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University Daily Kansan Thursday,Dec.19,1963
Basketball Team Meets Ranking-Hungry Lobos
The Lobos of the University of New Mexico, undefeated after six basketball games, will get their best chance yet in the season tonight for national ranking when they play KU at Albuquerque.
Coach Bob King's Lobos won their sixth straight game last week in a runaway over New Mexico State, 92-55. The Jayhawks, ranked 10th among the nation's college teams last week, will enter the game with a 4-1 season's record.
The game will be the first in history between the two schools, and is expected to draw a capacity crowd to the 7,000-seat UNM arena.
A BALANCED offense led by all- America candidate Ira Harge and a tight defense have been the key factors to New Mexico's success thus far.
The Wolfpack has averaged 71.2 points a game offensively with four of the starters averaging in double figures. The New Mexico defense has held the six opponents to a 56.6-point average.
Harge, despite double and triple-teamings defenses, leads Lobo scoring with 102 points for a 17-point average. The 6-8 senior center also leads the team in rebounding with 67 for an 11.2 average.
Harge has hit 46.1 per cent of his field goal attempts. He has been charged with only 13 fouls and has not fouled out.
OTHER STARTERS averaging in double figures are Claude Williams, 6-6 senior, 13.8; Mike Lucero, 6-5, 13.0, and Skip Kruaich, 6-0 guard, 10.2.
The fifth starter, 6-3 sophomore Dick Ellis, is averaging 9.5 points a game and is considered one of the finer rookies in the Rocky Mountain-Southwest.
Against New Mexico State, Ellis made seven assists and 10 points; stole the ball four times, and pulled down 10 rebounds.
If there has been a single department which has contributed most to the Lobos' success so far, it has been rebounding. The team has 112 more rebounds than its six opponents' combined.
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Sure ment which has contributed most to the Lobos' success so far, it has been rebounding. The team has 112 more rebounds than its six opponents' combined.
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Another important factor for the team has been the caution with which New Mexico has played. The Lobos have fouled only 103 times in six games and none of the regulars have fouled out.
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"We can't be fooled by their loss to UCLA last week," the coach said. "UCLA is a great basketball team and Kansas had a bad night against them and still did a respectable job."
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A new face in the KU lineup tonight will be Steve Renko, 6-4 sophomore who just a month ago was starting quarterback for the KU football team. Renko replaces Riney Lochmann, 6-5 sophomore forward, who underwent surgery on an injured knee yesterday and will be out of action for about six weeks.
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After five games, Gibson has made 47 rebounds for a 9.4 average. The 6-3 Wyandotte High School graduate trailed only center George Unseld in KU rebounding last year with 180. He was seventh in conference rebounding with 96 in 14 games.
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Jumping on a knee which was operated on after his sophomore season, Gibson reached a career rebounding high of 15 Saturday against UCLA. At the same time, he hit only one of his last 20 field attempts.
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"I used to feel I couldn't do any better than I was doing nor try any harder than I was," Gibson says. "But I made up my mind to try harder and I did do better."
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