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TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Senior athletes honored at K ring ceremony
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Seniors from all University sports attended the Jayhawk Senior Ring presentation at Allen Fieldhouse on Sunday, a ceremony to honor student athletes.
Each athlete received a special "K" ring, a gold ring with a red face and marked with a blue "K".
"All of our student athletes strive to represent KU with integrity and honor and always striving to do their best," said David Johnston, director of the K Club and a former University student athlete. "To me, those characteristics are embodied in the K ring."
Athletic director Sheaon Zenger said the current class of senior student athletes is similar to those before them.
"Each class has their own class of champions and All-Americans," Zenger said. "This night is really about all of them."
Allison Mayfield, a volleyball player and track and field athlete, and Tim Biere, a football player, were both awarded the Robert E. Frederick Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year.
"I can't explain what it has meant to me to be here," Mayfield said. "It isn't just about the volleyball or the track; you meet people here. Tonight was a huge honor."
Mayfield left her mark at the University as an outside hitter for the Kansas volleyball team and a high jumper and javelin thrower on the track and field team. She
ended her volleyball career with more season kills, 462, and career attempts, 3,858, than any other player in Kansas volleyball history. Mayfield is also No. 3 on the all-time high jump list and among the top 10 javelin throwers in the Big 12. Biere was a team captain for the Kansas football team and played in all but one game in the 2011 season. He made the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention list, averaging 29.3 receiving yards per game. Biere was also an Academic All-Big 12 First team in 2009 and made both the Big 12 Commissioner's and KU Athletic Director's honor roll every year he was eligible.
"To be a student athlete at KU carries with it a lot of pressure, a lot of responsibility and of course a lot of pride," Johnston, director of the K Club, said. "Tonight was a chance to present them with a symbol of everything they have experienced."
The Del Shankel Teaching Excellence Award was awarded to Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, an associate professor in the sociology department. Najafizadeh said she was speechless after hearing seniors Steven Johnson and Jake Marasco announce she had won.
"I have had wonderful athletes in my classes," Najafizadeh said. "They do so much, but they excel really in both academics and athletics. I am truly honored to be nominated by them and winning it is just really great."
— Edited by Gabrielle Schock
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Senior outside hitter Allison Mayfield gives her senior address after receiving her K Ring at the 2012 Jayhawk Senior Celebration Sunday evening at Allen Fieldhouse. Mayner also won the Robert Frederick Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year along with senior tight end Tim Biere.
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Pacers tie series against Orlando
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Danny Granger and George Hill each added 18 points and Paul George had 17 points and eight rebounds for Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS — David West had 18 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Orlando Magic 93-78 on Monday night and even the Eastern Conference first-round series at one game annie.
Glen Davis led the Magic with 18 points and 10 rebounds, but he shot 5 for 16 from the field. J.J. Redick scored 13 points and Jameer Nelson added 12 for Orlando.
The Pacers were heavy favorites in the series because Dwight Howard, Orlando's All-Star center, is out with a back injury. Indiana lost Game 1 81-77 on Saturday, and the frustrated Pacers fought hard to avoid taking a two-game deficit to Orlando on Wednesday.
Indiana outrebounded Orlando 26-13 in the second half and held the Magic to 36 percent shooting overall. Indiana has held the Magic below 40 percent shooting in both games.
The Pacers won despite making just 2 of 20 3-point attempts and Granger, the team's leading
scorer this season, shooting just 7 for 21 from the field.
Orlando led 44-42 at halftime despite shooting just 32 percent from the field. The Magic stayed in the game with 12 offensive rebounds. Davis had 14 points and eight rebounds in the first half.
Granger's three-point play extended Indiana's lead midway through the quarter, and a 3-pointer by Hill made it 64-55 and forced Orlando to call a timeout. The Pacers outrebounded the Magic 12-1 during their 22-11 run to start the second half.
The Pacers poured it on the rest of the quarter and led 72-57 heading into the fourth. Indiana outscored Orlando 16-2 over the final 6:40 of the quarter and held the Magic to 1-for-8 shooting.
Granger hit a 3-pointer to tie the game early in the third quarter, then Hill made a layup to give the Pacers a 54-52 lead with 7:17 left and bring an uneasy crowd back into the game.
George's stepback jamper on the baseline as the shot clock expired gave Indiana a 78-64 lead with nine minutes to play, and his three-point play two minutes later pushed the lead to 15.
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NEW YORK — Alex Ovechkin's power-play goal with 7:27 remaining snapped a tie and gave the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers that squared the Eastern Conference seminal series 1-1 on Monday night.
Last minute goal moves semifinals into a tie
Just under six minutes after Ryan Callahan got the Rangers even with a power-play goal, Ovechkin put the Capitals ahead for good after they squandered a 2-0 lead.
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Brad Richards had a goal and assist, and defenseman Michael Del Zotto had two assists for the top-seeded Rangers, who got forward Brian Boyle back from a three-game injury absence but couldn't turn it into a commanding lead in the series.
Mike Knuble and Jason Chimaera scored first-period goals for the Capitals, who will host the next two games of the series. Washington is trying to repeat its first-round feat when it lost the series opener but rallied to beat Boston in seven games. The Capitals have earned four of their five wins in this postseason on the road.
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Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby makes a save in the second period of Game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York, Monday, April 30.
Making matters worse for the Knicks: Amare Stoudemire cut his left hand in a postgame incident. The Knicks did not immediately release any details on how it happened, and coach Mike Woodson — who saw the cut — declined to offer specifie-
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Knicks reach embarrassing post season milestone, may lose Stoudemire to injury
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Dwyane Wade scored 25 points, Chris Bosh added 21 and the Miami Heat beat New York 104-94 on Monday night, sending the Knicks to an NBA-record-tying 12th straight postseason loss.
MIAMI — The New York Knicks lost a game, then might have lost their ceuter right after.
"Let's talk about the game," Woodson said. "Thank you."
Miami-Dade paramedics, who staff every game at the arena, were seen leaving the Knicks locker room after the game. The Knicks said "doctors and paramedics" were working on Stoudemire, who was expected to need stitches.
LeBron James finished with 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Heat, who lead the Eastern Conference first-round series 2-0.
Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points on 12-for-26 shooting for New York, which got 18 points from Stoudemire and 13 apiece from Tyson Chandler and J.R. Smith. The only other team to lose 12 straight playoff games is the Memphis Grizzlies, who dropped their first dozen postseason contests from 2004 through 2006.
Mario Chalmers scored 13 points and Mike Miller and Shane Battier each shot 3 for 5 from 3-point range on their way to 11-point games for the defending East champion Heat, who shot 52 percent.
New York's last postseason win came April 29, 2001. The Knicks get another chance to snap the drought Thursday when they host Game 3.
"Every game we try to find our shooters, get them comfortable in the offense and once they catch them, they can let it fly" James said. "It was concerted effort tonight to get them the ball and move the ball from one side to the other."
Baron Davis, who sat most of the first half and has been batting back issues, finished with 12 points for the Knicks.
Along with the Grizzlies, the
The Heat came into the game saying they expected Anthony to be much more aggressive. They were right.
Anthony opened with an 11-shot quarter — the last time someone took more in the first 12 minutes of a playoff game was May 15, 2006, when Richard Hamilton got 12 shots off for Detroit against Cleveland. Anthony missed all seven of the jumps he took in Game 1 when guarded by James, then got his first one to fall on the game's first possession Monday.
Knicks were one of four teams in NBA history with 11-game post-season losing streaks, according to STATS LLC, joining Denver (1988-94) and the Baltimore Bullets (1965-70).
By halftime, Anthony was up to 21 points on 9-for-18 shooting, the Knicks needing all that and more. Wade, James and Bosh combined for 41 points in the first two quarters, helping Miami take a 53-47 lead.
Chandler, who set a back pick that sent James tumbled late in
Unlike Game 1, it wasn't over by halftime. And play was heated, just not overheated.
Saturday's first half, picked up a technical for taunting early in the second quarter when he went over Miller for a putback dunk and then glared at him for a few moments. A few minutes later, James did a fistpump toward the seats after a layup late in the half.
But whenever Miami was on the cusp of pulling away, New York had answers.
Consecutive baskets by James midway through the third quarter, the second of those good enough for him to merit it worthy of a chest-bump and long look at the Knicks bench, put Miami up 67-56 — then its biggest lead. Four minutes later, the Knicks were within four, a dunk by Chandler making it 72-68 with 1:37 left in the period.
Miami's margin was back to nine after a flurry ended the quarter. James drove right and got just about every Knick to shift with him, leaving Battier all alone for a 3-pointer, and James' three-point play as the shot clock was running down had him laughing and the Heat up 78-69 going into the fourth.
The Knicks never got any closer.
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