Jayhawks blasted by Kentucky return home to regroup forces By BRUCE CARNAHAN Kansan Sports Writer Kentucky, the nation's number two ranked team, dominated the backboards and bombarded the nets with an array of outside shots to glide to an easy 115-85 victory over KU Saturday night in the Wildcat's Memorial Coliseum. The Wildcat's 115 points tied a Coliseum scoring record and is the most ever scored against a Jayhawk team. Saturday's shelling broke the KU opponent scoring record of 93 set by K-State in the 1952 Big Eight Tournament in Kansas City. The close and highly-contested game anticipated between the nation's two all-time winningest teams never materialized. Kentucky exploded to a 9-0 lead before Bud Stallworth's 18-foot baseline jumper put KU on the scoreboard with 17:08 remaining in the first half. The 'Hawks closed the deficit to 11-7 a minute later on Chester Lawrence's three-points play, but the Wild- KANSAN Sports cats countered with nine straight points to jump to a 23-9 advantage with nine minutes gone in the opening half. Paced by center Dan Issel's 21 first half points, Kentucky twice raced to 18 point leads in the first period and had a commanding 53-37 intermission lead. - Adolph Rupp's Wildcats continued the onslaught in the second half and lead KU by 20-30 points throughout most of the period. The closest the 'Hawks could get to Kentucky was 14 points early in the period. With six minutes remaining both teams emptied their benches and let the substitutes conclude the already lopsided game. Everyone who played got into the scoring action as 11 'Hawks and 14 Kentucky players contributed points. The big difference was Kentucky's bruising board play that produced an outstanding 57-38 rebounding edge. The Wildcats were particularly tough on the offensive boards where they grabbed 29 rebounds and were often able to put up four and five cracks at the hoop. The powerful Kentucky front line, consisting of all-America Issel, Mike Pratt and Larry Steele pulled down 37 rebounds in addition to scoring 64 points. Issel gunned in 29 points and had 12 caroms during his 31 minutes of action. Pratt contributed 18 points and had a game high of 14 rebounds and Steele grabbed 11 rebounds and had 17 points. Guard Terry Mills tallied 15 points for the Wildcats. Dave Robisch once again topped the KU scoring list by tallying 25. Robisch also grabbed a KU high of 11 rebounds. Stallworth hit for nine first half points and ended up with 13 before fouling out. Bob Kivisto, KU's sophomore guard, started his first game and scored 13 points and Pierre Russell added 10. Wisconsin on tab tonight Wiscinsin will meet KU in Allen Field House tonight for the first time since 1956, when Wilt Chamberlain was a sophomore center for the Jayhawks. Kansas won that one, 83-62. But last year KU lost to the Badgers in Madison, 67-62, and revenge for that tough loss may be a motivating factor for Ted Owens' crew tonight. The 'Hawks are still stinging, however, from the 115-85 thrashing at the hands of Kentucky Saturday night and will be pressed into a fast recovery by a quick and aggressive Wisconsin team. The Badgers are paced by 6-9 center Albert Henry and 6-6 forward Dave Zink. Both are seniors for the Big Ten squad under coach John Powell. Although KU was cold at the start of the contest, the 'Hawks hit a fine 51 per cent from the field. Kentucky finished with a 54 per cent marksmanship from the floor. Starting at the other guard Henry is averaging 18 points and 12 rebounds a game. Right behind him is Zink with a 12 point average. Junior guard Clarence Sherrod anchors the backcourt and is the playmaker for the Badgers. He is their most dangerous outside threat and, also, leads the team in assists. will most likely be Tom Barao, and Craig Mayberry and Eino Hendrickson will vie for the other starting forward position. KU, now 1-1, will host Wisconsin Monday night in Allen Field House. Powless, in his second year as head coach, is beginning the year with a relatively inexperienced squad and is still experimenting with his starting lineup. Wisconsin was 11-13 last year and may be rebuilding again this year in their efforts to move up in the Big Ten. Owens and Powless promise to stick with their fast-paced offenses and the game will probably be a high scoring affair. Box Score Kansas (85) FG FT RT MB PF TP Stallworth 5-11 1-5 2-8 9 5 13 Russell 4-6 1-2 3 11 5 10 Rosemuth 10-14 5-7 1-1 4 10 Lawrence 3-15 1-2 3 14 Kivisto 3-5 7-8 2 3 13 Brown 1-3 0-1 2 3 4 Brown 2-6 1-3 0 4 4 Natsues 1-2 2-4 0 1 4 Bosilavac 1-3 2-2 4 1 4 Mask 0-2 1-2 3 0 1 Matthews 0-1 1-0 3 0 1 Totals 31-68 25-40 38 22 85 Kentucky (115) FG (19) Pratt 7-19 4F 1B 1P 4T Steele 6-18 5-5 11 1.5 17 11-25 7-9 12 1.4 17 Dinwiddie 5-2 4 1.0 1.4 Mills 7-15 1-1 2 1.5 McCowen 2-3 1-0 1 1.4 Hollenbeck 2-4 0-0 1 1.4 Parker 5-5 0-2 1 1.4 Noll 2-4 1-2 2 1.5 Soderberg 1-1 1-2 2 1.5 Rasch 2-4 0-0 2 0.2 Wheeler 1-1 0-0 1 0 2 Laib 0-0 0-1 0 1 Totals 31-68 23-34 38 Totals 47-14 21-28 57-25 115 Office Attendance and Jai Baina Attendance - 11,500 Albert Henry Eino Hendrickson Dave Zink Gymnasts hit for 5th place The KU gymmastics team, competing in the Rocky Mountain Open at the Air Force Academy, took 5th place Saturday in a field of 17 teams. Big Eight teams dominated the meet with Iowa State taking first and K-State taking third place. Kansas, for the first time in history, defeated all Colorado teams competing in the meet, quite an achievement, according to coach Bob Lockwood. Colorado has always been a rich state in gymnastics talent. Kirk Gardner again led the way for the 'Hawks, scoring a 9.35 on the still rings and winning that event. Gardner was one of three KU gymnasts who qualified for the finals; Rich Sehubert, side horse, and Gerald Carlev, high bar, were the other two. Brown trout have been clocked swimming at speeds up to 23 miles per hour. 8 KANSAN Dec. 8 1969 GIFT IDEAS FROM HIS SHOP LOOK FOR HIS GIFT AT A PLACE HE DOES HIS SHOPPING. Open Monday Thru Saturday Until 8:30