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Page 10 University Daily Kansan, February 9, 1984
'Hawks dump Sooners, build confidence for MU
SCOTT HOOKER/Kansan staff
KU's senior guard Darnell Valentine drives past Oklahoma guard Bo Overton. Valentine drove past QU several times on the way to a 22-point night Saturday. KU beat the Sooners, 96-67.
Men swimmers get dunked but women down Razorbacks
By JIM SMALL Sports Writer
What the KU men's swimming team lost in the way of pride to the University of Arkansas last week, the women's team more than made up for
women's coach Gary Kempf said that he was happy with his team's performance.
The men's team lost to the Razorbacks, 74-39,
at Akron in the Arkansas, 87-56, at Eagleroy in
Atlanta, April 21st, Saturday.
"WE MADE REAL important progress this weekend," he said. "We did especially well in the diving events. Colleen Nichol, Patty Mueller, Peter Clarker all had their best moments of the season."
Nichol qualified for the national championship team, and they finishes in the one-and-a-half meter dieting event.
The 400 medley relay team of Lanny Schaffer, Mary Kary Fitzgerald, Tammy Thomas and Jenny Wagstaff also qualified for nationalists with a Nire飞架 record time of 3:57.2.
Thomas qualified individually, winning the 100 individual medley with a time of 1:00.2.
"THIS WAS A GOOD way to finish our dual meet season," Kemp said. "We have done a lot
of good things this season and we are right where
we want to be ...
The 400 medley relay team of Steve Graves, Belle Wills, Chuck Mann and Joni Rowland will be the 2017 U.S. Olympic champions.
The KU men's team looked as though they were on their way to an upset over national representation.
"That first event is really a good event for us," KU coach Billy Spahn said. "It started us off on the playground."
But it didn't take long before the Jayhawks stumbled
"THINGS WERE really going good until the
something really hurt it, really hurt it.
Nothing went well after that."
KU could manage only a third place mark in
the race, but breaking into the top three
in the following follows.
What might have made the loss even more painful to the Jayhawks was the fact that Arkansas' All-American swimmer, Jerry Snencer. didn't even compete in the meet.
"He was in a meet in Europe," Spahn said. "But they have a swimmer named Levente who was just outstanding. He won three individual events."
THINGS WERE'T all bad for the Jayhaws, however. Steve Graves continued to be the team leader as he won two individual events.
Track team runs over surprising NU
Rv PAUL D. ROWKER
The Jayhawks won 10 of 15 events at the Bob Devaney Complex, but the Cornhuskers were swept in only two events and swept one event, the 60-year high hurdles.
LINCOLN, Neb.-The Kansas men's track team discovered one thing in its dual meet at Nebraska Saturday. The Cornhuskers aren't really that bad.
Sports Writer
"I was really pleased to see both of them get qualified," KU coach Bob Timmons said. "There so many good things that happened. Again, I think everybody competed well."
Two Jayahaws, triple-jumper Sanya Owolabi and 880-yard spinner Leonard Martin, qualified for the NCAA indoor championships with victories in their events.
KANSAS WON the meet 75-6, keeping its record unblemished at 3-0 in two dual meets and a triangular. The Jayhawks compete in a match against Kansas State, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Owolabi, defending NCAA indoor triple jump champion, won with a leap of 52 feet. Martin, a Lawrence High School graduate, won the 880 in 1:51.71. a career best.
THE JAYHAWKS SWEPT the 600 and long jump events. Mike Ricks, winner of the 600 with a time of 1:10.88, was followed by Mark Rau and Terry Hawk. Mark Hanson led teammates Wayne Capers and Warren Wilhoite with a leap of 24.43% in the long jump.
Ricks, defending Big Eight and national champion in the championship qualified for this national championships.
"I still need to get a little work in to get in show," Briks said. "I didn't feel at my best."
shape, kicks back and
Rick's is one of five Jayhawks expected to
Newton, a senior, set a Big Eight record in the pole vault for the second time in three weeks. Newton cleared 17-4% on his second attempt, breaking the mark of 17-4% he set two weeks ago at the Track and Field Association meet in Kansas City.
AFTER MISSING the height on his first attempt, Newton nudged the bar on his second try, but the bar didn't fall. Newton's closest competitor was teammate Randy Raymond and KU's George Buckingham, who each got no higher than 16-8.
Although the Jayhawks dominated many events, it was the record-setting performance of Cornhuskers' pole vaulter Mark Newton that created excitement.
compete in next weekend's Los Angeles Times Invitational at the Inlandew Forum.
KU's Paul Schultz won the two-mile run with a time of 8:56:90 over Cornhuskers Marc Adam and Tom Bowmaster. The time did not qualify Schultz for the national, but it was his fastest
After traveling (and losing) around the Big Eight for the past two weeks, the KU basketball team returned to Allen Field House Saturday night and was greeted by the familiar sights and sounds of Oklahoma. The Jawhawks celebrated their return to Lawrence by trouncing the Oklahoma Sooners 96-67.
Other first-place finishes for the Jayhawks were Anthony Polk in the 60-vard dao, Joel Light in the high jump, Deon Hogan in the 440 and Van Schaffer in the 1000.
BY TRACEE HAMILTON Associate Sports Editor
Tenight, they head back out on the road to play the Missouri Tigers at Columbia, a game that is shaping up as one of the most important of the conference race. Tipoff is at 7:09 p.m.
Polk' s 6.27 in the 60 and Schaffer's 2.13:24 in the 1000 were career-bests. Rick's '1.10:86 in the 600 was not his all-time best. Rick's has his fastest time of the year.
There's no place like home.
Ricks, who said he wasn't psyched up for the game, Cornhuskers were a little slimmer than he expected.
The Jayhawks ran a patient offense, working the ball inside to Victor Mitchell early in the first half. Mitchell, 6-foot-9 center, scored the bawks first 6 points, but got into four trouble easily.
"TO BE A REALLY good team, you have to win the road games."
"I WASN'T TOO excited about the meet, " he said. "Nebraska did give us a bigger meet than I said."
I like playing in the city and hardly ever take something about playing at home, a good feeling that gets you fired up. *Art Housey*, 8-foot-10 in height, is one of the best places with the way the situation has been on the road.
The team had a good time on the court, too. Darmell Valentine, 6-foot-2 guard, scored a game-high 22 points. His backcourt partner, Tony Guy, added 19.
"I'm just enjoying the game," Mitchell said. "We started out playing like a team. I got in foul trouble in the first half but I just sat down and had a good time."
KU's victory came on the heels of three losses, to Kansas State in Manhattan, Nebraska in Oklahoma and Miami.
"I WAS A LITTLE worried about coming back for the first game after being gone two weeks." Head Coach Ted Owens said. "I was especially pleased with the poise we kept on offense. The guards controlled the ball very well. We needed the win to rekindle that positive attitude."
Timmons said, "Nebraska has a good team. They've got good balance. I think we competed well."
Guy said, "As far as our playing, it wasn't as bad we could have done. We played good but not great."
"Our game plan at the very first was trying not to let Kansas come out and run," Ou Coach Billy Tubbs said. "We thought if we could slow Kansas down, we could play them pretty tight. The game plan was not that bad, but when you can't score, you dig your a pretty big hole."
Good was enough against the Sooners, who
were only a few percent from the field in the
first half and 34 percent.
The hole was 17 points deep at the half, when Kansas led 40-23. By that time suspicious Jayhawk fans recognized their team had regained its old spark, and the team responded. Each player contributed a piece of his usual trademark.
BOOTY NEAL came off the bench to hit
several of his you-got-to-see-'em-to-believe-'em 25-footers. John Crawford had five swooping blocked shots. David Magley, 6-of-7 forward, got his rhythm and his shot back, hitting baseline jumpers that were noticeably absent from the last few games.
"I'm getting my confidence back in my shot," Magley said. "Today was the first day I shot with confidence in a while. We came out tonight and got to win. It helps having all these people here."
Guy and Valentine contributed ball-handling and leadership, not to mention 41 points, to lead the team.
"We looened up after a couple minutes." Owens said. "Our guards rung the club well."
It just felt so good to get back on our home road. "Guy said. 'It's too bad it's such a brief rift.'"
The team worked on getting the ball inside,
"To be a really good team you have to win the road games."-Art Housey
and the big men responded with good defensive efforts. Housey grabbed 11 rebounds and Mitchell
Housey have been be pleased. He scored 15 points, and Milhatti added 10. Five Jayhawks
"THAT'S ONE OF my main things." Housey
"I want to go out there and get rebounds. If I
let out a shot, I'll win."
"It doesn't necessarily take that to win but it shows we can do it." House said.
"That's what we have when we're successful," Owens said.
"I just felt that I could do it all along," Mitchell said. "I just made a matter of the rest the players getting it right."
"It was a hard time down there on their court (where KU won 82-78). We had to get back at them. Coach got mad at us after that game down there and told us about it."
Owens must have refreshed his team's memory before Saturday's game.
"IN THE LOCKER room before the game, they were excited and anxious to play at home." Owens said. "I was concerned they might overtry."
Now Owens concern is focused on Missouri. KU downed the Tigers in a bitter struggle in Lawrence Jan. 21, but Missouri will play tough games. The Tigers plan a warm reception for the rival Jayhawks.
"I'm pretty sure it's not as bad as K-State and they weren't as bad as I was told they were," Mitchell, who has never played in Hearnes Center, said.
The game is important to KU for several
reason, the most important being its need for a tertiary like Columbia would bolster KU's confidence.
"The truth to tell you. I'm looking at this as my
own opinion," Cassie said. "I just how-
Cose will let us play movies."
"ILL STOP Stipanovich and let the other guys stop their men and we'll win."
It sounds simpler than it will be. And Owens was noncommittal about KU's game plan.
"We'll have to wait and see." Owens said. "I all depends on our approach—man-to-man or man-to-man."
"Against the zone, Stipanovich will get some cheep shots," Housey said. "He should get tigers in."
Magley sees the strategy differently.
Although the "Hawks were glad to be back in
prove they could win elsewhere.
“AS LONG AS the guys play hard it doesn’t matter what defense we play,” he said. “The zone works as well as the man-to-man if we work hard.”
"You can't just be a home team," Housey said.
"You have to play on the road. Playing at home gets you pepped up but you have to win in the other places too."
"OSU PLAYS away five of the last seven games, buy sure going to be a close race, but you are not being and is being."
While KU knows it has to win on the road, they are counting on tough road stands to subdue the opponent.
Some Jayahawks are even thinking beyond the conference championship.
"B believe it or not, I want to go to the NCAA playoffs." Housey said. "I just want to try to hold Stipanovich and let the rest of the guys hold their man, then we'll beat MU and may be get to go."
| | OBLIGATION RATIO | MAIN | 1 | 2 | 3 | REB A | A | FF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Seminole | 1M | 1.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | | | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Bayama | 1M | 1.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | | | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Pace | 2M | 2.9 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Face | 28 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Overton | 33 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Overstay | 33 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Hendrix | 19 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| Grammarist | 17 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| Programmer | 20M | 2.8 | 4.0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
*Mains:*
| | KANSAKUKE | | | | REB A | PE | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Magley | MIN | 25 | F-10 | PT 0 | G 6 | A | PP 10 |
| Housey | MIN | 25 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Mitchell | MIN | 29 | 1-10 | 1-4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| Cairns | MIN | 34 | 6-11 | 7-7 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| Valentine | MIN | 10-14 | 1-14 | 3-4 | 4 | 4 | 32 |
| Crawhill | MIN | 38 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| Crowell | MIN | 18 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| Summers | MIN | 2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Thompson | MIN | 2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | Knight | MIN | 2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | Knight | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 | Worrrell | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS 100 401
OKLAHOMA 23 44 67
KANPAS 40 58 96
Technical Fouls—none
Officials—Leumbach, Oberle
Attendance—14,200
KU women easily down Jays, 102-45
By JIM SMALL Sports Writer
Bruce Rasmussen was bitter.
As the Creighton coach stood in the hallway outside his team's dressing room, he couldn't hold back commenting on the 102-45 loss to the KU women's basketball team minutes earlier.
"WHAT CAN I SAY?" he said. "Down the stretcher they were up by 50, had their starters in the game and were still pressing. If that's their position, let them do it. Day they're in the position to be on the other side."
Senior forward Shehra Legrant scored a game-high 34 points and Lynette Woodward added 22 as Kansas stretched its winning streak to nine and raised its season record to 19-3. Saturday night.
Kansas coach Marian Washington rebutted Rasmussen's remarks, saying that she returned her starters to the lineup with about five minutes left and a 40-point lead to keep them sharp as the season nears an end and playoff time approaches.
"I THINK THAT I rested them too long, actually," she said. "It's important that the people that I have to go to down the stretch will be ready. You can't stay sharp by laying off."
Rasmussen's frustration started early.
Kansas, playing a swarming man-to-man defense race past the past Jays at the outset. In fact, KU held Creighton scoreless until Ruth Brooks scored with 13-28 left in the half to make the score 24-1.
Washington made wholesale substitutions midway through the half. Chris Stewart, Robbin Smith, Connie Means, Lynne Lowry and Mary entered the game, replacing starters Legrant, Woodard, Mary Chrnelich, Tracy Claxton and Megan Scott.
KU DIDN'T LOSE anything in the transaction
as the Jayhawks increased their lead to 55-18 at baltime.
Perhaps the brightest aspect of the first half was KU's torid shooting. Kansas fired 82 percent from the field and none of the starters missed a shot.
A major reason for KU's high shooting percentage was shot selection. The Jayhawks scored 24 first-half points on layups, a result of a quick defense that forced 19 LADy jump turnovers.
"Overall, we are a very quick team," Washington said. "We are able to exploit that quickness and get a lot of layups. Also, it is second nature for us to look for the break."
The second half was nearly a carbon copy of the first, outacured 47-27 in the final 28 minutes.
WOODARD MADE her third attempt at immortality with just over three minutes left in the game when she tried to become the first woman in history to slam-dunk a basketball during a
This time, however, KU scored despite the missed dunk. "Shebra was behind me in case I missed it," Woodard said. "The last two times that I tried to dunk, the other team ended up with the ball. So I told Shebra halftime if I tried it to please be behind me."
Most of the 2,000 KU fans rose to their feet as Woodard took an outlet pass at midcourt with no one between her and the ball. But Woodard's hard up bait a ball hit the back of the cylinder and bounded out.
Legrant scored on the rebound.
ALL OF THE HYPE and hoopla surrounding
the dunk leaves Washington with mixed
fear.
"If she feels good with it then I want her to try it," Washington said. "We are definitely trying not to get caught up with the idea of the dunk. But I'm real pleased she's trying it."
Shebra Legrant
Saturday night's game had two very different effects on two very different teams.
For Rasmussen, who is a first-year coach on a team that entered Division I basketball this year, the game was a humiliating setback and the pain won't soon leave.
"WE'RE NOWHERE near their class," he said. "They played, scored and intimidated very well."
For the Jayhawks, the game was a stepping
towards the Regional Tournament March
12-16.
"Our main goal against Creighton was to concentrate on those things that we need to do well in regionalals," Washington said. "Our team is confident, they are playing well together right now. I think that we'll have a lot of momentum heading into regionalals."
Women look to improve after loss to OU
By WENDY L. CULLERS Sports Writer
The performance of the women's track team at the Oklahoma Track Classic Saturday showed something—there is room for improvement.
"Some of the girls could have done a lot better," Theo Hamilton, assistant woman's track coach, said. "His performance will motivate us to better. We had some really good competition."
KU sent 27 competitors to the meet and 11 placed. Debbie Hertzgrand was third in the 880 with a time of 2:17.58 and Denise Homa was fifth with 2:22.32.
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Anne Johannesson was first in the slow heat of the mile run in 6:07 and Tanya Haenay was fifth in the fast heat at 5:08.
Other scorsers were: Shawn Corwin, high
umph. third at 57; Linda Newell, shot, put, sixth
The KU team members were as impressed with OU.
with 42-11¾%; Lori Tucker, Lori Green-Jones,
Connie McKernan and Debbie Hertzog, fifth in the mile relay in 4:00.19.
OU beat KU in a meet last week in Allen Field House.
Lawrence High grad Terry Ebanks, a freshman at Texas, won the two-mile.
Two women on the Jayhawk team, Tudie McKnight and Gwen Poss, did not go to the meet
"The there was real good competition," long jumper Bev Fuller said. "People see what everyone is doing. We'll be ready to meet them again. The meet got us fired up."
"Our toughest competition was Texas and Oklahoma," Hamilton said. "Okahoma was real strong. They were as strong as they were last week. They were tough."
in Oklahoma. Instead, they were invited to the Mason-Dixon Games in Louisville, KY., where some of the best athletes in the country were competing. Poss, who has qualified for the AIAW competition, ran in the 60-yard hurdles while McKnight competed in the long jump. Neither placed.
"Gwen had a false start. Because of the rules, she was disqualified," Coach Carla Coffey said. "Tidie missed the semi-finals by one-quarter of the score for her, but those things happen sometimes."
McKnight said she learned from her loss.
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"In a way I was upset and in a way I wasn't," she said. "I was hurt but there wasn't any reason for me to be that way. The meet taught me a lot of things. It showed me where I was at this point in the season. It was a good learning experience."