University Daily Kansan Monday, Feb. 19, 1962
Three Battle In League Cellar
While Colorado and Kansas State are competing for the number one position in the Big Eight, three teams, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, are battling to stay out of the conference cellar.
The Kansas Jayhawkers, currently in a last-place tie with Missouri and holding a 1-7 league record, will entertain the sixth-place Oklahoma Sooners (2-6) in Allen Field House tonight. Tipoff time is at 7:35.
COACH DOYLE Parrick's Sooners, who have lost six consecutive conference outings, have been plagued with second-half slumps.
The Sooner front line of Warren Fouts (6-7), Jerry Haddock (6-5), and Harvey Chaffin (6-6), will have a customary height advantage over the Kansas forward-center combination of Jim Dumas, Harry Gibson, and Lee Flachsbarth.
OU has led the opposition at halftime in six of their last eight games, 36-33 over Colorado at Boulder, 34-13 against Iowa State at Ames, 29-26 against Colorado in Norman, 30-29 over Nebraska at Lincoln, 29-26 over Missouri at home, and 29-25 over Iowa State in Norman, yet the Sooners have won only two of these, both in Norman, against Iowa State and Missouri.
BUT KANSAS did not suffer from a three-inch-per-man disadvantage under the boards in Saturday night's loss to Colorado. The Jayhawkers were out-rebounded by only one, 42-41, while KU guard Nolen Ellison (6-1) picked off 10 caroms himself.
The Sooners had a rough go against the Kansas State Wildcats in Norman Saturday. The Wildcats hit 13 out of their first 14 shots to build up an early margin and coast to a 71-63 victory.
Fouts was the high scorer for the Sooners with 17 points. Morrison and Evans scored 12 and 10 points respectively.
With seven minutes remaining to play in the first half the Sooners trailed 33-15. Oklahoma fought back to narrow the halftime margin to 42-29.
During the second half the Sooners cut the Wildcat margin to six points on two occasions, but Coach Parrack's crew could never maintain their scoring punch and fell behind.
The Sooners suffered from the same phobia that the Jayhawkers do. Against Kansas State, OU shot only 32.8 per cent of their field goals. Kansas State shot like the Colorado Buffaloes did against the Jayhawkers connecting for 43 per cent of their shots.
Volleyball Team Starts Workouts
The Kansas Jayhawkers' volleyball team has begun practice in preparation for the National Collegiate Volleyball Invitational Meet May 12. in Philadelphia, Penn.
The Sooners displayed strength at the free throw line against the Wildcats connecting for 82.5 per cent.
KU Sports Network To Broadcast Game
Last year at the Nationals the Hawkers took third place, with Lockwood and Shannon being chosen for the second team All America.
This year's team is led by player-coach Bob Lockwood. The rest of the squad is composed of Bill Johnson, Oklahoma City, Okla., Van Hoisington, Paradise, Jim Shannon, Hollywood, Calif., and Abdule Barek, Afghanistan, Bob Harper, Lawrence, and Bill Gann, Kansas City.
"Most of our meets before the 'big one' will be with nearby YMCA groups," said Lockwood. The Big Eight lacks competitors as Colorado is the only school to field a volleyball team.
The KU Sports Network will broadcast tonight's Oklahoma-Kansas basketball game. Tom Hedrick will do the play-by-play and Monte Johnson will handle color. Nine stations will carry the game. Area stations are: KJAY, Topeka, 1440; KANU-FM, Lawrence, 91.5, and KVOE, Emporia, 1320.
Walseth Says KU Is 'Tough'
Although the Jayhawkers are last in the Big Eight, Colorado Coach Sox Walseth said, "Kansas is just as tough as anyone we've played, I really mean that.
"Dick Harp has done a real good job in getting everything possible out of his team." the genial Buffalo mentor continued.
HE CREDITED all his players with a good job, but singled out guard Gil Whissen's second half play as the top individual performance.
Eric Lee, the Buff's 5-10" guard, described KU's Jerry Gardner as "the best ball player in the league."
"He's great, I mean it," Lee said. "He can hit from the outside and when you go out to get him, he can drive you."
WHISSEN, A 6-2" senior, echoed Lee's praise of KU's Gardner and Nolen Ellison.
"They're the best guards we've been up against," he said. The Colorado team also had praise for Jim Dumas, KU's 6-1 forward.
Buffs Defeat Hawks By Narrow Margin
"HE COVERED us on the boards the first half," said Whissen. "He went up with the taller men but just seemed to get the ball somehow. He can really jump."
Wilky Gilmore described Dumas as "a real good boy. The only thing against him is his height."
The 6-6" Buff forward said that the KU team which they faced Saturday was "a lot better" than the KU team which they edged by one point in the Big Eight pre-season tournament.
The Kansas-Colorado basketball game did not look much like a last place team meeting a first place team.
Contrary to what some would expect, Colorado did not have an easy time beating Kansas which stands 1-6 in conference play and 5-14 overall. The Jayhawkers even led at halftime 33-31.
The upset was near, but it did not materialize as Colorado boosted its conference record to 9-0 and its season record to 14-5, in defeating Kansas 65-11 in Allen Field House Saturday night.
THE JAYHAWKERS were ready to win. The law of averages was with them. Likewise Colorado was prime for a defeat because the law of averages was working against them.
The Buffaloales arrived in Lawrence without the services of their leading scorer and the Big Eight's overall scoring leader Ken Carlton.
CHARLTON INJURED his knee in practice Thursday and did not make the trip with the rest of the team on Friday. Instead he stayed over a day for more medical treatment, and flew here by himself Saturday.
Able substitution was found for Charlton's scoring punch in Wilky Gilmore, a 6-5 forward, and Jim Davis, a 6-8 center. Gilmore scored 22 points, while Davis contributed another 20.
Milt Mueller was Charlton's replacement and handle the assignment with ease scoring 12 points and pulling down seven rebounds, second high on the Colorado team.
JERRY GARDNER led the Kansas scoring with 22 points. Teammate Nolen Ellison dipped below his 19.4 league game scoring average to 12 points.
The story of the game was the shooting percentages, something that has bothered KU the entire season. Against Oklahoma State last Monday, the Jayhawkers shot 50 per
cent but the Cowboys shot 66 per cent. Saturday the Jayhawkers shot 34 per cent but the Buffaloes connected on 46 per cent to pave the way toward victory.
Although averaging three inches per man taller than the Jayhawkers, the Buffaloes did not command domination of the backboards. The Colorado front-line was usually the first to the ball, but the Jayhawkers made sure they were the last to it after it had caromed off the hands of Buffalo players.
KANSAS LED in the rebound department at halftime 24-21, but fell short in the second half finishing behind 42-41.
The Jayhawkers also led in the mechanical error department. KU made but 12 errors the entire game while Colorado doubled that figure with bad passes, lost balls and traveling.
Although the Jayhawkers led 10 times during the first half, the largest margin they could muster was two-point leads which they held on numerous occasions.
THE LEAD CHANGED hands 19 times during the ball game, but Colorado took over for good with 12:23 remaining in the second half when Davis rebounded a Buff shot and scored. The score was 43-41 and the Buffs scored three consecutive baskets in about two minutes to command a comfortable eight-point margin.
The Jayhawkers did not give up, but fought back hard to come within four points with two minutes remaining to play. The Buffalooes were in a slowed-down offense designed to run out the remaining time on the clock and Kansas could not get the ball from the Buffalooes.
The Jayhawkers had one way to get the ball, and that was to foul. For the first 18½ minutes of play Gardner had but one foul. Trying to get possession of the ball, he fouled three times in less than a minute-and-a-half.
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