Tuesday, December 17, 1968 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 7 KU's early spurt stops Racers By JACK PAULEY Kansan Sports Writer Kansas utilized an effective zone defense in the first half, then played steady ball to easily defeat previously unbeaten Murray State 72-59 last night in Allen Field House. Coach Ted Owens was pleased with the win, although he thought his team "let up a bit" after racing to an early 20-2 lead. It was 12-0 with 12:58 left in the first half before Claude Virdon finally scored Murray State's first basket. Jo Jo White scored the Jayhawks next 10 points, all on long jumpers, as KU spread its lead to 24-7 at 8:37 in the first half. The Racers then began using a full court press, and cut the lead to 35-22 by halftime. "Their full court press was the best we've seen this year." Owens said after the game. "I think they're a pretty good ball team." Kansas had 24 turnovers in the game, five more than Murray State. But the Jayhawks shot at a 54% clip, the third game in a row that they have been over 50%. The Jayhawks almost made a runaway of the game early in the second half. Halfway through the half the Jayhawks led 59-34 after Roger Brown's tip-in and two layups by Tim Natsues. The two layups were Natsues' first points of the year. But then the Racers reeled off 11 straight points, and it was 59-45 with 6:30 to go in the game. At 3:52 it was 64-53, and with only one minute to go, Murray State trailed only 67-59. But forward Dave Robisch scored two baskets and a freewheel to make the final score 72-59. Robisch finished the night with 19 points and four rebounds. White led all scorers with 22 points. Rich Bradshaw scored 11 for KU, while Virdon led Murray State with 18. KU's Roger Brown topped all rebounders for the game with 15. Owens praised the Racers because he said "they never gave up." "Obviously that is why they were unbeaten before they played us," he added. White moved up to fifth on the list of highest scoring players in Kansas history. His 22 points put him at 1,090 points, eight more than Charlie Black II. The four ahead of White are Clyde Lovellette, Wayne Hightower, Walt Wesley and Wilt Chamberlain. Robisch has a record of his own going: He has made 16 of his last 19 field goal attempts for a percentage of 84%. Kansas-Murray State Robb FG 18-7 RB PF 3F Kob IG 5-10 T-3 4B 19 Harmon 1-4 2-3 2 4 19 Harmon 1-4 2-3 12 4 19 Bradshaw 5-10 1-2 0 4 11 White 10-16 2-5 2 1 22 Russell 0-0 4-4 1 2 6 Douglas 0-0 1-2 1 2 1 Douglas 1-2 0-1 3 2 4 Nataus 1-2 1-3 2 3 2 Nataus 29-14 13-23 31 16 Totals 29 Murray State (59) Murray State (C) FG 8-19 FT RB PF T Virden 8-19 2-5 6 3 18 Blondet 6-12 1-1 6 3 13 Johnson 3-13 -6 6 3 10 Streete 1-13 5-6 6 3 12 Pittsman 1-3 0-1 4 2 4 Young 3-9 1-1 2 0 7 Romani 1-1 0-0 0 2 7 Totals 23-63 13-20 8 20 55 Owens said he thinks Kansas is better prepared for the upcoming road trip after playing against the Racers' full court press. The Jayhawks are at Utah State Friday, then play at Stanford Saturday. 2500 35 Kansas 35 37-78 Murray State 25 39-58 "We're going to take a day off tomorrow," Owens said, "to get away from basketball for a day. We'll practice tomorrow and leave Thursday for Utah." Cagers climb to ninth in UPI poll KU's freshmen won the preliminary game, beating Missouri Western 86-75 after Western had led 46-39 at halftime. Neal Mask scored 31 points, with strong help from Bud Stallworth (18) and Aubrey Nash (16). Rich Whitford paced Western with 19. Hall of Fame pitcher Walter P. Johnson spent 21 years with the Washington baseball club, a major league record for pitchers serving one club. Team Points GLA 35 (3-0) 358 North Carolina (4-0) 264 Davidson (3-0) 172 Cincinnati (4-0) 154 Kentucky (4-0) 144 Nevada Mexico (5-0) 135 Villanova (4-0) 134 Notre Dame (3-1) 119 Michigan (4-1) 79 Santa Clara (5-0) 78 Second 10-11; St. Bonaventure 52, Fairfield 61; Lamar 62; LaSalle 23; 14, LaSalle 23; 15, Houston 20; 16 Illinois 15; 17, Columbia 13; 18, Tulsa, Kansas 14, Kentucky 8; 20, Southern California 4 Others receiving five or more points — Dayton, Nebraska, Wyoming, Florida St. Michigan St. Duquesne, St. John's, Georgia, Ohio St. Countdown to 1,000 By ROBERT ENTRIKEN JR. Kansan Sports Special With their victory over Murray State last night added to their sweep of the last of the Sunflower Doubleheaders, the Jayhawks have moved to within a game of Oregon State in the Countdown. Now the counting gets tight. Both KU and OSU have two road games and a three-game round robin tournament coming up. More will be forthcoming later this week on the teams' schedules over Christmas break. 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