K-State closes in on conference crown as second half surge trips Jayhawks By BRUCE CARNAHAN Kansan Sports Editor K-State used a superb full-court press and a strong performance by Bob Zender to come from nine points behind midway in the second half and nip KU, 71-68, Saturday night in Ahearn Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks, playing brilliantly at times, took a narrow 36-32 half time edge and built it into a nine point margin, 51-42, with 10:30 remaining in the game. The K-State press, which had been ineffective in the early part of the game, suddenly began to work and the 'Cats forced the Hawks into some costly mistakes. K-State turned the turnovers into points as they reeled off 14 points in the next three minutes and catapulted to a 56-54 edge. Zender, a 6-7 sophomore forward, sparked the offense as he netted eight points during the sudden Wildcat surge. The 'Hawks rebounded to knot the score at 56-16 and 58-58, but Jerry Venable hit the first of a one-and-one opportunity to put K-State on top for good, 59-58, with 6:22 showing on the clock. After gaining control of the ball again, the 'Cats elected to slow their offense down and look for the unmolested layin. The Jayhawks allowed the K-State guards to toy with the ball for about 30 seconds before Pierre Russell and Bob Kivisto moved out to put pressure on the Wild-cats. But the officials ruled that KU had not put up enough of a defensive challenge and slappel a technical foul on the 'Hawks. The call proved to be crucial as Zender converted the awarded charity. Venable then drove the lane for two layups and the 'Cats had pushed their flimsy one-point edge into a 64-61 advantage with 2:56 left in the contest. Gymnasts cop honors Kansas' gymnasts, dropping from last week's record-shattering form, capped top honors in the Warrensburg meet Friday scoring 152.67 points. Several members of the squad were hit with the flu bug prior to the meet including all-around performer John Brouillette and high bar man Gerald Carley. Brouillette was unable to throw his last routine on the high bar and Carley did not make the trin. But Carley's replacement, freshman Brian Cooper, scored a career high on the high bar with an 8.8. Roger Hemphill edged him out in the same event and hit one of his best routines ever with a 9.1. Kansas finished far ahead of the rest of the field as Ft. Hays State took second and the host school, Central Missouri State, was last. Although the team scored 158 points las. week to set a new school record, their showing Friday was still respectable considering the sickness and not-so-stiff competition, according to coach Bob Lockwood. Dan Bradfield outdistanced his better-known teammate, Stan Clyne, in the floor exercise, 9.0 to 8.8, in one of his best outings, Kirk Gardner, the Jayhawks' stellar ring man and only oncebeaten this year, gave his usual performance, a 9.25, good for another first place. Terry Blanchard and Fred McCracken, working on the parallel bars, finished one-two in that event with 8.95 and 8.65, respectively. Kansas travels to Colorado this weekend for an expected tough visit with CU Friday night and a double dual with Colorado State and Mankato State Saturday. Feb. 16 1970 KANSAN 9 Chet scoops two Chet Lawrence, Jayhawk senior guard, drives between two defenders for a bucket in the second half. Wildcat defenders are Jerry Venable (No. 44) and Jeff Webb (No. 24). Needing the ball, KU was forced to abandon its 1-3-1 trap zone and move into a man-to-man full-court press. But the Wildcats kept their cool, dumped in three quick points, and took a commanding 67-61 lead with a little over 1:30 remaining. KU mustered seven points in a last ditch effort, but the Wildcats countered with a bucket and two free throws to preserve the win Hughes netted 12 in addition to his outstanding floor play. Zender turned his most outstanding night as a Wildcat as he snatched scoring honors for the game with 23 points and held Dave Robisch, the conference's top points maker to only 20—nine below his average. Zender also grabbed 11 rebounds, a high for the Wildcats who enjoyed an enormous 46-30 rebounding edge. Venable followed Zender in scoring with 16 points and Wheeler The Jayhawks outscored K-State from the field, 29-28, but inconsistency at the foul line cost the 'Hawks as they could only manage 10 of 17 charities while K-State dumped home 15 free shots to provide the winning margin. KU placed four starters in double figures headed by Robisch's 20. Russell and Kivisto both canned 14 and Bud Stall-worth added 10 to round out the balanced attack. Roger Brown, who scored 8 points in his first start of the season, and Robisch provided all but six of the 'Hawks rebounds as they each snared 12. 20th anniversary date—feb. 27-28 time—7:58 price—$2.25 - $1.75 tickets on sale— Feb. 17 KU-Y office, information booth on campus, Bell's, the sound, Kief sponsored by KU-Y The victory boosted K-State to a 7-2 record in conference play and all but cinched a Big Eight championship for the Wildcats. KU, Missouri and Nebraska trail K-State in the league standings, but each has four losses and it's very unlikely that they will be able to make up the difference during the final weeks of conference play. The 'Cats, who have a two game advantage over the ROX SCORE | BOA SYSTEM | FG | FT | RB TF | PB | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | KANSAS | 4-12 | 1-2 | 2 | 10 | | Stallworth | 10-12 | 2-5 | 1 | 20 | | Brolsch | 8-19 | 4-13 | 3 | 20 | | Brovich | 4-6 | 0-1 | 12 | 5 | | Russell | 7-11 | 0-1 | 12 | 5 | | Klaviste | 5-15 | 4-6 | 5 | 14 | | Lobisieve | 1-4 | 0-6 | 1 | 24 | | Bobsiliev | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | TEAM 29-59 10-17 30 21 68 K-STATE FG FT RB TP FM Zender 6-9 6-9 11 14 23 Zender 8-14 7-9 11 12 23 Hall 2-9 9-1 8 3 4 Hall 4-11 0-0 6 0 8 Hughes 5-11 1-4 6 13 Lawrence 0-1 1-1 2 2 1 Snider 0-1 1-3 2 1 1 Snider 0-1 1-3 2 1 1 TEAM 28-64 16-27 46 15 74 TEAM 28-64 16-27 46 15 74 The loss virtually killed any KU hopes for a title as it evened the Jayhawks' league record at pack, have only five games remaining, two of them in Manhattan. 4-4. It also marked the fourth consecutive game that conference foes have dealt the Hawks losses on the road. 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