KU Hits 100 As Fans Roar
By Walt Iavroe
The crescendo of cheering had been building for several minutes, but by the time Fred Chana received the ball with just under three minutes remaining, it was almost deafening.
The KU forward got the ball and watched his opponent breeze by him in a vain effort to get the ball. Then dribbling quickly to the top of the circle, he jumped and arched his shot softly toward the hoop. The ball descended cleanly through the net and before the ball completed its path to the floor, some 7,000 fans were yelling, cheering and stomping, as Allen Field House gently quaked.
THE NOISE was created for none of the usual reasons—the go-ahead basket, the winning basket or a hero scoring a new record. KU simply scored its 100th point in a lop-sided basketball victory over a listless New Mexico State team. The final score was 102-51.
The cheering had been somewhat premature as far as records go. KU failed by two points in equaling the field house record of 104 set by K-State in 1961 and tied a KU team record of 102 points scored against Nebraska in 1958.
The 41 field goals of the roping, stomping Jayhawks broke a school record established in 1954. Eleven years ago Kansas sent the roundball through the hoop 40 times against Springfield, Mo., State.
The Jays enter the Sunflower Doubleheader undefeated after three games. Friday night they meet Maryland in Allen Field House and Saturday they travel to Manhattan where they play St. John's.
New Mexico suffered its third straight defeat at the hands of Kansas, New Mexico State fell to Wichita State University, Bradley and KU in a three-games-in-four-nights road trip.
It was apparent from the start KU would have little trouble in putting away their third straight victory of the year as the Jayhawks put on a fantastic shooting exhibition in the first half.
Of 37 shots KU put up before intermission, 24 found the mark for a torrid 65 per cent. KU ended the game with a 53 per cent accuracy from the field, hitting 41 of 77.
DESPITE THE smooth-moving offensive, KU's forte proved to be an impenetrable defense. Many times during the evening New Mexico players found the ball jarred, slapped and bounced loose from their possession. Del Lewis, KU guard, had five ball steals for the night, four of which were good for easy lay-in shots.
New Mexico was credited with 32 offensive errors, which were caused by the pressing KU defense.
KU Coach Ted Owens played all of his men, with the exception of John Carter, who may be held out until next year.
Walt Wesley, KU center, and teammate Ron Franz combined to give the Jays an early 12-3 lead, as the two accounted for all their team's scoring during the period.
New Mexico, attempting to pressure Wesley, sagged three men on the KU center and allowed Al Lopes, Bob Wilson and Ron Franz to shoot unguarded from the outside.
THE MANEUVER PROVED a mistake as Lopes quickly found
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DOWN COURT—New Mexico State brings the ball to their end of the court in an attempt
to raise their score and get back into the game.
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