Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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Hawks-Cats Renew Rivalry
Struggling to climb to a .500 won-lost record for the year, the Kansas Jayhawkers tackle that highest of all basketball barriers . . . an arch rival on the enemy floor . . . tonight in the 149th renewal with Kansas State.
All this, of course, stacks the odds higher for the embattled Jayhawkers. The picture, however, is not as bleak as it appears. In the past decade, KU has won seven of 11 battles in Ahearn fieldhouse, including a string of six straight from 1953 thru 1958. In some of these the barrier was no higher than it is now. In 1953, for instance, the Cats were odds-on favorites to bag the championship. Yet Kansas scored an 80-78 win. State tied for third in '55, and KU was no higher than fifth. The Jayhawkers scored a 10-point win. State won the '56 flag with Kansas fifth. Yet, the Jayhawkers won at Manhattan, 91-86.
Few gave the Jayhawkers a chance in the celebrated 1860 playoff when the two deadly foes finished atop the league standings at 10-4. But Dick Harp's club prevailed, 84-82, in overtime.
THAT GAME, and the 53 affair rank among the series all-time classics, and bear recounting here:
1953—Kansas 80, Kansas State 78—Kansas had scored an 80-78 upset in Lawrence and the Cats were primed to retaliate. Instead the Jayhawkers grabbed the lead early in the second half and hung on tenaciously to hand State its first conference defeat of all-time in Ahearn, and break the Wildcats' string of 27 consecutive home court victories. The lead changed 16 times and the count was
tied on 11 occasions as the clubs battled furiously never more than six points apart. The finish was one of the series' most dramatic. With 1:50 left, Gary Bergen, State's 6-8 sophomore forward, hit a free throw and tip to draw the Purple within one point at 78-79. With just 10 seconds left, KU's Ken Buller fouled K-State's Bob Smith. The seldom-used reserve missed both free throws, then fouled KU's Dean Smith, a reserve guard, now head coach at North Carolina. Smith canned one of his tosses with eight seconds left to give the Jayhawkers a victory.
1900—Kansas 84, Kansas State 82 (overtime). The two rivals had split their conference encounters, each winning on its home floor. Tied at 38 points apiece at halftime, the Jayhawkers levelled a 16-2 blow in the opening 4:25 of the second half to build a 13-point lead. But State fought back to tie at 72 with 2:02 left, and that's the way it stood at the end of regulation time. Al Correll's three-pointer pulled Kansas into a 79-74 lead with 2:30 remaining in overtime. Jerry Gardner preserved that edge with a goal after Phil Heitmeyer back-handed a lay-up for State. Heitmeyer hit again and Steve Douglas scored to pull the Wildcats within one. Wayne Hightower was fouled with .33 left, but missed his second shot. Larry Conley cleared the rebound for State, but the Wildcats lost the ball due to a travelling violation. Correll made two free throws with .15 left, after which the Jayhawkers allowed Comley an unmolested lay-up to gain possession with .07 remaining.
KU Freshmen Compile First Unbeaten Season
KU finished its first perfect freshman basketball season here last night — but iust by one point.
The KU freshmen captured a 50-49 victory over Kansas State on Riney Lochmann's free throw with eight seconds remaining.
LOCHMANN. 6-5 forward from Wichita, scored a field goal with 2:15 left to play, the first basket by either team in almost two minutes, giving the Jayhawks a 49-48 lead.
The Jayhawks stalled until 22 seconds remained and called time at that point.
Roy Smith of K-State made it 49-all on a free toss with 1.53 remaining and then committed an offensive foul with 1:35 remaining, giving KU possession of the ball.
DOUG JOHNSON of K-State fouled Lochmann on the next play as the KU forward drove for a layup. Lochmann, all-state and all-America at Wichita North High School, missed his first free throw attempt but connected on the second.
The Wildcats immediately called time but were able to get off only one shot. Ron Paradis' 20-foot miss.
For the Jayhawkers, 86-67 victors over the Wildcats two weeks ago at
Manhattan, the victory made their first undefeated season since first-year competition began in 1959.
HIGH-POINT MAN for the game was Walter Wesley, KU's 6-10 center. Wesley scored 23 points, 17 of these in the first half.
Steve Renko, who missed the Jayhawk's game with Nebraska because of a sprained ankle, scored 12 points.
Larry Wiegel was high for the Wildcats with 13 points.
KU never trailed in the first half,
once leading by as many as seven
points (21-14 with 7:25 remaining).
The Wildcats rallied late in the half
and the score was 28-all at the half.
The Wildcats built their biggest lead, four points, twice late in the second half.
Almost two years ago at this time, Del Lewis of Kansas and Ron Paradis of Kansas State were playing together for Washburn's Rural of Topeka. The Washburn Rural team was on its way then to a Class A high school crown.
The two normally high scorers were on opposing teams last night. Paradis held Lewis to five points; Lewis limited Paradis to eight.
Paradis made only three attempts in the first half, connecting on each.
By Russ Corbitt
Another hot night from the field and a well-balanced scoring attack enabled Sigma Alpha Epsilon to defeat the Cronies, 59-43, last night, and capture the Hill amurcal basketball championship.
The SAE's, led by Jack Galloway and John Williams with 15 and 14 points respectively, connected on 60 per cent of their field goal attempts in each half.
THE SIG ALPHS jumped off to a quick 3-0 lead on two free throws by Williams and one by Gary Noland. Stu Shandalove then closed the gap to 3-2 with a bucket, but
SAE Wins Hill Championship
'B,' 'C' League Finals Today
The Fraternity and Independent "B" and "C" league championships will be decided today in Robinson Gymnasium.
SIGMA CHI NO. 1 meets Beta Theta Pi No. 1 for the Fraternity C championship and the Scrocs play the JRP Jocks for the Independent C championship at 4:15.
Kappa Alpha Psi, led by football star Mike Shinn, meets Beta Theta Pi at 5 p.m. for the Fraternity "B" title.
Yesterday, Kappa Alpha Psi defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon 32-24 and Beta Theta Pi won over Sigma Chi 46-22 to advance to the Fraternity B finals. Perry Pitchlyn was high scorer for Kappa Alpha PSi with 14 points, while John Stone led the SAE's with nine points. Barry McGrath was high for Beta Theta Pi with 12 points while Dodge Engleman led Sigma Chi with nine points
MBA won the Independent B title by defeating the Gunners 25-22. Buxton scored eight points for the victors, and Philip Doherty scored eight for the losers.
Sigma Chi No. 1 defeated Phi Gamma Delta 18-17 and Beta Theta Pi No. 1 defeated Phi Gamma Delta No. 2 to advance to the finals of the Fraternity C tournament. Bob Benz was high man for the Sigs with six points, while John Bumgarner scored five for the losers. Jack Brady was high for the Betas with eight points. Bob Bjorseth scored seven for the losers.
The Scrosc defeated Jolliffe 29-26 and JRP Jocks won over Newman 27-19 in Independent C play yesterday. Steve Bogich was high man for the Scrosc with 12 points; Jim Lucas scored eight for Jolliffe. Bob Gifford was high for the JRP Jocks with nine points.
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Noland hit two more charity tosses to make it 5-2.
The Cronies took the lead, 8-7, on another field goal by Shandalove with three minutes remaining in the first quarter, but the Sig Alphs quickly regained it on a field goal by Galloway.
The Cronies then took their biggest lead of the game 13-9, on two quick baskets by Lee Meyer. They held on to the slim margin and led at the end of the first quarter. 15-13.
THE SAE's tied the score at 19-19 on a field goal by Williams with 3:15 left in the half, and then went ahead on a free throw by John Henderson. They maintained their lead for the remainder of the quarter, and found themselves with a 25-23 halftime advantage.
The Sig Alphs were never behind in the second half, although the Cronies tied the game twice, 27-27 and 29-29, in the third quarter.
The SAE's led, 41-35, going into
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the fourth quarter and outscored the Cronies, 18-8.
BOTH TEAMS were accurate from the free throw line, as SAE hit 21 of 25, and the Cronies connected on 15 of 19 free throw attempts.
Summaries
The easy victory provided a rather anticlimatic finish to the intramural basketball season, following Monday's exciting semifinal action. The Cronies earned their final berth by defeating HIDK, 64-58 in overtime, for the Independent "A" championship, and the SAE's won the fraternity "A" championship by edging Phi Kappa Theta, 57-52. The attendance at the championship tilt was only about half that at the semifinal games.
SAE: Williams, 14; Galloway, 15;
Henderson, 9; Noland,12; Stinson,9.
Cronies: Metcalf, 4; Crank, 3; Berk-
ley, 4; Shandalove, 10; Meyer, 15;
Ragan, 2; Scholl, 2; Manning,2.
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