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University Daily Kansan, February 3. 1981
KU women ranked 3rd; MU hopes to halt rise
By JIM SMALL
Sports Writer
For the first time this season a coach about to play the KU women's basketball team said what has been thought of as unasable.
"I'm more concerned with the rest of the team than I am about Lynette Woodard," Mission Head Coach Joann Rutherford said.
THIRD-RANKED KANSAS will take on Missouri at 7:30 tonight at Allen Field House, the first matchup of the season between the two teams.
Rutherford's comments are in direct contradiction to comments made by most coaches who have faced Kansas. Those comments seem rather surprising considering Woodard's statistic this season.
The Wichita senior leads the Big Eight in scoring with a 25.4 average, leads the team in assists with 97 and is troops in steals with 93. Woodward was nominated for the Wade trophy, the top player in the woman basketball player, last week.
"Lynette is a complete player," Kansas Head Coach Marian Washington said. "When she isn't scoring she is passing on or the boards. There is no other player in the country that can do that." Things on the court as well as Lynette.
BUT RUTHERFORD INSISTS that the key to beating the Jayhawks is to shut down the other players on the KU squad.
"Shebra Legrant has always hurt us," Rutherford said. "She is really playing well now. They are an exceptional ballclub. They have so much depth. We will have to shut down that depth."
Washington said that Missouri will face a tough job when it tries to stop the rest of the Jawhawks.
"I last week against Kansas State we had five players score in double figures, and they said. "They will have the challenge to shatter to shut off the rest of our team."
MISSOURI ENTERS the game still smarting from a 7/8-73 loss to Southern Illinois last week in the Tigers the ball over in a whipping 33 times.
"We turned the ball over too many times against Southern Illinois," Ruberford said. "I don't think that we turn the ball over are more than that."
Leading the way for Missouri is 5-foot-10 senior Diana Supakis, who is averaging 16.8 points and 4.8 rebounds a game for the Tigers.
"The strongest point for them of intensely is their outside shooting," Washington said. "Diana Supakits, at the Big Eight Championships, made three extra out shots in one game. We can't afford to let her get her rhythm gift."
Kansas enters the game on a better note. The Jayhawks raised their season average to 81.4 points over Kansas State a week ago. KU, in fact, has a seven game winning streak
THE LATEST RANKINGS SHOW Kansas ranked third in the nation and the Jayhawks have not lost a game at Allen Field House in more than a year.
going with all but one of the victories by 10 points or more.
All this leaves Washington pleased, yet cautious.
"We are looking forward to nationalism in that we are trying to identify the weaknesses on the team and eliminate Washington said. "But it is critical that we have lots of intensity and aggressiveness. We can't afford to lose one of them."
Besides Woodard, much of the credit for the Jayhawks' success must go to Legrant and Tracy Claxton.
Claxton leads the team in rebounding with a 12.5 average. Legrant is second in scoring, averaging 17.9 points and sporting a 362 field goal percentage.
Rutherford said that the game plan for Missouri would be to take better percentage shots and to pressure the Jayhawks on defense. she also said that the Tigers would try to run with Kankan team known for its fast break game.
Washington said that she would like to see the Tigers try to run with her team.
"If they try to run with us, it is going to be very helpful for us."
Shebra Legrant, KU's senior for ward, attempts to pass in a KU game in Allen Field House. Legrant will be a major factor in KU's game against Missouri tonight, according to Coach Maehlin Washington.
Conference track coaches see hope in KC meet
By PAUL D. BOWKER Sports Writer
When the Big Eight Conference moved its indoor track championships from Kansas City to Lincoln, Neb., in 2014, it became a larger, more complete track facility.
Several Big Eight coaches were glad, however, to return to Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium Jan. 23-24 for the team's training camp in United States of America track
KU COACH BOB TIMMONS says there is a market for a second major indoor track meet in the Midwest.
"I think for a first meet, that it went over very well and very definitely there's a need for it." Timmons said.
Besides establishing an additional meet and give athletes a chance to perform in a large arena, it was a trip home for some competitors.
"We've got lots of Kansas City kids," Kansas State Coach Mike Roes said. "They love it. I hope they make a go of and do it every year."
"I THINK THE MEET went very well," Berney Wagner, executive director of the TFA in Kansas City, said. "There was excellent competition in an event every event. Some of it was people there added some favor to it."
For most Big Eight teams, it was their only other chance to run on a wooden track until the NCAA indoor championships, which will be held March 13-14 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
"We thought we could sell at least 4,000-5,000." Wagner said. "It was almost half that, under 2,000."
The TAE team, which had competed in youth, high school, junior levels, provided runners with a rare opportunity for runners to compete on a board track.
RUNNERS COMPLAINTED that the six-lane track in Kansas City was too small. Detroit's board track has only four lanes.
"We're trying to improve the Detroit situation," Ross said at the TFA meet. "It's like this—except it four lanes, you can imagine what it's like. It's a canyon." The team has had an advantage because they've used it to running on something like that.
"A well-established runner who's run on this has a big edge. It hard to pass somebody. A good technique runner is very hard and passes you on the straightaway."
Ross said that if a larger track was
installed in a Kansas City facility, he would be in favor of moving the Big Eight championships out of Lincoln.
"IF WE COULD find a zoo track in Kansas City, I would like it back here," Ross said. "I think a neutral site on campus is fair. There was an atmosphere in here I enjoyed when the Big Eight was here."
That isn't a likely possibility, however. The track used in the TFA meet was a rebuttal version of the wooden track employed when the Big Eight held its indoor championships at Municipal Auditorium.
Wagner said a portion of the track was repaired after the TFA meet because a soft spot developed in one of the corners.
Ross prescribed patience for making the TFA meet an annual affair.
"THEY CAN'T EXPECT instant success," he said. "There are a lot of track fans in the metro. They just need
The victory put KU's record at 3-3.
Men swimmers win behind leader Graves
He may not be a one-man team but Steve Grace is one reason the Kansas men's swimming team has won three meets this year.
Graves won two individual meet in pool-record times Saturday as the Jayhawks blasted Minnesota 80-33 at Robinson Natoratum.
"Steve Graves is the leader of this team," KU Coach Bill Spahn said. "There's no question; everyone on the team would answer. His swimming and
Kansas won 10 of 13 events in the meet. Individual winners for KU were
KU'S VICTORY TOOK a lot of people by surprise, especially Spahn.
"We beat us pretty last year and they have the same team back this year," Spahn said. "We expected a real hard battle. We meet we swarm really well at beginning. That had a big effect on Minnesota and get our guys pump up."
KU didn't fare as in the diving events, however. Mark Murkyphould manage only a third-place finish in 1-3 for the second and second in the 3-meter event.
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