Baby Bull battles the Badgers
Pierre Russell, the 6-3 jumping jack for the 'Hawks, drives for another layup against the Badgers of Wisconsin. Russell hit four more layups in the midst of a Wisconsin rally to keep KU on top.
Victory boosts morale of shell-shocked Jays
After Saturday's catastrophe in Lexington, Ky., Kansas had to be anxious to return home to the friendly confines of Allen Field House. Last night's contest with Wisconsin—a so-so team from the Big Ten—gave the Jayhawks a chance to save face and build early season confidence. The Hawks downed Wisconsin—by 16 points even—but KU's sluggish performance in its 76-60 win instilled little confidence as the Jays threw away numerous chances to break the game open.
But any win is pleasing and KU coach Ted Owens was the first to admit the importance of the young 'Hawks' victory over Wisconsin.
"It wasn't a thing of beauty but we needed a win badly to regain our confidence after the slaughter Saturday." Owens commented.
However, the head coach was quick to point out that he was particularly perturbed that Wisconsin, who trailed 41-27 at intermission, was able to regroup in the second half and turn an apparent Jayhawk rout into a hard earned victory.
Owens said, "I told the boys at half time that they had a chance to put them (Wisconsin) out of the game. We had a 17 point lead, but we came down and lost the ball five out of the first six times on bad passes."
There were many reasons for the 'Hawks poor second half play. They are young and inexperienced. They were probably weary and even shell-shocked from the Kentucky game. But Owens summed it up best when he said, "We were just overly cautious in the second half. We started thinking about the lead and just quit moving."
Pierre Russell's second half play added some sparkle to the dreary final period. Russell, held scoreless in the opening half, finished strongly by scoring 12 points and grabbing seven rebounds during the final twenty minutes.
"Russell gave us lift in the second half," Owens stated. "He has to play hard and well for us to be able to compete."
Once again, for the third game in a row, the Jays committed over 20 turnovers. The Hawks are running at a faster pace this year than they were last year, but according to Owens this is still no reason to turn the ball over that many times.
Box Score
WISCONCIN FG-FGA FT-FTA REB TURN. PF TP
Mayberry 2-8 0-1 3 0 2 4
Zink 2-4 2-3 11 1 2 6
Henry 5-16 2-5 5 2 5 12
Sherrod 7-21 5-5 5 7 5 19
Conlon 0-1 0-0 2 2 3 0
Fraser 1-4 0-3 2 0 5 2
Adams 1-4 0-2 1 1 1 2
Barao 2-7 2-2 4 2 3 6
Oler 4-6 1-4 7 2 3 9
Uphoff 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0
Totals 24-72 12-25 40 17 29 60
KANSAS
FG-FGA FT-FTA REB TURN. PF TP
Russell 5-7 2-3 13 3 2 12
Stallworth 5-12 0-1 7 5 4 10
Robisch 9-21 13-15 16 2 4 31
Nash 6-7 2-8 2 4 5 14
Kivisto 0-3 5-5 0 3 1 5
Lawrence 0-1 2-4 1 4 4 2
Brown 1-2 0-0 6 2 1 2
Natsues 0-0 0-3 0 0 0 0
Bosilevac 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Mathews 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26-53 24-39 45 23 21 76
Bossard, Canfield combine to lead Frosh
Mike Bossard and Randy Canfield put their height and jumping ability to good use last night as they led the KU freshmen to an 85-73 victory over Independence Community Junior College.
Bossard, the game's high point man, contributed 28 points to the Junior Jays fast-breaking attack. A product of McKinley high in Washington, D.C., Bossard hit 12 of 21 field goal attempts for a 57.1 per cent while keeping a hot
hand at the free throw line netting four of five charities.
Canfield scored 25 points and led both teams in rebounding pulling down 17 caroms.
High point man for the Independence Pirates was Chester Fuller with 25. He also managed to pull down seven rebounds at crucial points during the game. Fuller was aided on the boards by Darryl Minniefield and Doug Long who combined for 23 of the Pirates 49 rebounds. KU held the rebounding edge, however, with 59.
The freshmen made some bad passes and fumbles in the second
half only to have the ball stolen away for 16 turnovers. The Pirates played a more controlled ball game turning the ball over only eight times the entire game.
Dennis Wienke of the Pirates had trouble with his shots from fifteen and twenty feet hitting only six of 18 field goal attempts.
He did manage to put through 14 points to be the number two scorer for Independence.
8 KANSAN
Goal tending calls on Independence also added a little salt to the Kansas offense. These mixed with the 21 fouls called on the Pirates helped push the freshmen up the ladder to their Monday night victory.
KU fouled only 13 times with Canfield committing the most, three.
BUSY CARAVELLES
Kim Ross, a Topeka graduate on the Pirates team, fouled out midway in the second half. Two of the Independence players, Minniefield and Long, were also in foul trouble with four each, but finished the game.
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