Thursday, January 26, 1978
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University Daily Kansan
Jayhawk rally falls short, 62-58
on a仕-attusted effort to regain possession of the basketball, Ken Koenius took a swipe at Terry Noval of Nebraska in Lincoln. The Knicks lost to the 76ers, 84-65.
Staff Photo by ELI REICHMAN
Bv BILL NEWSOME
Sports Writer
LINCOLN, Neb. - Kansas found out we
might that it couldn't wait 38 minutes
The eighth-ranked Jawhaws, outplayed for most of the game by Nebraska, made a late but buttle move at the Cornshakers in Iowa and dropped their first Big Eight conference.
Last chance
The loss drops KU to 15-3 on the season and 5-1 in the Big Eight. They are now tied with lowa State for the Big Eight lead. In game 2, is one game behind KU in second place.
"WE KNEW that the early portions of the game were very important and we did the thing we didn't want to do." Kansas head coach Ted Owens said after the game. "We fell behind early on the road. After that they were able to dictate the termo.
"In the second half we played all right, but you can't spot a good team ten points on their home court. We had our chances, but we never could get control of the game."
Talented guard Brian Banks, hit a pair of free throws to put the lead back four with 26 seconds left in the game. Valentine responded with another basket five seconds later, but Moore used the game by hitting two shots and landed one attempt with 15 seconds remaining.
The Jayhawks, down by ten at halftime,
never made a serious move at Nebraska in
the second half until only 90 seconds
remained. Ken Kenoups cut the Cornhusker to
lead to 7-62 with 13:26 left. After a Wilmore
cut off, Ken Kenoups cut the lead to three
with 12 seconds left.
"we got a win against that team that won't be beaten very often," Nebraska coach Joe Cipriano said. "I hope we can move ahead of a lot of people with the win."
Nebraska guard Bob Moore upped the margin to 38-54 with a free throw, and after a KU turnover, and an NU missed free throw, he scored on 38-56 on a long jump with 32 seconds left.
The Cornhuskers followed their game plan and were successful at keeping the running Jayhawks at a slow tempo. NU was able to neutralize the KU fast break and keep the game at a deliberate pace the entire game.
ACTUALLY, KU dug itself into a deep hole in the first half. Kansas guards Valentine and Fowler had three fouls apiece and John Douglas had four.
NEBRASKA, THOUGH, did not clutch at the tree throw line when the game was on the ground.
rebounding with 12. However, Koenigs efforts were not enough to overcome the Cornhuskers, as KU lost third game of the season.
"Nebraska did a good job of keeping their composure at the end, but I think a key to the game was the early foul trouble our team had on them. We had to lessen our pressure defense after that."
Nebraska, unlike most of KU's recent opponents, played man-to-man defense against the Jayhawks, and it limited them to an ice-hockey percent shooting from the end zone.
The Huskers used KU's poor shooting to take command in the open stanza.
★★
| Kansas (56) | | FT | PT | TT |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Douglas | 25-0 | FT | 5 | 4 |
| Douglas | 15-0 | FT | 5 | 4 |
| Koenigsbein | 0-13 | 5-7 | 4 | 17 |
| Koenigsbein | 1-6 | 5-7 | 4 | 17 |
| Johnson | 1-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 |
| Valentini | 0-11 | 4-6 | 4 | 16 |
| Mokelsen | 2-16 | 4-6 | 4 | 16 |
| Miller | 6-8 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 |
| Sanders | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 4 |
| Nellis | 5-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nellis | 5-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nellis | 24-60 | 10-10 | 26 | 9 |
Verbal Scores (N=168)
| | FT | PF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Novak | 3-4 | 4-5 | 3 | 10 |
| Maricag | 3-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 10 |
| McPillar | 4-12 | 3-5 | 2 | 11 |
| Banker | 3-4 | 2-3 | 4 | 12 |
| Baker | 7-14 | 3-4 | 0 | 17 |
| Myburgh | 1-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 |
| Myburgh | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 |
| Naderer | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| McVicker | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| Folk | 22-47 | 18-26 | 19 | 62 |
| Kansas | 22 | 28 | 33 | 85 |
"It's fine to be nationally ranked and fine to be a leader, but we have to go out and defend that every time we play. Our team can win games in between being a champion and an also-ran."
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN-
Kansas' last lead was 11-9 midway through the half, and three minutes later, Nebraska grabbed a 21-14 lead. The Cornhuskers went on to win the game at Bob Moore's 30-foot shot at the buzzer.
Owens talked about the Jayhawks national ranking after the game.
season, were led by Moore, who had 17 points. Carl McPipe and Jeff Brennan with 14 points (with 11).
MU dumps K-State
Officials: Ben Dreith, Jerry Menz.
Attendance - 14.14R
The Buffs came out shooting in the second half and tied the game at 52-52 with 8-14 to keep the lead. The team jumped from outside the lane to put Oklahoma State ahead for good, 64-42. The Cowboys went 66-42 on two free throws by Randy Wright, but Larry Vaculcik ended with a goal.
BOULDER, Colo. (UPI) -Olus Holder scored 24 points and Eli Johnson added 12 yesterday to lead Oklahoma State to a 70-64 win over Colorado in Big Eight Conference
Colorado, paced by Bob Rutledge with 10 and Toney Ellis with 14, took an early lead but lost it with 14 minutes to play in the second half. The Cardinals beat Cowbirds, now 7-10 on the season and 1-5 in
the big Eight, went on to a 39-32 halftime
margin.
COLUMBIA, Mo. AP-Brad Droyz tossed in 20 points and Clay Johnson added 14 Wednesday night as Missouri steadily built a lead over Iowa and half and band Kansas State a 69-50 loss.
Around the Big 8
The defeat left the defending Big Eight champion Wildcats with a 2-4 mark in league play and would have virtually eliminated them from the conference race had Kansas not suffered its first conference loss to Nebraska Wednesday night.
In the overtime period, Cyclone guard Charles Harris pumped in a jump shot to kill the goaltender.
The Cyclones seemed to have the game under control, leading by six points with two minutes to play. However, Sooner forward Terry Ellis was able to guard Aaron Carry hit a 15-foot jumper.
The Cowboys then went into a stall and Colorado fouled twice, with both Oklahoma State players hitting two free throws for the final score.
The Sooners managed to hold the nation's leading rebounder, Dean Uthoff, to 11 rebounds, four below his average. He scored 12 points.
NORMAN, OKA. (UPI)-Junior guard Andrew Parker scored 30 points last night to spark the Iowa State Cyclones to a 76-74 overtime victory over Oklahoma.
Neither team managed more than a five-point advantage in the opening half in which the score was tied five times and the lead changed hands on six occasions.
With 22 seconds left to play, OU center Al Beal took a pass in the lane from Raymond Whitley and made his turnaround shot, sending the game into overtime.
The Tigers gradually worked to an eight-point lead at 53-48 and held on in the stretch for its 10th victory against eight losses. Kansas State, the visitors, never got closer than three points against Missouri, now 3-3 in conference play.
The Tigers rolled up a 44-33 advantage on the boards, led by Stan Yates his 13 rebounds and
Missouri held Curtis Redding to 11 points and Mike Vereaus to 10, four of those on a pair of baskets in the final 30 seconds. Rolando Blackman and Wildcats, now 11-7 in the 84th place, hit 11 points.
OSU gets first win
The win sends the Cyclones to the 5-1 mark in conference play and drops the Sooners, who lost their second straight game at home, to 3-3 in the conference.
The loss dropped Colorado to 7-11 in the season and 1-5 in conference play.
Cyclones win in OT
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KU SLICED the lead to first in the five minutes of the second half but could never get closer than that until its final run at the Huskers.
The Jayhawks ended the game shooting just 37 percent. Nebraska put the clamps especially on Douglas, Moore and Clint after a combined a four-fifth of 23 shots in the game.
Koenigs, who played a fine game, led KU with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Valentine had 16 and Fowler came off the bench to score eight.
THE CORNHUSKERS, also 15-3 on the
Labor of love displayed in Field House corridors
BvSTEVE HERBERT
Sports Writer
The corridors of Allen Field House, long the home of photographs of KU's finest athletes, have been undergaining a facelift for nearly a year. The changes began last February when the photographs began coming down and portraits replaced them.
Watts, a specialist in sports artwork, opened his studio six years ago in Oswego. He said one of his time this year will be for the Kansas Athletic Hall of Fame.
Ted Watts, who has been painting the portraits, says he is extremely fortunate. Able to combine two loves, sports and painting, Watts runs what he calls an enjoyable, yet financially comfortable business.
"I'M RIGHT on schedule." Watts said. "I have all the football and basketball players done, and I'm now working on track. I've got 41 of them."
Watts said he usually divides his time between display paintings and portraits designed for press guides and brochure covers.
"When I started, I hoped to concentrate on sports art," he said. "No one was working the colleges and universities at the time. Since a lot of major colleges can afford to work in network and many think it is more attractive than photographs, business has been pretty neat."
KU is one of those major colleges that like artwork. According to Sports Information Director Don Baker, the idea of replacing the photographs with portraits was one of
Watts said doing the artwork for KU has been especially enjoyable because of the free hand Walker had given him. This, he noted, is one of his favorite styles of his paintings and prevent monotypy.
Athletic Director Clyde Walker's first ideas at Kansas
"HE FELT it would be a more appropriate tribute to the athletes," Baker said. "Watts had established himself as one of the more prominent sports artists in the country, and knew quite a bit about KU athletics, so we selected him. He's done a tremendous job."
"I haven't locked in any set format on the paintings," Watts said. "I feel good about that because if all the paintings were the same, I might get tired of it."
The paintings, which Watts said he hopes will make the Field House "explode with color," illustrate a variety of techniques and create between close-ups and action photos.
WATTS SAID that painting the portraits had not been especially difficult. He uses photographs of the players for reference, some of the photos have caused him problems.
TWO OTHER schools, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, both have Watts' majors, it happens, he said, is booming.
"The photo player I had of Bill Johnson, an early basketball player, wasn't real good, and I had a hard time with the facial tones," he said. "
'It taken me a few years to get established, but this year, for the first time, I will be able to teach.'