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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, December 10, 1968
KU's defense checks Xavier
Photo by Greg Sorber
Battle of the giants
KU's 6-10 Gregg Douglas successfully executes a driving layup over Xavier's 6-10 center, Luther Rackley, in the early minutes of the game maintaining a lead KU never lost. KU won 79-56.
--presents
Countdown to 1,000
By ROBERT ENTRIKEN JR.
Kansan Sports Special
The Jayhawks handily disposed of Xavier last night and moved up a notch on Oregon State and Kentucky in the run for the magic number.
KU has a chance to gain another step Friday in Manhattan when Creighton is the foe in the opening game of the last Sunflower Doubleheader to be played. Saturday all three teams are in action and none of the opponents should give any trouble.
Monday score Kansas 79, Xavier 56
COUNTDOWN
Oregon State (2-0) 990 victories 10 to go
Kansas (3-1) 987 victories 13 to go
Kentucky (2-1) 985 victories 15 to go
--presents
Tenth-ranked KU, sparked by its hustling defense, contained the Xavier Musketeers 79-56 last night in Allen Field House.
KU's 1-3-1 trapping zone defense caused the Musketeers to turn over the ball 28 times and prevented 6-10 Luther Rackley, Xavier's top scorer, from getting the ball.
After the game, coach Ted Owens also seemed pleased with the Jayhawks' defensive play against Xavier, the tallest team KU has played this season. "It was our best defensive game so far," he said.
Owens also praised the game's top scorer, Phil Harmon. "Phil gives a real good effort," the coach said.
It was Harmon's accurate shooting in the early minutes of the second half that practically slattered any comeback hopes the Musketeers might have had.
The Jayhawks maintained its 36-24 halftime edge over the Musketeers until Dave Robisch scored from underneath the basket in the first minute of play in the second half. Moments later Harmon sank a free throw and then hit three consecutive 20-foot jump shots to increase the lead to 45-25.
The Jayhawks had built up a comfortable 67-34 margin with 8:51 remaining in the game when Owens began to replace the starting five with reserves.
All-American guard Jo Jo White hit six of 13 goal field attempts and sank three free throws to score 15 points. Robisch tallied 12 points for the Hawks. Rackley led all Musketeers with his 14-point performance.
Xavier, which never led in the game, trimmed an early KU-lead to 9-7. Harmon, White and Robisch spearheaded a rally that opened up a 12-point gap, with seven minutes left in the first half. The Musketeers battled back to cut the lead to 32-23 but never reduced the margin to less than 10 points again.
Xavier (56)
| | fg-fga | ft-fta | rb | pf | tp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kromer | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Sillies | 1-4 | 3-3 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Rackley | 4-7 | 6-8 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| Keyle | 0-4 | 3-8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Zeides | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Selesger | 2-6 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Robhling | 2-6 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Robhling | 4-10 | 3-3 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| Gromada | 3-8 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Reder | 3-8 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Ability | 1-5 | 0-6 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 20-51 | 16-22 | 0 | 17 | 56 |
Kansas (79)
| | fg-fga | ft-fta | rb | pf | tp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Douglas | 3-10 | 2-6 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Russel | 1-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Brown | 4-11 | 1-0 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| Harmon | 7-11 | 2-3 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| White | 6-13 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Robich | 6-13 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Sloan | 3-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Bradshaw | 3-6 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Natsues | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Arndt | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nash | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawrence | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Entals | 34-74 | 11-22 | 41 | 17 | 79 |
JOSE FONCA
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