MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
BILL LIENHARD'S deadly one-and push shots from the corner and side are expected to cause the Oklahoma A. and M. zone defense plenty of trouble tonight and help open the middle for big Clyde Lovellette's accurate hook shots.
In 15 games, this 6-foot 5-inch junior forward is K.U.'s third high-steater with 50 field goals and two free throws for 102 points. He has scored 37 points in the last four games.
Aggies First In Defense
Oklahoma A. and M. is the nation's No. 1 team in defense having limited the opposition to an average of 45.1 in 19 games. In last week's Associated Press poll, the Aggies ranked a close second back of Kentucky as the nation's best team.
AGGIES' RECORD
63 W. Texas State 32 N
60 DePaul ***53 H
54 Arkansas 53 H
54 Arkansas 53 H
51 Southern Methodist 45 H
36 California 35 V
50 So. California 48 V
62 Loyola (L.A.) 48 V
58 California 46 N
75 Baylor 38 N
47 Texas 38 N
54 Arkansas 41 N
64 Wichita 45 H
40 Tulsa 38 V
72 Drake ****70 V
55 St. Louis 44 H
40 Oklahoma 44 V
49 Bradley **48 V
73 DePaul 57 V
Won 18, Lost 1.
Aggies' Ave ... 55.2
Opponents' Ave ... 45.1
*Overtime
**Two overtimes
****Three overtimes
CHARLIE HOAG will start his first home game tonight against the Oklahoma A. and M. Aggies. This versatile athlete moved up to the starting five Saturday night against Northwestern to replace K.U.'s now ineligible guard and captain, Jerry Waugh.
This former all-Illinois football and basketball prep star from Oak Park, won a starting berth largely on his terrific hustle and floor play. He has scored 31 points while seeing limited duty in 15 games.
Kansas To Test Zone Defense
The Jayhawkers will test the Oklahoma Aggie zone defense with their 15-game average of 57.3 points a game when the teams meet tonight in Hoch auditorium.
In winning 11 out of 15 starts, Kansas has employed a defense good enough to limit its opposition to 48.9 points a game and to rank 10th in national defense.
The game will be the first meeting between the teams since 1948 when the Aggies won 37 to 25 and 47 to 35 games.
KANSAS' RECORD
51 Creighton 35 H
60 Utah State 38 H
61 St. Joseph's 41 V
52 St. John's 51 V
79 Kentucky 68 V
78 Springfield 52 H
79 Iowa State 51 N
51 Minnesota 62 N
53 Nebraska 47 N
53 Nebraska* 41 H
61 Missouri* 46 H
54 Colorado* 48 H
54 Kansas State* 47 H
58 Oklahoma* 52 V
53 Northwestern 54 N
Won 11, Lost 4
Kansas' Avg. 57.3
Opponents' Avg. 48.9
BOB KENNEY is the Jayhawker's second highest scorer with 120 points for an average of 8.0 points a game for 15 games. His consistent scoring, rebounding, and hustle have been a big factor in KU.'s 11-4 season record to date.
Although playing on a badly sprained ankle against Northwest-ern Saturday night, Kenney scored 13 points. Twelve of this total came in the first half on six goals out of eight attempts.
Jayhawkers To Meet Nation's No. 2 Team Tonight
PROBABLE STARTERS
OKLA. AGGIES (18-1) Pos. (11-4) KANSAS
3- 2 Don Johnson F Bill Lienhard 6-5
5-10 Norman Pilgrim F Bob Kenney 6-2
5- 8 Pete Darcey C Clyde Lovellette 6-9
2 Gale McArthur G Bill Hougland 6-4
10 Keith Smith G Charlie Hoag 6-2
Officials: Ab Hinshaw (College of Emporia), and Ron Gibbs (St. Thomas). Place: Hoch auditorium. Time: 7:30 tonight.
Radio broadcasts: Stations WHB, Kansas City, Mo., (Larry Ray), and WREN, Topeka, (Max Falkenstien).
casas and Oklahoma A. and M. Aggies will renew their deadly conference basketball series here tonight after a three year lapse. Game time is 7:30 and a capacity crowd close to 4,000 is expected to jam Hoch auditorium.
As usual the chips in this one will be high although no conference standings is involved. The outcome will be reflected in national rankings, which of course, mean a lot in th eprestige league.
Hank Iba's crew will move in, ranked second, rated only behind the mighty Kentucky Wildcats in the latest college basketball poll. Only the lack of three first place votes kept the Aggies off the top rung from which they were topled by Oklahoma two weeks ago.
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and Aggies would settle their annual differences . . . and usually did . . . in a fifth district N.C.A.A. playoff. The expanded N.C.A.A. tournament bracket has eliminated this old battle-ground, but the traditional interest surrounding the feud scarcely will be dimmed when the two clubs resume relations.
Kansas, gathering momentum each week after a traditionally slow getaway, is ranked seventeenth, and could almost assure itself of a jump into the first ten by beating the Aggies. The Jayhawks downed Oklahoma, 58 to 52, last Saturday, just a week after the Sooners had skipped past the Aggies, 44 to 40, on the same playing rectangle at Norman.
Despite the outcome of these two games, A. and M. will be favored by six points. The O.U. defeat is the lone blemish on the Cowpoke record in 19 games, and their victims include such teams as Bradley, St. Louis, and DePaul, twice.
Kansas, trailing Kansas State by a half game in the Big Seven race, has been nicked only by the Wildcats, 43 to 47; clipped 11 by Minnesota, 51 to 62, and soundly drubbed by mighty Kentucky, 68 to 39. Latest KU, setback was a 53 to 54 game to Northwestern Saturday night. The mayhawks have won four of the opening five conference games and against Oklahoma, closely resembled the form their most hopeful backers predicted before the season opened.
Major interest will surround renewal of the Phog Allen-IBa coaching rivalry which the 'Iron Duke' now leads, 11 to 9. What the Cowboys, the nation's arch defensive
exponents, can do about the Jayhawkers' ponderous center, Clyde Lovellette, will be a twin interest.
Iba now is working on a six-game winning streak over one of his foremost coaching foes, a skein Allen hopes to snap in at least one of the two games this season. However, Kansas still leads the Pokes, 16 to 12, in the all-time series which opened in 1926.
Lovellette, who again is searing the nets in another winter-long scoring rampage, will meet the stiffest test of his college career against the nation's defensive leaders. The Pokes, who guard with the agility of a ballet dancer and the tenacity of a grapevine, have yielded only 45.1 points per game to pace the country's restricting powers.
Lovellette, who broke the Soomers' heart by scoring seven goals after he had acquired four fouls, and 26 points overall, is averaging 23.5 per game. His chief playmate will be Pete Darcey, the Aggies' 6-8 junior pivot.
It will be the final half of a two game non-league excursion for Kansas, which met Northwestern in Chicago Saturday night. It will be the fourth straight road game for the Ibas, and the final in a brutal mid-season run, which has included St. Louis, Oklahoma, Bradley, and DePaul.
This figure would have made Iba dizzy with its fantastic altitude 10 years ago when 30 points was a landslide in Stillwater. But it is still America's best today and reflects the true power of the invaders.
Mr. Iba's club presents a direct contrast to Coach Allen's team in
HANK IBA, head basketball coach at Oklahoma A. and M, since 1935, will be out to better his 11 to 9 personal coaching margin over K.U.'s "Phog" Allen when the Jayhawkers and Cowpokes meet tonight in Hoch auditorium.
that the Aggies use a well balanced scoring attack as compared to K.U.'s scoring fountain, Lovellette.
In 17 years, his Aggie teams have won 36 games and lost only 96. Mr. Iba's overall 23-year coaching record is 525 wins and 123 defeats.
His 1945 and 1946 clubs won the N.C.A.C. basketball championship, Under the "Iron Duke," the Aggies have won or tied for the Missouri Valley conference championship 11 times.
Oklahoma A. and M.'s forwards, Don Johnson and Norman Pilgrim, have scored 239 and 172 points in 19 games for averages of 12.6 and 9.1 respectively.
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In the back line, Iba's biggest weapon is Gale McArthur who is the club's leading scorer with 241 points and a 12.7 average. His partner is Keith Smith who is averaging 3.9 points a game.
At center, Lovelette will have to battle against Darcey, a 6-foot 8-inch junior, who is a fine rebounder but has scored only 102 points for a 5.4 average.
Kansas State Continues To Lead Big Seven Race
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 5—(U.P.)—Oklahoma A. and M. will send its great team against two Big Seven outfits, starting tonight with the Kansas Jayhawkers, as fans in the Midlands lined up for tickets.
But in meeting Kansas at Lawrence tonight and going against Oklahoma at Stillwater Thursday, the Aggies won't be clashing with the best the Big Seven has to offer. That, of course, is Kansas State.
The Aggies and the Missouri Valley conference have outshone the Big Seven from the start this season, the former league boasting three great teams in Oklahoma A. and M., Bradley and St. Louis.
About all the Big Seven has is Kansas State. But the Wildcats are good enough to mix with the best in the nation. It's too bad they won't tangle with the Aggies.
Kansas State won its tenth straight game Saturday, whipping Colorado easily 60 to 45 at Boulder. It raised the Wildcat conference record to 5-0 and the season's figure to 15-2.
The K-Staters will meet Nebraska (-3) tonight at Lincoln and entertain visiting Missouri (2-2) at Manhattan Saturday.
Before the season opened, Kansas was highly regarded. But the Jayhawkers have had a habit of falling apart, despite the tremendous scoring power of Clyde Lovellette.
Tonight's Oklahoma Aggie-Kansas game would have been a bit more attractive had the Jayhawkers beaten Northwestern university in Chicago Saturday. But the Wildcats won, 54 to 53, when Kansas cooled late in the game. It was Kansas' fourth loss in 15 starts.
Other games this week will match Oklahoma at Austin against Texas tonight and Iowa State against Colorado at Boulder Saturday.
The Oklahoma-Oklahoma A. and M. game should be a thriller.
It was Oklahoma that dumped the Aggies, and at Stillwater that fact is not likely to be forgotten soon.
Lovellette continues to pace the Big Seven scorers with 351 points in 15 games for a 23.4 average a game. He added 21 points to his season total against Northwestern Saturday night.
Nebraska's Bob Pierce remains in second place with 246 points in 15 games for a 16.4 average.
Missouri's little jump-shot artist Bud Heineman, scored 26 points in the Tigers' 53 to 63 loss to Iowa to move into the No. 5 spot with 19 points in 16 games (12.4 average).
Big Seven Standings
CONFERENCE GAMES
| | W. L. | Avg. | O.A. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kansas State | 5 | 0 | 65.6 |
| KANSAS | 4 | 1 | 56.4 |
| Missouri | 2 | 2 | 44.8 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 3 | 49.6 |
| Colorado | 2 | 4 | 46.2 |
| Iowa State | 2 | 5 | 50.6 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 3 | 47.0 |
ALL GAMES
ALL GAMES
K. State 15 2 67.5 52.4
KANSAS 11 4 57.3 48.9
Missouri 10 6 51.3 47.9
Oklahoma 9 6 51.1 45.7
Iowa State 8 8 55.9 56.3
Nebraska 6 9 53.0 56.2
Colorado 4 14 50.6 55.8
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Iowa State 67, Nebraska 51
Kansas State 69, Colorado 45
News Games Games
NORTHWESTERN 54, KAN-
SAS 53
Iowa 51, Storm 75, Creighton 49
Iowa 63, Missouri 53
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Conference Games
Tonight
Tonight:
K. State at Nebraska
Saturday:
KANSAS at NEBRASKA
Iowa State at Colorado
Missouri at K. State
Non-conference Games
Tonight:
OKLA, A. and M. at KANSAS
Oklahoma at Texas
Thursday:
Oktanoma at Okla. A, and M.
LEADING SCOREERS
| | G | TP | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Lovellette, KU | 15 | 351 | 22.4 |
| Pierce, Nebr. | 15 | 246 | 16.4 |
| Freiberger, Okla. | 15 | 206 | 13.7 |
| Buchanan, Nebr. | 13 | 174 | 13.4 |
| Heineman, Mo. | 16 | 199 | 12.4 |
| Tucker, Colo. | 17 | 207 | 12.2 |
| Owen, Okla. | 15 | 171 | 11.4 |
| Stauffer, Mo. | 16 | 171 | 10.7 |
| Stange, I-St. | 16 | 170 | 10.6 |
| Wilhelm, I-St. | 16 | 165 | 10.3 |