PAGE FOUR UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1950 Jayhawker's Drop Play-Off Game To Nation's Top Team By RICHARD DILSAVER Everything the Bradley Braves could muster Monday night was needed to nip the Kansas Jayhawkers 59 to 57 in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium. Bradley, champions of the Missouri Valley, moved into the N.C.A.A. western regional playoffs Friday and Saturday as district five representative by virtue of the win. Immediately following the stirring contest, it was announced the Braves will meet U.C.L.A. in the first round of the week end playoffs, while Brigham Young and Baylor will be paired in the remaining contest. The playoff winner will move into New York City the following week to face the eastern regional champion, also to be decided this Saturday in New York. Kansas might just as easily have been in the Kansas City meet come Friday. The young Jayhawkers of Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen were in front by seven points after eight minutes of the second half had elapsed and still carried a two-point advantage with slightly less than four minutes left in the game. Only brilliant clutch play and one big break salvaged the victory for court-wise Bradley. With 54 seconds remaining and trailing by a single point, 55 to 56, the Jayhawkers had possession out of bounds under their own basket. The throw-in was a long pass to Bill Hougland at midcourt. Bradley's Gene "Squeaky" Melchiorre went up for the ball with Hougland and deflected it just over Hougland's head. Hougland wheeled to retrieve. Melchiorre, too, went for the ball, and the two went to the floor, Melchiorre diving over Hougland's shoulder. There was the big break. For Referee Cliff Ogden charged Hougland for fouling in the scramble. Melchiorre automatically converted the free throw, Bradley took the ball out of bounds, and the ball game was as good as over. Although twice the Jayhawks came dangerously close to stealing the ball, Bradley held on and insured the triumph with substitute Fred Schlicman's lay-in with 34 seconds left. K. U. center Clyde Lovellie slipped in one final goal a half-minute later, but it was just too late. Each single minute of the contest was thrill-packed and desperately-fought. All-American Paul Unruh of Bradley kept the Braves alongside the Jayhawkers, as Jerry Waugh, Captain Claude Houchin, and Bill Leinhard did the scoring, during the first five minutes of the contest. Then Brave guard Charles Grover took on the scoring load of the Missouri Valley kings while Lovellette and Houglund started hitting for K.U. and the game went rapidly onward as the two teams matched basket for basket. Bradley moved into the lead for the first time with five minutes left in the half when first Unruh, then Jim Kelly, then Grover hit in snapping succession for a 26 to 24 count. At halftime the Braves were on top 31 to 28. Kansas had shown it would be all Bradley could handle. The Braves' notorious fast break hadn't been at all effective until late in the period, a full court pressing defense applied by Bradley after the first five minutes only kept the Jayhawkers from getting the ball downcourt as fast as usual. K.U. had put up a very strong defense itself, and Bradley wasn't getting its share of the rebounds. Only at the free throw line had Kansas proved inept. The Jayhawkers were missing 6 of 10 while Bradley made 6 of 8. After Unruh opened the final half with a dazzling leaping lay-in, the Jawkhayers promptly went to work on the five-point deficit, as far as they ever trailed, and pushed ahead after four minutes of play. The K.U. formula was a series of fast passes around the outside, a quick flip into the right-hand corner to Hougland, another hasty toss to Lovellette, and then one of Colossal Clyde's famed hook shots or lay-ins. Alternated with two buckets from the side by Bob Kenney, another from the front by Waugh, and a pair of free throws by Houchin, that neat arrangement soon gained the Kansas the seven-point lead, 45 to 38 and largest held by either team during the evening, that had Bradley wondering if the season wasn't coming to a sudden conclusion. Stringbean center Elmer Behnke it was who put the Braves back in the running. Bradley had tightened its defense on Lovellette, but the Kansans were still trying to get the ball into him. The result was a series of Bradley thefts of the ball and nearly as many baskets by Behnke. In four minutes he connected four times on a hook shot, tip-in, turn shot, and fast-break set-up. He added a free throw for good measure. Meanwhile, the best Kansas could do was to get three free throws by Lovellette. Grover finally put the Braves ahead 50 to 48 with a jump shot when seven and a half minutes remained. Houchin evened it again with a long two-hander and Hougland's jump shot had the Jayhawkers in the lead. This time the Bradley answer to the surging Crimson and Blue was Unruh, the all-American. Three times he fired his pet jump shot. Three times he connected. Houchin kept Kansas close with a lay-in. Going into the final two minutes, the Braves led 56 to 54, but Hougland narrowed the gap a point with a free throw. It was then Bradley got that final big break that meant the game and the playoff berth. Either Bradley was honored above merit when Associated Press named it the nation's best basketball team or Kansas was underrated. You can take your choice. At any rate, the Jayhawkers put up a scrap that proved them worthy of the honor of representing the Big Seven against the touted Braves. For Captain Houchin, Harold England, Gene Petersen, and Guy Mabry, the game was the last for which they donsed Kansas court togs. Houchin went all the way and made a splendid showing. England and Petersen saw brief action in the first half. from Sandwiches to Steaks... Miller Bar-B-Q has the best! ½ Fried Chicken Dinner $1.25 12 oz. T-Bone Steak $1.25 Houchin, besides contributing 11 points, handled the all-American Unruh most capably. The Bradley star started and finished each half in flashy fashion. In between, he couldn't cope with Houchin. Unruh's scoring manner was nothing short of sensational. Driving hard, then stopping abruptly, he shot while leaping backwards. And he hit-8 of 12 attempts, to be exact. No one can guard a shot like that. Large Cube Steak 85c Pork Chops 75c Hamburger Steak 60c Bar-B-Q Beef and Pork Sandwiches 25c Junior Jerry Waugh didn't play a better game all season. Scoring seven points, Waugh had Melchiorre for a defensive assignment. The Bradley half-point—5 feet $8\frac{1}{2}$ inches—was second team all-American for United Press and more recently first-team choice in the National Invitational tournament in New York. Purportedly a demon on the post despite his size, Melchiorre never functioned well at that position. Previously, the little Brave had averaged nearly 12 points per game. Monday night he got two, both in free throws. Waugh, like Houchin, played the entire game. Try a piece of your favorite home-made pie. 4 miles Northeast U.S. 40 and 24 Jayhawkier sophomores Houghtland, Kenney, Lienhard, and Lovelle made their final game of the 1950 season a means of saying, "Watch out for us in '51." Bradley, incidentally, will also bear watching a season from now. Unruh is their only prominent loss. Closed on Sunday Lovelliece was the game's high scorer with 21. Unruh, Behnke, and Grover showed the balance of the Bradley squad by contributions of 18, 17, and 13 respectively. BRADLEY (59) Unruh, f 8 2 2 18 Melchiorre, f 0 2 4 Bekhn, c 7 3 5 17 Mann, g 0 0 1 0 Grover, g 5 3 1 13 Preece, g 0 3 1 3 Schlitman, f 2 0 2 4 Kelley, c 1 0 2 2 Totals ... 23 ... 13 ... 18 ... 59 KANSAS (57) KANSAS (51) Hougland, f 3 2 5 8 Lienhard, f 2 0 1 4 Lovellet, c 8 5 3 21 Houchin, g 4 3 3 11 Waugh, g 3 1 3 7 Kenney, f 3 0 1 6 England, f 0 0 1 0 Petersen, c 0 0 0 0 Halftime score: Bradley 31, Kansas 28. Totals ... 23 11 17 57 Missed free throws: Bradley (4)—Unrush, Behnke 2, Mann. Kansas (8)—Hougland, Lovellette 5, Waugh 2. Officials: Cliff Ogden, Wichita, and Ronald Gibbs, St. Mary's. Bradley To Meet UCLA In First Round Of Western Kansas City, Mo., March 21—(U.P.)—Bradley university, whose "revenge express" was almost derailed before it got started, was matched today against U.C.L.A. in the opening round of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament here Friday night. The other semi-final will bring together Baylor, champion of the Southwest conference, and Brigham Young, kingpin of the Skyline Six. Bradley's Braves, trying to fight their way back to a rematch against the City college of New York team that beat them in the National Invitation tourney, first had to gain a berth in the N.C.A.A. western regionalals. City College is entered in the eastern regionals starting Thursday. Bradley earned that berth Monday night, but only by a 59 to 75 score in a play-off game against an aroused University of Kansas team. Kansas, representing the Big Seven, presented a sophomore-heavy squad that was trailing by 31 to 28 at the half. But then the Jayhawkers came roaring back to take a 45 to 38 lead after seven minutes as 6-foot, 9-inch Clyde Lovellette began hitting for baskets. Bradley, still chagrined by the City College upset and surprised by the sudden Kansas spurt, could have folded up then, but the Braves were too game for that. 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