Monday, February 6, 1978 University Daily Kansan 7 Pullina together Ted Owens, KU head basketball coach, sets some last-minute strategy to enable his Jayhawk team, the Oklahoma City Knights, to win a Western Conference title. forced to use his depth in the game, since three Kansas players fouled out will head to higher-ranked-jayhawks against the Bengals. KU wins bruising battle By BILL NEWSOME Sports Writer NORMAN, OKla. — It was like a war here Saturday, and Kanaan barely survived the battle. The Jayhawks, brushed, battered and in their backs against the wall, rallied in the closing minutes to take a heart-stopping 69-80 victory over the borea before 8,300 fans in Lloyd Noble Center. The victory boosts the eight-ranked Jayhawks' record to 18-3 overall and 8-1 in the Big Eight Conference, one game ahead of Nebraska. For a while in the middle of the second half, it looked as if Kneass might not even have been on the field. DARNELL VALENTINE had to leave after being clipped by an elbow that nearly closed his right eye. Minutes later, a dazed man with a bruise on his bench after banging his hand on the floor. On top of all this, Valentine, John Douglas, Ken Koenigs and Maki Moses were each playing with four fouls. All but Mokesi had fouled out by the .51:1 mark. But a pair of clutch free throws by Donnie Von Moore with 19 seconds left and a key rebound by Von Moore seconds later gave the victory to KU. THE JAYHAWKS HAD defeated Oklahoma twice earlier in the season, once by 30 points, but Ted Owens, KU head coach, said the victory was as significant as the other two. "It's the game of game you need to win championships," he said. "We knew that it was going to be awfully tough, and it was a physical game." Dave Bliss, Oklahoma head basketball coach, was dejected after the defeat. "Some things just aren't meant to be," Bliss said, "I'm very disappointed we lost the basketball game because we could have "If we won the game, I'd say it was a heck of a game. But a couple of plays we made disappointed me. You beat Kansas and plays and lose because of costly mistakes." KU'S CHANCES looked slim with 4:51 seconds beams had just been played. The JA WyattJayhawk UO center AL Bea made one of two free throws, the Soeon Kim had nine points, and suddenly led by five:60. A little less than a minute later, Wilmore Fowler tipped in a shot to cut OU's lead to three. Then in a 35-second span, Mokki-sen two 10-foot baseline shots to put the Jayhawks back in the lead, 67-66, with 2:23 left. Each team turned the ball over once, Oklahoma on a traveling call against Dayton and Kansas on an offensive play. Brad Sanders took the work played the ball to Beal with 50 seconds left, but he missed a short jumper, and when Head got the rebound, he was again called a pick. THE JAYHAWKS held the ball until Von Moore was fouled and 19 seconds remained. It looked like good strategy by Oklahoma because Von Moore had made just two of five free throws during the game, and one of five rebounds to even touch the rim or the backboard. "We thought we'd foul him," Bliss said, "but because we thought he might shoot it as he shot us." But Von Moore calmly hit both of the one-and-one to put KU up by three. "I knew what I had to do," he said, "and after I hit the first one, there wasn't any pressure on the second one." OU'S John McCullough hit an uncontested layup with nine seconds left, and the Sooners immediately fouled Johnson. Seven seconds later, McCullough ran from front end of the one-and-one. But when McCullough went to grab the rebound, Fowler came from behind him and knocked out OU's. Oklahoma rebounded but time ran out before a shot was attenuated. VOOR MONKE WAS immediately fouled. It two seconds remained and Von Moore also fouled. Once again, the Jayhawks' attack was balanced. Valentine topped the list with 13 points. Koenigs had 12 and Douglas. Mokenkis had 10 and 10. Mokenkis had a game-high 11 rebounds. Kansas returns to action Wednesday night against Missouri in Allen Field House, PG PT REB PF FTS Keenigs 30 10 26 9 Douglas 4-10 2-0 8 5 Dugas 6-10 2-0 8 5 Valentine 6-9 2-0 8 5 Joneson 6-9 2-0 8 5 Vice Bruce 3-7 4-8 1 4 Fowler 4-8 6-1 1 8 Gilmore 4-8 6-1 1 8 Glennon 0-4 0-1 0 0 McGuire 0-4 0-1 0 0 9-38 10-28 10-28 10-28 PG FT REB PF PTS McCallough 802 16 125 9 4 Head 4 6 125 9 4 Head 4 6 125 9 4 Watley 0 6 125 9 4 Carribean 7-20 0 6 5 4 16 Jordan 7-20 0 6 5 4 16 Perry 0 2 67 1 0 6 Perry 0 2 67 1 0 6 Greatham 0 0 67 1 0 6 Greatham 0 0 67 1 0 6 Officials : Ben Dreith and George Oberly Attendance--8,300. Depth does it in do-or-die finish ★★ BvGARY BEDORE Snorts Editor Champagne was the only thing missing in the Kansas Jayhawks' locker room after Saturday's pulsating 69-68 win over Oklahoma. The Jayhawks, 18-3, had reason to celebrate an intense comeback that sent them speeding past Oklahoma and their 8.300 screaming fans. Kansas wins bv more than a Tad Kansas used some of its much talked about depth in the last 4-51 to overcome the Sooner's 6-61 lead. As Ken Koenigins, John Douglas and Darnell Valentine sat on the bench with five fouls, Moe Fowler, Paul Mokeski, Clint Johnson, Von Moore, MOKESKI HAD been playing with four foils since 1418 and taught at Kansas' Paulson School. Milt Gibson and Brad Sanders all came through. The only time pole vaulter Tad Scales grimaces, he stares at the camera when he acclams to the righthand handshake. Once the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Jayhawks started tossing index fingers at the ball. KU's indoor track meet against Colorado and Oklahoma State was a personal triumph for Scales and a lopsided victory for Owens. Colorado scored 44 and Oklahoma State 37. "They kept the faith," Bob Hill, assistant basketball coach, said after the game. Neither could head track coach Bob Immons, who called Scales the most critical player in the team. "The hand felt a little tender, but I felt it would go 16-10 and I got there," she said. "I can feel the pain." Scales won the pole vault with a 16-10 effort in his first meet of the indoor season. He then went on to win the NCAA championships, also erased any doubts about the condition of his right hand. Scales had injured the hand before the first meet, and prevented Friday night with protective tape on it. SCALES' COMPETITORS failed to clear and from then on his goal was to qualify for the championship. "I WASN'T sure how it would hold up" "the Jubilant Scales said, 'but the season's inch.'" Von Moore said the Jayhawks' comeback was a direct result of not giving up. "NATURALLY WE'RE pleased with the fieldhouse record," Timmons said, "but we were shooting for the NCAA time. The guys are not quite sound yet." "TAD'S VAULT was very very pleasing, but I wouldn't call it a surprise," Tirimms said. "Tad has had one problem after he got married, and the might have gone higher if he had tried." Scales left immediately after his NCA4 qualifying for an invitational meet in New York. TWO OTHER Jayhawks returned to competition Friday and contributed firsts in their events. Richard Foster, who sat out the Nebraska meet with the fui, won the shot Sprinter David Bluster, who missed the Nebraska meet because of a leg injury, on KU's victorious mile-mile team and placed second to Cliff Wiley in the 60-yard The mule-relay team, composed of Blutcher, Wiley, Staten Whitaker and Lester Mickens, beat the fieldhouse record by 0.04 minutes, beat the quality for the NAEC meet by 1.8 seconds. "Tim's half was excellent, just great." "Cliff's very talented," Timmons said. "Nothing he could do on the track would surprise me much. He just had another Cliff Wiley meet." ONE PERFORMER who is sound is Wiley, who, in addition to anchoring the mile relay, won the 60-yard dash in a time of 7:18. The team she shares with Charlie Tilden three times. Stan Whitaker, another member of the mile-reley team, also won his specialty, the 44. Anthony Coleman won both the high and low hurdles, and Billy Washington won the 300m. Tim Jantzsch, who finished a distant six in the mile, emerged from the pack in the 880 and beat Oklahoma State's Kendall Stags by two-tenths of a second. GLENN HARTER leaned at the tape to color Colorado or Bruce Lurdy in the 1960s. He wore a button-up shirt with a BRUCE COLDSMITH the two wife with the Big Eight's second fastest time this season, 8:57.5. Freshman Paul Schultz, the only two-miler this year to beat that time, competed in an AAU meet in Florida over the weekend. Tirumm said. "He ran a poor mile and was disappointed. He didn't go. He was way overburdened." JAY REARDON, who placed second in the long jump, narrowly beat teammate John Butterfield in the high jump. Both men reached the height of 2.05 meters on an earlier attempt but Butterfield REARDON'S LEAP gave KU its third victory in the field events for the first time this season. KU won every event in the meet against the 600, the long jump and the triple jump. "YOU NEVER have that doubt of losing." he said. "We give each other encouragement. You just keep working it and use it to maintain means to try and change the momentum. Mickens, who ran the fastest 600 in KU history last week, did not compete in that event. "THATS WHAT we miss Tuna (McCall) and Kevin (Neewall) so much." Timmons said. "We get put in a position where you can't go full strength in every event." Newell did not compete because of a muscle pull and McCall had the flu. "This team has had nothing but sickness and injuries all year." Timmons said, "and they deserve better. I got a good feeling they are tough. They're tough. They'll run well." Men gymnasts edge Air Force, set record Bv RODNEY ANDERSON Snorts Writer The University of Kansas men's gymnastics team scored more than 200 points and set a new school record for total team meet a Friday at Fort Hays State University. The victory raises the Kansas record to 4-1 in dual meet competition. The Jayhawks' only loss was to Iowa State. 217.8-20.2, Jan. 14. The Cyclones are ranked 14.0 in the country. KANAS'S SCORE of 205.45 was the highest team score in the history of KU men's gymnastics. A score of about 205 was considered an unrealistic under a less stringent scoring system. The Jayhawks innermost beat the Air port for 35-42, 45-20 and stopped Fort Porta Bay 29-43, 37/05, 37/05. "The meet was close all the way." Bob Lockwood, KU's men's gymnasies coach, said. "There was a lot of pressure on the players; I think they responded well on the pressure." "It really helps to beat a good team as we prepare for the challenge of the conference," he said. "We have had some of their finest teams ever and they soundly defeated us at the Rocky Mountain Open." Lockwood said the victory over tough competition would aid the Jayhawks in winning the playoffs. ADJUSTMENTS IN some of the gymnasts' routines were made by Lockwood last week in practice and contributed to the Javahocks 'narrow margin of victory. The Chicago freshman finished the meet scoring 50.55 in the all-around competition. Mark Fulks, of the Air Force, won all-around honors, scoring 50.6. best all-around score under the current scoring system. "Sean is a welcome addition to the team," Lockwood said. "He has the ability to be a finalist in the Big Eight Championships next month." WILLIAMS' SCORE in the floor exercise routine was good for second place. However, Williams captured the long horse vault competition, scoring 9.4. Lockwood w was happy with the Jayahaws' performance in the Hays meet, he said the four points KU gymnasms lost in the victory also cost the Jayahaws a victory in later meets. Ron Ortman, one of KU's six freshman gymnasts at the meet, turned the Jawhawk's Williams, who was scholastically ineligible last semester. is expected to Participating in his first meet of the season, Sean Williams, Lawrence senior, scored KU's fifth highest mark ever in the floor exercise, scoring 9.05. solidify the Jayhawks' vaulting and floor exercise teams. "WE SHOULD BE doing better," he said. "We know the points we missed at Hays would cost us in a meet against a stronger team like our next opponent, Nebraska." For the Jayhawks to win that meet, Lockwood said, the team would have to improve its team score and execute better on the individual routines. Lockwood said that nagging injuries that prevented the gymnasts from performing simplified routines would play a major role in the Nebraska meet. Women swimmers dominate OU meet The Jayhawks' next meet is at 2 p.m. Saturday in Robinson Gymnasium. Casaré, a junior college transfer from New Mexico, is suffering from a shoulder injury. Laden, Golden, Colo., freshman, is expected to perform in the Nebraska contest. "IF WE CAN GET Waldo Casarez healthy and Mike Laden well, we can have a real exciting meet with the Cornhuskers," he said. KU's victory left the Jayhawks undefeated. Only the Big Eight Championship meet remains on the team's schedule. That meet is Feb. 16-18 in Columbia, Mo. Snorts Writer By KENDAVIS JANET LINDSTROM had national qualifying times in both 108-yard and 102-yard sets. Trailing the Jayhawks in the Invitational were: Oklahoma, 654 points; Southern Methodist, 500 points; Oklahoma State, 225 points; Christian, 181 points; and Arkansas, 145 points. medley. Her time in the freestyle was 17:06:1. She swam the medley in 10:2. Lindstrom also was on two relay teams that qualified for nationals. The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Vicki Ingham, Debbie Bunker, Linda Savidge and Lindstrom had a time of 7:49.1, 10 seconds less than the qualifying time. The 400-yard medley relay team of Lanny Savier, Schaffer,泣龙，Lindstrom and Bunker qualified with a time of 4:06.5. Another team composed of Erin McRowm, Nancy Long, Bunker and Savier qualified in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:39.3. Bunker also won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:55.4. Scalf cake came up with two more first-place finishes in the meet, and the 100-yard backstroke, and the 100-yard butterfly. Schaffer qualified for nationalists in the 100-year backstroke with a time of 1.01.1. Diver Schaffer competed with a time of 1.02.1. diving but her point total qualified her for nationals anyway. "IWAS very pleased with the effort of the team," Gary Kempf, KU women's swimwear and finals meet, which is hard to imagine that's at all of swimming. But I thought a lot of the girls swam better than they had all year. It looks as if we'll be really strong for tomorrow. In addition to her national qualifying times, Lindstrom also won the 500-yard freestyle. Her time was 4:55.4. Bunker placed second in that event. "You've got to have confidence and believe you can win." "It was a grind-i-f out, knock-down fight, and we came on out. Koenigs said." This victory shows the most of any all you can contribute and we had to come back to win. Ken Koenigs said the game was extremely physical, mentioning Valentine, who took an ebow to the head that puffed up and then went on a rampage where he crashed onto the floor late in the game. Johnson, who made five of seven shots, had a chance to ice the game for Kansas. When seven seconds remained and KU 69-68. John missed the first shot of a one and-one, Paul Mokesi, with the help of Mo Jaywalks he on to win "I WAS dizzy, so I had to sit out for a white," Johnson said. "I really need it any pressure on the free throw. I just wanted it too bad. I knew even if I missed, Ted Owens, Kansas head basketball coach, was pleased with his team's depth. "It takes a lot of people to win," Owens said. "It has being on the bench who can take it." Sanders, who held the game's leading scorer, John McCullough, scoreless in the game's final minutes, made a crucial steal on the Jayhawks were down by three points. "COACH TOLD us to be patient and wait for them to make mistakes," Sanders said. "I just played position defense and went for the ball." Gibson said he enjoyed a chance to play in a critical situation. "I have to stay ready on the bench," Gibson said. "He (Owens) just told me to move aside." "I think they took some terrible shirts on the stretch. If you give us a chance, our team will win." Fallen hero Oklahoma's John McCullough stops the action to attend to Klunt Johnson, who was dazed when he hit the floor of the second half against KU'S. Johanus, who was not a member of the Oklahoma State basketball team, shot 3-pointers.