Tom Hedrick, director of the KU Sports Network will do the play-by-play and Monte Johnson will provide color.
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