Page 8 University Daily Kansan, February 10, 1981
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Fouls harness big men; KU falls to MU. 79-65
By KEVIN BERTELS Sports Editor
COLUMBIA, Mo. - When Kansas played at Missouri at Allen Field House earlier this season, four Missouri teams won the game to dominate倒立棋 and win easily.
Those were truly the good 'o' days.
Last night, the Jahwahins had 15 fouls called against them in the first half, and eight in the second. The Jahwahins were beaten. 79-85.
KU center Victor Mitchell had three foats at halftime and ended the game with four. Forward Art Housey had four foats at halftime and that may have been KU's downfall.
Housey and Mitchell, not able to play aggressively, grabbed only two rebounds each in the second half.
KU finished the first half behind by 11 points.
"It definitely put a limit on everything," Mitchell said. "Things just didn't go our way. We got so many quick fouts. It takes away your enquiry and you can't keep the big guys and we've got big guys, but we couldn't go out and play them."
"We had to play timid and that's not my style. Fouls were a big part of the game."
As is often the case with the winner, MU Coach Norm Stewart could only praise the officiating.
"I thought we had good position," he said. "We stayed away from fouls. There was a switch in the officiating.
"Tonight's the first time we've seen Jim Bain all year. He may be the best in the Big Eight."
Friend and foe alike agreed on one
thing, however, KU played with much more intensity at Lawrence than it did in front of 11.148 screening Tuiers fans.
"I don't know why there's a difference," KU Coach Ted Gowns said. To be a good team you have to function well and make it. I make no excuses for our road play.
"This is primarily a junior and senior team, and they should play well on the road. Our team did not function well."
Owens also was concerned with the lack of hustle his team showed.
"I don't want to be outmuscled on the boards or outstunted for loose balls. That happened tonight."
MU center Steve Stpanovich noticed the difference on the court
"KU wasn't at its peak like they usually are, plus I don't think they were as intense as at their place.
"Mitchell and Housey weren't as
Missouri showed a different look from its last game. One of the most important changes was moving 6-5 Ricky Frazier from guard to forward.
tough inside. The refs did call a pretty close game and it might have had the chance to win.
Fraizer scored 22 points on a variety of jumbos, offensive tip-ups and short umbosses.
"He's a very natural forward," Owens said.
The second major change for MU was geographical. The Tigers have now won 16 consecutive games in Hearnes and Montreal, and are fast intimidating crowds in the Big Eight.
"Our players are humans, not robots," Owens said. "Obviously they play better with people cheering for them."
better team than the one that played in Lawrence.
Owens said Stewart had a noticeably
"Apparently they are a much better team than they were in Lawrence. And I attribute that to Couch Stewart," he added, "the much better team, the much better team than they did at our place.
"I think it was partly them and partly us. They've got an outstanding front line and we weren't very alive tonight."
Defensively, KU tried everything. The Jayawacks opened up with the 3-2 tone that has been so effective this season. When Housey, their main man, fumbled early, his fainthood trouble early, Owens chose a 2-1-2 zone with Mitchell in the middle.
KU fell even further behind and Owens switched to a man-to-man and later a full-court press. MU beat all the
defenses, shooting 54 percent for the game.
The Tigers stuck with a very tight man-to-man defense that held KU to only 46 percent.
KU has never won this season when its opponents shot better than 50 percent. Kansas State and Nebraska both lost in the victories over the Jayhawks.
MU was able to shoot such a good percentage because Tiger frontier liners Stipanovich, Frazier and Curtis Berry were tough on the offensive boards. Between them they had 27 rebounds and 39 points.
"They just went at the boards," KU forward John Crawford said. "I saw Stipanov, Frazier, Berry all hitting the boards."
KU women look ahead to more competitive foes
By JIM SMALL Sports Writer
The KU women's basketball team can't afford to look beyond tonight's game with Pittsburgh State to an end-of-season schedule that includes nationally ranked Minnesota and Midwest power Drake.
But who could blame the Jayhawks if they did?
Pittsburgh brings a 12-17 record to Allen Field House for a 7:30 p.m. game against the third-ranked Jayhawks. The Gussies record includes losses to the Detroit Redskins, Juco and the University of Winnipeg, which are considered basketball ballers.
"Pittsburgh State is one of those ball clubs that is very spirited, very emotional," Kansas coach Marian Washington said.
Judging from the way the Jayhawks got their start in tonight's game may be lying so hard.
The Gussies needed a little more of that spirit and emotion when the two teams last met. Kansas took an 81-52 win over Pittsburgh Jan. 21 in Pittsburgh.
Kansas has won nine in a row and,
except for a 19-point victory over
Colorado, all have been by 20 points or
more.
"KU is playing very good basketball right now," Washington said. "The kids are really passing the ball well and playing together as a team."
Washington is concerned that her team is in the midst of a soft section of the schedule, which includes back-to-
back games against Creighton and their first season of Division I playoff.
"We have got to go out and play the type of game," Washington said. "If we sit down our starters, it is going to hurt our team. If we went out and just tried to win and not worried about how we won, we could get into a bad situation."
Washington is trying to maintain momentum with its hawks take on some competition.
Kansas will have home games against Sunflower: State rivals Wichita State and Kansas State along with Detroit and Minnesota.
"We still have some very good games left," Washington said. "Detroit always has a good team, Wichita State has beaten K-State and Drake has always been one of the toughest teams in the Midwest. It is almost as tough to win up there in Des Moines as it is at Kansas State."
One dark spot for the Jayhawks in freshman guard Mary Myers. Myers has tenitonis in her right foot and may miss tonight's game against Pittsburg.
Starting center Megan Scott and sophomore guard Chris Stewart may also miss tonight's game due to a scholastic conflict. Both players are scheduled to take examinations at 7:30 p.m.
"The professor has said that they may be able to take the test at 6 p.m." Washington said. "But if they can't take it at 6 they'll miss the game. I'm looking for what's most important for the kids and certainly education is more important so whatever the professor decides, we'll abide by."
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Burgement, who also lives in Kansas City, never played college baseball, but he said he enjoyed visiting with the KU pitchers and helping out.
"I do a lot of clinics," he said. "The kids look up to prox and I like to help. They can always learn, and the intensity of listening is maybe a little higher because they are talking to people. People who have been there."
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The experts, Steve Renko of the California Angels and Tom Burgmeier of the Boston Red Sox, spent two days working out and meeting with the KU pitchers, and, according to Temple, helped out a lot.
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