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Wednesday, March 8, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Gunners conquer AKL for title
BvSTEVE HERBERT
Sports Writer
The members of the Alpha Kappa Lambda intramural A League basketball team probably with Nolan Cromwell and his friends would stick to football.
Cromwell, a former KU great and now a defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams, and some of this former KU teammates decided this winter to form a basketball team to compete in the intramural independent A League.
Apparently the things necessary to play football help in basketball. The AKLs found that out yesterday when they lost the Gumers, 76-10, in Robinson Gymnassium.
The ball doesn't have to be covered with pigskin for the Gunners to handle it adroitly, at least according to Pete Humphrey, the AKL'a leading scorer with 25 points. not only were the Gunners in top physical shape, but, Humphrey said, they could handle themselves quite well on the basketball court.
"THEY could jump, they could shoot well, and they controlled the boards," he said. "They had only six guys so we thought they could run with them, but they were in good shape."
Perhaps the most important physical attribute working to the Gunners' advantage was size. Taller and stronger, they must of most their baskets inside five feet.
The AK47, meanwhile, shut out of the middle by effective two-three zone and made it impossible to hit him.
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their shooting touch, which, too often, was *as hot as* was necessary.
Had it not been for Humphrey's play in the games early moments, the Gunners would have had a much easier time at it. He scored 0 of AK1's first 10 points and 12 of their
A RESULT it was close throughout the first half, but the Gunners were the ones applying the pressure, twice mounting leads of six points, forcing the ARLs to fight back.
But fight back they did. Only a 21-footer by Mark Van Saun with 20 seconds remaining allowed the Gunners a one-point lead at the half, 35-34.
The start of the second half, though, saw the start of the AKLa’s problems. Knifing through the middle for layups and five-footers, Cromwell and former KU defensive back Kurt Knopf had a large portion of their help-building helps of as many as 11 points.
The fraternity league champions by no means gave up, and led by Humphrey and Jeff Pollard they were able to stay within the confines of the company, though, were not about to lose.
Moving the ball around and avoiding the shot, the Gunners were able to chase valuable seconds from the clock. They also took advantage of when the AKLs, in turn, continually to catch up. The Gunners made six free throws in the last minute and a six-fire throw.
"WE LET THEM get close there near the end, "Cromwell said, "but fortunately we were able to tighten it up. We haven't played today," Cromwell said, "today we turned it around and got it going."
Humphrey said the Gunners kept his team from playing their game on offense.
The AKLa, however, are not the kind to drop their hands and ignore their actions.
"A as team, we like to get more than one shot," he said, "especially when we're forced to shoot from the perimeter. We have the ball in the air as we would have liked."
"WE'RE PLEASED to get as far as we did," Humphrey said. "This team's been together for two years, and last week we were anywhere. We satisfied in general."
The game to determine the hill champion of the lady's A League also was close in the first half. But the independent entry, Everready, with a few more fresh players, were able to wear down the sorority league charms, the Alba PIl Bears, to win 37-23.
At halftime, the Bears led 11-10. The Bears didn't bring enough players, though, and Everready was able to substitute frequently. It showed in the score.
"The first half we played well and we had control of the boards," Gable, the Bear's coach, said, "but we ran out of gas. We only had six players and they had eight or nine."
The score, Gahle said, may not have been an accurate comparison of the two teams. The score was 15-13.
"IF THESE two teams played on
Lady Jayhawks enjoy finest hour
By RODNEY ANDERSON
Snorts Writer
In November KU women's basketball coach Marian Washington compared her team to a firecracker; she expected it to explode but did not know when and how
Washington used that simile to describe her team last summer when she signed 6-11 Gwen Bachman. Bachman quit the team before the season began because of back problems, but Washington's faith in her soul remained.
Her faith, along with talent and determination, resulted in a regular season record of 26-7. That earned the Lady Jayhawks, ranked 19th in the country, a berth in the AIAW Region VI postseason playoffs beginning tomorrow in Manhattan.
DESPITE THE fact that Washington's goal of winning the Kansas Conference fuzzed out when Kansas State University defeated KU twice in league play, she was pleased with the Lady Jayhawks' season record.
"I would not hesitate to say that this is the best season in the history of women's basketball at KU," she said. "We've been a team that knows how to win. We've played some good basketball against some good teams."
Women's basketball teams have been competing at KU for nine years, the past four under Washington. This season, accordingly, washington, the team achieved first wins.
KANSA ALSO was nationally ranked for the first time, breaking into a poll of women's basketball coaches in early December.
one team won 20 games, the most victories every by a Lady Jayhawk squad, and lost only seven, the fewest since Washington has been coach. Kansas outscored its opponents by an average of almost 16, 80.2 to 64.7.
Freshman forward Lynette Woodward
bame the first player to score more than
700 points in a season.
The former high school All-America selection from Wichita North led the Jayhawks with 26.3 points a game and 15.4 rebounds a game.
Adrian Mitchell, the team captain, raised her scoring average from 14.3 points last week to 19.7 points a game this year. Sophomore forward chelyl Burnett also is scoring in double figures, averaging 10.2 points a game.
Mitchell, Kansas City Mo., junior, is the Lady Jayhawk's all-time leader scorer with 1.357 career point she also is one of the top three scorers in the Wade Trophy. The trophy honors the top
junior or senior female collegiate player in the country.
MITCHELL, WHO has led Kansas in scoring her first two season, credited her success at KU to the unselfish play of her teammates and down her own and Woodard's significance.
"Some people think that it's Lyne and I that carry the team but it it's a lot more than just us," Mitchell said. "It's more than just a two-person team. There's no way Lyne ties game to go out on the court and win a game by ourselves. I just wish people would realize that."
Other consistent performers include juniors Kelly Phipps, V.C. Sanders and Karen Jamison. Together they averaged 18.2 points a game.
Mitchell said the surprising play of the squash's freshmen players contributed to the team's win.
"IT WAS REALLY good that the freshmen could come in and help us out the way they did," she said. "Sometimes freshmen can be slow learners but this year it was good that the freshmen adjusted as well as they did."
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Saturday morning or something, in a more leisurely game, the score would be much closer," he said. "The teams are more similar than the score indicated."
"Both teams played well tonight," she said. "It was a good game. We had a good season and everyone's proud that we did as well as we did."
Like the AKLs, the Bears are no more users, according to team member Jane Lance.
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