Thursday, January 9, 1969
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
7
Photo by Greg Sorber
DAVE ROBISCH ... holding hot hand.
Road tests ahead for KU; Missouri, I-State, KSU
Surging ever closer to the 1,000-victory plateau, KU's Jayhawks risk their 12-game winning streak in a couple of road tests this weekend.
The 13-1 Jayhawks journey to Columbia Saturday, meeting Missouri, then travel Ames for Monday night's match with Iowa State. Tipoff for both games is set for 7:35 p.m.
Should KU extend its winning ways to 14 games with a sweep, the Jayhawks would take aim at No. 1000 against Kansas State at Manhattan Jan. 18.
In the race to become the first school to reach the basketball milestone, Kansas has solidified its lofty ranking in national polls. This week's ratings peg KU No. 5 by the Associated Press and No. 6 by United Press International.
Neither of those polls included the Jayhawks' impressive 94-61 rout of Iowa State Monday night. Coach Ted Owens' club, hitting a season high in point production, bettered the school record for field goals and also established a scoring high for the Kansas-Iowa State series.
The 43 Jayhawk fielders and scorching 63 per cent marksmanship in the first half-eclipsed the former KU high of 42 set three years ago against both Nebraska and Missouri.
Again the ringleader was 6-9 sophomore pivot Dave Robisch, whose 22 points marked the seventh time in the last nine games that he has topped 20.
the other half of KU's
sophomore pivot tandem, 6-10
This spurt has moved Robisch within three points of All-American guard Jo Jo White for team scoring leadership. White sets the pace with 253 points (18.1 ppg) while Robisch averages 17.9 ppg with 250 points.
KU scoring
OVER THE HOLIDAYS
DEC 18-Utah 86, Oregon State 54
DEC 20-Kansas 67, Utah State 61
Bigham Young 89, Oregon State 64
Kentuckie 89, Oregon State 64
Jordan 21, Kansas 67, Stanford 67
DEC 26 - Arkansas 14, Nebraska 56, Arizona 54
DFC 27 - Oregon State 46, Arizona 42
DEC 28 - Oklahoma 41, Arizona 40
DEC 21—Kansas 76, Stanford 67,
Kentucky 80, Army 64.
DEC 28- Kansas 60, Colorado 55,
Washington State 51, Oregon State
(OT): Kentucky 110, Notre Dame 90,
DEC 30- Kansas 56, Oklahoma State
64, Brigham Young 68, Oregon State
64, DEC 31- Wisconsin 69, Kentucky
JAN 4- Kansas 56, Nebraska 52
Kentucky 69, Mississippi 51
Kentucky 69, Mississippi 59
JAN 6—Kansas 94, Iowa State 61
Kentucky 91, Mississippi State 72.
NEW YORK (UPI) — Before his retirement last season Toe Blake had guided the Montreal Canadiens to eight Stanley Cups in the last 12 seasons.
Good Guide
Roger Brown, missed the Iowa State game because of a sprained right ankle. His status for the weekend trip remains questionable, but 6-10 senior Dave Nash was an impressive replacement Monday. Nash scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Not since the 1957 days of Wilt Chamberlain has KU fashioned a 12-game streak. That year, the Jayhawks reeled off a dozen straight wins before Iowa State snapped the string at Ames.
Brown is the club's top rebounder with 109 recoveries, 19 more than runnerup Robisch.
Kansas basketball teams have put together only seven winning streaks longer than the current one. The longest was compiled on the mid-1930s when the 1935 and 1936 outfits strung out 23 triumphs before losing to Utah State in the Olympic playoffs at Kansas City.
For Owens, the 1,000-victory goal remains secondary to KU's Big Eight championship aspirations. And Owens himself will have reached a milestone of his own—his 100th coaching victory—one game before the 1,000 celebration.
all revved up for action!
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