Gain first conference road win
Jayhawks overpower Oklahoma State
By DON BAKER
STILLWATER — The Kansas Jayhawks, behind the scoring and rebounding of Roger Brown and Dave Robisch, gained their first conference road victory of the season Saturday by blasting Henry Iba's Oklahoma State Cowboys, 78-58.
The regionally televised game saw the Jayhawks strengthen
their meaningless hold on second place in the conference as they pushed their season record to 16-8 overall and 7-5 in the conference.
The Cowboys controlled the game tempo for the first nine minutes as they built a 14-10 lead. Coach Ted Owens then replaced conference scoring leader Robisbich with sophomore Bud Stallworth and KU responded by scoring the next 10 points to take a 20-14 lead with 8:25 remaining
in the half. Brown led the Jayhawk surge with six straight points.
Robisch returned to the floor to pace Javahawks scoring the remainder of the half as KU took a 35-28 half time lead. The 6-9 Springfield, Ill. junior hit 10 points during the last eight minutes of the half.
By intermission both Robisch and Brown had scored 13 points but just as important the two big men had combined to haul down 15 rebounds, 4 more than the entire OSU squad.
KU struck quickly in the second half as Aubrey Nash's driving layup and a Pierre Russell 20-foot shot propelled the lead to 11, 39-28, with 18:53 remaining.
The Cowboys managed to play even with the Hawks for the next six minutes before a 15 foot jump shot by Bud Stallworth with 12:27 left started a Jayhawk explosion of 11 straight points and a resulting 59-39 lead with a little more than 10 minutes remaining to play.
KU maintained the margin for the next six minutes before OSU, behind Rick Cooper's three
straight jump shots and John Robinson's two free throws, made the score 70-56 with 2:41 showing on the clock.
Two KU sophomores, Neal Mask and Bob Kivisto, took charge at this point with both getting four points in the time remaining to make the final score 78-58.
Robisch and Brown ended the game with 24 and 22 points respectively. Russell added 13 and Stallworth came off the bench to get 8.
Cooper paced OSU scoring with 14 points.
The Jayhawks enjoyed one of their better shooting games as they finished with 58 per cent accuracy from the field while connecting on 77 per cent of their free throw attempts.
KU dominated rebounding throughout the game as the Jayhawks finished with 40 compared to the Cowboy's 21. Brown, a 6-10 Chicago junior, grabbed 17 to pace all rebounders. Many of Brown's rebounds came off the defensive boards as he repeatedly denied the Cowboys more than one shot at the basket.
In an interview after the game Owens said with a laugh that it felt good to win on the road.
"This was a good game for our confidence," he said. "Nash and Stallworth came back and Brown
continues to get stronger, proving he can be effective."
"If we can win the next two it will give us great confidence for next year," he said.
The game marked the last meeting between Owens and Henry Iba, the Cowboy's immortal coach who will retire after this season.
Gymnasts muscle by Cornhuskers
The KU gymnastics team, behind seven 9.0 or better performances, easily defeated Nebraska Saturday afternoon 158.50 to 144.20.
Terry Blanchard, Ulysses sophomore, Stan Clyne, Wichita junior, and John Brouillette, Wichita junior, combined for a score of 27.00 to establish a team record in the parallel bars. Blanchard won the event with a score of 9.05 followed by Cline's 9.00 and Brouillette's 8.95.
In winning KU established two team records.
The Jayhawks have now won 10 straight dual matches since losing their opener to highly regarded Iowa State.
Coach Bob Lockwood said he was particularly pleased with this record because Marc Joseph, Lawrence freshman, was right behind Brouillette with an 8.90 score.
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