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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FEBRUARY 28,1946
Phi Delt Record Unmarred In I-M
Phi Delta Theta cinched a tie for intramural basketball Division III title by defeating the Navy Clippers 37 to 33 in a game played last night in Robinson gymnasium. The Phi Delt's can take the undisputed title by winning their last game since every other team has been defeated.
The Phi Delt's were never behind, but it was a hard fought game from start to finish. Bowley, Navy Clipper forward, was high-scorer with 12 points. Harris led the Phi Delt's with 11 points.
Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Psi, and Tau Kappa Epsilon also won intramural games last night.
national guards last night.
Sigma Chi outscored the Navy Flyers 70 to 50 to take over second place in Division III. However, Sigma Chi, must defeat a much improved Phi Gamma Delta team to tighten to be assured of a playoff north. Connelly tallied 24 points for the Sigma Chi's to bring his total to 124 points in seven games. Dickey was high point man for the Flyers with 16.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon defeated the Unknowns 47 to 25 in an easy game. Ocamb scored 13 points for the Sigalph's, and Hare led the Unknowns with eight. The Sig Alph's tangle with Sigma Nu tonight for the Division II title. Both teams are undefeated.
Phi Kappa Psi won over the Navy
waves 40 to 24. Richardson, Phi Psi
outer, was high point man with 12
points. Smith scored 10 points for
losers.
Nu Sigma Nu defeated Alpha Tau Omega 22 to 19 in a close game, thur. ATO forward, led the scoring with seven points, and Isaac was ch for Nu Sigma Nu with five, su Kappa Epsilon won over Pippa Alpha 14 to 10 in a slow move, game. Evans tallied seven points
3 game. Evans tailed seven points for the TKE's, and five players two points each for the Pi KA's.
Games scheduled for tonight in
Getting to the Top Wasn't Easy, As Cage Season Review Shows
Although the Jayhawkers are on the top of the heap in Big Six competition, it took a heap of battling to climb into that position. This is a review of Big Six games played his season:
MISSOURI 48-36
The Jayhawkier quintet started its march toward the 1946 Big Six championship with a 48-36 victory over the Missouri Tigers Jan. 7 in Hoeh auditorium. Charlie Black led the Jayhawkers with 17 points and played an outstanding defensive game. Earl Stiegemeyer was high scorer for the Tigers with seven points
KANSAS STATE 39-20
KANSAS
The Jayhawkers defeated the K-State Wildcats 39-26 at Manhattan Jan. 9 for their second conference victory. Gib Strumela was high scorer for the Jayhawkers with 14 points. Dave Weatherby led the K-State attack with 14 points to share scoring honors with Stramel.
NEBRASKA 56-45
Kansas won its third Big Six victory in five days by defeating the Nebraska Cornhuskers 56-45 at Lincoln Jan. 11. Charlie Black, high-point man for Kansas, established a new Big Six record for free throws in a single game with 12 points. Black tallied six field goals to total 24 points. Snyder led the Cornhuskers with 11 points.
OKLAHOMA 53-52
Robinson gymnasium include Delta Upsilon vs. Independent All-Stars and Kappa Alpha Psi vs. Lions at 7 p.m.; Sigma Nu vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Chi vs. Phi Gamma Delta at 8 p.m.; Navy Clippers vs. Phi Kappa Psi and PI Kappa Alpha vs. Alpha Tau Omega at 9 p.m.
The Jayhawkers squeezed by Oklahoma's Sooners, 53-52, in a photo-hawk game played on the home court Jan. 18 before a capacity crowd. All-America Charlie Black set the season's individual conference scoring mark with 28 points and excelled on defense against the
Sooners. Paul Court scored 15 points before fouling out near the end of the game to lead the Sooners.
IOWA STATE 50-47
The Jihawkwer quintet was forced into an overtime period to defeat the Iowa State Cyclones by a slim margin of 50-47 at Ames Jan. 25. Iowa State led 46-44 with only 80 seconds to play when George Gear dropped in a field goal from half court to tie up the game at 46-all.
the game.
In the overtime period, Otto Sch nellbacher and Gib Stramel tossed in the four winning points for Kansas. Jim Stark, Iowa State forward, was high scorer for the game with 17 points. Gear led the Jayhawkers with 12 points.
KANSAS STATE 68-43
Kansas moved another game nearer the Big Six championship by smothering K-State 68-43 Jan. 29 in Hoch auditorium. Gib Stramel, playing his last games before reporting for sea duty, shared top scoring honors with big Charlie Black, each counting 23 points for Kansas. Dave Weatherby was high scorer for the Aggies with 14 points.
NEBRASKA 72-30
The Jayhawkers set a new Big Six record for a single game by crushing Nebraska 72-30 Feb. 15 on the home court. All-American Charlie Black tallied 17 points for the Jayhawkers to lead the scoring once more. Bob Korte scored 11 points for the Cornhuskers. Ray Evans played in a Crimson and Blue uniform for the first time since March of 1943. Evans scored 12 points and was a power on defense.
MISSOURI 50-34
The Jayhawker quintet continued its march toward the Big Six championship by defeating the Missouri Tigers 50-34 Feb. 22 at Columbia. Otto Schnellbacher had his best night of the season and scored 22 points to lead the Jayhawkers to their eighth consecutive Big Six victory. Thorton Jenkins, Missouri forward, scored 20 points.
IOWA STATE 69-41 Kansas captured its eighth undis
puted Big Six conference championship Monday night by blasting the Iowa State Cyclones 69-41 in Hoch auditorium. Iowa State stalled the last four minutes to prevent the Jayhawkers from breaking the Cyclones' record of 74 points in one game. The Jayhawkers staged a mighty offensive and defensive game
to give the home crowd the best show of the season.
Fiery Owen Peck counted 10 field goals to take top scoring honors with 20 points. Big Charlie Black tallied 19 points to bring his total for the season to 159 points. Buck, Peterson, and Faunce scored nine points each for the Cyclones.
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