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University Daily Kansan
Friday. March 7, 1952
CLYDE LOVELLETTE
Clyde Lovellette, still leads the pack in the mad scramble for the nation's scoring leadership.
Lovellette Leads Nation's Scoring
Figures released Thursday by the National Collegiate Athletic bureau showed Clyde four-tenths of a point ahead of his all-American rival, Dick Groat. This is the eleventh time in twelve weeks that Clyde has had the lead.
Lovellette is averaging 26.4 points a game for 22 games while the Duke university star is averaging 26.0 points a game for 27 games. In overall scoring, Groat is far ahead of Clyde, 701 to 580. Groat leads the nation's major colleges in total points scored.
Bobby Pettit, Louisiana State center, who has been chasing the Kansas adding machine all year is tied with Chuck Darling of Iowa for third place with 25.5. Frank Slieve of Furman is fifth with 24.5 average. Mark Workman, West Virginia all-American who has been a constant threat all year dropped to sixth with a 23.1 average.
CHARLIE HOAG
BOB KENNEY
BILL LIENHARD
Jayhawkers Meet Wildcats Tonight In Big Seven Title Tilt
With a probable Big Seven conference title hanging in the balance, Kansas State's Wildcats move onto Hoch auditorium floor tonight to face Kansas' determined Jayhawkers for the third time. Tip-off time is 7:35 p.m.
After a surprise 67-57 defeat at the hands of Colorado's Golden Buffaloes two weeks ago, the defending champion Wildcats moved even with Phog Allen's Jayhawks at nine wins and one loss by easily dumping Nebraska, 75-60, and Iowa State, 88-66, in a Saturday-Monday duo of games.
A mere 3,800 fans will be jammed into Hoch auditorium to see the game from ringside. But the contest will receive the widest coverage in Big Seven basketball history with five radio stations, a major network station and two unfortunate who missed out on the ticket end of the performance. It's the first time a KU game in Hoch auditorium has been televised.
It will be the 121st in the ancient series and will be the third meeting of the two teams this year. Kansas won 90-88 in an overtime semi-finals game of the Big Seven tournament in December. Kansas State notched an 81-64 triumph in the club's first conference meeting in Manhattan.
Kansas meets the giant-killers from Colorado at Boulder Monday night, while State hosts resourceful Oklahoma at Manhattan.
The winner of tonight's game can take a long step toward the loop title and at the same time gain a bid to the NCAA Regional journey in Kansas City March 21 and 22. But both Kansas and Kansas State come up against rough conference foes for their closing games.
It also will be the 20th collegiate
meeting between Coaches Phog Allen and Jack Gardner. A win tonight could bring Allen up even with his Manhattan adversary at 10 games-won apiece.
An aggressive switching man-forman defense the Jayhawks have used so impressively during recent performances will have to be razor-sharp to keep up with the Staters.
"If we can play the defense as effectively as we have in past games,
Starting Lineups
Kansas State (16-5)
Forward — Jesse Priskow
Forward — John Gibson
Center — Dick Knostman
Guard — Bob Rousey
Guard — Jim Iverson
Kansas (20-2)
Forward — Bob Kenney
Forward - John Keller
Center — Clyde Lovellette
Guard Bill Hougland
--we'll have a corking good chance of beating them." Dr. Allen said.
Guard — Dean Kelley.
But probably the most important note is that the Jayhawks seem to have regained the playing peak they flashed early in the season when they opened the year with a 13-game winning skein and three straight
ides atop the Associated Press' national rating poll.
Since then the Jayhawkers have been up-and-down the ladder of ratings. They now stand fourth in United Press' poll and eight among the AP's collegiate basketball leaders.
BILL HOUGLAND
Five Jayhawker Seniors Play Last Home Game Tonight
By BOB STEWART
Five senior Jayhawkers will be playing their last home game tonight, and unless a playoff is necessary this is the last time they will face the Kansas State Wildcats.
To a man, the five have respect for the Kansas State cagers, but also have the idea that "we're going to win tonight."
"We all seem to be in the right frame of mind for the game," Bill Lienhard, Jayhawker forward, said last night. "The boys are out to win, and we all think we can do it this time."
Victory would taste very sweet to the team, but even sweeter to the five seniors: Lienhard, John Keller, Clyde Lovellette, Bob Kenney and Bill Hougland.
All but Keller began their playing days at KU as sophomores in the 1949-50 season, but they have been able to defeat the Wildcats only once, in a conference game. That was a 79-68 victory in 1950.
In last year's game at Lawrence.
the Wildcats overcame a four-point Kansas lead in the last five minutes to win a riotous 47-43 victory over the Jayhawkers. This snapped a 16-game winning streak the Kansans had built up on their home court.
Fans will remember Wildcat guard Ernie Barrett sinking a one-hand shot to haul K-State within two points at 41-43. Stealing a pass, center Lew Hitch the score on a lay-up. A shot by Barrett put the Wildcats into the lead, and two free throws padded State's total.
They don't fear this year's Wild-cat five, but they give them plenty of respect. They credit State with having one of the best rebounding teams in the conference, and "lots of hustle."
Bill Lienhard, forward, called K-State "a fine team, with a lot of balance and depth." However, Lienhard thought last year's Wildcats were superior, and next year's would be better still.
DICK KNOSTMAN
BOB ROUSEY
JIM IVERSON
JESSE PRISOCK
JOHN CIBSON