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University Daily Kansan SPORTS Hightower Sparks Hawks Past OU
University Daily Kansan
Sparked by a 16-point flurry by injured Wayne Hightower, Kansas took the lead midway in the second half and were never threatened as it opened the Big Eight conference race with a 58-55 win over Oklahoma in Norman Saturday.
Hightower, who had been hampered all week with an injured thigh, hit for 11 points in the second half to pull the Jayhawkers ahead with 11:40 left after being behind 32-30 at intermission.
Although Kansas was at a great height disadvantage, it was able to compete on an equal basis on the boards and defensively.
Once Coach Dick Harp's men took the lead they showed an effective defense and hustle to keep their hosts from challenging the lead in the final minutes.
The Oklahoma forwards and center were able to score only 17 of the Sooners' total which showed the fine defense of the shorter Hawkers.
Jerry Gardner and sophomore Nolen Ellison, at the guards, hit for 16 and 11 points respectively to keep the pressure off Bill Bridges and Hightower.
Kansas-OSU Tilt On Radio Tonight
The KU Sports Network will carry the play-by-play broadcast of tonight's Kansas-Oklahoma State basketball game at 7:55 p.m.
The game will be on 11 stations which ties the existing record for KU basketball coverage. Tom Hedrick will do the broadcast.
The stations in the Lawrence area on which the game can be heard are KJAY in Topeka and KUOK in Lawrence.
It was the outside shooting of McCurdy which kept Coach Doyle Parrack's team ahead for the first three quarters.
Tom McCurdy led the Sooner attack as he popped in seven field goals and two free throws to tie Hightower and Gardner for game scoring honors.
Kansas got a break with 13:30 remaining in the game when, 6-7 Oklahoma forward, Warren Fouts, fouled out. This hurt the Sooner's rebounding strength at a crucial point when KU was leading only 40-39.
The win gave the Jayhawkers a 7-4 season mark.
Start Spring Bowling Soon
The 13 fall bowling leagues completed competition with the playoff being held over the weekend.
Bascom C. Fearing, manager of the Jay Bowl, said leagues are now being formed for the spring semester. He urged any bowlers interested in joining the leagues to obtain an entry blank at the Jay Bowl office. The leagues are open to any student or staff member. Mr. Fearing expressed hope that more faculty and staff teams would join the leagues.
A meeting of team captains will be held Feb. 8 to make final league plans.
Bowling in the spring leagues is scheduled to start the week of Feb. 13 and continue through May 6.
Thirteen leagues participated in fall bowling. Fearing said that more bowlers are expected to enter the spring leagues.
The Missouri Valley Conference, already loaded with basketball talent, may further enhance its prestige this week with the addition of Memphis State, Louisville and Marquette.
The conference is recognized as one of the finest basketball loops in the country. Present members are Cincinnati, Bradley, St. Louis, Wichita, Drake, Tulsa and North Texas State.
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Oklahoma State coach Henry Iba will send his Cowboys against Kansas tonight in Stillwater after dropping a 68-58 decision to Kansas State Saturday.
With 20 points against K-State, Fritz Greer wrested the top scoring honors for the Cowboy squad from center Eddie Bunch who hit 13 against the Wildcats.
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The Cowboys have a 6-5 season mark and finished sixth in the Big Eight holiday tournament.
O-State Tries Comeback Against Kansas Tonight
Along with Greer in the backline is Coach Iba's junior son, 6-1 Moe Iba, who tallied 13 in Saturday's loss.
The top Cowboy forward is 6-4,
200-pound junior, Cecil Eppler.
Eppler has been a consistent O-
State point getter, with over 12
points a game so far.
Iba is the leading returning scorer from last season's team which twice defeated the Jayhawkers. So far this campaign, although hampered with injuries, he has produced almost 11 points per contest.
The balanced scoring of the Cowboys has been one of the main reasons for the early season success of Iba's 30th squad.
Traditionally noted for a tight defense, Oklahoma State is now putting much stress on offense and is averaging better than 10 points per game more this season than last.
The only drawback to this strategy has been the number of mechanical mistakes.
The other starting position will be filled by 6-3 forward Dave Miller, who is scoring at a seven point per game clip.
Another concern of Coach Iba has been his reserves. This is shown in the scoring ability of, 6-5, Ray Reins, who is the sixth man for the Cowboys. He got only 2 points against K-State which is slightly better than his performances in five previous games.
This will be the 52nd meeting of the Jayhawkers and the Cowboys, KU claims 30 wins to 21 for O-State in the series which started in 1926.
KU's center Bill Bridges needs only five rebounds tonight to break the existing Big Eight conference rebounding record which is held by Kansas State's All America Bob Boozer. Of Bridges, O-State's coach Iba says, "He is the most improved player in the conference."
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