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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, March 19, 1968
Hawks remain alive in NIT
The Jayhawks rolled over Villanova in the second half of Monday night's National Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game and took a 55-49 victory to move into the tourney semifinal round on Thursday in New York's Madison Square Garden.
Kansas, bothered considerably by Villanova's sharp zone defense in the first half, came back with a tough half court pressure defense of its own in the second period to pull away from the Wildcats.
Kansas was behind, 25-31, at the intermission but the Jayhawks returned to play like a different team in the second half and scored 11 straight points after the tip off. With 15:32 remaining in the game KU went in front to stay 33-31.
"We told the team at half time they would have to be more aggressive in the second half. They had been passive on defense in the first half," assistant coach Sam Miranda said after the game. "I think they came back to play real aggressively on defense in the second half."
The Jav Hawks got off to a slow start, as the Wildcats built a quick 7-2 lead. Then, after a KU time out about four minutes into the half, the momentum appeared to shift to Kansas.
In a seven minute stretch the Jayhawks outscored Villanova,
St. Peter's routs Duke in NIT
NEW YORK—(UPI)—Hustling St. Peter's, getting 29 points from Elnardo Webster and 26 from Pete O'dea, induced Duke's big men into early foul trouble and capitalized on numerous turnovers to score a surprising 100-71 upset victory Monday night and advanced to the semi-finals of the National Invitation Basketball Tournament.
The Peacocks, cheered wildly on virtually every play by a capacity crowd of 19,500 at Madison Square Garden, will play Kansas in the semi-finals Thursday night
St. Peter's, an 11-point underdog against the taller Blue Devils, grabbed command of the game from the outset and jumped to a 15-3 lead with the game only three and a half minutes old. With Webster pumping in 21 points and O'Dea and Harry Laurie combining for 15 more, the fast-breaking Peacocks soared to a commanding 50-29 lead at half-time and built their margin to as much as 34 points in the second half.
Tim Kolodziej topped Duke with 16 points. Duke had not lost a game by more than six points this season.
Swimming clinic is March 19,26
A clinic and tryouts for the Quack Club, KU's synchronized swimming club, will be at 7:30 p.m. March 19 and 26 at Robinson Gymnasium.
At the clinic, members will demonstrate synchronized swimming methods and instruct those interested in membership. Attendance at the clinic is not necessary for the March 26 tryouts. Swimming suits and towels are available at the gym.
13-2, to take a 15-9 lead but it proved to be short lived. The Wildcats, playing aggressive defense and moving the ball well on offense, came roaring back to take the lead with about eight minutes left in the opening period.
Sammy Sims and Johnny Jones, Villanova's two leading scorers, had 11 points each in the first half to lead the Wildcats to their half time margin.
The second half was all KU. With Jo Jo White, Dave Nash and Rodger Bohnenstehl leading the offensive charge the Jayhawks outscored the smaller Wildcats 26-7 through the first 15 minutes of the second period to take a 51-38 lead.
It was the Jayhawk defense that made the real difference, however. Kansas had been letting Villanova get a man open along the baseline in the first half. This was not the case in the second period. The Jayhawks became more aggressive and forced Villanova into numerous turnovers and hurried shots.
The large Madison Square Garden crowd, heavily partisan toward Villanova through the early going, began to show some appreciation of the Jayhawk defense which so thoroughly stifled the Wildcats in the second half.
Kansas, as it had in the NIT victory over Temple, showed balanced scoring, with three men sharing most of the load. Bohnenstiehl led KU scorers with 15, Nash had 13 and White had 10.
Phil Harmon, KU's superb zone breaker, had an off night offensively. He hit only one shot from the field but played well on defense.
It was a rare occasion as the Jayhawks ended the game with fewer personal fouls than their opponents. Villanova finished the game with 21 persons while KU had only 15.
KU will continue tournament play against St. Peter's, surprise 100-71 winner over nationally ranked Duke in Monday's second quarterfinal game, at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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Box score
VILLANOVA (49)
| TOTALS | FG | FT | PF | RB | TB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Crws | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Jones | 7-17 | 4-8 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| Sims | 5-12 | 4-8 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Lowe | 1-1 | 0-5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mellchionni | 1-6 | 0-5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| O'Hanlon | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-5 | 1 | 2 |
| McCall | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maitch | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wolnowski | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 |
| **TOTALS** | 19-19 | 11-21 | 22 | 13 | 40 |
KANSAS (55)
(59) FG FT PF RB TP
Sloan 2-4 1-4 1-4 6 5
Bohnenstichi 5-15 5-5 5-7 8 15
Nash 4-4 4-7 3 2 8 13
Harmon 1-7 2-4 2-4 5 10
Douglas 2-5 2-5 4-5 5 7
Vanov 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Arndt 1-1 0-1 0 2 1 2
TOTALS 19-43 17-26 15 41 55
Villanova 19-43 17-26 15 41 55
Kansas 23 20 25 30
Officials — Mike Ditromo and Steve Honzo.
Mike — 19,500
Attendance—19,500.
Rugby team is unbeaten
Both the A and B squad of the KU rugby team scored shut-out victories against the Kansas City Blues Saturday. Final score in the A game was 18-0 and the B score was 8-0.
The A squad was led by Jay Clancey, who scored nine points including one try and three extra points. Ray Scammel tallied two tries for six points and Bill Wolford added one try.
Bob Hammond scored two tries for the B team and Woody Thompson added two extra points.
Both the A and B squads are undefeated in four outfits apice.
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