Page 4 University Daily Kansan Tuesday. Jan. 17, 1956
King Leads KU Surge As I-State Falls, 68-63
Dependable Maurice King hit 14 points in less than 11 minutes of the second half to enable the Kansas Jayhawkers to overcome a six-point deficit and go on to defeat the Iowa State Cyclones 68-63 in an important Big Seven basketball game Monday night in Allen Field House.
The victory, which avenged an earlier loss to the Cyclones, was Kansas' third league triumph in four starts, putting Kansas in second place behind Colorado. Iowa State, Big Seven pre-season tournament champion, is now in fifth place with one victory and two losses.
Dobbs, Johnston In Clutch After King's scoring spree lifted Kansas into a 57-55 lead, Dallas Dobbs and Ron Johnston took over with clutch shooting to maintain KU's lead through the rest of the game.
Kansas led at halftime 37-31, but the determined Cyclones fought back to tie the score at 38-38 with /less than four minutes gone in the second period. With King doing all the scoring for the Jayhawkers, the lead changed hands back and forth before I-State led 47-45 with 12:45 left in the game.
Cyclone center Don Medkser then hit four free throws and Chuck Vogt a fielder while KU could score only a basket by Leo Green, giving Iowa State a 53-47 lead with 10:30 remaining.
Kansas Ahead To Stay
Kansas Ahead To Stay
It took only a minute and 30 seconds for King to score two field goals and Dobbs another to tie the score at 53-53. Dobbs and Vogt then exchanged baskets before King faked I-State's Gary Thompson beautifully to score another field goal and put Kansas ahead to stay 57-55 with 6:49 left.
Dobbs and Johnston scored five points against two for the Cyclones to build up a 62-57 lead as the clock showed 3:39 to play. Vogt hit a basket to cut the margin to three points with 3:12 left, but Kansas then went into a semi-stall and collected six free throws from Iowa State's desperate foaling to lead 68-59 with 57 seconds left. Thompson and Medker each hit a field goal in the final 30 seconds to close out the scoring.
Although King was outstanding offensively and defensively for the Jayhawkers, it would have to be called a team victory. Dobbs and Johnston, as well as King, scored in the clutch and Lew Johnson and Johnston grabbed timely rebounds.
Thompson Is Throttled
Perhaps even more reason for the victory was the strategic defensive patterns Kansas used to stop the Cyclones' great little guard, Gary Thompson, with 11 points. KU played five variations of a zone defense, most of the time a fourman zone with the fifth man, Maurice King or Dallas Dobbs, sticking close to Thompson.
King led Kansas scoring with 20 points, followed by Dobbs with 17 and Johnston with 10. For Iowa State, Chuck Vogt also scored 20 points and Medkser added 13. KU hit 22 of 60 field goal attempts for 36.7 per cent and I-State made 23 of 80 for 28.8 per cent. Iowa State held a 50-48 margin in rebounds.
After KU and Iowa State exchanged leads in the first five minutes of the game, the Cyclones began to pull away and led 14-8 with 8½ minutes gone. King hit two free throws and Dobbs a field goal but Medkser and Thompson matched this and the Cyclones led 18-12 midway in the half.
After another field goal by each team, Kansas made 12 points in the next five minutes while Iowa State went scoreless. Each team scored 11 points in the remaining time to make the score 37-31 at halftime, KU in front.
In the freshman preliminary game, Wilt Chamberlain scored 32 points to lead the white team past the red team 63-54.
Monte Irvin, former New York Giant outfield star who was drafted from Minneapolis this winter, signed his 1956 contract Monday with the Chicago Cubs.
NIT Finals To Be Televised
The finals of National Invitational Basketball tournament, scheduled for March 17-24 in Madison Square Garden in New York, will be nationally televised for the first time.
Today's Intramural Schedule
4:15, OPS vs. AFROTC; 5:15
Slaps vs. BIE; 6:15, YMCA vs.
OTS, and 7:15, Carruth O'Leary
vs. AIA.
Independent A
Independent R
7.15. Pesdcerb vs. Stephenson,
west court.
Independent C
5:45. Army vs. Sigma Gamma Epsilon, west court; 6:30, Pharmacy vs. Stan's Haven, east court, and 7:15. Rocksdale vs. Dodos, east court
4:15, PiKA vs. Delta Chi I. east court; 4:15, Phi Psi I vs. Delt IV, west court; 5, Delt I vs. Phi Delt
Fraternity C
Nebraska Trips MU,83-77
The Nebraska Cornhuskers provided another stunning upset in Big Seven basketball play Monday night with a surprising 83-77 victory over Missouri.
The win gave the Cornhuskers a 1-1 record in conference play, and dropped Missouri to 1-2.
Nebraska burst out to an 11-0 lead early in the game, but Missouri rallied to pull into a 45-45 halftime tie. Nebraska raced into the lead to stay on a jump shot by Don Smidd early in the second half.
IV, east court; 5, PiKa II vs. Delta Chi II, west court, and 6:30, Phi Gam I vs. DU III, west court.
Smidt led the Nebraska attack with 22 points. Norman Stewart scored 25 to pace Missouri.
Pro Cagers Clash Tonight The Minneapolis Lakers and 0 St. Louis Hawks, of the professional National Basketball Association, will meet in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City tonight. Clyde Lovelette, the former KU great, is currently the leading scorer on the Minneapolis squad.
Shellie McMillon, 6-5 sophomore basketball star, has been lost to the Bradley basketball team for the remainder of the season with a knee injury.
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