University Daily Kansan, February 25, 1985
SPORTS
Page 9
Javhawks avenge losses with 82-76 victory
Jayhawks ave Players earn rest after beating OU
By MIKE BRENNAN Sports Writer
Giving his players two days off in a
hospitalized home, Bowman did a
done before.
No. 13 Kansas will then have two
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Tpurchase at Allen Field House
But after Saturday's 82-76 victory over No. 3 Oklahoma, which Brown called "our best game by far," he started our day in the hardest day and today, off from practice.
"This makes me feel a little more confident with our team," Brown said after the game. "I was struggling there for awhile."
Calvin Thompson said that the Jayhawks' recent losses at Missouri and Iowa State provided a learning experience.
"I feel that those two losses helped us find ourselves." Thompson said.
Earlier in the season, Kansas struggled against Michigan and lost. That game was the low point of the season. Tad Bovie said Saturday.
"Everybody has to realize their role — when to take shots and when not to." Boyle said. "Coach said we couldn't go out and play scared no crazy shots. We had to move the ball and play together with that what we did."
Moving the ball, and getting the ball to the open man was vital near the basket.
WITH 1:57 LEFT in the game;
Thompson grabbed a rebound and passed the ball to Cedric Hunter.
Hunter started to bring the ball up the court and saw Kellogg moving toward the KU basket virtually alone. Hunter got the ball to Kellogg, who slammed in two of his 34 points, giving KU a 73-70 lead with 1:53 left in the game.
Hunter and Kellogg hooked up again with 18 seconds remaining. Boyle got the reloubion a missed shot by Anthony Bowie, and the fast break was on.
Boyle passed to Hunter, who came down the court on the left side with Kellogg on his right. Hunter made a quick bounce pass to Kellogg who laid the ball up. The shot was pinned against the backboard by Sooner Darryl Kennedy and declared good by the officials. Kennedy fouled Kellogg on the play, and the KU forward made the free throw to stretch the Kansas lead to seven at 81-74.
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THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, Brown has wanted his teams to run and get the ball up the floor as possible against pressure throws.
On the opening tip-off, Danny Manning took the ball in for a dunk. The crowd went wild but the poise of the Sooners showed as they answered with an 18-foot jumper by Bowie
couldn't make every shot," Brown said.
Danny Manning dunks off of an alley oop pass from Ron Kellogg. KU's Greg Dreilling and Oklahoma's Wayman Tisdale, Linwood Davis and Darryl Kennedy — along with agape fans — watched Saturday as Manning jammed in two of his 16 points in KU's 82-76 victory.
The Sooners scored their first nine times down the floor, hitting eight field goals and two free throws. Kansas couldn't match Oklahoma's blistering pace, but never fell behind by more than six points in the first
"I always tell the kids we never want to walk the ball up against pressure," Brown said. "You get more time to get a shot."
WHEN KELLOGG WASN'T scoring from the outside, Greg Dreiling and Danny Manning were scoring from the inside. They combined for 26 points, banging their way around All-American Wayman Tisdale.
"I told the kids as long as they were in, in, they (Oklahoma)
Tisdale was held to 17 points, well under his 26.2 average. Deireling said the Jayhawks were concentrating on Tisdale, but it wasn't an all out effort like the first game this season in Norman.
"We were pretty confident," Dreiling said. "Now we are playing good ball, but we've got so much more to do."
Tisdale voiced his opinion to the referees for most of the game, complaining about the fouls they never called. Near the end of the game, Tisdale asked the elbows, prompting a confrontation with Brown late in the game.
"He threw an elbow at Pellock," Brown said. "I didn't think that was called for by a great player like Tisdale.
THE VICTORY CLINCHED second place for the Jayhawks and left the door open for a possible tie with the Sooners for first place. There are two games remaining in the regular season.
In the first round of the Big Eight playoffs, KU will host the No. 7 team in the conference at 9:10 on Tuesday, March 5.
The victory was also the 16th win in a row for Kansas at the Field House and the 14th this season.
Oklahoma's loss snapped its 24 game conference winning streak going back to last season and that made Manning very happy.
"It is a very big win going into the Big Eight playoffs," Manning said. "We kept our poise, coming down to the free throws and we hit them."
IT IS POSSIBLE that Saturday's game won't be the last meeting between KU and the Sooners. Kansas could face them in the championship game of the conference tournament at Kemper Arena in Kansas City.
Last year, the Jayhawks defeated the Sooners 79-78 on a last-second jumper by Kelogg to take the title. He then told him he would like to play them again he
"This is what we've been waiting for. Thompson, you know we can handle it at 9 a.m."
Kansas 82
Oklahoma 76
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kennedy | 33 | 1.6 | 10-10 | T | R | A | TP |
| Bowen | 43 | 1.6 | 10-10 | T | R | A | TP |
| Bowie | 38 | 4.9 | 9-14 | T | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| McClarriet | 40 | 7.15 | 9-14 | T | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Davey | 16 | 2.5 | 2-2 | T | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| David | 16 | 2.5 | 2-2 | T | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clark | 22 | 5.8 | 1-2 | T | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Percentages: FG, 482, FT 786. Blocked Shots: 3
Turnovers: 11. Steals: 5. Technicals: None
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Manning | 33 | 6-12 | 4-4 | R | A | 5 | 16 |
| Kallogge | 38 | 14-19 | 6-7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| Hunter | 33 | 1-14 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Thompson | 36 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Boyle | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Hunter | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Pellock | 9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Newton | 9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Percentages: FG, 561, FT, 947. Blocked Shots: 3.
Turnover: 3. Strategic: None.
Percentages: 10. 36%; 11. 49%; 20. Brookside Snails.
Turnovers: 7. Steals; 5. Technicals: None
Women lose by 1 point again
By TONY CON Sports Writer
One point losses at home are becoming a bad habit for the women's basketball team.
After losing 77-76 to Kansas State on Wednesday at home, the Jayhawks fell 78-77 to Oklahoma in Saturday at Allen Field House.
Lisa Dougherty hit both ends of a one-and-one with 14 seconds remaining in regulation to give Kansas a 68-70 lead.
Barbara Adkins was called for a foul with .03 remaining sending the Sooners' Lisa Allison to the free throw line. She made the second of two free throws to tie the game
Dougherty put up a 25-foot jump shot at the buzzer that narrowly missed.
"It was a tough loss," KU head coach Marian Washington said. "I thought the effort was a little better than against Kansas State.
IN OVERTIME, TERRY Willis hit two free throws with 99 remaining to give Alabama a 78-75 lead and clinch the victory. Evette Ou's driving basket at the buzzer for the Jayhawks was academic.
Half: Oklahoma 42-40
A: 15,200
"What is frustrating is when you do play a little better than the last game and still come up short."
Several plays, such as Dougherty's near miss at the end of regulation, could have won the game for KU if Washington had out differently, Washington said.
"It could have gone down as easily as it went into overtime." she said. "It would be a bad thing tonight depending on how the fouls were called and how the ball rolled."
"When you're playing against a great team, any wrong bounce can hurt you."
When Dougherty made the pressure free throws towards the end of regulation, KU's chances for victory looked good.
DOUGHERTY WASN'T bothered by the pressure of the one-and-one free throw situation with 14 seconds remaining and KU trailing by one
"We thought we played fairly well. We just needed a little extra something to make a victory."
in practice," she said. "Of course there was pressure, but I tried to block it out of my mind.
KU took a 35-31 halftime lead largely because of Oklahoma mistakes. The Sooners turned the ball over 20 times in the first half.
Oklahama finished the game with 30 turnovers. The Jahayhaws didn't help themselves much either with 12 turnovers in the first half and 28 for
"I tried to think about it as if I were
The Sooners took a 16-8 lead after the first six minutes, but KU took advantage when Oklahoma turned the ball over six times in the last 2:30 of the half.
KU PLAYED MUCH better than in the loss to Kansas State and much better than in the 90-69 loss to Oklahoma, a season in Norman, Washington said.
"We needed to be much more aggressive on offense and we were," she said. "I think we're wanting it more. The second round is not easy and we're finding that out."
Shot-putters win Big 8 titles
By DAVID O'BRIEN
KU shot-putters Stine Lerdahl and Clint Johnson captured women's and men's titles to lead the Jayhawks at the Big Eight Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.
Sports Writer
Nebraska became the first school to win both conference team titles since Kansas State in 1976. The KU won its last conference, while the KU men finished sixth.
"We wanted to finish higher," women's coach, Carla Coffey said, "but we glad to finish in the upper division."
KU coaches said yesterday that they were pleased with the performances of both squads over the weekend.
with 28 and Colorado finished eighth with 9.
Men's coach Bob Timmons said his squad performed as well as possible.
ONLY TEN POINTS separated the second and fourth place women's teams. Nebraska easily outdistanced second-place K State. The Cornhuskers scored 206 points, while KSU finished second with 84. Oklahoma finished third with 77 and KU finished with 74. Missouri took fifth with 50 points, Iowa State was sixth with 31. Oklahoma State finished seventh
Coffey said the highlight of the meet came in the pentathlon on Friday. Ann O'Connor finished second in the event, while Rosie Wadman was third and Jaci Tymus was fourth. Those finishes, plus Kim Jones' third place leap in the long jump, led the lead going into Saturday's events.
"We were pleased with the guys performed," he said. "We scored about as many points as we could have."
Jones' mark of 20 feet, $3; inches is a personal record and qualifies her for the NCAA national championships March 8-9 in Syracuse, N.Y.
In the triple jump, Wadman finished fourth at 37-11-14 and Hall was fifth at 36-8-9. O'Connor cleared 5-10% to finish third in the high jump.
DENISE BUCHANAN ALSO qualified for the national meet with her 49-8½ mark in the shot-put Saturday, good for third place in the event. Lerdahl, the defending Big Eight champion, won with a put of 50-7½. After competing in the pentathlon Friday, Wadman, O'Connor and Julie Hall placed in other events Saturday.
The KU two-mile relay team of Helmer, Kelly Wood, Susan Glatter and Trish Mangan fourth in fifth at the Olympics in Wood, Veronda O'Hara, Kim Jones
Angie Helmer finished second in the 600-yard run Saturday. Her time of one minute, 23.55 seconds tied the school record.
IN THE MEN'S meet the team scoring was much closer, but Nebraska still came out on top with 109 points. Iowa State was second with 93 followed by Kansas State with 87<sup>1</sup>. Missouri with 70, Oklahoma State with 48, KU with 46, Oklahoma with 45 and Colorado with 28.
and Laura Peart also finished fourth in 3:57.10.
A lot of good feelings came Saturday when Johnson, the Big Eight champion outdoors, won the shot-put with a put of 60-6.
Timmons said Scott Huffman also turned in a standout individual performance by finishing second in the pole vault Saturday. Huffman's 17-7½ vault broke the KU freshman record formerly held by Jeff Buckingham. OSU All-American Joe Dial won with a vault of 18-11¹.
Jim Metzger captured 16-10 for third place and Dennis Malley was sixth in the tournament.
Fred Lewis finished second in the triple jump with a leap of 50-10 and Sharriff Hazim cleared 6-11% to finish fifth in a highly competitive event. Brad Tieljens of ISU set a Big Eight record of 7-4/3 in winning the
Hazim also finished sixth in the jump with a personal-best leap of 15.9m.
Craig Branstrom finished sixth in the 60-yard hurdles in 7.67 seconds and John Creighton was sixth in the 600-yard run in 1:11.08.
Bruce Connelly/Special to the KANSAN
LINCOLN, Neb. — Scott Huffman heads down the runway in the pole vault competition at the Big Eight Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday. Huffman finished second with a KU freshman-record vault of 17 feet, 7 inches.
Winning facilitated by Allen
It wasn't a game that was crucial in the sense that it would determine a championship. Oklahoma is virtually assured of taking the Big Eight
Home sweet home was never sweeter for the Jayhawks than Saturday afternoon when Kansas players and fans refused to let the Oklahoma Sooners claim their secrecy. The team played in Allen Field House in two years.
CHRIS
LAZZARINO
Associate
Sports Editor
Going into Saturday's game, KU was actually a two point favorite in the USA Today odds. What that means is that Allen Field House eliminates the importance of all ratings.
That infamous game of last year was something no one at KU was going to forget, much less forgive. The house that Wilt Built, currently been renovated by Larry Brown and company, has always been a tough place to play. But the level of difficulty was raised to a new level. The fans were mad.
THE MAGIC POSSESSED BY the Jayhawks at Allen Field House is above and beyond the home court advantage. The Jayhawks have 14 points on the road, but no opposing team can expect to win at Allen Field House.
championship outright, even with Saturday's loss. But what was on the line was pride, something that was destroyed — at least damaged — last year. As proved Saturday, pride is as important to the fans and players as championship crowns.
During Saturday afternoon's wrap-up of college basketball, the NCB studio host gave the score of the KU-OU game but advised the viewer's team really be called an upset. The Allen Field House advantage strikes again.
Another interesting item found in USA Today's sports section was a rating of college basketball teams, mathematically produced to apparently show what the ratings should actually be. Teams may be perceived as, or if the voters were as smart as Massachusetts Institute of Technology computers.
WITH THE NUMERICAL ratings so provided, the reader is advised that a hypothetical margin of victory could be reached between two teams, but points must be added to the home team for home court advantage. The allotted points actually put KU just above Oklahoma when the Jayhawks are at home. But the allotted points also would make Georgia the favorite over Georgetown when the Bulldogs are at home.
Whether or not that atmosphere Saturday can ever be recreated is doubtful. It was a unique situation. National TV, Al McGuire and Dick Engber, Sports Illustrated, revenge and pride — all of those factors were present and Oklahoma suffered for it.
THE WINDOWS WERE covered with brown paper and Allen Field House seemed to be the entire world, everything of importance packed into a stone, brick and metal building. Fanatical cries of the fans advising Billy Tubs to take a seat — the same respect given the K-State cheerleaders Wednesday night and Wyoming Tisdale to remind the rim seemed to be emitted by the field house itself. The yells were so loud, so totally encompassing, it is doubtful they could have possibly been any louder.
Fired up student sections, strategically placed in various places throughout the arena, led the crowd in jubilation. Mysterious silhouettes against the paper-covered windows around the top of the arena were the upper edges of a crowd packed into every square foot of usable space.
THE FANS HAD to have pleased Brown, who only had to ask the die-hards behind the bench to refrain from describing officials' calls as extremist. The team produced the desired support without the undesired violence.
An Oklahoma highway patrolman, apparently brought to protect the Sooners, went home without having to do much protecting. The KU police officers probably didn't need to wear uniform outside the Oklahoma locker room.
An went well — incredibly well — for the Jayhawks. Oklahoma remains the top team in the conference and the Jayhawks still have to be able to produce wins away from Lawrence to be productive in the post-season. But KU's immediate goal was accomplished. Oklahoma went home without the conference title — and no Allen Field House netts.