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Lisa Leslie, future WNBA star, scored 101 points in a high-school basketball game or six points a minute.
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Inside: It was more of the same for the Kansas swimming team in the final meet before conference championships.
SEE PAGE 3B
Inside: Fortunately for Kansas, Jennifer Crow was the only Cowgirl who could shoot.
MONDAY,FEBRUARY 7,2000
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'Hawks dominate in win
By Chris Fickett
By Chris Fickett
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Don't credit Jaclyn Johnson for grabbing rebounds. She's supposed to.
"My job is to go in there and get the rebounds. That's what I do," said Johnson, Kansas' junior forward who snatched a game-high 12 boards in the No. 25 Jayhawks' 75-58 victory against Oklahoma State.
But you can credit Johnson for the other things she did yesterday at Allen Fieldhouse — scoring 16 points, blocking two shots and making three steals and two assists. She also took care of the paint while her teammates tried to stop Cowgirls senior guard Jennifer Crow, who scored 30 points.
"We certainly don't like to see players score that many points, but we didn't want anyone else to get into it," said Kansas coach Marian Washington. "I thought that we really held most of the other players down."
"Held down" might be an understatement. Johnson and her frontcourt teammates helped Kansas outscore Oklahoma State 42-20 in the paint. The Cowgirls' frontcourt shot only three-for-20.
"I think that we were definitely bigger and more physical than they were," Johnson said. "Inside I think we really dominated."
Despite Kansas' advantage inside, Washington remained wary of the Cowgirls, who led by as many as six points in the first half.
"Oklahoma State had just come off a great game at Colorado," Washington said. "Even when we were up by 15-18 points, we were obviously concerned because they made a really outstanding run in Boulder — a 21-0 run. We just didn't get into a situation where we allowed them to have that momentum."
kansas' defense, which produced 11 steals, sparked a 15-2 flurry late in the first half that helped put the Jayhawks up 32-27 at halftime. The crowd of 4,350 got involved during the run when junior forward Brooke Reves, who scored a teamhigh 17 points, stripped Oklahoma State's Chantyola Hawkins and scored on an uncontested layup.
Hawkins, a freshman guard from Raytown, Mo., had only four assists and nine turnovers. Part of her problems were caused by Kansas junior point guard Jennifer Jackson, who dished eight assists, made two steals
and had no turnovers.
"I feel that we were sluggish the first 10 minutes of the game, but once our defense picked up it really helped us get some energy," Jackson said. "I think we do depend on our defense a whole lot to get us into the flow of the game."
Amanda Reves might
sit out season
Junior guard/forward Amanda Reves. Brooke's sister who became
See AMANDA on page 2B
BOX SCORE
No. 25 KANSAS 75. OKLAHOMA ST. 58
A STATE (12-9)
**OLKONIA-MARKET TALE 12/30**
9 Huskins 4-10 0,4 0,4 0,4
Rewards 8-14 3-11, Pride 5-14 1-21, Johnson 7-15 2-3
16, Rayman 4-10 4-14, 17, Schrute 3-7, Prutt 0-1
0, May 00 9-00, Hannon 0-0, 12. Scott 3.2-2.4
0, May 00 9-00, Hannon 0-0, 12. Scott 2.4-1.4
Printer 0-1.1: Totals 3006 132 275
Harrise - Kansas 32, Oklahoma State 27, 3-point goals -
Oklahoma State 5-16 (Crow 4.8, Hawkins 1.4, Spinner 0.1,
Hutchens 0.1, Stuber 0.2), Kansas 2.5 (Jackson 1.4,
Rayman 1.2, Pride 0.1, Scott 0.1) Jackson out—N.
Rebounds - Oklahoma State 39 (Bates, Johnson 6), Kansas
50 (Johnson 12), Assists - Oklahoma State 11 (Hawkins 4),
Kansas 19 (Jackson B). Total fouls - Oklahoma State 22,
Kansas 20. Techniques - Pride A, 4-350.
KANSAS (16-5)
After pump-faking the ball, Lynn Pride prepares to shoot over Oklahoma State's Jessica Bates. Pride had 11 points and six rebounds in yesterday's game. Photo by Jay Sheperd/KANSAN
A sign of things to come?
Haircuts, coach's vow highlight 'Hawk win
Bv Matt Tait
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
When the Jayhawks took the floor Saturday against Texas Tech, they did so with two new looks.
Freshmen Kirk Hinrich and Drew Gooden got their first starts as Jayhawks in the places of sophomore point guard Jeff Boschee and junior center Eric Chenowith.
The second showed when several Jayhawks appeared featherless.
"It it was Jeff Carey's idea, and we all talked about it and decided, 'let's do it,'" Chenowith said of shaving their heads. "It's a unity thing. The Marines all do the same thing together, so we wanted to do the same thing together."
If Saturday's 87-62 win is any indication of how the Jayhawks perform bald, the athletics department may want to order a lot of disposable razors.
Actually, it was two Kansas players who sport year-round shaved heads who provided the scoring spark. Junior Kenny Gregory, the Jayhawks' leading scorer, returned to early-season form, scoring a game-high 19 points. Boschey, who had been struggling before Saturday's game, dropped in three three-pointers on his way to 11 first-half points and a total of 13.
Hinrich and Gooden joined fellow freshman Nick Collison in the starting lineup — the first time since the 1982-83 season that the Jayhawks have started three freshmen. Williams said that the lineup change wasn't drastic and that he did it for a change.
"I can't say enough about Eric Chenowith and Jeff Boschee," Williams said. "I'm not saying they were happy about it — it wasn't easy for either one of them — but they want Kansas to win, and I'm really pleased with the way they handled that role."
"I didn't want to get into April and say I wish I had done something to shake us up," Williams said.
The coaches were not the only ones on the Kansas bench with hair. Three Jayhawks — Gooden, Hinrich and Marlon London — elected not to shave their heads. However, Hinrich said he might be willing to wear a headband similar to the ones Gregory and senior Nick Bradford donned Saturday.
If Kansas keeps winning, the entire team may resemble swimmers more than basketball players
"I'll slap on a headband to change it up a little, but I'm not losing the hair," Hinrich said. He seemed to think otherwise.
"We've been trying to get them," he said. "Drew's my roommate and he's holding out, but Kirk's the hardest to convince. I think if Drew does it, then Kick will, too."
— coaches included. If Kansas beats Oklahoma State tonight in Stillwater, assistant coach Neil Dougherty will shave his head. Williams will do the 'do if the Jayhawks win the Big 12 regular-season title, and assistant Joe Holladay will go bald if Kansas makes the Final Four.
Gregory said that he wasn't certain the smooth domes were the reason for the Jav Hawks' improved play.
"If the shaved heads do it, then I hope we keep them the rest of the season," he said.
More information For additional photos, game story and box score See page 8B
Sports Columnist
Seth Jones
sports@kansan.com
Basketball in state rich with variety
And there, the similarities stop.
Two teams with incredible talent. Both play in Kansas. Both are nationally ranked. Both have the student-fans stand the entire game (but for one, that only amounts to 15 kids). Both are led by point guards from Sloux City West High School.
The Kansas Jayhawks probably have never heard of the Kansas Newman Jets. But watching the two teams play back-to-back on Saturday made me wonder if Roy Williams should call the Wichita college and ask for a couple game tapes.
Newman University is a Catholic school in Wichita of 2,000 students that is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Jets play teams such as Haskell Indian Nations University and York College — wherever that is. At 19.5, the Jets are making a name for themselves in only their second year having a basketball program.
The Kansas Jayhawks are a Division I power that score Big Monday games on ESPN virtually every time they happen to play on a Monday. The program has history that dates back to the father of basketball himself.
See TEAMS on page 5B
Track team stays vibrant in Iowa meet
By Sarah Warren sports@kansan.com Kansan sportwriter
After an emotion-heightened meet last weekend, the Kansas track and field team successfully avoided fizzing out like a week-old soda Saturday at the Northern Iowa Invitational.
"One of the things I was worried about, especially after a very emotional meet like the one last week, was if we would be a little flat," coach Gary Schwartz said. "And I think emotionally we were a little flat at Iowa."
Emotionally flat, may, but it's hard to top the excitement of the Kansas/Kansas State/Missouri invitational last weekend at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Kansas placed second in the meet against the rival schools.
In Cedar Falls, Iowa, however, Kansas was anything but flat, capturing five first place finishes.
Junior All-American Andrea Branson won the pole vault, sophomore Jennifer Foster captured the shot put title and freshman Brandi Taylor won the triple jump, her first first-place finish as a Jayhawk.
For the men, senior Chris Dunback won the 35-pound weight throw with a heave of 59 feet, 11 inches. On the track, junior All-American Charlie Gruber won the 800-meter run, speeding across the line in 1:49.27, which provisionally qualified him for the NCAA indoor championships and placed him second on Kansas' all-time performance list in the indoor 800.
"Charlie Gruber definitely shined when he stepped up for the provisional mark." sophomore Dorian Jordan said.
Schwartz agreed.
"I think it was one of the most outstanding performances." Schwartz said. "There were some people who had good solid performances too. We had 12 other people on both the men's and the women's teams who had personal bests."
See TRACK on page 5B
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