Cowboys first on agenda
'Hawks begin roadswing to Oklahoma
Now that K-State clinched the Big Eight title with a 79-69 win over Colorado last night, the KU Jayhawks will venture to Stillwater to strengthen their hold on the conference's runner-up spot when they clash with Oklahoma State State afternoon.
The talented Hawks, unbeaten at home but just like everybody else on the road, visit the Cowboys for a regionally-televised game in Gallagher Hall. Tip-off is 2:10.
The Jayhawks, 15-8 on the year,
stand 6-5 in the league. KU is 6-0
at home and 0-5 on the road in
the conference. Henry Iba's Cowboys are 13-1 overall and 4-7 in the Big Eight.
Leading the 'Hawks will be junior Dave Robisch, the Big Eight's leading scorer with a 28 point average and the second place league rebounder with a 13.0 average. Robisch, a 6-9 southpaw, banked in 31 points against the Cowboys earlier in the season—the most points allowed by the Pokes to an individual this season.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Cowboys in Allen Field House, will once again start at the post position. Senior captain Chet Lawrence and Bob Kivisto, who turned in one of his better performances in Tuesday's conquest of Missouri, will hold down the backcourt for the 'Hawks.
Pierre Russell, 6-3 junior, and the club's second top rebounder next to Robisch, will start at the other forward position. Roger Brown, who grabbed 10 rebounds in the 69-58 KU victory over the
Coach Iba will stay with his usual lineup of Rick Cooper and Bob Buck up front with Paul Mullen at center and Sparky Grober and John Robinson at the guard spots.
O-STATE Po-
Cooper (6-5) F
Buck (6-6) F
Mullen (6-7) C
Grober (5-10) G
Robinson (6-2) G
BOERS
KANSAS
Robishie (6-9)
Russell (6-3)
Brown (6-10)
Lawrence (6-1)
Kivisto (6-0)
Robisch moves towards league scoring mark
KANSAS CITY (UPI) Kansas' Dave Robisch's lead in the Big Eight basketball scoring derby is about as safe as Kansas State's bulge in the conference race.
Robish had a 63-point edge over runnerup Cliff Meely of Colorado, who is scoring at a 21-point clip in as many contests.
Statistics released by the conference office Wednesday and based on league games only shows the Jayhawks' burly 6-9 junior pivot carrying a 26.7 average through 11 games.
son and Grober have chalked up 10.2 and 8.6 averages respectively. Mullen, the team's tallest starter standing at 6-7, has totaled 234 points for a 10.1 average.
The only other Big Eight cager averaging 20 or more points is Oklahoma's Garfield Heard with a 20.3 mark.
Other individual statistical leaders include Iowa State's Bill Cain in rebounding with a 15.6 average, Iowa State's Gene Mack in field goal shooting with a .585 percentage and Missouri's Doug Johnson, who is sinking better than 85 per cent of his free throws.
K-State, which holds a three-game bulge over Kansas in the Conference race with only three games remaining, is the team leader in rebounds. The Wildcats are averaging 55.2 per cent of the caroms.
Other team leaders include Nebraska, hitting 46 per cent of its field goal shots, and Oklahoma State in free throw shooting with a .755 percentage.
Cooper tops the Cowboys in the scoring column with a 12.4 average but he is followed closely by Buck who sports a 12.3 points per game mark. Buck was OSU's top scorer against the Jayhawks in Allen Field House when he netted 15 points. He also led the team in rebounds for the season with 182 caroms in 23 encounters
BIG EIGHT STATISTICS CONFERENCE GAMES ONLY Scoring
Player and School | G | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | TP | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Dave Robisch, C. Kansas | 11 | 103 | 213 | 88 | 114 | 294 | 26.7 |
| Cliff Meely, F. Colorado | 11 | 78 | 211 | 75 | 109 | 231 | 21.0 |
| Cliff Meely, F. Colorado | 11 | 78 | 211 | 75 | 109 | 231 | 21.0 |
| Bill Cain, C. Iowa State | 11 | 65 | 157 | 71 | 60 | 201 | 16.8 |
| Tom Scantlebury, G. Nebraska | 11 | 65 | 133 | 44 | 61 | 174 | 15.8 |
| Pierre Russell, F. Kansas | 11 | 65 | 134 | 43 | 50 | 163 | 14.8 |
| Pierre Russell, F. Kansas | 11 | 65 | 134 | 43 | 50 | 163 | 14.8 |
| Gordon Tope, G. Colorado | 12 | 56 | 140 | 46 | 65 | 158 | 14.4 |
| Henry Smith, C. Missouri | 12 | 56 | 138 | 43 | 52 | 172 | 14.3 |
| Henry Smith, C. Missouri | 12 | 56 | 138 | 43 | 52 | 172 | 14.3 |
| Rick Cochran, K. Kansas State | 11 | 67 | 148 | 25 | 46 | 157 | 14.3 |
| Rick Cochran, K. Kansas State | 11 | 67 | 148 | 25 | 46 | 157 | 14.3 |
| Bob Buck, F. Oklahoma State | 11 | 53 | 116 | 39 | 49 | 147 | 13.2 |
| Don Tomlinson, F. Missouri | 12 | 43 | 92 | 62 | 79 | 148 | 12.3 |
| Don Tomlinson, F. Missouri | 12 | 43 | 92 | 62 | 79 | 148 | 12.3 |
| Paul Gender, F. Kansas State | 11 | 46 | 98 | 41 | 53 | 133 | 12.1 |
| Paul Gender, F. Kansas State | 11 | 51 | 109 | 31 | 53 | 133 | 12.1 |
| Scott Martin, G. Oklahoma | 11 | 35 | 90 | 53 | 71 | 123 | 11.2 |
| Dave Collins, F. Iowa State | 11 | 51 | 147 | 31 | 38 | 123 | 11.1 |
Rebounding
Sharp-shooting guards Robin-
| Player and School | G | RBDS | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Bill Cain, C, Iowa State | 12 | 187 | 15.6 |
| Cliff Moody, F, Colorado | 11 | 117 | 13.6 |
| Dave Robisch, C, Kansas | 11 | 139 | 12.6 |
| Garfield Heard, F, Oklahoma | 10 | 106 | 10.6 |
| Leroy Chalk, C, Nebraska | 10 | 115 | 10.5 |
| Pierre Russell, F, Kentucky | 11 | 102 | 9.3 |
| Henry Smith, C, Missouri | 10 | 92 | 8.3 |
| Jim Creighton, C, Colorado | 11 | 91 | 8.3 |
| David Hull, C, Kansas State | 11 | 88 | 8.0 |
| Aaron Jenkins, F, Texas State | 11 | 82 | 7.8 |
| Chuck Jura, F, Nebraska | 11 | 85 | 7.7 |
| Clifford Ray, C, Oklahoma | 11 | 84 | 7.6 |
The conference crown was the Wildcats' ninth in the past 15 years.
MANHATTAN (UPI) — Jerry Venable scored 31 points Thursday night in leading Kansas State University to a 79-69 basketball victory over Colorado and the Big Eight Conference championship.
Wildcats win to clinch title
8 KANSAN Feb. 27
1970
Kansas State jumped off to an early 25-17 lead but Colorado pulled to within one point and went in to the dressing room at the half a 36-35 underdog.
In the second stanza, the lead changed hands freely with K-
State grabbing a 54-47 advantage late in the going. But with 5:32 to go, Cliff Meely and Gordon Tope brought CU to within one at 60-59. Seconds later, Meely fouled out and Kansas State waltzed in for the Big Eight title.
The victory gave the Wildcats a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regionals at Lawrence.
Tope and Meely combined for 43 points to pace Colorado.
The home court win was Kansas State's 16th straight and left the Wildcats at 10-2 in the league and 19-5 for the season. Colorado dropped to 5-7 in Big Eight play and 12-12 for the year.
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