Tuesday, March 10. 1959 University Daily Kansan
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KU Plays Cowboys in Season Finale Tonight
The Kansas Jayhawkers will be seeking their second straight win this season over Oklahoma State's Cowboys as both teams round out cage play tonight at Stillwater.
Both clubs will be seeking to improve themselves in the final conference standings but the spotlight will be on two individuals playing their final games and seeking permanent niches among the Big Eight scoring elite.
Ron Loneski
Ron Loneski needs just four points to reach a total of 900 for his three-year career. He ranks sixth in all-time Kansas scoring behind Clyde Lovelette, 1979; Wilt Chamberlain, 1422; Charlie Black, 1802; B. H. Born, 918, and Otto Schnellbacher, 913.
members of the One-Grand club will be in the spotlight for Oklahoma State. He now stands eighth in the all-time Big Eight elite with 1,174 points.
Loneski was forced out of action for 10 games as a sophomore and was hobbled for two more with a broken foot. This season he lost out on two games and was almost ineffective for three more after suffering a bad ankle sprain.
Arlen Clark, one of the two active
The Jayhawkers are now 7-6 in league play and cannot finish higher than a third place deadlock. The Aggies have a 5-8 conference mark.
Clark needs only six points to pass Lee Lane, former Oklahoma ace, for seventh place.
Loneski and Clark will also be competing against each other for second place in the Big Eight scoring race. While Kansas State's Bob Boozer already has the scoring crown all but stored with the rest of his trophies, second place is yet to be decided.
As of last Saturday morning Loneski had an average of 19.2 points for 21 games while Clark trailed with 19.1 for the conference season.
But Clark scored 42 points Saturday as the Cowboys defeated Colorado to give him a big edge in the race.
The Cowboys drubbed Kansas 59-48 in the losers' bracket of the pre-season tourney in Kansas City. Kansas turned OSU back, however, in regular season play with a 58-49 win in Allen Field House.
The big difference in the ball game tonight could be Bill Bridges. The sophomore center is by far the league's leading rebounder with a total of 338 for the season.
Clark has been receiving strong assistance lately from both forward Dick Soergel and guard Don Heffington in the scoring columns.
Probable Kansas starters for Coach Dick Harp's crew are Loneski and Al Donaghue as forwards, Bridges at the post and Bob Hickman and Bob Billings as guards.
For Coach Hank Iba's Cowboys the probable starting lineup will be Soergal and Dennis Walker as forwards, Clark at center, and Jack Hollingsworth and Heffington as guards.
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The contest will be broadcast live from Stillwater by campus station KUOK. Tipoff time is at 8 p.m.
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Wyandotte won a trip to Class AA by winning the regional title Saturday, defeating Kansas City Washington, 46-39, in the finals. Another Kansas City team, Sumner, also will be making its first trip to the AA carnival.
Topeka, who lost out last year to Wyandotte, was knocked off in the semifinals of the Lawrence regional by Lawrence.
High School Teams Advance to State Meets
The other defending titlist back is Natoma in Class B. The club has a 45-game winning streak and a 23-0 mark this season. The Class B tournament will be held at Emporia.
Five teams will be carrying perfect marks to state tests. Besides Natoma, they are Goodland, 22-0, in Class A; Minneapolis, 24-0, in Class B and Prescott, 24-0, and Netawaka, 23-0, in Class BB.
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Two defending champions will be back when the four Kansas state high school basketball tournaments open at four different cities Thursday afternoon.
One of those back seeking a repeat for a state championship will be an old familiar figure in state cage wars, Wyandotte of Kansas City. The Class AA will be held at Wichita.
The Bulldogs, who have compiled a 150-won, 10-lost record over the past seven seasons, will be gunning for their third straight title and number four in the past five years. During the 18-year history of the Class AA affair, the Bulldogs are the only team to win two straight titles.
ments, slated for Hutchinson and Dodge City respectively.
Also opening Thursday will be the Class A and Class BB tourna-
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