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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1957
Coach Is Out For Season
KU Tops Aggies 62-52 As Chamberlain Hits 36
Kansas, paced by Wilt Chamberlain's 36 points, never trailed in beating Oklahoma A&M 62-52 Tuesday night in Allen Field House.
NEW YORK — (UP) — Fordham University basketball coach Johnny Bach, underwent an emergency appendectomy in St. Joseph's Hospital. Yonkers, Tuesday, may be lost to his team for the remainder of the season. Freshman Coach Al Larkin has been named to take over for Bach, whose condition was described as "good."
Wilt was pretty much the whole show as he hogged the backboards, frustrated the Aggie close in shooting and racked in the most points ever scored by a KU player against the Angles.
Clyde Has Former Record His 36 points topped the previous record of 27 set during the 1952 season by Clyde Lovellette.
Ron Loneski's free throw got the Jayhawkers off to a 1-0 start and the Aggies could only manufacture one tie after that at 3-3. Wilt hit 10 of KU's first 15 points to put the Jayhawkers ahead 15-9.
Kansas upped its margin to 23-13, longest lead of the first half when Gene Elstun hit a left hand hook with 7:50 to go in the half. The Aggies whittled away at the margin and cut it to 31-27 at halftime.
The Aggies were only the second team this year to play a man-for-man defense against Kansas. They stayed with the defense all the way although it never really hampered the Jayhawkers' shooting.
The Aggies, forced to shoot from outside by the tight KU zone, hit 41 per cent of their shots in the first half, including three straight long shots near the close of the half.
HAVE TUX, WILL TRAVEL—The effect of a vaudeville balancing act is given by the familiar frame of Wilt Chamberlain, as the 7-0 center stretches for a rebound against Oklahoma
Aggies In Man-For-Man
Wilt moved more freely in the man-for-man defense and Kansas had little trouble getting the ball to him. He faked beautifully off the post and fed teammates for several easy layups.
A feature of the fine KU floor play was the smooth passing by all the starters and Bob Billings. Near the end of the game when the Jayhawkers felt they had the game salted away, they cut loose with several behind-the-back passes, all finding their mark.
The Aggies played the type of game usually displayed by all Hank Iba's fives. They worked the ball
for good shots before firing, although they had difficulty piercing the Jayhawker zone in the first half.
Aggies Stay Close The Aggies never got closer than
three points in the second half of play, with the margin usually ranging from 5 to 7 points.
However, Oklahoma A&M solved KU's zone defense and moved in for close-in jump shots in the second
Harp: Chamberlain Is One Of Great Shooters In Game
Jayhawker basketball coach Dick Harp, obviously happy with his team's play in the victory over Oklahoma A&M, said Wilt Chamberlain would be one of the great shooters in the game's history.
Not Only A Dunker
"We never doubted all season long that Wilt could hit away from the basket," Harp said "and tonight he showed that he will be one of the greatest basketball players in the game's history."
Great Team Effort
"We were never worried," Harp said. "I thought we would win all the way although they got a little close for comfort a couple of times."
The Kansas team, showing the same quiet confidence they displayed throughout the game, showered quickly, leaving only the coaches and trainer in the locker room.
"The whole team played a great game, but of course, Wilt's great shooting overshadowed their efforts.
I thought Bob Billings did a wonderful job for us. Tonight he realized the greatness that has been forecast for him."
The Jayhawkers used their 1-3-1 zone defense all the way and Harp voiced his amazement at the accuracy of the Aggie long range gunners.
"When you zone a team and they start out hitting over top your figure that sooner or later the percentage will catch up with them," Harp said. "We waited all night for it to happen but those guys kept right on hitting."
The game was smoothly played by both teams with few mistakes made. Harp said he figured 6 or 7 errors a game was about par for the course for his team.
"However, Harp laughingly remarked, "We don't reach that figure very often. (Both teams had 10 errors for the game). Even our great 1952 Olympic team averaged 11 errors a game for the season.
half. Most of their scoring came off 15-foot jump shots in front of the basket as they overloaded the zone.
As the Aggies cooled slightly near the end of the game, Kansas quickly took charge and ran up its biggest lead 'of the night at 60-48 when Wilt hit a 20-foot fadeaway jump shot.
The Javahawkers enjoyed their hottest shooting night of the year with a scorching 47 per cent average from the field. The average was padded by numerous layups, which came as a result of the sharp passing.
Aggies Hit 43 Per Cent
Aggies Hit 43 Per Cent The Aggies were forced to get their points the hard way, as they got only two crib shots out of their total of 17 field goals. They hit 43 per cent, fine shooting considering the tougher shots they had.
Another advantage the Jayhawkers realized by using the zone defense was better rebounding position. They screened the Aggies away from the boards and out-rebounded them 34-21.
Ron Loneski was the only other
Jayhawker hitting in double figures as he popped in 11 points on a variety of shots.
Only center Arlen Clark hit double figures for the Aggies as he pumped in 10 points. The scoring was balanced as the whole team took turns popping over the Jayhawker defense.
The Box Score:
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Kansas (62) OKla. A&M (52)
FG FT F FG FT F
L Jhn'sn 0 0-0 Carberry 1 0-2
Elstun 2 0-1 Cratch'f 1 0-0
Lonekil 19 5-7 Cratch'f 1 0-0
Chm'in 13 10-16 Suttone 1 0-0
Parker 1 2-2 Clark 3 4-1
King 2 0-0 Kemple 6 7-5
Billings 1 1-2 Adair 4 1-2
Deuch'df 0-0 Wright 3 5-7
Totals 22 18-28 12 Totals 17 18-22 16
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