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TWO MORE FOR THE RECORD—Towering center Walt Wesley breaks out of a crowd of Cowboys to send another shot whizzing into the basket. Wesley led the Jayhawks with 32 points
for the game in a performance that shattered two Big Eight scoring records. The Oklahoma State Cowboys defeated the Jayhawks Saturday, 58-64.
Jayhawks Lose Big Eight Bid As Cowboys Go Riding Along
The Oklahoma State Cowboys walked past the KU Jayhawks Saturday afternoon and neatly clinched the Big Eight conference basketball championship with a 64-58 victory in Allen Field House.
A sparkling second half performance by the Cowboys brought the 'Pokes from a 34-29 half-time deficit to the six-point winning margin.
The Cowboys still have to meet the Oklahoma Sooners tonight in Norman, but even a loss there couldn't deny them the title. Kansas was the closest contender for the honor and the Cowpokes would have had to have fallen to both the Jayhawks and the Sooners to assure KU of a piece of the first spot.
The victory assured Cowboy coach Hank Iba of his first conference title for Oklahoma State. However, Iba was coach of the undefeated U.S. basketball squad that won the Olympics last October.
High point of the KU game was Walt Wesley's record-breaking show. The "Big Doe" pumped in 32 points to shatter both the field goal scoring record set by KU's Clyde Lovelle and the season individual scoring mark set by Bob Boozer of Kansas State
Wesley hit 15 field goals, mostly with his now-famous fadeaway shot. He netted the record-breaking fifth goal with 5:54 to go in the first half. Wesley's total for the season was 150, overshadowing the previous mark of 139.
With 13:22 remaining in the second half, Wesley dropped in the 19th point of the game to erase the individual scoring mark of 363 set in 1559. Wesley finished the game with enough points to boost the new record to 377 points.
KU dropped in the first two points
However, the play during the first 10 minutes of the second half was the decisive factor. The Jayhawks could only manage seven points against the attack of the Cowboys that netted 18 counters for the Oklahoma crew. The spurt gave the Cowboys a 47-41 lead.
The renewed Cowboy attack failed to daunt Wesley, though, who continued to drop in points for the Jayhawks. The "Big Doe" was responsible for 18 of KU's 24 points in the second half.
The Cowboys, on the other hand, set a blistering pace from the free throw stripe, especially during the second half. Overall, the 'Pokes dropped in a sizzling 83 per cent. They teamed this with a 20-for-37 performance in the field to down the struggling Jayhawks.
Five graduating seniors played their final game against the Cowboys. They include guards Kerry Bolton, Richard Ruggles, and Dave Schichtle; forward Dave Brill and center Jim Gough.
The main scoring problem for the Jayhawks came at the free throw stripe. None of the KU five could hit regularly and they managed only a rather chilly 35 per cent from the line. The Jayhawks combined this with a 38 per cent showing from the field to produce their 58 tallies.
The Jayhawks hit serious foul trouble early in the game with Riney Lochmann, who played an important part in the early KU surge, drawing his third foul with 2:48 remaining in the first period. With about 45 seconds remaining in the first half, Dave Schichtle drew his third and fourth fouls. His spirited protest got a technical foul call from referee Tom Glennon, who promptly called another technical on
With around four minutes remaining in the second half, KU lost two of its starters when Al Lopes and Lochmann both drew their fifth fouls within 20 seconds of each other.
coach Ted Owens who protested the first call.
Coach Bob Lockwood was pleased with the meet, saying that it was "one of the better meets of the season" for his Jayhawks. He singled out Dobbins' performance in the all-around as outstanding, having beaten Colorado's Bill Padia, one of the top Big Eight performers in this event.
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Billie Carpenter, Pacific Palisades, Calif., junior, won first on the trampoline against K-State.
The Sooners nailed their 11th straight championship with 116 points. Iowa State had 105 and the Jayhawks totaled 71.
Others drawing praise from Lockwood were Wayne Shields, Wichita sophomore, in the floor exercise, Manness in the long horse vault, and Bob Livesay, Glen Ellyn, Ill., junior, in the rings.
The KU Jayhawks finished third following favored Oklahoma and Iowa State in the Big Eight conference swimming meet this weekend at Iowa State's home pool in Ames.
KU will travel to Boulder, Colo. for the Big Eight meet this weekend. Its record for the season remained even at 4-4.
Kent Dobbins, Lawrence junior, paced the KU attack with 41 points against K-State and 27 against Colorado. Against K-State, Dobbins won firsts in the floor exercise, high bar, long horse, parallel bars, and tied teammate Bill Manness, Lawrence senior, for honors on the rings. Dobbins won the long horse event in the Colorado competition. He also won the all-around title in both meets.
Weekend Upsets KU
The Shockers had been assured of the league crown earlier in the day when Bradley had beaten St. Louis at Peoria 94-91.
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a 15-and-10 for an overall season mark.
Kansas University's wrestling team closed out its regular season of competition with a 36-0 loss to Oklahoma University at Norman, Okla., Friday night. The team will return to Norman this weekend for the Big Eight championships.
Kansas defeated Kansas State 83-36 and lost to Colorado 47-71 in a triangular gymnastics meet at Manhattan Saturday.
Wichita Gains Valley Crown
Dobbins finished the regular session competition with 257 points for a 32.1 average per meet, establishing a new KU record for seasonal scoring average.
Wichita coach Gary Thompson started his five seniors and the Bulldogs mved ahead, 7-3, in the first three minutes before Thompson sent in the first string.
wichita nows stands with 19 victories and seven losses. The Shockers finished 11-3 in conference play. Drake rounded out their record with 6-8 for league play and
Wichita, defending Missouri Valley basketball champs, downed Drake, 76-74, in overtime Saturday at Wichita to clinch the Valley title again.
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