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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Feb. 22, 1965
KU Drops Wildcats; Holds Third Place
Basketball action in the Big Eight this weekend failed to make any changes in the lineup of the top three teams.
The Jayhawks defeated their archrivals, the Kansas State Wildcats, in the final meeting of the two teams this season by a score of 86-66. The victory gave KU a 2-1 record for Wildcat games.
The Golden Buffaloes of Colorado pulled a mild upset Saturday evening when they edged past the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 57-54, to give OSU their second loss of the year.
The results of these two meetings left the standings just as they were before the contests. Oklahoma State still retains the conference lead with an 8-2 record. Colorado is threatening the Pokes' superiority, however, by holding the second spot with a 7-3 mark. KU maintained their third position in the race, uping their total to 7-4 for the year.
The Missouri Tigers were able to move into the first division of the league race over the weekend, though, when they downed the Oklahoma Sooners, 89-82, to capture an undisputed berth in the fourth spot.
Although other games had more importance in the conference race, it is doubtful that any contest generated the spirit that the Kansas-
Kansas State meeting did. It was a show worthy of a meeting between the traditional foes.
Fifteen-thousand eight-hundred fans crowded Allen Field House for the game where the Wildcats hoped to spoil KU's chances for the conference title.
The Wildcats jumped to an early lead in the first half when they netted a free throw for a 1-0 advantage over the Jayhawks. But that was the last time the "Cats held the lead.
KU rolled over the K-Staters and six minutes had elapsed before the Cats got their first field goal on the scoreboard. The Jayhawks were in front at that time 11-4 and the remainder of the game was a story of KSU trying to catch up.
The Wildcats used a 1-3-1 defense in the first half which collapsed into a wall of defenders every time the ball was fed to KU's big center, Walt Wesley. Late in the first period, Wesley found room to shoot but he didn't connect on any of 11 tries from the field. He tallied four points from the free throw stripe.
The increased emphasis on holding down the Big Eight's leading scorer only resulted in another headache for the Wildcats, KU forward Ron Franz turned out to be the problem child for the K-Staters as
Jayhawks Fare Well In Union Sports Tourney
Twenty students from KU participated in the annual spring tournament of Region 11 of the Association of College Unions.
Competition in the tournament included men's and women's bowling, 3-rail and pocket billiards, table tennis (singles and doubles), and men's chess. The region includes schools from Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Nebraska. Fourteen schools participated in the two-day competition held Friday and Saturday at Kansas State University.
Outstanding performer for the KU squad was B. J. Hember. Miss Hember was first in the women's all-events score in the bowling competition which entitles her to travel to the national tournament. She has won this event for all four years she has been at KU and was national champion her freshman year.
KU placed three women high enough in bowling competition to be considered for the national tournament but the lowest two-Lyle Griffith and Cindy Culbert-were
eliminated because only one student from each school may attend. Results (partial):
Men's bowling team (S. Hansen,
B. Miller, H. Ralph, P. Gill, D. McClain) 2nd with 2712; women's bowling
team (BJ. Member, L. Griffith,
M. Penn, J. Lacy, C. Calbert) 2nd
with 2239; women all events (B. J.
Member) 1st, (L. Griffith) 5th, and
(C. Calbert) 7th.
Fourteen and one-tenth continuous pocket billiards (B.J. Hember) co-ed first; men's doubles table tennis (B. Roe and P. Liu) 1st; women's doubles table tennis (H. Benson and J. Schwartzkopf) semifinals; women's singles table tennis (H. Benson) 1st; men's chess (A. Fulton) 3rd.
For the rest of the game it was only a question of what would be the final score. After KU had widened the lead to 20 points or more, Owens removed all his starters except Schichte and played his second squad.
Next Tuesday the Jayhawks will tackle the second of their final four home games when they meet the unpredictable Nebraska Cornhuskers.
with him and he picked up his fourth foul with 15 minutes remaining. Coach Ted Owens replaced him with Jim Gough.
The 'Cats made one final bid to even out the score when they tallied seven straight to slice the KU lead to 12 points, 64-52. Lopes, Franz, and Del Lewis combined to drop in eight for the Jayhawks in the next two minutes to pad the lead.
he pumped in five field goals in the first half and hit six out of six from the free throw stripe.
The Wildcats returned from the halftime rest with a man-to-man defense and Wesley was able to open up and find the shooting range. He managed to net 10 points in the first three minutes of play. He finished with 24.
But Wesley's usual bugaboo was
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