8B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2003
Jayhawks cruise past Cornhuskers
By Doyle Murphy
dmurphy@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
If Kansas was looking past Nebraska to Monday's showdown with Missouri, the scoreboard sure didn't show it.
The No. 12 Jayhawks (15-5, 5-1) handed the Cornhuskers (9-11, 1-6) their worst loss, 81-51, in the 27-year history of the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Oklahoma beat Nebraska by 27 last year, setting the old mark.
The victory may have set a new record, but to Kansas coach Roy Williams the Jayhawks' performance was nothing more than "workmanlike."
"We didn't shoot as well," Williams said, "but we made some plays."
Williams attributed some of the missed shots to the box-and-one zone defense — one player guarding senior Kirk Hinrich and the other four playing a zone — Nebraska used throughout much of the game. Faced with a logjam under the basket, the Jayhawks fired 23 three-point shots and made just six.
"I don't like to shoot three point shots 23 times just because their coach wants us to," Williams said.
Sophomore guard Keith Langford made 1-of-4 three-pointers
"They were just talking, saying my shot was lucky last year — little dumb stuff." Langford said. "I wanted to respond."
and scored 17 points in the game. He came out hot after jawing with members of the Cornhusker student body in warm ups.
He got his opportunity early. Langford scored 14 points in the first half, helping Kansas put the game out of reach before halftime. He added only one more basket and a free throw after the break but still tied with Hinrich for the game's top scorer.
While Langford tailed off in the second half, his sophomore counterpart, Aaron Miles, was just getting started.
After passing for only two assists in the first half, Miles ended the game with 10 assists. 14 points, six rebounds and four steals.
Senior forward Nick Collison struggled early. His game totals of 14 points and nine rebounds were nowhere near the breakout 24-point, 23-rebound outing he pinned on No. 3 Texas.
Collison said none of the Jayhawks had their best game.
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"We played well in the stretch in the second half," he said. "But before that, both teams were pretty ugly."
Kansas sophomore guird Keith Langford leaps in the lane to make a first half bucket. Langford went 7-for-15 from the field Saturday and tore down five offensive rebounds in 32 minutes played versus Nebraska.
-Edited by Ryan Wood
Gruber wins in home state swim dual meet
By Jason Hwang
jhwang@kansan.com
Kansan scripter
Sophomore Amy Gruber clocked in at 57.55 seconds to win the 100-yard backstroke title in her home state, her sixth first-place finish this season.
The University of Kansas swimming and diving team fell to 7-5 in dual meets after losing to the Arkansas Razorbacks 181-119 Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.
Gruber, a Bigelow, Ark.
native, said swimming in front of family and friends had some influence to winning the title.
"It was really exciting to swim with them in the crowd," Gruber said. "It gets you going before you swim your race."
Senior Gwen Haley captured two first-place finishes, in the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.39) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:24.01). Haley's eight first-place finishes this season leads the team.
Senior Beth Schryer (1000 freestyle, 10:24:38), sophomore Kristen Johnson (100 breaststroke,
1:06.78), Gruber (100 freestyle, 52.09 and 100 butterfly, 57.62) and sophomore Miranda Isaac (200 breaststroke, 3:23.26) finished second in those individual events. The Jayhawks took second place in the 400 freestyle relay, timing in at 3:34.88.
"Each meet we use to go prepare ourselves for the conference championships," Kansas swimming coach Clark Campbell said. "We did the best we could, but were beaten by a better team."
In diving action, senior Patti Stringham took second
place in both the one-meter (251.55 score) and three-meter (270.97 score) flights. Senior Kristi Misejka took third place in both diving events for the Jayhawks. She earned a score of 235.57 in the one-meter and scored a 259.20 in the three-meter.
The Jayhawks will return to action at 2 p.m. on Saturday against Iowa State in their final home meet of this season in Robinson Natatorium.
Edited by Brandon Gay
Jayhawks crushed by No.8 Texas Tech, 84-57
Ryan Greene
rgreene@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Even though both Kansas (9-10 overall, 2-6 Big 12 play) and Texas Tech (18-2, 7-1) play similar Big 12 Conference schedules, the Lady Raiders looked as if they were in a league of their own Saturday.
No. 8 Texas Tech shot 58 percent from the field on the afternoon, including only nine missed shots in the second half, on its way to an 84-57 victory in Allen Fieldhouse. For Kansas, the loss ended a two-game conference winning streak.
Senior forward Plenette Pierson led the Raiders and scored 21
of her game-high 29 points in the first half. Pierson also added six rebounds and three blocked shots. She was complemented by junior guard Jia Perkins, who scored 10 of her 13 points in the second half.
While the Jayhawks struggled to get open and hit shots on offense, their defensive troubles were just as apparent.
"They're the best team we've faced so far this year," coach Marian Washington said. "The bottom line is our defense broke down on us. I don't think we challenged them from any position."
for the Jayhawks, sophomore guard Aquanita Burras had her third consecutive solid offensive
Kansas played well against Texas Tech for the game's first 16 minutes, until Texas Tech rode the momentum of an 11-2 run into the locker room at halftime and led 38-22.
outing with 16 points. Burras shot 10-for-10 from the freew throw line. She was also the only Jayhawk to score in double figures. Freshman forward Crystal Kemp added nine points.
Any hope of winning for the Jayhawks had disappeared from the second half's onset. The Raiders outscored Kansas 10-2 early in the half, paced by two quick three-pointers by junior guard Natalie Ritchie.
For the young Kansas squad going up against top-10 compe
tition was different from what it has faced for most of this season.
"The difference is they had a lot of people that were very good, they just didn't have only one main scorer," freshman guard Erica Hallman said. "It's always good to play tougher teams because that tells you where you should be."
Kansas will look to even its record Wednesday night, when the team travels to Boulder. Colo., for a rematch against the Colorado Buffaloes.
The Jayhawks lost the first meeting of the year 71-50 on Jan. 18 in Allen Fieldhouse.
—Edited by Ryan Wood
Campers stay warm but traditions still remain for new fans
By Mike Norris
By Mike Norris
correspondence@karsan.com
Karman sports correspondent
Until Roy Williams came to Kansas, nothing much had changed since die-hard KU basketball fans started camping out in the mid-1980s for prime seat seats.
"Before coach Williams came, they camped outside," said Kristi Truman, Kansas City, Kan., graduate student. "He thought it was too cold."
After Williams arrival, camping moved inside Allen Fieldhouse. But other rules remained the same. Every group had to have one member in the fieldhouse from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. To ensure a group was represented, roll was called. If a group did not have a member present, that group was dropped to the end of the camping line.
Truman, who has camped for more than 100 basketball games, said while the rules were virtually the same, the process seemed to work better.
Andy Wymore. Leanwood senior, has been camping for four years, and three years ago started posting the unofficial rules on the fieldhouse doors to limit confusion. He and Tru
man said some campers thought there was a group who ran the program, but it was all student run.
"Camping is completely democratic," he said. "It's by the campers, of the campers, and for the campers."
Other schools such as Duke University have a similar process, but have all the rules and regulations posted on the student government Web site. Jeremy Morgan, Duke University senior, was appointed by the school's student government to be in charge of the camping section of the Web site, called K-Ville, in honor of basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski.
"Five years ago there were a lot of problems," Morgan said. "Now it's more organized, and we are more deliberate on the policies."
Student Body President Jonathan Ng said he liked the way camping was done at Kansas, but a more official policy could smooth things out.
"We are looking into the possibility of a more formal system like Duke," he said. "However, we don't want to interfere with the current traditions — just make them better."
—Edited by Michelle Burhenn
Jordan lifts Wizards victory over Hornets
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — For Michael Jordan, these were the old days in Chicago. The very old days.
Not the championship years, when he was winning rings with Scottie Pippen. But the early years, when the Bulls were a so-so team and every game felt like 1-on-5.
With the team's two other surfree fire scorers injured, Jordan scored 45 points in 44 minutes carrying the Washington Wizards to a 109-104 victory Saturday over the New Orleans Hornets.
"Tonight was a revisit back to those days where I could get myself in nice little situations, where the defense really couldn't help," Jordan said. "By the time the defense helped, I was able to go ahead and get the basket, get a foul, get someone else involved. It was reminiscent. It was a good night."
It was the sixth 40-point game since Jordan came out of retirement a second time, but this one came under unusual circumstances. Jerry Stackhouse and Larry Hughes were both injured, leaving Jordan as the only real offensive threat.
He made four of Washington's
first five baskets and he had an assist on the other one. He went 6-for-9 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line for 16 points in the first quarter.
He used creative moves to work himself open. He shot fade-aways over David Wesley. He evaded Courtney Alexander through screens and forced him to foul. He drove on Jamal Mashburn.
Jordan sat for just four minutes in the second quarter, and the Hornets outscored the Wizards 14-4 during that span to take the lead. It became obvious that he wouldn't leave the game again.
"I wasn't about to take him out," coach Doug Collins said. "I was not going to get that wrath."
The Wizards trailed by five at halftime and by as many as 10 in the third quarter. Jordan's big game was going to waste. Collins told the team to stop standing around waiting for Jordan to do everything.
"I don't want you to get that 'floating Michael eye.' We've got to go to other guys on the floor." Collins said in the huddle. "He's helped us to this point, and we have to have other guys help finish."
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