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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950
Cage Race Scrambled By Upset Victories
By BOB NELSON
Kansas, thanks to weekend upset victories by Missouri and Oklahoma over Kansas State and Nebraska respectively, gained a full game on the conference leaders by defeating Iowa State, 66 to 52, March 3, at Ames, to virtually move into a first-place tie. Nebraska, having played and won one more game, leads Kansas and Kansas State by a half game with eight wins and three defeats.
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The conference race, one of the closest in history, will be at stake in three crucial games this week. The championship will not be decided until the final night of the schedule. Saturday, March 11.
Not since 1940, Assistant Coach Dick Hart's senior year as captain of the Jayhawkers, has the conference race been so close right down to the finish line. In that year, the conference ended in a three-way tie with Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri deadlocked for first-place honors. Play on the final night determined the standings that year.
The play in the three conference games over the weekend by the leaders shuffled the standings to the following:
BIG SEVEN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
W. L. Pct.
Nebraska 8 3 .727
KANSAS 7 3 .700
Kansas State 7 3 .700
Oklahoma 5 5 .500
Colorado 5 5 .500
Missouri 2 8 .200
Iowa State 2 9 .182
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
LAST WEEK RESULTS
Colorado 49, Kansas State 74
Missouri 56, Oklahoma 55
Missouri 58, Kansas State 55
Oklahoma 64, Nebraska 48.
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Tonight: Oklahoma at Colorado
Iowa State at Missouri
Tues., March 7: K. State at Kansas.
Sat., March 11: Kansas at Oklahoma.
Several possibilities exist concerning the outcome of the 1950 race.
Nebraska at Kansas State Colorado at Missouri
Kansas must defeat Kansas State Tuesday night or the Jayhawkers will be eliminated from all possible chance to win or share the title.
Wins in their two remaining games with Kansas State and Oklahoma will assure Coach F. C. Allen's team of at least a tie. Should Kansas win both games and Kansas State defeats Nebraska, the Jayhawkers will win the title outright.
If Kansas defeats Kansas State and loses to Oklahoma at Norman Saturday, and Kansas State downs Nebraska the same night at Manhattan, the conference will end with Kansas, Nebraska, and Kansas State sharing the title.
Kansas State will be eliminated if it loses to Nebraska, regardless of the outcome of the Kansas-Kansas State game. Should Coach Jack Gardner's Wildcats win both the K.U. and Nebraska game, they will win the title outright.
By defeating Kansas State, Nebraska will be assured of at least a tie, and the undisputed championship should Kansas lose either of their two remaining games.
Possibly never has there been as much interest in a conference championship as this year's race is providing in the homestretch.
Kansas encountered little trouble in breezing by Iowa State 68 to 52 for its third straight conference win. Coach Allen's hustling club hit an amazing 68 per cent of its first half shots as 15 out of 22 attempts split the nets. A clever fast breaking offensive riddled the Cyclone defense play-up shots as Kansas built up a commanding 39 to 23 half-time lead.
The Jayhawkers, in winning their third game this year from the Cyclones, used a well balanced offense with the Kansas starters collecting 52 points. Captain Claude Houchin and Clyde Lovellette tied for game scoring honors with 15 points each, followed by Jerry Waugh with 12. Forwards Harold England and Bill Hougland each hit two goals and a free throw for five points.
Iowa State could break through the air-tight Kansas defense for only two of its seven first-half goals, getting the rest at long range, while K.U. marked up 15 field goals to
chalk up the victory margin.
The Kansas win pushed Iowa State into the league cellar with a two won and nine lost record, one-half game behind Missouri, who won its only two conference wins over Kansas State.
After 12 minutes of the first half, Kansas led 23 to 12 with the Jayhawkers showing excellent passing and team work.
Coach Allen cleaned the bench during the second half as all 12 men saw action. Three minutes after the second half started, Kansas led 43 to 23, the biggest margin of the contest. The closest the Cyclones came was 56 to 45 with five minutes remaining.
Waugh's fine all-around play, both offensive and defensive, gave him one of his best nights this season. He scored five goals on seven attempts from the field.
Lovellette scored 15 points on five goals and a like number of free throws. He took only 11 shots from the field, his season low, electing to pass off to teammates as they drove by the post on the fast break.
For the entire contest, Kansas hit 26 goals in 51 attempts for a 51 per cent mark. The Cyclones hit 16 out of 69 for 23 per cent.
The box score;
KANSAS (66)
Fg. Ft. Pf. Tp.
Hougland, f 2 1 1
Kenney, f 0 0 2
England, f 2 1 2
Lienhard, f 2 2 2
Linville, f 1 0 0
Lovellette, c 5 5 4 15
Petersen, c 1 0 1 2
Waugh, g 5 2 0 12
Wells, g 2 0 3 4
Smith, g 0 0 1 0
Houchin, g 6 3 3 15
Engel, g 0 0 1 0
Totals ... 26 14 22 66
IOWA STATE (52)
| | Fg. | Ft. | Pf. | Tp. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Paulsen, f | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Clement, f | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Anderson, f | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Wilhelmi, c | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Stange, c | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| Ferguson, g | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Ruisch, g | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Totals ... 16 20 21 52
Missed free throws: Kansas (7): Hougland, Lovellette, Waugh 3, Houchin 2. Iowa State (5): Anderson, Stange, Ruisch, Ferguson 2.
Halftime score: Kansas 39, Iowa State 23.
Officials: Ronald Gibbs (St. Thomas), and Harold Hull (Maryville Teachers).
Kansas has one basketball player that is serving in a strange role this year, that of being considered one of the best reserves in the Big Seven
conference. This cager is Gene Petersen, 6 foot 7 inch giant, who provides Coach F. C. Allen with plenty of dependable reserve strength.
CIC Second Place Taken By Emporia
Emporia—(U.P.)- Emporia State downed Washburn, 62 to 58, in a C.I.C. conference game here March 3.
The winners broke a 55-55 tie in the last three minutes of play to go out in front and win.
This game completed the conference play this season.
Gene Petersen Is Star Athlete And Student
Emporia State wound up its season in second place with a 9-3 record. It was Washburn's seventh loss in 12 league games.
Ft. Hays won the C.I.C. championship with a 10-2 record.
Final C.I.C. standings:
W. L. Pts. Op.
Ft. Hays 10 2 630 436
Emporia State 9 3 700 598
Southwestern 7 5 578 569
Pittsburg 6 6 603 605
Washburn 5 7 621 606
St. Benedict's 4 8 626 676
Rockhurst 1 11 543 764
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Big Gene has compiled outstanding records both on the hardwoods and in the classrooms. This 210-pound senior has had his ups and downs as a cager, but has been near the top in all scholastic assignments.
Gene's college record includes being the conference's second high scorer two different years. In 1945, as a freshman at N.U., he scored 124 points. The past year he finished four points back of Claude Retherford's 149 points in 12 conference tills.
During his senior high school year in 1944, Gene averaged 25 points a game playing for Millard High school in Nebraska to gain all-state honors. His three-year career in high school netted a total of 1,176 points.
Gene was the leading Kansas scorer the past year with 279 points in 24 games. "Pronation Pete," so-called by Coach Allen because he puts so much english on the ball, led the scorers in the 1949 pre-season tourney in Kansas City. Coach Allen says, "Gene carries the quickest right-hand shot in the conference and is probably the fastest 'bigman in the league.'"
Petersen played on the undefeated 1946 Kansas club as a substitute behind All-American, Charlie Black, one of Kansas' greatest cagers of all-time.
Gene entered the Army in 1946 serving two years on the all-Pacific championship club, 25th division, scoring 965 points during the second year and gaining a center berth on the All-Japan team.
Coach Allen is proud of big Gene's classroom work. He won Regents scholarship to Nebraska and holds an Outland scholarship and residence hall scholarship at K.U. Petersen has been on the College honor roll every
semester with a 2.6 average. Major ing in chemistry, Gene has found time from his cage duties to compile a 2.8 mark in this tough department.
Also included in Gene's honors is being a member of Sachem Circle at K.U., and a probable candidate for Phi Beta Kappa this year. He is a member of Phi Chi medical fraternity and expects to enter medical school after graduation.
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