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NEBRASKA'S FRED HARE
Scoring Record Broken
As Cagers Win Opener
By CHARLES DAVIS
Assistant Sports Editor
Balanced scoring and a
strong first half aided Joe
Cipriano's Nebraska basket
ball team to a record-setting
111-74 win over the Cali
fornia State Titans Monday
night.
The old record of 101
points was set against the
University of Wisconsin in
the 1965 season opener.
The Husker cagers, led by
the shooting of center Bob
Gratopp, forward
Tom
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B a a c k, and guard
Scantlebury, stormed
61-26 halftime margin.
CAL TIRED
When t h e starting
five
rested midway in the
first
half, the reserves continued
Nebraska's onslaught until
the 35 point halftime lead
had been recorded.
Coach Cipriano said the
record scoring performance
could be contributed to Cali
fornia S t a t e's becoming
tired.
"We got to play more
players than they did," he
explained.
GOOD CROWD
Besides the record-scor
Potter
Recruiting
In L.A.
Freshman basket
ball coach Glenn Potter was
scheduled to leave Wednes
day morning on a recruit
ing tour of the Los Angeles
area.
He will join the Husker
varsity team Sunday and
fly with them to Honolulu,
Hawaii where the Huskers
have games scheduled
against the University of Ha
waii Dec. 11 and 13, and a
Dec. 15 date with a U.S.
Service Team.
During Potter's absence
former Husker eager Frank
Empkey, now a graduate
assistant, will coach the
frosh.
Nebraska's freshman
won't see action until the
new year when they meet
the Kansas State Wildcats
at Manhattan Jan. 9.
Cipriano
Picks KU
To Repeat
Nebraska basketball
coach Joe Cipriano has tab
bed Kansas to repeat as
Big Eight kings because "it
returns four of last year's
top five and gains talent
from its freshman ranks."
"The conference should
be as scrap'1" " ever and
with a couple of new
coaches (at Missouri and
Oklahoma) it should be
more than interesting," he
said.
Kansas plays host to the
nationally-rated Louisville
quintet Wednesday at Law
rence's Allen Field House.
outiumps Titan Stu
tory over the California
ing performance Cipriano
was pleased with the crowd
of 5,520 for the Husker
opening game at the Coli
seum. "T h e student support
helps the team," he said.
Cipriano was particularly
pleased with his defense.
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Myers during Monday's 111-74 record setting Nebraska vic
State Titans from Fullerton.
"I felt the half-court press
(a new press established by
the Nebraska coach this
year) helped and set the
tempo of t h e game," he
said.
HUSTLED
"The boys hustled on our
defense, which is an enjoy-
sat
photos by Robert Herrup
. . is Nebraska's Bob
Jon Thompson (23)
Hare (30) and Ken
action.
able defense to watch."
The Husker cage coach
was also happy with several
of his sophomores.
"Ken Cauble, Bob Gra
topp, and Dale Von Seggern
all did a fine job for us."
Cipriano said.
Gratopp tied for scoring
honors with 18 points, Von
Seggern pulled down five
rebounds, and Cauble con
nected for four points.
MORE AGGRESSIVE
"Von Seggern, however,
must be more aggressive on
the boards," he added.
He said the players still
must work on team defense.
"There are special sit
uations we have to work
on." he said. '
Cipriano feels this sea
son's Husker team has
more depth than in the past.
Fifteen players played and
all but three scored.
Sophomore Tom Scantle
bury tied Gratopp for high
scorer with 18 points.
HIT 42 PER CENT
Seniors Tom Baack. Fred
Hare and Stuart Lantz, and
junior Roger Leitner also
scored in double figures.
The smaller Nebraska
team outrebounded the Ti
tans 43-35, (Hare pulled
down 13). while nudging
them in shooting, 42 per
cent to 41 per cent.
California State was also
credited with 24 turnovers
while Nebraska committed
14.
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will he interviewing on campus
December 7, 1967
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Huskers Swamp Coyotes, 94-61
For Second Victory Of Season
The Huskers were as cold
as a December evening dur
ing the first ten minutes
Tuesday night, but once
they found the range they
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By LES HELLBUSCH
Basketball is a distinctly , American game that had
its beginnings in 1891. It has been rapidly increasing
in popularity and has been spreading over many other
countries in recent years.
Despite basketball's recent birth, it is familar to
sports fans and hasn't undergone a major change in
many years.
CHANGE TO COME?
When Dr. Naismith invented the game in 1891, he
arbitrarily set the height of the basket at 10 feet and
there it has remained. In basketball's early days short
men threw the ball at the basket.
Now, big men, with their heads in the rafters, must
be expert bombardiers.
The game is now played for tall men. It is hardly
an excercise in agility, but at times, comes down to
adding the total height of the starting five to decide the
winner.
SEVEN-FOOTERS
Approximately 100 seven-footers will be playing col
lege basketball this season in the United States. Nebras
ka will look at an example of the BIG MAN this sea
son: Kansas State's 7'1" Nick Pino. He is an excellent
rebounder and scorer, by which good basketball players
are judged. He is clumsy.
He will lead Kansas State against tiny Nebraska. If
Kansas State does beat Nebraska this year, it will largely
be due to Nick Pino's efforts.
DOMINATING BUT NO TALENT
Coach Jack McCloskey of Wake Forest commented,
"Basketball is unique in this respect I don't know an
other sport where a player can be so dominating and
actually lack talent."
The solution to the problem, under consideration by
many collegiate coaches, is the 12-foot basket. Big men
with talent would not be serverlv penalized.
A NEW GAME
Pressed by the skills of the little man, a higher hoop
would force big men to learn the game again. Scoring
would depend more on outside shooting ability; the basket
would simply be farther away.
Of course, there are many coaches and other inter
ested people who oppose the change. Those teams which
have a history of tall men would like to see the basket
kept at its present height. Notre Dame' :oach Johnny
Dee, has two 6'9" freshmen on his squad and complains
that the game would be like water polo.
For some reason, UCLA's coach opposes the 12-foot
basket. Who wouldn't with Lew Alcindor on your side and
a national title in your back pocket.
TEST GAMES
Numerous experimental games have been played with
the 2-foot higher basket in this country. From these games, it
has been proven that shooting percentages would vary
little.
The men who would benefit the most would be in
the 6'3" to 67" range. The game would be faster and
possibly better.
Frosh Clobber
Tom B r y a n's shooting
and rebounding helped Ne
braska's freshmen to an
opening 93--67 victory over
the McCook Junior College
Indians Monday night.
The 6'5" forward scored
20 points and hauled down
23 rebounds as the fresh
man rebounded from a 98
67 trouncing the Husker
varsity handed them last
Friday.
"We knew he was a bet
ter shooter than what he
showed at the freshman
varsity game," said satis
fied frosh coach Glenn Pot
ter." Against the experienced
varsity cagers, the former
Fort Recovery, Ohio, high
school standout, who aver
aged almost 30 points per
outing, was held to nine
points and two rebounds.
"I put him on Parson
(Ray) because he works
hard and that's one of the
keys to defense," Potter
said. ,
Although the 6'5" 225
pound Parson, who hails
from Uniontown, Pa., led
the Indians with 22 points,
he was contained when Bry
University of
South Dakota
Coyotes 94-
61.
For a while, it was Tom
Scantlebury against all the
was
an covered him.
"I got most of my points
on offensive rebounds," Bry
an said," and I think I only
shot about six times from
the outside."
Besides Bryan, Potter
said 6'7" center Leroy
Chalk, who pulled down a
team-leading 15' rebounds,
did "an excellent rebound
ing job."
With Chalk's 12 p o i n t s
and guard Cliff Moller's 13
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banged in 10 of Nebraska's
first 14 points as South Da
kota stunned the Huskers
17-10.
But a 56 point second half
and a low 31 points by the
Coyotes gave Nebraska its
second victory against no
losses.
Combined with the 111
points scored against Cali
fornia State Monday night,
the 94 tallies against South
Dakota have boosted Ne
braska into a 102.5 scoring
average.
BALANCED
The Huskers received bal
anced scoring as four start
ers hit in double figures.
Bob Gratopp, a 6'4" cen
ter, hit 10 points in the first
20 minute stanza and scored
11 more to finish as the
game's top scorer with 21
points.
Scantlebury, who pushed
in 15 points in the first half
and rested the second, fin
ished with 17 tallies, while
Tom Baack found the bulls
eye the second half and tal
lied 16 points.
Stuart Lantz also hit two
figures with a 15 point pro
duction. ICE COLD
After hitting 'an ice cold
34 per cent from the field in
the first half on 14 of 41 at
tempts, Nebraska hit 23 of
45 shots the last half and
finished with a respectable
43 per cent shooting mark.
Plagued by 23 turnovers,
the Coyotes ended with a 40
per cent shooting perform
ance with 27 scores in 66
tries.
The smaller Huskers
gathered in 49 rebounds
with Lantz and Gratopp
leading the way with 12
grabs, while South Dakota's
6'6" center Gary Prink
hauled in 14 of the Coyote's
36 rebounds.
The 5.325 Coliseum on
lookers saw Nebraska re
bound from a 17-10 deficit
and begin walking away
when Gratopp sank six field
ers as the Huskers zoomed
into a 38-30 intermission ad
vantage. QUICK BUCKETS
Three quick buckets by
Gratopp, and one each by
Lantz and Scantlebury bul
lied Nebraska into' a 14
point bulge to all but seal
the victory from the Vermil
lion men.
McCook
points, the frosh raced to a
47-30 halftime advantage,
increased the cushion" to 70-
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Brown 4 0-0 8 Beamon
Bryan 9 2-2 21) Benedict
Chalk ... 5 2-3 12 Casey
Dodson ..0 0-0 0 Driscool
Kr'nebsh . 5 0-2 10 Fox
Rearhart . 2 01 4 Gilmore
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Moller .... 4 5-7 13 B. Hansen
Olson 2 0-0 4 Parson
Rathe . 6 0-1 12
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Nebraska Frosh 47 4693
McCook JC 30 3767
Total fouls Nebraska 17. McCook V
Fouled out McCook, Acey.
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The game see-sawed
around a 20 point Nebraska
cushion until Ron Simmons,
a 6'0" guard hit a jump
shot with 3:40 left, starting
an 11-2 Husker streak be
fore the gun sounded.
While the Coyotes were
paced by Prink who scored
16 points and played an ag
gressive game, it was swift
Jack Theeler, who will un
doubtedly end his career at
.Vermillion as the all time
South Dakota University
high scorer, who impressed
the crowd.
The 6'4" forward hit on
seven lengthy fielders for
14 points.
The Huskers committed
just 13 personal fouls hold
ing the northerners to a
mere 7 of 13 performance
from the charity stripe for
a .538 marksmanship aver
age. FOULS
Nebraska took advantage
of 20 of 26 free shots for a
.769 grade.
As in the California State
rout, coach Joe Cipriano
substituted freely, sending
12 Huskers into action and
all but two scored.
The Huskers, will carry
their 102.5 scoring average
westward as they meet
Washington State at Pull
man Friday and Saturday
night.
The Cougars, who placed
second behind NCAA cham
pion UCLA a vear ago in the
AAWU field has a front
line averaging 6'8".
The loss was the third
straight for the North Cen
tral Conference Coyotes,
who dropped earlier games
to Iowa State 103-54 and to
Minnesota GoDhers 85-52.
BOX SCORE
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Damm 1 0 1
Simmons 2 0 2
Wapner 1 1 0
Lantz 7 1 12
Scantlebury 7 3 2
Hare .....1 2 2
Baack 6 4 7
Gratopp 8 5 12
Leitner 2 2 3
Martin 0 0 0
Cauble 0 0 1
Von Seggern 2 2 7
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Prink ...7 2 14
Hamsr ,...7 1 1
Gelow 2 1 2
Theeler 7 0 8
Douse 2 0 1
Josten 0 0 0
Lintz 1 0 1
Foster 1 2 7
Hyde 0 1 2
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47 with 9:42 left to play be
fore finally settling with the
final 26 point decision.
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