Robisch, Cain nearing Big 8 scoring, rebounding marks
With five games to go, there appears to be little doubt but what KU's Dave Robisch, who is clipping along at a record scoring pace of 28.3 points a game, will replace Colorado's Cliff Meely as the Big Eight Conference's leading scorer.
Now, Robisch's real race is against the record book since it seems virtually impossible for Meely, a junior like Robisch, to overtake the Jayhawk. Meely, who has only four games left, is averaging a very respectable 20.7 a game, but is still 48 points of Robisch's total for one less game.
If Robisch could continue his fantastic scoring pace, he'd replace another KU great, Wilt Chamberlain, as the man with the best average for Conference games, and move past still another Jayhawk, Walt Wesley, to become the most prolific scorer for league games. Wesley carded 377 in 1965. Robisch has 255 so far this season. Even a drop in per game average to 25 points will get him that mark.
Chances are that if Robisch does move past Wesley on the single-season chart, he'll also wreck another Wesley record—most field goals during a league season. Wesley got 150 his big year, while Robisch has already rammed home 91 so far this season.
While Robisch is moving in on the scoring record, Iowa State's Bill Cain is quickly closing in on single-season rebounding marks. Cain, who has three games left, leads the Big Eight with his 15.2 average, a little more than is needed for him to slip past the seasonal high hung up by KU's Bill Bridges of 211. Cain has 167 to date.
Cain has now shoved his full season total to 333, another 22 will move him by former teammate Don Smith for the all-time high Cyclone lead and put him in position to crack the top three on the seasonal chart. To do that, he'll have to grab off 53 caroms in the last three games, giving him a 386 total, one more than Bridges had in 1960.
The slender Cyclone leader has already moved to fourth on the Big Eight's career rebounding list with his 893 total—the 12 he got in his last game shoved him past
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K-State's Jack Parr. It will take some kind of board work, though, for Cain to move any higher. Third ranked Bill Stauffer of Missouri had 964 during his three years.
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For the first time this season,
there aren't new leaders in the two shooting proficiency ratings. Nebraska's Sam Martin still rules from the field with his 54.4 percentage, while Missouri's Doug Johnson is still best at the line with an 88.6 per clip.
Big '8' Statistics
CONFERENCE GAMES ONLY
| Player and School | G | Season | FGA | FGA | FT | FTA | TP | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Robisch, KU | 9 | 91 | 183 | 73 | 95 | 255 | 28.3 | |
| Meely, Colo | 10 | 70 | 191 | 63 | 99 | 207 | 20.7 | |
| Heard, Colo | 8 | 10 | 121 | 68 | 54 | 194 | 17.5 | |
| Gall, Iowa State | 11 | 59 | 140 | 69 | 94 | 187 | 17.0 | |
| Jenkins, Iowa State | 11 | 64 | 139 | 38 | 62 | 166 | 15.1 | |
| Russe, NW | 9 | 53 | 103 | 28 | 43 | 155 | 14.1 | |
|杖渡burg, NU | 9 | 50 | 102 | 19 | 43 | 133 | 14.0 | |
| Tope, Colo | 10 | 50 | 125 | 41 | 58 | 141 | 14.1 | |
| Tomilinson, MU | 10 | 43 | 84 | 51 | 70 | 138 | 13.8 | |
| Cooper, Okla. State | 10 | 43 | 115 | 28 | 41 | 138 | 13.8 | |
| Cooper, Okla. State | 10 | 36 | 74 | 63 | 88 | 135 | 13.5 | |
| Venable, K-State | 10 | 56 | 131 | 21 | 40 | 131 | 13.1 | |
| Vender, K-State | 10 | 56 | 131 | 21 | 40 | 131 | 13.1 | |
| Buck, Okla. State | 10 | 45 | 102 | 35 | 45 | 126 | 12.6 | |
| Coleman, Colo | 10 | 45 | 90 | 26 | 40 | 124 | 11.4 | |
| Martin, Okla. | 9 | 30 | 76 | 42 | 57 | 102 | 11.3 | |
| Hall, Kansas City | 9 | 41 | 99 | 19 | 26 | 101 | 11.2 | |
| Hall, K-State | 10 | 46 | 93 | 19 | 34 | 111 | 11.1 | |
Player and School G
Cain, Iowa State 11
Roblisch, Kansas 9
Meely, Colorado 10
Heard, Oklahoma 8
Chalk, Nebraska 9
Ray, Oklahoma 9
Russell, Kansas 11
Jenkins, Iowa State 9
Hall, Kansas State 10
Creighton, Colorado 10
Smith, Missouri 10
RBDS Avg.
167 15.2
117 13.0
127 12.7
184 10.5
84 10.3
77 8.6
76 8.4
91 8.3
85 8.3
80 8.0
80 7.8
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