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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1
KU Opens Conference Play With Victory Over Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb.-The KU Jayhawks stretched their winning streak to six games last night by defeating Nebraska, 66-56, handing the Cornhuskers their first loss at the Lincoln Coliseum this season.
Well-balanced scoring paced the Jayhawks to the opening conference victory, as four KU starters finished in double figures. Al Lopes again proved to be the team leader, hitting 12 of his 18 points in KU's second-half comeback.
Walt Wesley was right behind Lopes with 17 points, followed by Del Lewis with 12 and Rinye Lochmann with 11. The five junior starters were the only Jayhawks contributing to the scoring, as Fred Chana accounted for the remaining eight points.
GAME HONORS, however,
went to Nebraska's sophomore
guard, Fred Hare. The high-scoring Cornhusker connected on seven of 11 field goal attempts and three of four from the free throw line to record 17 points in the first half. He finished the game with 22.
The Cornhuskers entered the game with a 5-6 record, with the five victories coming at Lincoln and the six setbacks on the road. One of the home victories was an upset of Michigan, then ranked the nation's No. 1 team.
NU was sporting a 5-3 record before the Big Eight pre-season tourney, but lost all three games and finished last in the running. KU won the tourney with an opening victory over Iowa State, and last second triumphs over Kansas State and Colorado.
KU JUMPED off to an early lead last night and built up a 22-10 edge during the first nine minutes. But then Hare hit five quick
points and Coley Webb added three to close the gap to 22-18 in the next two minutes.
The Huskers came on strong in the last four minutes of the first half to take a 35-34 lead to the dressing room at intermission.
Teams Win In 2nd Half As Big 8 Season Opens
By United Press International
By Clint Press Internationa-
l, this team trailing at halftime lost night as the Big Eight conference opened its basketball season. Each of the four winners deficits to share the early role as league-leaders.
Kansas State nipped Oklahoma 71-69 on Roy Smith's last-second tip-in and Missouri dropped Colorado 63-58 to represent the two home winners.
Oklahoma State and Kansas both posted road victories. The Cowboys won a 54-12 overtime thriller from Iowa State and Kansas snapped Nebraska's five-game home winning streak with a 66-56 triumph.
Big Eight basketball is idle until
UPI Top Twenty
TEAM POINTS
1. U.C.L.A. (13) (9-1) 275
2. Michigan (7) (8-2)
3. (Tie) Indiana (9) (9-0) 208
Wichita (4) (8-2) 208
6. St. Joseph's (Pa.) (1) (10-1) 160
5. Duke (7-1)
Led by Lopes and Wesley, the Jayhawks bounced back in the second stanza to build up another lead. Lopes tied the score at 36-36 with two and one-half minutes gone in the half, and then Wesley connected to give KU the lead. Lopes hit four more quick points, and the Jayhawks were again on their way.
7. San Francisco (8-1)
8. St John's (N.Y.) (7-2) 106
9. Illinois (7-2)
10. Davidson (9-1) 76
Second 10—11, Minnesota 53; 12 (Tie) Vanderbilt and Providence (1) 41; 14, Utah 20; 15. St. Louis 18; 16, Kansas 14; 17, New Mexico 13; 18, (Tie) Depaul and Kentucky 11; 20 (Tie), Brigham-Young and Bradley 8.
Saturday when Iowa State invades Oklahoma, Kansas State travels to Colorado, Oklahoma State hosts Nebraska and Missouri plays at Kansas.
Kansas State overcame a 40-37 Oklahoma advantage at intermission when the 6-foot-10 Smith tipped-in Jeff Simons field goal effort at the gun.
Reserve guard Ron Paradis led the winners with 14 points and Oklahoma's Bill Whitlock tallied 17 for the Sooners. Kansas State is now 8-4 for the season and Oklahoma 4-6.
Gary Garner led Missouri's second half spurt which erased a 37-28 Colorado lead. Garner hit 22 points, 13 coming in the second half. Chuck Gardner led the Buffaloes with 20 points.
KU TOOK its biggest lead of the game with four minutes remaining, as Lopes hit a pair of free throws to give his team a 57-44 advantage.
Missouri is now 6-5 for the year and Colorado is 5-7.
Guard Al Lopes paced the Jayhawkers with 18 and Walt Wesley tallied 17, but game scoring honors went to Nebraska sophomore Fred Hare with 22. Kansas is now 9-3 and Nebraska is 5-7.
Kansas, down 35-34 at halftime, raced past the Cornhuskers 16-3 in the opening minutes of the second half to roll to its sixth consecutive victory—all on the road.
Oklahoma State shot down Iowa State in overtime after the game ended in a 46-46 regulation deadlock. The Cyclones led by as many as 18 points in the second half after holding a narrow 26-25 intermission lead.
The Cowboys are 8-4 and Iowa State is 3-8.
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But again the Cornhuskers put on the pressure, as a press seemed to bother KU. Nebraska narrowed it to six points, 60-54, with 1:30 remaining. But Lewis and Lopes each popped in a pair of charity tosses, and Lochmann added a fielder to put the Jayhawks out of reach.
The Jayhawks were bothered by foul trouble, as Lopes picked up three in the first 11 minutes of the game, and added another mid-way in the second period. KU committed nine team fouls in the first half, and Lopes, Lochmann and Wesley each had three early in the second half.
ON THE OTHER hand, the Jayhawks had only three trips to the free throw line in the first half, and missed on all three attempts. Wesley notched KU's first point from the charity line with nine minutes left in the second period.
But the Jayhawks took advantage of NU's last-minute fouling, hitting seven of 10 second-half attempts.
Coach Ted Owens will use this week to prepare the Jayhawks for their second conference game, as the Missouri Tigers visit Allen Field House Saturday night. KU will then take to the road for games with Colorado, Iowa State and Kansas State.
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