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University Dally Kansan Tuesday. Dec. 8, 1959
The Jayhawkers won their first home basketball game in Allen Field House last night by downing Texas Tech 85-71. The win was the second straight for Kansas in the new-born season with the first win-being last Saturday over Northwestern.
By Jim Trotter
The game was a good one for the Jays with Coach Dick Harp clearing the bench. Texas Tech, although outmanned and undersized compared to the Jayhawkers, also played a good game and several players turned in stellar performances.
IN FACT THE ONLY thing that wasn't good at Allen Field House last night was the crowd.
The few thousand people who turned out were okay but the crowd I'm referring to is the one of several thousand who stayed away.
The student section, with a seat for each of KU's students, was only about half filled if that much. The KU student section was out-yelled by the junior high students sitting in a special peanut gallery provided for them at low rates. The peanut gallery was, incidentally, filled.
Kansas has a good team this year. One that the students can and should be proud of. The Jays have been rated either first or second in every Big Eight poll and as every student should know, the Big Eight conference is one of the most highly regarded basketball conferences in the United States.
KANSAS IS RICH in basketball tradition. Monday night the Jays will meet another team that has always been as highly regarded on the national scene as Kansas—Kentucky.
A full student section, with the students joining the cheerleaders in the school yells, could probably help the Jayhawkers a lot in this one.
Syracuse Orange Win Crown
Syracuse University, which comp piled major college football's only perfect record in 1959 although it Press International's Board of began the season without an ex Coaches.
Jays Cop 2nd Straight Win-Eye Trip to Dixie
By Dan Felger
Kansas kicked loose a 14 point outburst with ten minutes to go to knock Texas Tech from the saddle, then coasted home to lasso down an 85-71 basketball victory here last night.
The Red Raiders from Lubbock had kept within striking distance throughout the game and pulled to 55-49 deficit midway through the last half. Then Al Donaghue hit Wayne Hightower under the bucket and the romp began.
DURING THE next three minutes, Hightower scored three times on jumpers and Bob Hickman dribbed through the entire Raider team to score a lay-in as the Kansans began to look like the Javawakers of old.
It was 69-49 with 7:40 left to play. The Raiders saved face with some sparkling fastbreaks a little later, but the Jayhawkers rolled merrily along.
"We played poorly defensively we played just like we had to stay ahead," he said.
The Jays didn't fare so well on defense, however, a fact the coach bemoaned.
HELPED BY the lethargic KU defense and a torrid first half shooting figure of 48%, the short but scrapy Texans battled the Jayhawkers on even terms.
"That streak we hit is the best playing we've done in both games." Coach Harp said in the dressing room after the game.
Steve Lee, a 6-3 forward with a radar eye, boosted Texas Tech to an early lead with three long jumpers, but the Red Raiders were never again in command after Bridges shoved KU ahead 12-11
with 14:30 left to play in the first half.
Kansas punched ahead 41-30 at halftime, but the Raiders battled evenly until the Jays got hot.
HIGHTOWER once again paced the Kansas club as he rammed in 26 points on nine fielders and eight gift tosses. Bridges hit 18 points to finish second in scoring while clearing 15 rebounds.
Gene Arrington cashed in 13 points to lead the Texans.
In winning their second game of the young season, the Javahakers at times appeared ragged. At one time the Kansans committed three consecutive errors in their fore-court before the Raiders captured the ball and scored.
"We're going to have to quit making these poor passes and committing these traveling violations if we expect to give a good account of ourselves against North Carolina Frida," Coach Harp said.
THIS WEEKEND the Jayhawkers and the K-State Wildcats journey into Dixie for doubleheaders with North Carolina and North Carolina State.
Friday night the Jays tangle with North Carolina at Raleigh and the following night collide with the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
"North Carolina and their state rivals make basketball in that state comparable to what it is in Kansas—both teams are good," Coach Harp stated.
"We're looking forward to this trip," he said. "We aren't as far as I had hoped to be after this game. This weekend will tell us a lot more."
Jay Cagers Rank 9th
Kansas, victorious in its first two starts, jumped into ninth place this week in the first weekly ratings of the 1959-60 College basketball season released today by the United Press International Board of Coaches.
Cincinnati, the pre-season choice for the national championship, remained in first place. All-American Oscar Robertson fired in 45 points in his first game and 43 in the second during the past week, to pace Cincinnati in its drive towards the NCAA title.
California, last season's NCAA champion, was second, just as it was West Virginia, fourth in the preseason ratings, jumped to third while Ohio State and sophomore ace
Jerry Lucas jumped from sixth to fourth. North Carolina remained in the No. 5 slot.
Kentucky, third in the pre-season ratings but upset by Southern California Saturday night, dropped down to sixth. St. Louis bounded all the way from 14th place to seventh with three impressive victories. Indiana was eighth, Kansas ninth, and Utah 10th.
St. Joseph's heads the "second 10" this week, with Bradley 12th, Louisville 13th, Kansas State 14th, Southern California and Georgia Tech tied for 15th, Wake Forest 17th, Villanova and St. John's tied for 18th, and U.C.L.A., and North Carolina State tied for 20th.
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