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Frosh rally behind Bossard, avenge early loss to Mizzou
Mike Bossard, 6-6 forward, led the KU freshmen from behind to avenge an early season 82-65 beating at the hands of the Mizzoz froush as the Hawks stormed past MU in the match 89-68 last night in Allen Field House.
Bossard, who was held to seven points in the first half, finished the game with 28 to lead the Hawks. He also grabbed 15 rebounds, blocked several shots and stole the ball a number of times.
Missouri jumped to an early lead behind the shooting of 6-7 Bill Foster. Their biggest lead came at 11:50 in the first half when Jerry Stock hit a short jumper to run the score to 23-10.
KU came charging back with the not shooting of Randy Canfield and Mark Williams. They combined for 20 of the Jayhawks 26 points during the last 10 minutes of the first half. The score at halftime stood 42-38 with Missouri leading.
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KU battled back in the second half with Bossard leading the way with a 10 for 10 performance from the field as he put the Jay-hawks ahead for the first time with a lay-up with 10:23 left in the game.
The remainder of the game was almost all KU. Missouri became rattled and threw the ball away several times and failed to score for five minutes as KU jumped to an eight point lead.
All of Missouri's hopes of winning ended during the last two minutes with Mark Williams dribbling out the clock and drawing fouls. He hit seven free throws in the last two minutes.
KU with an outstanding hustling performance. The 6-6 forward was all over the court, stealing the ball, grabbing rebounds and scoring points. His 28 points were the second highest total of the season for him.
Bossard showed the way 101
This victory pushed the freshman season record to 9-2 overall and nine in a row at home.
MISSOURI
| | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | TURN | PF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Tomlinson | 0-4 | 4-4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Johnson, D. | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Smith | 5-11 | 0-6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| Franks | 1-7 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pike | 5-12 | 0-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Holmhock | 1-3 | 1-7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Kundock | 2-6 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Maurer | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Flaker | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Griffin | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Allen | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-52 | 11-18 | 33 | 24 | 27 | 45 |
Kansas-Missouri Stats
| CANSAS | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | TURN | PF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Robich | 3-6 | 2-4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Robich | 5-14 | 13-7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Brown | 5-11 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Lawrence | 2-6 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Kivisto | 2-5 | 8-9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Stallworth | 1-5 | 0-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nash | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathews | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-44 | 27-39 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 63 |
Tourneys extends bids today
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) gets a 60-minute beat on the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) Tuesday in extending post-season basketball tournament bids to independent powers.
The 10 independents and eight conference champions make up the nine-game, first-round schedule at six sites March 7. The winners and seven other conference champs move into the East, Mid-east, Midwest and West regionals March 12 and 14.
The NCAA extends at-large invitations to compete in its championship tournament at 9:30 a.m. local time, one hour before NIT bids are tendered in New York.
St. Bonaventure, New Mexico State and Jacksonville—the nation's Nos. 4, 5 and 6-ranked teams in last week's United Press International major college ratings—are among the strong contenders for the NCAA's 10 independent berths. Fifteen conference champions automatically qualify, giving the NCAA championships a 25-team bracket.
Regional titlists advance to the finals March 19 and 21 at the University of Maryland.
First-round games March 7 will be played at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and St.
John's in the East; at Dayton in the Mideast; at Texas Christian University in the Midwest, and at Brigham Young University in the First-round pairings will be announced late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
The East Regional will be played at South Carolina; the Mideast at Ohio State; the Midwest at the University of Kansas, and the West at the University of Washington.
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