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Clutch free throwing and smooth playmaking by Mark Williams carried the KU freshman basketball team to a 95-86 triumph over scrapy Metropolitan Junior College Monday night.
Williams, a fiery 5-10 guard from Denver, experienced an unusually cold night from the field but his fine floor play and free throwing more than made up for his lack of shooting consistency. Williams connected on 19-21 free throws and hit 15 straight during one stretch of the
Track team captures title
Outstanding efforts by Kari Salb and Jan Johnson enabled KU to capture a team championship Saturday in the Oklahoma City Invitational indoor track meet.
KU, K-State and Oklahoma State nabbed the top three team positions in the Big Eight dominated meet. The Hawks, NCAA indoor champions a year ago, ran up 68 points in overwhelming the other entries. K-State was a distant runner-up with 40 points and Oklahoma State followed closely behind with 33.
Salb grabbed a first in the shot put competition with a toss of 66 feet, 10 inches. The heave, which topped his previous indoor best, shattered the meet mark by more than three feet. The Jayhawks' other standout shot putter, Steve Wilhelm, finished third.
Johnson soared 16-6 to nose out Bob Segren for the pole vault title. The vault was also a career best for Johnson.
The 'Hawks picked up their final first place finish in the mile relay. Their winning time of 3:15.5 tied the meet record set by Texas last year.
Eric Harris, Oklahoma State senior, turned in the meet's top individual performance by taking firsts in both the 60-yard dash and the 300-yard run. The slender Cowboy shattered meet marks in each event and his :05.9 clocking in the 60-yard event equalled the world indoor record. By streaking to a :30.4 time in the 300-yard run, Harris was also able to tie the American record that he matched during the preliminaries.
game to finish with a game high 27 points.
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Randy Canfield and Mike Bossard provided ample inside scoring punch and led the Jayhawks to a commanding 58-45 rebounding edge over the shorter Metropolitan quintet. Canfield tallied 25 points and 17 rebounds and Bossard netted 19 points and pulled down 20 rebounds, high for both teams.
The young Hawks jumped to an early lead and coasted to a 46-32 half time advantage. Bossard spearheaded the opening period spurt by tossing in 15 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
But Bossard and Canfield ran into foul trouble early in the final stanza and Metropolitan used a full court press to steadily cut the deficit during their absences. With only 27 seconds remaining in the contest, Williams connected on both ends of a one-and-one to give KU a 93-86 advantage and preserve the victory for the Jayhawks.
Bob Jones and Zachary Townsend paced the Metropolitan scoring attack with 23 and 22 points respectively.
The victory was achieved without the services of Leonard Gray, highly regarded frosh forward from Kansas City Sumner. Gray took place in the pre-game drills but didn't return from the locker room for the start of the contest. Coach Sam Miranda, handling the freshmen in the absence of coach Gale Catlett, gave no explanation for Gray's absence.
The frosh are now 6-1 on the year, with their lone blemish being an 82-65 setback to Missouri. KU will meet Kansas City Junior College February 9.
2 lose eligibility
Two members of the University of Kansas track squad are academically ineligible for second semester competition, it was announced today as classes began for the spring term.
The two athletes are Thorn Bigley, a junior middle distance runner from San Diego, and sophomore Bob Bornkessel, a hurdler-spinner from Shawnee Mission, Kan.
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