6 Wednesday. January 28, 1976 University Dafly Kansan Staff photo by DAVE CRENSHAW Ken Koenigs doubtful starter for tonight's game The Kansas basketball team has yet another problem to add to its growing collection. When the Jayhawks meet the Colorado Buffaloes at 7:30 tonight in Boulder, Colo., KU may be playing without starting forward Ken Koenigs. BY STEVE SCHOENFELD Associate Sports Editor KOENIGS' INJURY DOESN't make it any easier for the Jayhawks to improve their disspointing in 3 Big Eight record and lead the Nets to a playoff win. Missouri are sitting at the top of the conference race with perfect 3-0 marks, so a very difficult position to defend their title. "At the moment we are not thinking about the conference race," Owens said. "We're simply try to get our team to do these improvements then I think we have a chance to get back into the race." suffering from an injury to his calf. He will make the trip, but may not play. He has been unable to practice this week because of a broken left knee in the loss to Missouri. January 17 sports Koenigs, a 6-10 sophomore from Goddard, who is averaging 10.1 points a game, is If Koenings can't start,炼 Ted Owens will use Herb Nobles at forward. Nobles is the third leading score with a 12.9 average, although he has started only seven games. Koenigs hurt as KU meets Buffs Kempf swims on despite injury By GARY VICE Sports Writer Kempf, KU's top swimmer, injured his knee in a football game early in the season. For Gary Kempf, each day of the swimming season is frustrating. Although he's afraid the cartilage on both of his knee is torn, he still practicing stretching. The injury has kept him from swimming the butterfly and the breaststroke, he said. eaststroke', he said. Because he's able to swim those two strokes, Kemp will fit better in competition in the individual medley. He won't be able to challenge the Big Eight record of 4:09.28 he set last year in the 400-yard individual medley. "My knee has forced me to switch to a new kick, but my leg still drags some in the freestyle, and in the backstroke I can't jump all the way." Kempt said vetted dayward. KEMPF IS UNABLE to compete in all the "WE GO HOT AND cold," he said, "At the start we are putting ourselves into a hole early. That obviously has killed us in virtually every road game thus far with the exception of the Big Eight tournament. We would have late in the game, but it's been too late." One of the things Owens wants his team to improve is its consistency. "I think I'll be a little bit faster this year. If things keep improving for me I should be able to do it," To do that, Kemph, a senior and the hawks' co-aptain, will need to break through. "I'm just coming back to the form I had before the injury," he said. Kansas clobbered Colorado, 70-50, in the second round of the Big Eight Tournament. But as Owens knows, the Bufaloes, 0-2 in league play, are a much different team and are playing at a much different place than when the two teams met in December. Owens said he had also been disappointed with the Jayhawks' shooting and the fact that every game they had been in early foul trouble. events in which he set KU swimming marks and two Big Eight records, but he remained undefeated. "THEY DIDN'T HAVE Dave Logan (juon forward) at full-furance before," IN 1975, KEMFF set a conference mark of 1:57.46 in the 200-year backstroke to accompany the record in the 400-year endurance and indeed the 800-year Kansas varsity records last season, in the 500-year freestyle with a 4-41.51 clocking 376.23 seconds. The team relay team which posted a time of 6:57.04. But before his injury, Kempw won both of the events he entered, the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke, in a closely contested 62-51 loss to the Cyclones. In last Saturday's dual meet against Iowa State at Robinson Natoratium, Kemph had to be carried into the locker room after his knee collapsed as he climbed out of the pool. Women lose to Wildkittens COACH DICK REAMON said, "The value of Gary Kempf on our team is more than the point total and production that be con- tained by our staff. Kempf is a most positive addition to our team." Kempf said he knew that Iowa State was the Big Eight coaches' presession pick to end KU's eight-year dynasty atop the Pac-12. But he refused to concede anything. "We were wondering a little bit before in the weekend, but now we feel pretty confident." "We swan well against Iowa State, and I don't think there is any question that we can repeat as Big Eight champions for the ninth straight year." On paper it looked as if KU might be demolished. Then the Jayhawks, led by freshman center Adrian Mitchell, came within three points of KSU, 34-31, with 13-47 to play. But the Wildcats held on to preserve the victory. The Kansas women's basketball team gave the nationally-ranked K-State Wildkittens an unexpected fight before failing, 54-47. Monday night at Allen Field "I thought our kids did a nice job," KU coach Marian Washington said after the game. "In the past, K-State's beaten us by 30 and 40 points." The way the game started it appeared history might repeat itself, and the Wildkittens would again destroy the Jayhawks. Trailing 40, K-State scored 13 unanswered points before Washington's club scored again 10 minutes later. But Kansas put on a first-half rally and only trailed by eight, 27-19, at half-time. Mitchell paced the Jayhawks with 17 points, and also stood out on offense, scoring 10 points. 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"He had been dividing his time between football and basketball. And they are always a total team in Boulder." "The last three championships years we won by two, three and two points out there. They have the worst arena in the country. It's tough to play there." Kansas leads the series between the two K-State invades Allen Field House Saturday. There's always a possibility that KU could be looking past the Buffaloes for the game against its intra-state rivals. teams, 51.12. Colorado has lost the last five games with its last victory over the Jeyhawks coming in the Big Eight Tournament two years ago. "When you're 1-2," Owens said, you won't be looking ahead." Pizza-Hut. 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