Friday, February 15. 1980
KU women look for clean sweep over Missouri
By PAMCLARK
Sports Writer
The Missouri women's basketball team will be hoping the third time is the charm against the Kansas Jayhawks tonight in Columbia, Mo.
KU has defeated the Tigers twice this season. The Jaewayshawm Mirapped 106-82 in the first round, Classic and then held on 86-48, Jan. 19 in the championship game of the Big Eight.
While the Tigers have not appeared in the
Two more sign letters of intent
On the second day of Big Eight sign-ups, on Thursday, he continued to sign football prospects. He took his traveling recruiting show out of town yesterday but not before announcing two new players.
The signers, Jeff Seed and Mark Sanders are all 6-footers. The defense pledge Kansas football. Saeed is a 9-10 back point from Wellington. Michael is a 6-2, 180-back back from Wichita North High
Sneed was an all-league and third team all-state selection. Messner was all-city and honorable mention all-state.
Fambrough has said that he will not announce any out-of-state signers until the national signing day Wednesday.
women's Top 20 since early in the season,
the Hawks have been ranked anywhere
from ninth to 10th. KU, 24-2, has held down
the Clippers for three weeks in a row.
Missouri is I-14.
The Jayhawks have won 15 of their last 16 games and are coming off a relatively easy 78-29 victory Monday night over Delta State, a traditional women's power.
While the Hawks have romped, the Tigers have been mired in a stamped since the 1980s. The team's games against weaker opponents, such as Northwest Missouri State, but were upset by Ohio State.
TUESDAY, MIZZUO fell 89-60 to the Kansas State Wildcats. The third time proved to be the charm for the Cats, as they beat the KState in two previous meetings.
KU coach Marian Washington said that Missouri looked sluggish against the Wildcats, but she said she still expected a tough game from the Titers.
"It's going to be kind of hard," she said. "It they're rebounding to go kt Stale. That's a problem. There's a opportunity to score from the free-throw line. They had only four fouls and KStale
"This is a time when most teams tend to level off, but we're still very strong physically. They may not be able to stay with us if we get the break coiner."
BUT WASHINGTON ALSO said that because of the rivalry between the two schools both teams shouldn't have much trouble getting psyched up for the contest.
"You always have to have things for the players to think about so they can respect the up and coming challenge." Washington is one we want to heat more than Missouri.
In the last contest between the Jayhawks and the Tigers, a vocal partisan MU crowd of 2,000 tried its best to intimidate KU.
But Shebra Legrant, Pat Mason and Lynette Woodard joined the KU fast break into high gear to lead KU to victory.
the KU women's basketball program grows, so does the number of nominations garnered by the team for post-season honors.
Missouri is going to have to give the KU running game if the Tigers are to pull an upet. And controlling the KU running game controls the boards at both ends of the court.
Washington nominated for coach of the year
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Coach Marian Washington has been nominated as one of the 20 candidates for the Stayfie Coach of the Year, it was announced this week.
Washington's nomination came after the announcement that the junior Lyman was selected for the Wade Trophy, given annually to an outstanding woman colleague play.
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**The Women's Top 10**
1. Old Dominion 24.5
2. Texas 24.6
3. Tennessee 22.5
4. South Carolina 28.5
5. Stephen F. Austin 26.5
6. Louisiana State 26.5
7. Rutgers 26.5
8. North Carolina State 18.4
9. Kansas 18.4
10. Maine State 18.4
11. San Francisco 22.2
12. Kentucky 18.4
13. Maryland 15.3
14. Kentucky 15.3
15. Clermont 15.3
16. Virginia 17.1
17. Nebraska 17.1
18. Detroit 16.5
Other teams named on at least 10 rankings:
1. Denver
2. Minnesota
3. Washington
WASHINGTON, IN her seventh year at the KU helm, has guided the Jayhawks to a 224 record and 10th place in the
women's poll this season. Her overall record is 117-76.
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The importance of the KU running game is not lost on Legrant, who scored 31 points and grabbed 19 rebounds against the Tigers in the Big Eight tournament.
"The Missouri team doesn't impress me. Any队 that doesn't run doesn't impress me."
*THE MAIN THING we have to do is not let them slow our game down," she said. "We have to get the rebound, get the outlet pass, fill the lanes and run the ball."
Forward Julie Maxey, who averages 15.7 points and 7.3 rebounds a game for Mizoura, was the sole reason the Tigers kept the Big Ten game close. She scored 29 points and had double dunks.
"Maxey is a good ball player." Washington said. "She is one of the better ball players in our region. But it will take more than Maxey this time."
OTHER STANDOUTS for Missouri include center Jennie Skimbo, who contributes 12.7 points and 7.3 rebounds a game. She also scores 8.4 points, who averages 13.3 points and 4.5 rebounds.
The game represents the last time KU senior Cheryl Burnett will get to play in
front her family. Burnett is from nearby Centralia. Usually a group of 20-30 family members and friend piles into Hearnes and cheer on Burnett and the Jayhawks.
"This is the last chance for Cheryl to play for her home crowd," Washington said. "Her teammates should realize this and try to make help her last outing a successful one."
BESIDES BRINGING A happy ending to Burnett's career against the Tigers, a KU victory would increase the team's chances of repeating the series to repeat as Region VI champions March 6-8.
Washington said she was not expecting tonight's game to be a carbon copy of the conference championship game.
But the 'Hawks aren't looking past Missouri.
"The Big Eight can generate an exclamation mark, and adrenaline gets flowing and the games are often tighter. This single match won't have those pulsing fruits for Missouri unless they get their heart rate up."
"They're going to have to be ready for us."
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