8 Thursday, December 5, 1974 University Daily Kansan THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPORTS By Kansan Photographer DAVE PETERSON All-American? Even with KU's Dale Greenlee on the floor, Indiana's highly touted guard Quinn Buckner couldn't buy a basket. Buckner missed this jambal along with his other seven field goal attempts and three crucial free throws. Throughout the game, Greenlee effectively defended against Buckner, who was All-Black 10 as a sophomore last year. The Hoosiers, however, beat KU 74-70 in overtime last night in Allen Field House mostly on the strength of Scott May's 29 points. 'Hawks edged in overtime By JIM SHELDON Associate Sports Editor You couldn't ask for a better basketball game. Even though KU lost the game, it left the floor with a certain degree of optimism. The team was able to take control. Two nationally ranked teams, Indiana and the University of Kansas, met in Allen Field House last night and the result matched the rankings as the third-ranked Hoosiers defeated No. 7 Kansas 74-70 in overtime. "Yes, I'm discouraged," KU Head Coach Ted Wedsa said after the game, "but it'a a long season and you can't get too down. We have to play well and we have reason to be optimistic." Ironically, KU played in a similar losing game last year. Last January, KU played a home game against top-ranked Notre Dame, KU had an 11-3 record and high hopes for the season but also had a few question marks. KU lost the game 76-41 but won the playoffs and evenly with the best teams in the nation. Last night's loss may have a similar effect. Owens was encouraged by the fact that KU was able to play on even terms with one of the best teams in the nation. The 'Hawks had not won against the band, but couldn't quite defeat, the Hooters. "I think the two games were very similar," cocaptain Dale Greenlee said. "We're encouraged. They were a good team, and we were doing a great improvement and we know we can improve." "You have to give them credit for their quickness," he said. "Indiana is a good team. We stood around some on offense and we were not always getting people open." "This game should really get us together," center Rick Suttle said. "It showed us that we're a good team. It broke the ice—we don't have to worry about a little team coming along and beating us. We know we can play well." THE GAME itself came down to a seesaw Buckner no problem for 'Hawks By MARK ZELIGMAN Sports Editor KU's Tommie Smith just chucked as he looked at the game statistics. "Quinn Buckner," Smith said. "Oh for them to be able to play. One of the best athletes in the country." Buckner himself was just relieved the game was over. He knew it wasn't one of his brothers. "Dale did a good job." Jayhawk Coach Ted Wenski said. "He lost the ball very little against one of the best defensive players in the country." Although the University of Kansas Jayhawks lost to Indiana last night, there was one consolation. Indiana guard Quinn Buckner, who had tormented the Jayhawks the past two years, played one of the worst games of his career. Buckner missed all eight attempts from the field and three front ends of crucial one-and-one free throw situations. One of the reasons for Buckner's poor game was the greenie, who scored 12 points against his Greenee, who scored 12 points against him and brought the ball up court with ease. "Games?" Buckner said. "I've seen better nights, period. It was one of those nightmarish tales that ended like a fairy tale." Although Buckner played poorly, his teammate Scott May took up the slack. May wheeled around the 'Hawks man to man and zone defense for 29 points. "We knew he was good." Owens said. "But he really bailed them out." Smith said, "May was the difference in his ability to balance off, but he also had some glumness." May admitted the Jayhawks were a good team but said he wasn't too impressed with their defense. He especially singled out the Jayhawks' zone. "I guess when they're that big," May says, "the only thing they can do is play a zone. Jayhawk forward Donnie Von Moore, who guarded May in the Klu man to man "He was a good player, but he was *he* was a good player," Von Mone said. "He faked it." one way and then went another. He had to be traveling on some of those." Players on both teams said the game was one of the most physical they had ever played. Indiana is a member of the Big 10 Conference, which is noted for its rough, aggressive playstyle, and those referencing. But Buckner said yesterday the game was butcher than he was used to. Several of the Jayhawk players said they were surprised at how tightly the referencers came in. Indiana was ranked third in the country before the game, and might go higher now. Indian Coach Bobby Knight said he wasn't impressed with rankings at this point in the season. overtime period that saw both teams trading baskets. KU finally moved ahead 70-69 on a 15-foot by forward Donnie Von Moore with a minute left, but Indiana's John Laskowski came right back 17 seconds later with a 16-footer. "I think it is asinine at this point in the year to rank teams," he said. "People are rating guys when they haven't seen anybody play." Knight said he was especially pleased with his team's performance considering the game was this early in the season and the caliber of team Indiana played. "I had it—a 12-footer," Von Moore said. "It just wouldn't drop. I was wide open. You've got to take those shots if you get them." KU came back down the floor and looked for Suttle inside. The Hoosiers brought the ball down court and immediately spread out into their delay game. KU came out of its zone, but couldn't draw a foul to stop the clock. "We were trying to go to Rick," Owens said. "But they backed off on him, so Donnie (Von Moore) took the shot. He'd just hit one from the same distance . . ." "This is by far the strongest Kansas队 we've played in the last four years," Knight said. "This may be as good a team as we've played." Von Moore's jumper from the left side bunched of the rim and Indiana came down near the bottom. Steve Green finally broke free underneath for an easy lay-up and was fouled on the play by KU's Norm Cook. Green sank the free throw for a three point play and the four point final margin. The buzzer sounded as soon as KU touched the inbounds pass. OWENS SAID that in the closing minutes he wanted his players to intentionally foul Indiana guard Quinn Buckner, who was having a miserable night despite his All-Big 10 credentials. Three times in crucial situations, Buckner had missed on the front end of one-and-one free throw opportunities and had not made it through without the ball. KU couldn't call time-out and the message never got from the bench onto the floor. Knight said the important thing was to keep this game in perspective. "When you can't get control of the ball it's hard to communicate with only a few seconds left," Owens said. "If Donnie had made his basket, then we'd have been a different situation. At a time like that, the situation makes a lot of difference." The 'Hawks opened the game with a hot spell that gave them a 10-4 lead four minutes into the contest. KU started the game with a new offense that it had worked on in close practice yesterday and, at least while, it caught the Hoosters flat-footed. "This game sure as hell isn't gunnar hurt Kansas's season any day," Knight said. "You saw two good teams play tonight. One won and one lost. That's all there is to it." The offense was actually a variation of KU's delay game. The Hawks brought center Rick Suttle out to the top of the key and spread the rest of the offense out in an attempt to pull the Hoosiers away from the basket. "We wanted them to come out." Owens said. "We wanted to set them up for the back door play but we were standing around a little too much." KU's lack of movement led to several turnovers and Indiana jumped back into the lead. KU rallied briefly for a 3-49 lead with two minutes left in the half, but India finished with three straight baskets to take a 35-34 halftime lead. Cris Barnhouse led the Jayhawk attack with a career high of 27 points. Ken Koenigens, who scored 21, and Milt Bigson, who scored 22, were close behind. JV dominates St. Paul's Juco Dominating every phase of the game, the University of Kansas junior varsity cruised to an easy 112-87 victory last night over St. Paul's Junior College. INDIANA STAYED HAT at the start of the second ball and jumped to a 46-38 lead, with the goal being scored. The Jayhawks dominated the backboards, galingrged to 7 in St. Paul's 40. Jack Hollis grabbed 15 to lead the Jayhawks. Johnny Davis and Barrhouse and Dave Schmidt had 12. their third straight game of the season. KU led by 20 at half time, 51-31, and piled up 61 points in the second half as they won Marc Fletcher contributed seven assists with several well-placed passes. KANASA (W) FG-PGA FFT-A FTA Bab. PF TP 5-10 3-10 3-10 3-10 4-12 12 Cook 5-10 1-10 1-10 1-10 12 Suttle 6-11 1-1 10 3 13 Morningstar 3-5 1-1 0 3 14 Morningstar 3-5 0-1 0 3 14 Smith 4-8 2-2 8 4 10 Kashif 4-8 2-2 8 4 10 Kashif 12-19 8-9 20 70 The Jayhawks shot 45.6 per cent for the game and St. Paul's shot 32.9 per cent. INDIANA (%) GG- FG- FT-FA Reb. TP TP Gray 60-12 7-9 7-10 2 Glenn 12-32 7-9 7-10 2 Benson 7-16 0-0 8 4 Buckner 5-16 0-0 6 1 Buckner 0-10 0-1 3 1 Crews -10 1-3 1 1 Crews -10 1-3 1 1 Totality -0 1-0 0 0 Totality -0 1-0 0 0 30-71 -14 16-11 20 14 KANKS 34 86 20 - 70 INDIANA 55 85 14 - 74 Attendance: 15,800 Officials: Ben Dreth and Charles Fouyt 2340 Iowa (23rd St. & Hwy. 59 South) TICO DINNER STRETCH YOUR PESOS Reg. '1.05 Now THURS.-FRI.-SAT.-SUN. 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He missed again, Von Moore pulled in the rebound, shot and missed, but Cook put in the follow shot to tie it up. He made 18 seconds left and send it over into overtime. WHILE KU GOT baskets from Suttle, Van Moore, Smith, and Cook in the overtime period, he sold them for $135. own to keep the Hosiers within range until Laskowski and Green finished the job. KU's next game will be Saturday night in Allen Field House against Owens. Owens said that he planned to give his players some rest in the meantime. "We'll work shorter periods of time in practice," he said. "We're pretty much worn out. Both emotion and the physical strain works on you." "QUOTE" 812 Mass. Lawrence, Ks. PRIMARILY LEATHER Trentonian Trenton, N.J. "TIME TO RUN has charm and polish." Evening Star "TIME TO RUN has a refreshing honesty about it — rare among commercial films." "Well-acted and competently directed." Herald-Examiner Los Angeles, Ca. "Broke the house attendance record." 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