SPORTS
University Daily Kansan, March 18. 1985
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NEWS BRIEFS
Former Tiger ace denied bail
TAMPA, Fla. — Former pitcher star Denny McLain, convicted of loan sharking and other crimes, was denied bail yesterday and ordered jailed until next month's sentencing at which he will face up to 75 years in prison.
McLain won 31 games for the Detroit
girls in 1968, the year they defeated the
Southern Conference team.
A jury of nine women and three men Saturday found 41-year-old McLain guilty of loan sharking, extortion, bookmaking in a week trial. He will be sentenced April 14
McLain and co-defendants Seymour Sher and Frank Cocchiaro were convicted of taking beds illegally, making loans that carried interest rates of up to 150 percent and using threats of violence — including a man's ears off — to collect loan payments.
Although McLain, who was managing the Tampa office of a Fort Lauderdale-based mortgage company, was found guilty of possessing three kilograms or about $6.2$ pounds of cocaine, he was declared innocent of a charge of conspiring to import 400 kilograms of cocaine. McLain, whose pitching excellence wity earned him the American League Cy Young award, booked operation but insisted he was never involved in cocaine dealing or loan sharking.
White Sox beat Royals 7-2
FORT MEYERS, Fla. — Tom Seaver pitched five scoreless innings and Darryl Boston and Jake Skinner hit home runs as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-2 in an exhibition game yesterday.
Seaver, the winner, limited the Royals to two singles.
Skinner smashed a two-run homer in the fifth inning off Mike Griffin, and Boston hit a three-run shot off Quisenberry in the eighth.
Charlie Leibrand suffered the loss, even though he gave up only one run in three games.
Dane lorg hit a two-run homer in the ninth for Kansas City's only runs.
Royals rookie pitcher Art Martinzer left the game in the ninth inning with a nerve problem in his right elbow. Team officials said he would be X-rayed today.
Kings win 5th in a row in KC
The loss drops Kansas City to 4-5. The White Sox improved to 8-4.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City rookie favor Otis Ots Thorne scored a team-high 25 points and pulled down a lead in the first game day to lead everyday to the Kinsas past Utah 107-101.
Kansas City, last in the Midwest Division, improved to 24-43 overall behind the scoring of six men in double figures and won its fifth game in a row at home. The team scored with 27 points and Mark Eaton added 19 for Utah, which drowned to 22-36.
Fred Roberts and Eaton carried the jazz early, scoring five and six points respectively in a five-minute stretch to bring Utah from a 23:19 first quarter to the longest lead of the first half, 42:33 with eight minutes remaining in the second period.
But Thorpe almost single-handedly erased the Jazz lead as Utah committed six second-quarter turnovers to Kansas City's one. Thorpe began with a lay-in to bring the score back to 42-35, then added 12 more points from the inside in the next five minutes to give the Kings a 61-55 halftime lead
Thorpe finished the first half shooting seven-of-seven from the floor, scoring 18 points and getting eight rebounds.
Ballesteros wins short USF&G
NEW ORLEANS — Swe Ballesteros shoot a 4-hunter 68 year-old to stave off a rally by John Mankoff and win $72,000 prize money at the USF&G Golf Classic.
Ballesteros, 27, finished the rain shortened tournament at 11-under 205.
He and Mahaffey were tied at 11 under on the 18th hole and seemed headed for a sudden death play-off, but Mahaffey double-bogeyed the 18th and finished at 9ander, tied for second.
Compiled from United Press International reports.
'Hawks' season ended by Auburn
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Greg Dreiling, Calvin Thompson, the Big Eight Tournament. Dreiling and Thompson not only Altono Campbell, and Ron Kellogg look on at the end of a battled the Cyclones, but were also fighting the flu and saw disappointing loss to Iowa State last week in the semi-finals of limited playing time.
Questions left for fans, players following NCAA 2nd-round loss
By MATT DeGALAN
Sports Writer
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - When KU fans and players look back on the team's appearance this year in the NCAA tournament, they are stunned by agonizing – what might have been
The Jayhawks lost 66-64 to Auburn Saturday in the second round of the Southeast Regional. Down by seven with 1:16 remaining, the Jayhawks fought back and had another four seconds left, but a Danny Manning jump shot from 15 feet short as time ran out.
If the shot had dropped and if KU had won in overtime, Larry Brown would have had two more hurdles to clear before reaching the final four in Lexington, Ky. KU first would have faced No. 7 North Carolina in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday.
Brown played for Dean Smith at North Carolina in the early 1960s.
"NO ONE HAS us better scouted." Smith
said Saturday after his team defeated Notre Dame 60-58 and waited to see if he would next face Kansas or Auburn. "Larry and his staff came out to see us in the fall and spent three days with us. It would be strange. He was my captain in '62 and an assistant for me."
The second hurdle was lowered yesterday when Villanova knocked off second-ranked Michigan, who crushed KU 96-77 in January and were favored to win the Southeast Regional. If KU had reached the regional final, they would have faced either Villanova (21-10) or Maryland (25-11). Maryland yesterday defeated Navy 64-59.
"I felt we played well. I felt it was one of our better games in a lot of ways," he said. "We played hard, we worked and we played hard. I think that will help the lot easier to take when we look back on this."
Brown, however, prefers not to speculate.
KU TRAILED BY ONE at halftime, despite playing without center Greg Dreiling and forward Danny Manning, each of whom had scored 21 points. The team pulled to a 59-52 lead with 1:30 remaining in
the game on the shooting of Chuck Person, who hit four straight.
Cedric Hunter and Calvin Thompson then
worked in the movie. In the final 90
seconds, each shot is played
Auburn, however, hit five of seven free throws and benefited from two judgement calls when the officials ruled that fouls were not committed, instead of putting them in the one-and-one.
WITH FOUR SECONDS left. Hunter fouled Person and the official rulled the foul intentional. Person missed the first shot but made the second. Auburn led 66-64.
Hunter took the inbounds pass and whipped the ball upcourt to Manning, who took two dribbles and fired 15 feet from the basket on the left side.
"I haven't been at this level that long, so maybe I don't need. I can't remember seeing them."
"It felt good when it left my hand." Manning said.
The ball bounced off the front of the rim and time ran out.
Reserves see lots of time in final game
By MATT DeGALAN Sports Writer
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Kansas fans tuning in late to the Jayhawks' 66-64 loss to Auburn Saturday saw a strange sight.
Kansas' Danny Manning and Greg Dreiling sat on the bench with three fouls.
Instead of the usual starting five, the unlikely combination of Ron Kellogg and four reserves was in the game midway through the first half.
Manning picked up his third foul — and an early trip to the sidelines — with 11:09 remaining in the half and the Jayhawks trailing 19-16. Less than four minutes later, he took to the basket, was called for charging and flowed Manning to the bench. KU trailed 27-26.
Freshmen forwards Mark Pellock and Chris Piper came off the bench to fill in. Minutes later, Larry Brown gave guards Cedric Hunter and Calvin Thompson a rest, leaving the floor to the Kellogg, Pellock, Piper, Tad Bovile and Mark Turgeon.
For Auburn, it seemed the perfect chance to pull away from the Jayhawks. But KU spread out its offense, ran time off of the clock and allowed Auburn just three points in the last eight minutes. Auburn led at the half 30-28.
"I was thrilled we were still in the game at halftime," Brown said. "If Danny and Greg had stayed in, I don't think we'd have done any better. I thought we had a chance to win."
Brown said he was pleased with the play of the reserves, especially Piper, a 6-foot-8 freshman from Lawrence, who played 20 minutes and scored a career high six points.
"He plays great every day in practice. I wish he could play him." Brown said of PEEKA.
Auburn coach Sonny Smith said, "The servers kept them in the game at the end of the match."
Piper, who hadn't scored since the Jayhawks heat Colorado 88-69 Feb. 4, said that he was surprised to play as much as he did, but that he wasn't nervous.
In the second half, Dreiling and Manning returned but were unable to control the game as they had in the second half of KU's 49-38 victory over Ohio on Thursday. In that game, KU led 18-15 at half, and Manning and Dreiling had just six points and no rebounds.
But in the second half of the Ohio game, the two came alive. Dreilling grabs eight rebounds and scored eight points, including a shot that snapped in the game to give KU a seven-point lead.
Women look to future with young team
Bv TONY COX
Sports Writer
The women's basketball team is trying to look at the bright side after its season ended March 8 with a 79-60 loss to Oklahoma in the Big Eight Post-Season Tournament.
Eleven of this season's 14 players — eight freshman, two sophomores and one junior — will return to next year's squad. Of the three seniors the team will lose, Mary Myers was a starter and Philicia Allen and Barbara Adkins were part-time starters.
The Jayhawks' 19-10 record wasn't impressive enough to get an at-large berth in the 32-tem NACLA tournament, but the future of the young team looks encouraging.
In addition, recruiting for next season is going well, KU head coach Marian Washington said last week.
"We won 19 ball games with a lot of close losses; I was really happy about that." Washington said. "The losses came much of the time with breakdowns from some of the younger players. But the good thing is that a lot of younger players got some experience."
Those young players got most of their
experience early in the season. When Adkins and Allen joined the team at the start of the spring semester, many of the key players were able to participate of the season said their playing time dwindle.
Allen returned in January from academic ineligibility and Adkins missed the fall semester because of a family tragedy.
"We've made a lot of improvements over last year," Washington said. "We have a lot of good young players, most of whom will be back next year. Now we're just concentrating on our recruiting efforts and looking toward next season."
KU's 19 wins represented the most since the team finished 27-5 in 1980-81, and several freshman played key roles in the team's improvement.
In a 84-77 victory over Oral Roberts Nov.
23, Jennings got her career at KU off to a good start by pulling down 17 rebounds. Then in a 91-86 victory over University of Pacific Jan. 2, Jennings scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.
Sherri Stoecker started 24 of 29 games and was second on the team in assists and third in steals. Kelly Jennings and Jackie Martin averaged 7.9 points and 6.2 rebounds. 7.9 points and 6.2 rebounds.
Martin averaged 7.7 points and 6.2
rebounds this season. She scored 21 points in a 99-70 victory over Arkansas State. Dec. 7
Lisa Dougherty, another freshman, played a key role as the first or second player off the bench. Washington said. She started six rebounds and averaged 6.6 points and 2.9 rebounds.
Vickie Adkins, the team's only junior, led the team with 20.5 points and 9.0 rebounds a game this season. She will be back as an All-America candidate next season.
"I don't spend a lot of time promoting any of my players," Washington said, "but I will say this about Vickie Adkins. This is the first time I have been told to think she exemplifies what a true athlete is."
"She's been double and triple teamed all year, and still she has performed as well as she had. She's truly an All-American in all senses of the word."
Against Oklahoma, Vickies Adkins played the entire game and led K with 20 points on 16 shots.
Alen also played well, chipping in 19 points and nine rebounds, but she was typical of the Jayhawks error prone performance. Allen scored the team's season-high 34 turnovers.
"In the Oklahoma game we slid into something we had experienced from time to time and I was very relieved," he said.
said. "We just didn't have the intensity. We are at our best when we're aggressive."
"It wasn't until the second half that we came out on them. We made a great run at them and came to within three points late in the game, but when the defense calls down the stretch didn't help us much."
LaTrenda Phillips paced Oklahoma with 24 points and Vickie Green contributed 20 points. KU held the Sooners' leading scorer for the season, Jacquetta Hurley, to six points on three-of-14 shooting from the field.
The season's end means the end of the KU careers of Myers, Allen and Barbara Adams.
careers of Myers, Allen and Barbara Adkins.
Washington said, "I think Mary did a very
well in the class. I know of her best
performances this season. I hope those are
the things she looks back on.
"Philicia hung in there over a year and a half and she was anxious to get back. It was not easy for her and Barbara both to not only get in shape, but get back to form.
"Barbara has made a tremendous sacrifice for her family. The thing I enjoy in athletics are the stories that are told of overcoming the odds. With Barbara, the decision she made to stay with her mother had a big impact on her career.
"She did a great job with her mother and she came back and gave it her best for the remaining six weeks. They'll all have some special memories to look back on."
No.2 Michigan upset by Villanova 59-55
By United Press International
NCAA Tournament prepared for anything. 20, Dwayne McClain scored 10 points and Iianawao hit 11 of 13 free throws in the final inning to put NCAA on top on upon No. 2 Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Southeast Regional at Dayton, Ohio.
After playing five games against George-
on and St. John's, Villanova entered the
NCAA in a playoff game.
"We played the No. 1 and 2 teams in the country six times," said Massimino "Name me."
Dwayne McClain, who paed Villanova's NCAA Southeast Regional victory with 20 points, also credited the rugged Big East for preparing him for the NCAA Tournament.
Villanova, 21-10, advances to Birmingham.
Ath. Fridays to play Maryland, 64-59 winder
"Playing against Patrick Ewing twice a year is enough," he said. "It says you up for it."
THE WILD CATS BECAME one of four Big
East teams to advance to the regional
championship.
"Villanona certainly doesn't look like a team that has lost 10 games," said Michigan coach Bill Frieder. "They played a perfect game out there today."
"We've done our best stretch the stretch all year long," said Massimino. "We went to our delay game with 3:56 left and they fouled and I lured L. We were successful in our foul shots.
Villanova clinched the win by going to a delay game in the closing minutes and then sinking 11-of-13 free throws in the final 97 seconds.
Villanova blew a 30-26 halftime lead by failing to score in the first eight minutes of the second half, permitting Michigan to seize a 35-30 advantage.
"We're really happy, obviously. I thought our team made a super defensive effort, it's not so hard."
Following the cold spell, Villanova outscored Michigan 10-2 and remained in the top five.
"BUT AS LONG as you play hard," noted Massimo, "good things will happen."
Michigan, which had a 17-game winning streak halted, finished its season at 26-4.
Maryland shattered Navy's hopes for a second straight upset when Jack Adkins and Keith Gatton each canned 2 free throws in the final 40 seconds to seal the Tervis' victory, which shocked Louisiana State in the first round, ended its season with a 26-6 record.
It was the second poor showing in three
days for Michigan. In Friday's NCAA first round, the Wolverines were nearly upset by unheralded Fairleigh Dickinson before rallying for a 59-51 win.
Maryland, which trailed 45-34 with 16-12 remaining, took the lead to stay at 58-57 when Len Bias slammed home a dunk off a rebound with 4:46 left.
East
At Atlanta, Illinois, a 74-38 winner over Georgia, and Georgia Tech, which ripped Syracuse 70-33, advanced to Thursday's East Regional semifinals at Providence, R.I.
Doug Altenberger led No. 10 Illinois on a 16-point score spree late in the first half as the Fighting Illini, 26-8, thrashed Georgia to a 14-point thirdursday's meeting with the Yellow Jackets
Mark Price scored 18 points and Yvon Joseph added 17 to lead Georgia Tech, one of
Midwest
four Atlantic Coast Conference teams in the Tournament's Final 16. Tech, abead only 28-27 at the half, outscored the Orangenem 9-2 over the first 4-11 of the second half for a 37-29 lead and Syracuse could get no closer than three points after that.
Georgia Tech improved its record to 26-7, while Syracuse closed its season at 22-9.
Tyrone Scott's free throw with 13 seconds left gave Boston College the cushion it needed to defame Duke. The Eagles led 73-68 with 1.07 left, but Duke's All-America guard Jeffrey Culver hit a jumper and then added a free throw to cut the deficit to 73-71 with 29 seconds left.
At Houston, Memphis State, which edged Alabama-Birmingham 67-66 in overtime, and Boston College, a 74-73 upset winner over Alabama in the Midwest Regional semifinals Friday in Dallas.
Andre Turner hit a 15-foot jumper with six seconds left in overture to lift No. 4. Memphis State into the final 16 for the fourth straight year. Anthony Gordon had given Alabama-Birmingham a 66-65 edge on a follow shot with 43 seconds left.
West
At Albuquerque, N.M., Alabama, a surprise 63-59 winner over Virginia Commonwealth, and North Carolina State, which topped Texas-EI Paso 86-73, advanced to Friday's West Regional semifinals in Denver.
Bobby Lee Hurt touched off an Alabama streak late in the first half and keyed a defensive effort that held Virginia Commonwealth without a field goal for 10 minutes. The Rams, second seeded in the West Region, fell behind by 12 points early in the second half before cutting their deficit to 4, but Alabama fought on the charge.
The power of Lorenzo Charles and the quickness of Anthony "Spud" Webb sent North Carolina State rushing past Texas-Eli McKinley in eighth straight NCAA tournament triumph.
Charles, who hit the shot that brought the Wolfpack the national crown in Albuquerque two years ago, scored 30 and Webb, the Wolfpack's jumping jack 5-foot-7 guard, added 29, including 13 from the free throw line.