UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1951
Aggie Defense Is Out To Hogtie Clyde Lovellette
Bv DON PIERCE
Can Oklahoma A. and M.'s tenacious defensive dragnet halt Clyde Lovellette, Kansas' scoring scourge of the Midlands?
That question will go a long way toward turning the winner and loser of Monday night's Jayhawk-Cowboy imbrogio here Monday when the two deadly rivals resume court relations after a three year lapse.
Hank Iba's Punchers currently are pacing the nation's defensive specialists with a 45.1 average. Lovellette, the 6-9, 235-pound Percheon who is a 30-point threat any time he steps on the court, is rocking along at a 3.6 mean through his first 14 games. In 39 games over a year and a half his average is 22.5.
Ten years ago Iba would have swooned in his tracks if his Pokes allowed the opposition that many points a game. Thirty tallies at one outing was a windfall for the opposition in Stillwater. Although they finished second to Creighton in the Missouri Valley race that season, the Aggies came up with a 27.8 restricting average over a 25-game stretch.
Regarded under the stress of modern day shooting wizardry, however, A & M's defensive record still is a good one. Few teams are winning on 45 points this year.
Lovellette also typifies the improvement in scoring figures. In 1941 KU's Howard Englman smashed all existing Big Six records with a 16.5 figure over the old 10-game route. Walter O'Connor of Drake led the Valley at 10.8. Jackie Robinson of UCLA and Oregon State's Vic Townsend were pacing the Pacific Coast divisions with marks just barely over 10 points per game. Even Stutz Modzelewski, of Rhode Island State's high-scoring Rams, traveled 3 points per game under Lovellette's current figure.
Yes, the tempo has increased, but the duel of the wicked Aggie defense and a high-scoring individual will be no less bright here Monday.
Since Iba took over the Stillwater reins, the Pokes have done rather well against five tremendous Jayhawker scorers to which they have been exposed since 1936. In every case but one they have held Red and Blue aces below their lifetime average in series of six to 10 games. The lone exception is Ray Ebling, the old scoop-shot phantom of the 30's, who canned 21 points as Kansas humbled the Cowboys in the Olympic playoffs in Kansas City's old Convention hall in 1936. Ray had an 11.8 career mean with the Jayhawkes in 56 games.
Although they came up with killing nights occasionally against A & M, aces like Ralph Miller, Charlie Black, Otto Schnellbacher, and Engleman had to be content with something less than their ordinary figures in the overall series with the Aggies.
Hobbling on one crippled leg, Miller, the old Chanute comet, shot the Ags down in the Fifth District NCAA playoffs with a 17 point salvo in 1942. Yet his overall average against them was 8.7, 1.5 under his lifetime figure in Mt. Oreap spangles.
Schnellbacher broadsided them with 16 and 17 point canonades in 1947 but had to settle for a 10.1 figure, 1.1 below his mark. Black, who ripped them for 20 points in pacing his mates to victory at Lawrence in 1947, was held to 9.1 in ten meetings with the Orange and Black, or 3.3 points below his career standard.
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Northwestern Rally Nips Jayhawkers, 54 To 53
A blazing second-half rally and a near-perfect, last-minute stall gave the ball-hawking Northwestern Wildcats a 54 to 53 victory over Kansas Saturday. A crowd of 13,000 saw the thrill-packed game in the spacious Chicago stadium.
By RAY SOLDAN
It was the fourth loss in 15 games for the Jayhawkers and their third- straight loss to a Wildcat team. The Wildcats of Kentucky and Kansas State preceded Northwestern this season in knocking off Kansas.
The Jayhawkers put on a late first-half spurt and seemed on their way to an easy victory. They led 34 to 25 at halftime and increased the margin to 10 points early in the second half—the largest lead of the game by either team.
Then during the next eight minutes everything the Kansans did was wrong. Northwestern's pesky press which had bothered them some from the start really began to take its toll.
The Jayhawkers went completely cold—they didn't hit a shot for over eight minutes—they threw the bail away, they traveled, they didn't rebound, they simply did nothing right. It was one of those dead-on-the-feet periods which mysteriously hit a ball team without warning.
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On the other hand, nearly every thing which Northwestern tried worked. The windy city Wildcats hit 10 field goals, while the best K.U. could manage was a pair of free throws, to out-score Kansas 22 to 2 during the eight minutes of misery. During one stretch, Northwestern out-scored the Jayhawkers, 18 to 1.
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New York, Feb. 5—U (P.)-Six colleges were virtually assured of places in one of the rich post-season basketball tournaments today, and another half-dozen teams were almost as certain.
The six schools now all but sure of a "fancy invite" somewhere are each leading their respective conferences. And, should they be upset in thir loop, they look like a cinch for the N.I.T. They are—Kentucky (18-1), Oklahoma Aggies (18-1), Columbia (12-0); Arizona (16-3), Brigham Young (18-4), and North Carolina State (19-4).
Four of the six schools almost as certain are independents, who this year get a better break than ever. They are eligible for 18 spots—12 in the N.I.T. and six in the N.C.A.A. They are St. John's (15-2), Villanova (16-1), Louisville (17-2), and Cincinnati (11-1).
to turn a 40 to 30 K.U. margin into a 41 to 48 deficit.
When Kansas finally righted itself the count was 52 to 43 against it, and with just seven minutes left in the game. A stall was nearly fatal to N.U. as the Jayhawkers pressed hard only to fall one point short. Clyde Lovellett, who took game scoring honors with 21 points, hit the last seven points of the ball game.
Lovellette's jump shot with 1:10 left in the game cut the Northwestern lead to a single point. However, the Wildeats controlled the ball the remainder of the way.
Lovelleli scored his 21 points on nine field goals in 29 shots and three of four free throw attempts. His shooting average of 31 per cent was fair, but for him, it was one of his lowest of the season.
Bob Kenney, playing on an injured ankle, sparked the first-half surge of the Jayhawkers with six field goals—most of them set shots from the corner. He re-injured his ankle in the second half and was held to one point for a night's total of 13. Bill Lienhard, Bill Houghland, and Charlie Hoag rounded out the Kansas scoring with eight, six, and five points respectively.
FG FT-A PF TP
Kenney, f ... 6 1-2 1 13
Bull, f ... 0 0-1 1 0
Lienhard, f ... 4 0-0 2 8
Enns, f ... 0 0-0 2 0
Lovellette, c ... 9 3-4 3 21
Houghtgain, g ... 2 2-3 5 6
Kelly, g ... 0 0-0 0 0
Hoag, g ... 2 1-1 1 5
Wells, g ... 0 0-0 0 0
Engel, g ... 0 0-0 3 0
Totals ... 23 7-10 18 53
KANSAS (53)
Wildcat Meat Again
NORTHWESTERN (54)
| | FG | FT-A | PF | TH |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Fendley, f | 4 | 2-2 | 4 | 10 |
| Blasius, f | 5 | 1-2 | 2 | 11 |
| Ragelis, c | 6 | 3-5 | 4 | 11 |
| Kruse, c | 2 | 1-1 | 1 | 7 |
| Horvatich, g | 4 | 1-1 | 1 | 5 |
| Brady, g | 1 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cedarstrom, g | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | ( ) |
Totals ... 22 10-14 19 54
Halftime score: Kansas 34, Northwestern 25.
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Leading the Northwestern with 15 points was Ray Ragelis, the Big Ten's top scorer. Houlgland did a good job of stopping Ragelis when he was in the game. However, Houlgland sat out a considerable time with four fouls and finally fouled out with seven minutes to go.
Don Blasius hit four quick goals in Northwestern's winning surge to finished the game with 11 points. Jake Fendley scored 10, and Wally Horvatich, a dangerous little bail hawk, scored nine—all in the second half.
According to figures kept by Student Manager Wayne Louderback, Kansas made five goals for 10 points by refusing 11 free throws. The Jayhawkers actually took the ball out more times than that, but were 'ouled again before they gave a shot.
Kansas again got more shots at the hoop than its opponent—72 to 58.
It made good on 23 of its shots for 32 per cent. Northwestern hit 22 field goals for 38 per cent.
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