TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Missouri Wins Big Seven Tourney
Missouri, using a deliberate offense that didn't take chances and a defense as dogged as they come, upset favored Oklahoma 44 to 42 to win the Big Seven Pre-Season Basketball tournament Dec. 23.
Not even considered as a favorite when the tourney began, the Columbia Tigers took the title by the clutch efforts of Captain George Lafferty.
Lafferty, high scorer for the night with 14, coolly won the contest in the final minute and 12 seconds. The two squads had felt each other out for a half that ended 23 to 23 before Coach Sparky Stalcup's Tigers took over. The Missouri lead held until beefy Bill Waters put the Sooners in front 40 to 38 with 1:58 to go and it looked like the favored O. U. team would come out of it.
But Lafferty came back with a long one that tied it up, put the Tigers in front 30 seconds later with a pair of free throws, and added the winning counter on a layin off an out-of-bounds play.
Few of the 9,500 present could see much likeness between the defeated Sooners and the team by the same name which had mastered Kansas State a night previous.
One score was 44-40 and only 20 seconds were left. But the Sooners had their chance to tie it and go into overtime. Walter Morris was fouled while shooting and put in both free throws with only 11 seconds left. Oklahoma hopes went fleeting when the Tigers broke up a pass seconds later.
Missouri simply took every one by surprise. Only one Missourian was named to the all-tourney team selected by Sportswriters and he was delegated a second-string spot. Oklahoma had two on the first string. The all-tourney team:
First team Second team Glasgow, Ok. F Brannum K.S. Suprunowicz, Mich. F Hills, Colo. Lovelett, K.U. C Fowler, M. Whitehead, Neb. G Barrett, K.S. Merchant, Ok. G Vanderkuy, Mich.
Kansas State took the third place consolation prize by overpowering a scrapvp Colorado crew 59 to 46.
The rough and tumble Wildcats never were out of the lead after five minutes had elapsed and were ahead 24 at halftime.
Controversial Clarence" Branum and the stellar Rick Harman paced the Wildcats with 13 and 13 points respectively.
The Cyclones kept in the game in the first half by controlling the rebounds and missing only one free throw.
Oklahoma and Iowa State started the tournament off before 9,400 fans. The Iowa State Cyclones got off to a quick lead as Sooners hit when it counted and won going away 66 to 57.
Don Ferguson, 5 foot 7 inch senior guard for Iowa State, won the crowd with terrific hustle and leadership.
Marcus Friedburger, 6 foot 11 inch Sooner center, was the game's leading scorer with 14 points. Gaylord Anderson, Iowa State forward, tossed in 13 points.
After running up a six point half time lead, the Kansas Jayhawkers were completely stalled and lost to the Washington 48 in the second game of the tourney.
The Jayhawkers were ahead 26 to 15 late in the first half before the Aggies managed to cut the lead to 23 at the half.
Clyde Lovellette, Kansas center took scoring honors with 20 points—14 of them in the first half.
In the first half Clarence Brannum, Aggie center, made only one goal as did Rick Harman. However, the Kansas State team came back in the second half with a fast breaking attack to win with ease. The Aggies also stiffened on defense to halt the Kansas offense.
The box scores:
The box scores:
Kansas (48)
Houghland f ... 3 2 PF
England, f ... 2 1 PF
England, f ... 1 2
Kenney ... 3 0 PF
Lienhard, f ... 1 1
lartin, f ... 0 1
ovelley, c ... 8 4
Carby, c ... 0 1
Houchin, g ... 1 1
Waugh, g ... 1 1
Totals 19 10 17
Kansas State (58) FG FT PF
Harman, f 3 4 0
stone, f 2 2 1
ead, f 1 0 0
wk, f 1 1 0
son, f 0 0 0
 5 2 4
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
Hitch, c ... 3 | 3 | 3
Barrett, g ... 5 | 2 | 4
Krone, g ... 1 | 0 | 2
Langdon, g ... 0 | 2 | 0
Iverson, g ... 0 | 0 | 0
Totals ... 21 ... 16 ... 14
The Colorado Buffaloes and the Missouri Tigers turned in victories in the second night of the tournament.
Colorado defeated Nebraska 67 to 57 with very little trouble after the first half. Nebraska on the shooting of center Milt Whitehead, had a 32 to 29 half time lead. But the Buffaloes came back in the first two minutes of the second half to take over the lead and the ball game.
Kendall Hills, Colorado forward, was easily the most outstanding man on the court.
The Colorado attack was highlighted by all around hustle and ball hawking.
Missouri turned in a thrilling one point victory over the guest team, Michigan. The final score was 47 to 46.
The score was tied at 43 to 43 with four minutes to go. Mack Suprunowicz, Michigan guard, hit a free throw to put his team in front. Missouri's Bob Baker then hit a field goal to put the Tigers out in the lead. Michigan's center Leo Vanderkuy came back with a tip in to give Michigan the lead with two minutes and 39 seconds remaining, Bill Stauffer, sophomore forward for the Tigers.Hit a pivot shot to give his team the lead and the game with 27 seconds left in the game.
Thursday's games offered the Big Seven tourney cage fans probably their biggest day of basketball thrills as Missouri upset the Colorado Buffalootes 62 to 51 and saw the Kansas Jayhawkers roll over Iowa State 64 to 43, Oklahoma easily down Kansas State 55 to 50, and Michigan edge out Nebraska 67 to 65.
In the opening afternoon game, Kansas showed a well balanced scoring attack by rolling over Iowa State 64 to 43 as big Clyde Lovellette scored 22 points. He connected on nine of 17 tries from the field and added four of five free throws for his total.
The Jayhawkers hit 46 percent of their field goal attempts for the entire game and led 34 to 20 at the half. Guards Jerry Waugh and Captain Claude Houchin each collected eleven points to back up Lovellette's total.
Kansas (64) FG FT PF
Petersen, f 1 1 0
Houghland, f 1 1 3
England, f 1 0 1
Kenney, f 0 1 1
Leinhard, f 1 0 0
Bull, f 1 1 1
Mabry, f 1 1 0
Lovellette, c 9 4 3
Carby, c 0 0 1
Houchin, g 4 3 1
Waugh, g 5 1 1
Drake, g 1 1 2
Smith, g 0 0 0
Martin, g 0 0 0
The box scores:
Totals ... 25 14 14
Iowa State (43) FG FT PF
Anderson, f... 0 0 1
Paulsen, f... 5 2 0
McLuen, f... 3 6 2
Clement, f... 2 0 1
Luhring, f... 0 0 3
Wilhelmi, c... 1 0 4
Stange, c... 3 1 1
Ferguson, g... 2 0 1
Ruisch, g... 0 0 2
Jorgensen, g... 1 0 1
Paetz, g... 0 0 0
Totals ... 17 9 16
Michigan, paced by forward Mack Suprunowicz's 22 points and center Leo Vanderkuyk's 19 point total, downed Nebraska in a thrilling 67 to 65 game in the second afternoon game.
Milt Whitehead, six-foot nineinch center, kept Nebraska in the game with some timely late game shooting.
Oklahoma showed great team work and a well balanced scoring attack in easily downing the Kansas State Aggies 55 to 50. Wayne Glasgow, the Sooners' high scoring forward, hit the hoop for nine goals and seven free throws for 25 of Oklahoma's 55 points.
Big Bill Waters, senior pivotman, helped Oklahoma control most of the rebounds and threw in five goals before fouling out of the contest. Guards Walter Morris and Paul Merchant added eight and ten points respectively for Oklahoma.
Kansas State hit only 26 percent of their field goal attempts. Rick Harman hit only one field goal for the Aggies and Clarence Brannum missed eight of nine free throws. Ernie Barrett paced the loser's attack with 17 points.
In the final game of the day, Missouri showed a fine offensive punch and a steady defense to give Colorado their first defeat as they went down 51 to 62 in the tourney's first real upset.
Center Jerry Fowler led the winners with 18 points followed by George Lafferty's 14 point total. Dan Witt scored eight, Dont Stroet seven, Ken Shockley six, and Bill Stauffe five to round out the Tiger's scoring. Kendall Hills paced the Colorado attack with 16 points.
In the loser's bracket in Friday's games Nebraska and Michigan came out on top.
Nebraska and Iowa State had to go into an overtime before the game was decided 85 to 67 for the Cornhuskers.
The score was tied 66 to 66 at the end of the regulation time. The Cornhuskers piled up 19 points in the five minute overtime while the Cyclones could only connect on one free throw. The victory gave Nebraska seventh place and Iowa State last place in the final tourney standings.
The Jayhawkers had a nine point lead with less than 14 minutes left in the game. But then the Kansas offense went cold for seven minutes without a single point being scored. Michigan overtook the Jayhawkers with 3 minutes and 40 seconds left and never lost the lead.
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The Kansas Jayhawkers played another one half game in bowing 49 to 47 before the Michigan team.
Clyde Lovelette's 22 points for the game gave him a total of 64 for the tournament—tieing the record set by Oklahoma's Gerald Tucker in
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Claude Houchin, senior guard, was elected captain of the 1949-50 Jayhawker basketball squad at the Big Seven pre-season tourney. He was elected by the lettermen on the team.
1946. Lovelle was also voted center on the all-star team picked by the sportswriters.
Michigan placed Suprunowicz on the first team and Vanderkuy on the second team.
The box scores:
Kansas (47) FG FT PF
England, f 4 0 3
Houghland, f 0 0 2
Kenney, f 1 0 1
Lovelette, c 8 6 3
Carby, c 1 0 4
Houchin, g 4 3 2
Waugh, g 1 0 0
Drake, g 0 0 2
Martin, g 0 0 0
Totals 19 9 17
Totals ... 19 9 17
Michigan (49)
Suprunowicz, f ... 7 4 2
Mcntosh, f ... 1 1 2
Skala, f ... 0 0 1
Olson, f ... 0 1
Vanderkuy, c ... 3 4 3
Wisniewski, c ... 0 | 1 | 0
Morrill, g ... 4 | 3 | 0
Murray, g ... 1 | 4 | 0
Totals ... 16 ... 17 ... 9
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