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Thursday, February 10, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Douglas, KU can't catch Tigers
Staff photo by GEORGE MILLENER
By GARY VICE
Sports Editor
MU's Kim Anderson leaps to stop Milt Gibson
COLUMBIA, Mo—John Douglas led his teammates on a chase of the Big Eight and the Missouri tigers but MU's Kim Anderson wasn't caught last night.
The two performers both fired in career scoring highs to pace their teams, as the Tigers retained their conference leadership with an 87-79 victory over the Hawks before a near-capacity crowd in Hearnes Multipurpose Center.
Missouri, 8-2 in conference play and 18-4 over all, has won 36 of its last 37
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contests and is in a commanding position for its second consecutive championship
Kansas, 64 and 15-7 overall, fell out of a four-way tie for second place by losing into a fourth place with Nebraska. Oklahoma and Kansas State, both winners last night, follow the Tigers with 7-3 conference records.
Douglas almost single-handedly kept the Jayhawks in the game with scoring spikes of 11 and 12 straight KU points. He finished with 34 for the game.
The game score was tied nine times in the closely contested game, with the last tie winning. The team dorsum had mounted the score with the tip-in at that point and then he went on to score his team's next eight in building up a six-point lead before fouling out with 33 seconds to go.
Yet his main adversary, Anderson, turned in two 19-point halves for a commanding 38 points, which eclipsed his 35-27 Oklahoma State just four nails earlier.
Kansas coach Ted Owens billed KU's inability to hold onto a 70-47 lead as the
It was all over for the "Hawks by then, according to Anderson, as MU stretched its lead to eight points, its largest of the night for the game's final score.
"We had a chance to do something when we got that three-point lead," Owens said. "It was the first time we had control of the game. I thought we had made a great comeback and we had a chance to win, but we missed the ball over the next three times."
Turnovers aided the 'Hawks the most then, but both teams had been the victim of sloppy play. KU committed 23 turnovers with Mizuari adding 20.
An error-filled opening half, which ended with the Tigers in front 39-36, was not a pout moment for booster shots and violations, poor shooting, fouls and errant passes better depicted Big Eight Grade basketball, by only Anderson and Ken Koenigs absent
Keenigs, who was 6-for-11 from the field in
scoring 14 points, explained the first half of play, saying, "Everyone was playing hard and there was a lot of tension, but we were able to lose up in the second half.
MU coach Norm Stewart was even more critical of his team's play.
"That's not much consolation because our
BIG-fit title was on the line tonight."
"We played poorly." Stewart said. "We were fortunate to win. I'm highly disappointed in the way we played. It doesn't have anything to do with who we played. A veteran ball club shouldn't play that way. It was a terrible game."
The exception - Anderson-was enough,
as the 6-8 senior center hit 16 of 21,
from the first half.
"When a few start going in," Anderson said, "you start looking at the whole a little more and as along as they fall you keep shooting them."
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| | KANSAE |
| :--- | :--- |
| | PG |
| Johnson | 4-12 |
| Kellogg | 4-12 |
| Kentoga | 6-11 |
| Kenanga | 11-80 |
| Houston | 13-80 |
| Houser | 10-9 |
| Iowa | 5-10 |
| Gibson | 3-4 |
| Glenn | 3-4 |
| Garrett | 0-1 |
| Barbosee | 0-1 |
| 27-78 | 15-21 | R | PP | Pd |
| 8-12 | 0-1 | F | 3-4 | Pd |
| 8-12 | 0-1 | F | 3-4 | Pd |
| 8-12 | 0-1 | F | 3-4 | Pd |
| 8-12 | 0-1 | F | 3-4 | Pd |
| 8-12 | 0-1 | F | 3-4 | Pd |
| 8-12 | 0-1 | F | 3-4 | Pd |
| 27-78 | 15-21 | R | 4-1 | Pd |
| 27-78 | 15-21 | R | 4-1 | Pd |
| 27-78 | 15-21 | R | 4-1 | Pd |
| | Setback DRA | | Setback DRA | | Setback DRA |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kennedy | 3-1 | 6-1 | 11 | 4 | 11 |
| Johnson | 2-1 | 3-1 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| Anderson | 1-1 | 8-1 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| Cox | 1-1 | 8-1 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| Draw | 2-4 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Drive | 2-4 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Drury | 1-4 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dryy | 1-4 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 39-47 | 19-47 | 19 | 18 | 87 |
MISSISSIPHI  89  82 - 87
ALbany 19.607
'Cats, Sooners win, tie for 2nd
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Larry Dassie's 28 points led Kansas State to a 67-42 victory over Nebraska last night in Manhattan. In other Big Eight action, Larry Dassie scored 10 goals and Colorado nined Iowa State, 64-63.
Evans, bothered by the flu, hit his first five shots while Dessie sank nearly every shot he took in the second half. Together they hit 20 of 27 field goals.
Lasse scored 10 of his points during a 15-3 spurt by the Wildcats that gave him a 55-47 lead with 8:08 left to play. K-State guard Mike Evans helped out with 22 points.
At normal, center AI Beal poured in 20 points and had 11 rebounds to lead the Sooners. The score was tied 14 times in the first half, and Oklahoma was ahead 28-25 at篮球.
The Sooners were ahead only 45-44 with nine minutes to play, but they dominated the Cowboys the rest of the way. Olus Thompson of Oklahoma State's leading rookie with 16.
Thei victories gave K-State and Oklahoma 7-3 records in the Big Eight and a tie for second place. Nebraska, now 64, is tied with K for fourth place.
Moore said he thought it was too early to say whether he was completely satisfied with the outcome of the signings because many prospective players intended to stay uncommitted until Feb. 16, National letter-of-intent day.
Two of the state's top high school quarterbacks, Steve Smith and Frank Wattelte, were among those who committed themselves on Tuesday. That was the first day in which he won six games with letters of intent, which prevent them from attending any other conference school.
Moore said he thought the two recent changes in the football coaching staff had no impact.
Smith, of Emporia, is an all-stater who led his team to an undefeated season and the Class A-4 state championship. Watelet won two games in offense. Both are 6 feet 1, 185 pounds.
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The University of Kansas' head football coach Bud Moore said yesterday that the majority of KU's recruiting prospects were still uncompleted, but a report in the Topeka Capital-Journal said eight players signed letters of intent with the University.
KU signs two top quarterbacks
effect in one situation or two where the player was a friend of or had a close connection to one of the former coaches. But the majority of players choose an institution on the basis of more factors than just the coaching staff."
Kansas State won seven letters of intent from high school players. None were allstars.
Other players signing letters of intent with KU were: Donald Hicks of Wyandotte, a 6-foot-2, 159-pound lineman; David Lawrence, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound lineman from Parsons Foundation and Bendell Fulkback from Rockhurst in Kansas City, Mo.; Bob Lowrey from Wichita Heights, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound lineman, Tom Morrison from Winnetown High School in Kansas City, Mo., a 6-foot-4, 215-pound lineman; and Bob Whitten of Bendell Fulkback from Rockhurst. In addition to Smith, Lawrence and Hicks were also all-state selections.
According to the paper's report, neither KU nor K-State was able to attract the two players considered to be the top prospects in the Shawnee Mission school districts.
Jeff Gaylord of Shawnee Mission South and Jay Jeffrey of Shawnee Mission West
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Missouri . 8 2
Kansas State . 7 3
Oklahoma . 3 2
KANSAS . 6 4
Nebraska . 6 4
Colorado . 2 0
Oklahoma State . 2 8
Iowa State . 2 8
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—All the spectators who come to the Hearns Multipurpose Center last night to see a rough and tumble game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Missouri Tigers had to settle for a shooting between John Douglas and Kim Anderson.
Anderson and company won the battle but Douglas kept KU in the game by scoring 26 of his career high 34 points in the second half, highlighting 12 of the last 14 points for the Hawks.
However, there was no fighting last night except for the shooting contest between Douglas and Anderson. Anderson scored a goal at 87-74 victory over the Jayhawks.
The contest, the third meeting of the season between the two schools, was to be a continuation of the intense rivalry that grew more intense after the Jan. 15 meeting of the teams in Allen Field House. In that game, a fight broke out in the first half, and Donnie VonMoore and Jim Kennedy were ejected.
both signed letters of intent to attend Missouri. Gaylord, a 5-100t, 21boun lineman, had narrowed his choices to KU and MU but Kansas was never in the run for Jeffrey, who picked Missouri over Baylor.
After scoring eight points in the first half,
Douglas came out shooting, and from 14:28
on, Douglas had the hot hand on the KU
offense.
Kansas wasn't out of the game until well into the final minutes, however, and the main reason for KU's staying power was Douglas.
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"It was just a lucky night," he said after the game. "I think I get up better for them (Missouri) than anybody else in the concession." We play Missouri, I always set up."
Douglas has demonstrated his ability to get up against Missouri this season in previous meetings with the Tigers. In the finals of the Big Eight Holiday Tournament, he scored 25 points in the Jan. 13 meeting in Lawrence, he had 25 points, which was his career high.
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He broke that record last night, though, hitting on 13 of 20 field goals from all over the court and eight of 10 free throws. He also led the team in rebounding with 10.
"For some reason, I get the open shots against them better." Douglas said. "And when I get 'em, I just put 'em up."
Douglas kept getting the open shots and
Kansas coach Ted Owens said, "We wanted to get John open as much as possible. He has good moves that cause people to foul him. I was really hoping John would miss the shot and fouled so we could get to the free throw line.
the rest of the Kansas players kept feeding him the ball.
KU, now 9-13, will have its hands full with 8-5 center Candy Rangler, according to KU coach Marian Washington. Rangler is a two-time All-Star and is an impressive player, she said.
"Then we could score and put in the press without having to call time out. I think I had
Forwards Marilyn Carlson, CMSU's all-time leading scorer, and Taffy Anderson lead the Jenkins, 154, in scoring with 16 points. Carlson scored over 50 per cent of its shots from the field.
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Jouglas said that during the last minutes he was going to the bucket to get a score when he came back.
The KU women's basketball team hosts Central Missouri State University in the only meeting of the season between the two schools at 7 tonight in Allen Field House.
"I didn't think I had that many," he said.
"They were just falling."
But there was at least one person who
same surprise with Douglas's performance.
"I was going for the goal," he said. "If it
the open shot, I put it up. But if I
the open shot, I put it up."
KU women play CMSU tonight
Douglas was surprised at his performance, though.
"Against our defense, that's (34 points) not much," Missouri coach Norm Stewart said. "That will make him feel good. If we play once more, he'll get 50."
"Our main objective on defense will be to clog the middle and force Rangler's teamsmates to take outside shots," Washington said. "We will also have to limit the number of shots CMSU will be able to take with our defense."
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