COLLEGE BASKETBALL RECAP
Tuesday, January 17, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
3B
MEN'S SCORES
Oklahoma St. 72, Oklahoma 64
Missouri 67, Kansas State 61
Michigan State 70, Okla. St. 69
Oklahoma 98, Colorado 83
Monday
conference all games
W l pct. W l pct.
Oklahoma 1 1 .500 12 3 .800
Missouri 2 1 .667 12 2.857
Iowa St. 1 1 .500 12 8.676
Kansas 1 **1 .500** 12 **1** .846
Nebraska 1 1 .500 13 3 .813
Colorado 1 1 .500 9 3 .750
Kansas St. 1 2 .333 10 5 .667
Okla. St. 1 1 .000 11 6 .647
Men's Player of the Week
Senior guard Fred Holberg, whose heroes helped Iowa State upped then No. 3 Kansas during the week end, has been named Big Eight player of the week.
Holberg scored a career high 32 points against Kansas. He also had a career high six three pointers in the game.
WOMEN'S SCORES
Okahama 101, Iowa St. 77.
Okahama St. 69. Nebraska 52
Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams argues with an official during the Jayhawks' game against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State senior guard Fred Hoiberg burned Kansas for 32 points and hit 10 of 10 free throws.
Conference has busy weekend
Compiled from The Associated Press.
Tigers beat Wildcats, Sooners beat 'Buffs
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For Kansas State, playing the No. 16 Missouri Tigers was like that office game where you try to throw a wadded-up piece of paper into the wastebasket — sometimes it just won't fall in.
Missouri shot below 40 percent from the field for the second straight game, but that was enough to stop K-State 67-11 in a Big Eight Conference game Saturday at Columbia.
The Wildcats made only 17 percent of their tries at the basket in the first half, and it was the second straight game that Kansas State has reached that level of futility.
"Two nights in a row we shot 17 percent in the first half," K-State coach Tom Asbury said. "That's a nightmare that I don't ever want to relive again. We're not the greatest offensive team, but we have to be a lot better than that."
Missouri basketball coach Norm Stewart just wants to get his players back in school after the winter break.
"A day off is going to help us. School is going to help us." Stewart said. "It doesn't seem like we've ever been in school."
Stewart learned before the game that Marlo Finner had failed to stay eligible academically, ending his Missouri career. The Tigers will play the second half of the season with just nine scholarship players.
"Every team, you go through a session where you just kind of tail off or spiral down a little bit," Stewart said. "You have one of those nights or a period of time when you can't get it together. We're having that difficulty."
Missouri (12-2 overall, 2-1 Big
Eight) made 14 of 16 free throws in the final six minutes to beat the Wildcats (10-5, 1-2).
"We're not the prettiest offensive team at times." Asburs said.
In other Big Eight games, No. 14 Iowa State upset No. 7 Kansas 69-65, Oklahoma defeated Colorado 98-83 and Oklahoma State dropped a last-second decision to Michigan State 70-69.
Nebraska did not play.
Daimon Beathea hit a three-pointer with 7.5 seconds left as 11th-ranked Michigan State edged Oklahoma State (10-6, 0-1) in East Lansing.
Ryan Nain scored 34 points and hit a career-high six three-pocket baskets for Oklahoma (12-2, 1-0). Colorado's best player, Donnie Boyce, picked up three first-half fouls and was not a factor for the Buffers (9-3, 1-1).
Oklahoma's John Oustes hit a three-pointer when Colorado got within six late in the game and then added a couple of free throws.
"I think every team has a best player, and it's pretty clear who ours is," Oklahoma basketball coach Kelvin Sampson said. "But I think every team also has a glue.
"And the glue to our basketball team is John Onges."
Huskies beat Lady Vols in battle of unbeatens
The Associated Press
STORRS, Conn. — Kara Wolters scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half, and Jen Rizzotti had 17 points to lead a poised offense as No. 2 Connecticut beat top-ranked Tennessee 77-66 in a battle of unbeatens yesterday.
Tennessee, frustrated by tumors the entire game, never got closer than five points in the second half. The last time came when Dana Johnson's
Rizzotti scored 10 points as Connecticut took a 41-33 halftime lead. The Huskes, using a mix of man-to-man defense and a two-three zone, held the Lady Vols to 12-of-34 shooting in the first half.
layup made it 58-53 with 9:26 left.
The Huskies played most of the second half with Rebecca Lobo in foul trouble. They remained poised down the stretch even after Lobo left the game with her fifth personal with about five minutes left and the Huskies ahead 52-47.
Wolters was a key as Connecticut milked the clock while Lobo sat with four fouls. Wolters scored 10 points after Lobo was charged with her fourth foul with nearly 14 minutes left.
Lobo scored 13 points before fouling out, and Nykesha Sales and Jamelle Elliot each had 12 as Connecticut won its 28th straight game at
home.
Dana Johnson led the Vols with 14 points. Michelle Marciani scored 12 and Latina Davis and Nikki McCray each had 10.
The Huskies piled onto the floor after the game as the fans chanted, "We're No.1."
Connecticut had two key runs in the first half. After Tiffan Johnson's layup gave Tennessee a 6-5 lead, its last, the Huskies ran off 10 consecutive points while holding the Volunteers scoreless for four minutes.
Tennessee ended its drought with about 13 minutes left in the half with McCray's two free throws, and cut it to 20-16 on Dana Johnson's
turnaround jumper with 9:28 left in the first half.
But Connecticut responded with a 7-0 run over the next 31/2 minutes. Rizzotti sparked the run with a driving layup. The Huskies then took a 27-16 lead, their biggest of the half, when Rizzotti fed Carla Berube for a fastbreak layup.
There were unconfirmed reports that tickets for the game were being sold for up to $250. But scalpers outside Gampel Pavilion said the most they were getting was $40. The game was a sellout weeks ago.
It also attracted a large media contingent, with more than 100 credentials issued.
Easy games remain for UMass
The Associated Press
"We're not going to play 20 games like this," coach John Calipari said after Saturday night's 93-60 victory over No.25 Pennsylvania.
AMHERST, Mass. — Massachusetts marches on. On a day when two top five teams faltered, the No. 1 Minutemen rose to one of their best performances of the season.
They may not have to.
Six of the other eight Atlantic 10 teams have at least five losses.
So, they should have little trouble against Rhode Island (4-8) in their
next game Thursday night.
Massachusetts had some rough stretches in winning its three games since regaining the No. 1 spot last week.
The Minutemen overcame a four point overtime deficit for a win at St. Bonaventure (now 7-7) Tuesday night and led Rutgers by only three points at halftime last Thursday.
Considering their mediocre remaining schedule, the Minutemen can keep winning without a 40-minute display of inside domination, outside shooting and suffocating defense like the one that flustered the Quakers.
Arkansas falls to Moochie Norris
The Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. — For a team trying to rebuild its reputation, there's nothing like defeating the defending national champions.
Moochie Norris and Lance Weems each made five three-point baskets, and Auburn survived fierce second-half pressure to send No. 5 Arkansas to its worst loss since joining the Southeastern Conference, 104-90 Saturday.
"Can we just stop here?" asked Auburn's giddy first-year coach, Cliff Ellis.
The Tigers (9-4, 2-2) are coming off
their fifth losing season in six years, having gone 11-17 overall and 3-13 in the SEC last season.
Arkansas (13-3, 2-2 SEC) is the first national champion to return all five starters since UCLA in 1967.
The Razorbacks lost earlier this season to Massachusetts and Mississippi and were coming off a scary 79-74 victory over Mississippi State in which they blew an early 19-point lead.
"We make it harder than it has to be," Arkansas guard Scotty Thurman said. "We have the best power player in the nation, and sometimes we don't look for him enough."
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