Page 4 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Dec. 4. 1956
—(Daily Kansan photo)
THE LAST HURRAH—Wilt Chamberlain rubs his hands in satisfaction a moment after ramming through one of his 20 field goals of the evening against Northwestern Monday night. It contributed to a record-breaking 52-point barrage by Chamberlain. Northwestern's Phil Warren turns away in dismay, while KU's Gene Elstun (12) seems much happier about the proceedings.
Wilt Is For Real 2 Records In Debut
By DICK BROWN
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
Kansas, paced by Wilt Chamberlain's school and conference record 52 points, stormed past Big Ten toughie Northwestern 87-69 Monday night befrore 12,-000 fans in Allen Field House.
Chamberlain lived up to all rave notices by dropping in 20 of 29 field goal attempts and adding 12 free throws. Most of the shots were dunkers as the Wildcats stood helplessly by. Chamberlain also pulled down 31 rebounds to break Lew Johnson's school record of 24.
The game was much closer than the final score indicates. KU pulled away to a quick 14-4 lead with only 4 minutes gone on the strength of Wilt's 5 baskets without a miss, but Northwestern's 6-9 sophomore center, Joe Ruklick, began to find the range with his hook shots to put the Wildcats back into the game.
Mast Is Hot
Dick Mast, 6-0 Wildcat senior guard, who scored 20 points against the Jayhawkers last year here, dropped in 4 of 5 jump shots as the Wildcats moved into a 29-29 tie with 4 minutes left in the half.
However, Kansas, with Wilt hitting 4 more dunk shots, pulled away to a 42-34 halftime lead. Wilt had 25 points at halftime but his opponent at center, Rucklick, canned 18, mostly on soft fadeway hook shots with either hand.
Free Throws Are Key The Jayhawkers led at halftime on the strength of 12 free throws to their opponents none. Northwestern picked up 14 fouls to only 5 for Kansas in the first half.
Free Throws Are Key
Northwestern scored first in the second half but Wilt countered with a short jump shot. The game settled down to an offensive battle after that with Ruklik match his hook shots against the dunk shots of Chamberlain. Kansas maintained a 10-point spread most
Harp Lauds Wilt, Opponents
Kansas basketball coach Dick Harp was loud in his praise for the Northwestern team following Kansas' '87-69 victory last night. "Northwestern is the most aggressive team we have played here in my time as a player and coach," he said.
"We played as well as I thought we would," he said. Harp added that Chamberlain gave an outstanding performance under the trying circumstances of all the advance publicity and the great expectations of the crowd. "Wilt will be a better ball player each week," he said.
Harp said that after Northwestern's sophomore center. Ruklick, had scored 16 points in the first half on a beautiful hook shot, they decided to begin the second half with the idea of getting him out of there.
praise for Ruklick. "He was very fast with his hook shots and faked well," Wilt said. "The zone defense did not bother me as much as I thought it would. The main reason for this was the fact that our outside men knew what to do with the ball and worked it in beautifully. They pulled the sagging zone defense out to give me more room by driving in and shooting short jump shots." Wilt said.
"Wilt made the adjustment to defense well in the second half. He was attempting to block every shot in the first half but played his defensive position much tighter in the second half," Harp said.
Chamberlain had nothing but
of the way but could never build a cushion until the closing minutes.
Record with 5:48 Left
Northwestern's hopes suffered a severe blow with 9 minutes left in the game when Ruklick drew his fifth personal foul while trying to stop Wilt.
Wilt broke the school scoring record of 44 held by B. H. Born and Clyde Lovellate, with 5:48 left in the game when he dunked a shot after recovering a rebound. The crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the game with 31 seconds remaining.
Maurice King played a tremendous defensive game and did a good job off the backboards. In addition, his outside shooting and passing kept the defense open and gave Wilt more room to maneuver. Loneski also did a good job off the boards and scored 8 points. The Jayhawkers showed a deep bench with 16 men getting into the contest.
The box score:
Kansas fg ft f f
L. Johnson 0 0 2
Elstun 2 0 5
Lonekis 2 4 2
Johnston 1 2 2
Thompson 0 0 0
Jenf 0 0 0
Jetron 0 0 1
Chamb'i In 10 12 2
M. John's 1 0 0
Parker 2 0 0
King 2 3 1
Hollinger 0 2 0
Kindred 0 0 0
Billings 0 0 0
Cieland 1 0 0
Totals 32 23 16
N. Wistn. fg t f 4
Lose 2 0 1
Warren 3 4 2
Hook 3 4 2
Duhart 0 2 0
Bood 0 0 0
Schultz 1 0 4
Bromberg 1 0 4
Muklej 11 0 5
Ukluck 7 3 4
Mantis 4 2 3
Johnson 2 0 0
Thomas 0 0 0
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