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University Daily Kansan Monday, February 13. 1961
Stall Tactics Fail
Nebraska's Bid Foiled by KU
Kansas' poised and hustling Jay-hawkers wiped out a fine 34 minute stall performance by Nebraska with switching defenses and free-wheeling offensive patterns to keep a share of the Big Eight conference lead with a 38-33 win Saturday.
From the opening tip-off, which the host Cornhuskers controlled, the tone of the game was established. Coach Jerry Bush had drilled his team in the slow-down tactics similar to those used by Oklahoma State and hoped to catch Kansas off balance and unable to crack the slow game as the Cowpokes had done.
KANSAS DIDN'T seem to be surprised and reacted quickly to the delayed play of the Huskers.
At times most of the play was
Rebounding MU Now in Third
"Miserable" Missouri isn't so miserable any more.
The Tigers, KU's opponent tonight in Allen Field House, has come from what looked like the worst basketball season in the school's history to win four of its last five and post a 4-3 mark in conference play. This places them in third place behind deadlocked KU and Kansas State.
Before the season opened experts were saying all Missouri needed was a third man to match the scoring ability of 6-7 Charlie Henke and 6-4 Joe Scott to be real tough.
The help didn't come and Scott didn't produce. Missouri felt the pains of an eight game losing streak early in the season.
Saturday, in beating Oklahoma 94-78 the Tigers had all five starters score in double figures, giving Coach Sparky Stalcup the depth he has been looking for all season.
The Bengals also overcame another problem in the Oklahoma victory. The win ended a two year drought on foreign Big Eight hardboards.
Among those who have come to life of late to aid the Tigers in their recent surge are 6-3 Don Sarber, 6-4 Ron Cox and 6-0 Ken Doughty.
At present Henke is leading the conference in scoring with a 24 point per game average.
Football star Ray Evans was named to the 1942 and 1943 All America basketball teams.
within three and four feet of the midcourt line and lapses between scores reached a full minute or more 13 times. But, the KU defenders were constantly putting severe pressure on the Nebraska ball handlers.
sort of on the ball. This had two results: Kansas forced the Huskers into several mechanical mistakes which eventually cost them the game; the KU defense was weakened up the middle and Nebraska was able to stay ahead of the Jayhawkers throughout most of the game because it was able to get someone loose for an easy lay-up.
AFTER NOLEN ELLISON had dropped in a free throw with 6:10 remaining and Bill Bridges had added a tip-in to give KU a 32-29 lead, the Hawkers slowed up their own play and coasted to their sixth league win against one defeat.
Throughout the game the Jayhawkers maintained their normal quick pace on offensive trying to force the Huskers to discontinue their tactics.
Because of poor shooting, 25 per
cent, and lack of offensive rebounding, only about three for the whole game, Kansas wasn't able to take control of the contest.
THE TIGHTNESS of the battle is shown by the 12 ties and 15 changes of the lead.
In order to protect its hard fought for margin in the waning minutes Kansas switched between a man-to-man and zone defense to upset the Nebraska offense. The move was effective since the losers scored only four points in the final seven minutes.
ANOTHER FACTOR which enabled the Cornhuskers to make its strategy work until the final minutes was its fine 58 per cent shooting from the floor.
KU guard Jerry Gardner led all scorers with 14 points on devastating set shots and alert jumpers.
Wayne Hightower hit for 12 points and Nebraska's Rex Swett totaled 10 points to rank as the other significant scorers.
Thinclads Upset OU With Dual Meet Win
KU's track team, hard-hit by individual losses, took a big step along the road to recovery by stunning last year's Big Eight Indoor champion Oklahoma Sooners 70-52 in Saturday's dual meet.
Both the Jayhawks and the Sooners garnered seven first places but the Hawkes were able to win by their ability to pick up second and third place finishes.
FIVE NEW RECORDS were set in the meet. Mark Brady, OU high jumper, cleared 6-4/12 by break the meet record of 6-4½ by Dick Jones, OU, 1951, and the Field House record of 6-6/1/8 by Bob Cannon, KU, 1956. KU's Kirk Hagan set a new standard in the 1000-yard run with a 2:14 clocking. This broke Cliff Cushman's, KU, 1959, and Gailhodson's, OU, 1960, 2:16. record.
Curtis McClinton tied his own record which is jointly held with Phil Frazier, OU, 1958, and Bill Tillman, KU, 1959, with a :07.5 clocking in the 60 yard high hurdles.
BILL DOTSON, the meet's only double winner, broke KU's Tom Skutka's mile record of 4:15.4 set in 1958 with a 4:15. Dotson also won the 880 yard run.
OU's Robert Wilcox beat KU's Gordon Davis in the 600 yard run to establish two new standards. He broke Cushman's meet record of 1:13.2 set in 1959 and Davis's Field House mark set Wednesday night against Pittsburg State.
Both KU and Oklahoma swept one event. The Jayhawks placed 1-2-3 in the 60 yard high hurdles with McClinton, Danny Lee, and Charlie Smith scoring. OU copped all three places in the broad jump.
COACH BILL EASTON was pleased over his squad's surprising performance. Commenting upon the Hawk's being underdogs for the first time in 10 years, he said, "It was wonderful! I wish we could be underdogs every meet."
The cindermen's next action will be Friday with Missouri who defeated Kansas State 75-46 Saturday.
the KU and Missouri freshmen, both looking for their first win, will meet at 5:20 tonight in Allen Field House.
KU, MU Freshmen Meet Here Tonight
Saturday, the young Tigers lost their first outing 78-68 to Southwest Baptist Junior College of Bolivar, Mo. At halftime MU trailed 46-21 but a strong second half effort narrowed the deficit.
Phi Psi, Beta, Phi Delta Win
Phi Kappa Psi slipped by Alpha Kappa Lambda 42-40 in Fraternity A intramural basketball competition last Friday. In other A games, Beta Theta Pi romped over Lambda Chi Alpha 70-30 and Phi Delta Theta walloped Pi Kappa Alpha 70-26. Sigma Alpha Epsilon won by forfeit over Tau Kappa Epsilon.
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Other games played were Delta Tau Delta No. 2 25, Alpha Tau Omega No. 1 17; Beta Theta Pi No. 6 32, Sigma Alpha Epsilon No. 1 23; Kappa Sigma 26, Sigma Phi Epsilon No. 2 19; Phi Delta Theta No. 1 42, Sigma Alpha Epsilon No. 3 14; Phi Gamma Delta No. 1 36, Sigma Phi Epsilon No. 1 20; Delta Upsilon No. 1 38, Beta Theta Pi No. 3 25.
Last Monday night the young Jayhawks fell 75-72 to Farsons, last year's national junior college basketball champs. The KU fresh also proved to be a second half club. They trailed by 12 points at halftime and rallied late in the second half to almost win.
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Missouri is paced by Ray Carey, a 6-8 forward, who scored 16 points against Bolivar. Also excelling for the Tigers were 6-4 Rich Hendrix with 15 and Bill Little, 6-8, with 12.
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