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Jays Tackle Dons in Sunflower Nightcap
Kansas will attempt to get back on the victory trail this weekend when it meets San Francisco and Brigham Young in a pair of Sunflower doubleheaders tomorrow and Saturday nights.
By Dan Felger
The Jayhawkers and San Francisco tangle tomorrow night at 9:30 in Allen Field House. K-State and Brigham Young square off in the opener at 7:35.
Saturday night the Jays and the Wildcats trade foes and time schedules at Manhattan.
Kansas is the only club going into the fracas with a winning record. The Jayhawkers, now 3-2 after Monday's loss to Kentucky, will face a pair of teams that have salvaged only two wins between them all season.
San Francisco won its first contest in six outlastings last Tuesday when the Dons outlasted Denver 68-62. Previous losses came from Stanford, New Mexico State, California, OCU and Oregon.
Brigham Young has split with Washington and has lost to UCLA and unbeaten Southern California. The other Sunflower opponent, K-State, stands 1-4 after its recent loss to Indiana.
Jayhawker sports fans will be getting their first look at senior Jim Hoffman in a starter's role this season.
Al (Sam) Donaghue, a regular since the middle of his sophomore season, will meanwhile be sitting on the bench.
"We feel that Jim's play in the last couple games has been pretty good, while Sam hasn't been playing well." Coach Harp said after the switch was made in a practice session Tuesday night.
A rundown on the statistics for the first five games reveals that Donaghue has hit for a total of 46 points on 20 of 66 from the field and 6 of 9 at the charity stripe.
Meanwhile, the 6-4 Hoffman has
seen action in all five games and thrown in a total of 22 points on eight of 20 from the field and six of 15 charity tosses.
In the rebounding department,
Donaghue, 6-5, has grabbed off 23
while Hoffman has gobbled up 19
caroms. Hoffman has committed
only seven fouls to Donaghue's 22
miscues.
Although the switch has been made, it isn't final in the mind of Coach Harp. The coach would like nothing better than to get more help under the boards for Bill Bridges and Wayne Hightower and also more scoring punch on the team.
With Hoffman's fine play in recent contests and Donahue returning to the stretch last year in which he hit his career high of 27 against Colorado, the veteran coach could get both.
"What we're trying to do now is keep Jim going and get Samstarted," Coach Harp said. "Jim's a good player, and Sam's a boy that should come along."
Hoffman will be joined at forward by Wayne Hightower, the leading scorer on the team. The sophomore ace has been hitting at a rate of 23.4 points per game for a total of 118 points. The next highest scorer on the club is Bill Bridges with 49 points.
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Bridges, the leading rebourier with 101 grabs, will be at the post position while Dee Ketchum and Bob Hickman will start as guards.
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The San Francisco lineup contains Bill Gallagher and Bob Ralls as forwards, Johnny Johnson at the post, and Ron Cox and Danny Drinon as guards.
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