Monday, Feb. 17, 1958 University Daily Kansan
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Jayhawkers Romp To 90-61 Victory
BOB BILLINGS-2 upcoming
UP AND OVER—Ron Loneski hooks one over John Crawford.
WHERE WILL IT FALL?—Wilt watches rebound, Donaghue jumps,
High-Riding Missourians Fresh From Upsetting OU
A tough squad of Missouri Tigers invade Allen Field House tonight to try to upset the Kansas Jayhawkers in a game that is important for both teams.
The Tigers helped boost Kansas into second place in the Big Eight conference Saturday night by pulling a minor upset, downing second place Oklahoma at Columbia, 74-53. This victory, coupled with the Jayhawkers' 90-61 romp of Iowa State, gave Kansas undisputed second place in the conference. $ ^{e} $
The combination of a fired-up Kansas team and an Iowa State team that changed its style of basketball seemed to be the underlying factors in the lopsided contest.
Iowa State, a team that has always practiced ball control with the Jayhawkers since Wilt Chamberlain came to Mt. Oread, tried to make a game of it by running the ball against Kansas. This, according to Cyclone
coach Bill Strannigan, was the downfall of his team.
For about the first 10 minutes of the game the score was fairly even, with KU never ahead by more than a few points. (The Jayhawkers were tied only twice during the game, leading the rest of the way.) Then with slightly over 10 minutes to play in the first half, Kansas opened up and scored 27 points while holding Iowa State to 12. The half ended with the Jayhawkers ahead 50-30.
The second half saw a slowup in
the action, with Iowa State playing a little more cautiously with the ball. One of the highlights of the final period was when guard Bob Billings ran up to an Iowa State player, jerked the ball out of his hands and ran two-thirds of the length of the court for a layup.
Chamberlain, for the second Saturday in row set a school and field house record. This time he got 36 reebounds to break old records. Chamberlain also hit 16 out of 21 free-throws to help out his scoring average. The Dipper scored 34 points. Iowa State is the team that has always given Chamberlain hectic nights. Last season in three meetings, Chamberlain failed to score 20 points in any one game. This year Chamberlain hit 27 against Iowa State in the semi-finals of the Big Eight tournament.
'Our Best Game This Year'—Harp
Jayhawker coach Dick Harp did little to hide his pride over his team's 90-61 victory over Iowa State Saturday night. He had a right to be proud. His squad had just handed the Cyclones the worst beating they have taken in years.
Asked if he thought Iowa State was playing a little below par, Harp said:
He went ahead to comment that this was the best game the Jayhawkers have played, this year. He added he thought it was definitely the best game that Wilt Chamberlain had played since coming to KU.
you know the way we were playing tonight. I don't think there are many teams in the nation that would have beaten us."
Harp also commended the play of Bob Billings, Bob Hickman and Ron Loneski, then implied it would be an all night job trying to give praise where it was due the boys.
Kansas' shooting percentage (42%) also drew praise from Harp.
Ron Loneski said, "As a team I think we did real well. I just think work at it."
it shows what we can do when we Al Donaghue gave what he thought was the reason for the high shooting percentage of Kansas.
"We moved the ball around real well and worked it in well. I think that is our main reason for the way the shooting went," he said.
Monte Johnson summed up the game by saying:
"We just gave it all we had. It just goes to show what we can do when we work for it."
"We were humiliated. That's the worst I've ever had it put on me. I can't remember when any team of nine ever got it that bad."
Billings walked out of the dressing room following the game. Complimented about the game, he rejected all praise. He then turned towards the figure of Harp walking down the hall and pointing to him said, "I've only got one thing to say. There goes the finest basketball coach in this country."
Iowa State Coach Bill Strannigan gave probably the most praise to Kansas by saying:
Strannigan added later. "We ran too much in the first half. We ran ourselves right out of the ball game. I really didn't think we could win
here, but I never thought it would be that bad. We should have played a slower, more deliberate style of ball.
"Both KU and Kansas State are real good teams, but they can't be compared because a team can be good one night and cold the next. KU played us a good ball game and Kansas State played us two good games.
"The Big Eight race is over; nobody can beat Kansas State, except maybe KU up there at Manhattan.
"As far as the national picture is concerned Kansas State should be right up there. San Francisco is a real good team, but I haven't seen Cincinnati.
OSU Will Play In NCAA
Oklahoma State became the first team to be named to the NCAA's Western Regionals in Allen Field House March 10. The Cowpokes are an "at large" choice.
Freshman and varsity golfers are asked to attend a golf meeting Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in Room 4 of Allen Field House.
Golf Meeting Tuesday
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