Hawks lash Buckeyes 94-70
By STEVE RUSSELL and BARB PHILLIPS
Steal and shoot-a good combination for winning a basketball game.
KU proved it last night as they soundly trounced the Buckeyes of Ohio State, 94-70, before a crowd of 9,000 in Allen Field House.
Playing sound basketball, i.e., stingy defense and aggressive offense, the Hawks danced away from the Buckeyes before the game was eight minutes old. Never letting up, they increased the lead gradually and were still pulling away when the first half ended with the score, 50-34.
ALTERNATING defensively from a sometimes pinching half court zone to a tight man to man, the Jayhawks forced Ohio State to commit 13 turnovers in the first half. They were able to put them to good use, connecting on 18 of 30 attempts for a solid 60 per cent from the field for the first period.
THE SECOND half continued in similar fashion, with KU widening the gap to as much as 30 points. At that point, with approximately seven minutes left, KU coach Ted Owens turned the game into a practice session for the reserves.
The Buckeyes weren't far behind in the shooting percentage bracket, hitting 15 of 27 for 56 per cent. But, besides the turnovers, they also committed 15 fouls, which the Jayhawks took advantage of for 14 additional points.
Sophomore whip, Jo Jo White
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led KU scoring with 23 points, his college career high. The St. Louis guard threaded the nets accurately from out front, in addition to usual high quality of floor play.
Three other Jayhawks hit in double figures. Ron Franz, senior forward, collected 19; Rodger Bohnenstiehl, starting at forward, got 15, and Phil Harmon, the "other" guard, hit 10.
SOPHOMORE FORWARD Jeff Miller of Ohio State claimed the scoring honors for the game and his team with 26 points. Two other Buckeyes joined him in double figures. Senior forward Ron Sepic scored 14 and sophomore guard, Bruce Schnabel, 13.
Rebounding leaders for KU were Franz and Bohnenstiehl, with 12 apiece. The most any one Buckeye could grab was five, gathered in by Sepic.
Three Jayhawks saw action for the first time last night, one junior and two sophomores. Forward
Box Score
KANSAS JAVHAWKS
Player FG FT RB PF 3P
Ron Fronz 8-16 3-16 6-12 19
R Bohnenstielt 5-12 5-8 12-12 0
Vernon Vanoy 2-2 3-2 3-15 7
Jo Jo White 8-17 7-7 5-2 22
Jice Sloan 8-17 7-7 5-2 23
Phil Hannon 5-8 0-4 10-10
Howard Arndt 0-5 1-3 1-2 11
Pat Davis 0-3 1-2 1-2 01
Bob Wilson 2-7 0-0 7-1 4
Rich Thomas 1-2 0-0 0-2
G Yarnevich 0-2 2-2 0-2
Jave Edgerr 1-2 1-2 0-2
Adger 26-8 72-22 48-17 10
OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
OHIO STATE HACKKEYS
Jeff Meehan 2-4 0-0 4 4 26
Ron Siepic 6-17 2-2 8 5 14
Dennis Meadors 2-4 0-0 4 4
Steve Barnard 1-1 0-0 3 2
Bruce Schnabel 4-6 5-2 2 3 13
Steve Powell 0-0 1-2 3 7
Mike Sawin 0-1 1-2 1 3
Mike Swain 1-4 0-0 1 1 2
Joe Sadfeldle 1-4 0-0 1 0 2
D. Brautigam 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Jerry Tischner 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
George Yarnevich and guards Jay Ediger and Rich Thomas came off the bench to help finish the game.
The loss was Ohio State's first of the young season, leaving them 2 and 1.
Winning their third straight in five days, the Jayhawks can now look forward to three days of rest before turning to the Sunflower Doubleheader next week end. They will meet Florida State at Manhattan next Friday night and return home Saturday to face Baylor.
Reserves let Owens down
KU head basketball coach Ted Owens was pleased with his Jaya-hawks' 94-70 win over the Buckeyes of Ohio State last night, with one exception. The play of the reserves in the closing seven minutes of the game took the edge off his satisfaction, Owens said.
"A lot of reserves that we have to have to keep winning ball games did a bad job on defense and didn't do a good job on rebounding." Owens said.
"They have to be prepared to play in case of injury or foul trouble."
OWENS SAID he put the reserves in the game as soon as possible to give them more experience. He hopes he has the chance to get them into every game as early as he did in last night's contest.
"We have to be able to substitute without hurting our effectiveness," he said.
ONE, TWO, THREE . . KICK
Howard Arndt, KU sophomore forward, displays the agility of a ballet dancer as he and Steve Howell. OSU forward, hassle over the ball.
-UDK Photo by Garrett Whitney
--UDK Photo by Jack Harrington
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
Ron Franz, 6'7" forward, controls the rebound over Ron Sepic, 6'4" guard from Ohio State as KU did all Monday night in Allen Field House.
OSU coach sees better KU team
Ohio State basketball coach Fred Taylor admits he made himself a promise several years ago —never compare two basketball teams.
By JERRY KLEIN UDK Sports Editor
But he broke that promise last night.
Standing in shirt sleeves and talking with reporters outside the Buckeye dressing room. Taylor admitted Kansas was much improved over last year when the Jayhawks won 81-68.
"THEY RUN PLAYS with more quality," Taylor said, "and they're awful deep. With that offense, it doesn't make any discreence. They really keep the heat on."
It was even hotter when Ohio State moved the ball on offense. Time and again, the Jayhawk defense, led by guards Jo-Jo White and Phil Harmon, deflected and intercepted passes. In all, the pressing defense forced Ohio State into 24 turnovers.
"The turning point came at the outset when we lost the ball." Taylor said, "and their half court traps didn't do much for our morale."
Besides being impressed with the rebounding of Ron Franz and Rodger Behnesthiel inside—each pulled down 12-Taylor was even more impressed with White's shooting outside.
WHITE. WHO SCORED a career high of 23 points, continually hit with lofting right-handed push shots.
"White has got to be the quickest guard I've ever seen. We were worried with his feeding passes to other players and didn't try to
"The way he plays defense, he can run faster backwards than a lot of people can run forwards."
crowd him outside because he scored only three points in his last game," Taylor said.
Ohio State guard Bruce Schnabel, who covered White in the first half, explained, "You just don't know what White's going to do."
TEAMMATE Ron Sepic agreed, "He is one of the better guards I've played against." And, in three years of Eig Ten competition, Sepic indicated he's played against some of the top ones including Cazzie Russell and Dave Schellasche.
At the same time, Taylor said he was not surprised with the outside shooting of Harmon early in the second half. Harmon scored 10 points.
"We knew Harmon could shoot." Taylor said.
"My God, they're killing you inside and Harmon starts. If I could devise a defense to win I would."
WITH AN inexperienced team —seven sophomores—Taylor said experience plays a major factor on both the offensive and defensive boards. The Jayhawks out rebounded Ohio State, 48 to 26.
"They just swarmed both boards. Points are produced by the number of shots you put in," Taylor said, "and we didn't get many rebounds. It was just a combination of height and speed. We were trying to get around to the front."
In fact, the Buckeyes didn't move to the front too often. The KU defense was wound just a little too tight.