University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, January 21, 1992
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Kansas survives Colorado's late surge
By Lyle Niedens
Kansan sportswriter
BOULDER, Colo. — Call it a coincidence.
On Jan. 13, Missouri's Anthony Peeler forced Kansas into overtire by making two free throws and tying the score with 1 second left in regulation
Five nights later, Colorado's senior point guard Billy Law had a chance to give a repeat performance of Peeler's last-second act.
And then-No. 6 Kansas escaped with an 81-80 victory.
But with 2 seconds left in Saturday night's game with Kansas, Law missed a free throw he wanted to make, then made a free throw he wanted to miss.
"I feel sorry for Billy, but he kicked our tails for a lot tonight," Kansas Coach Roy Williams said. "He really plowed very, very well."
The Jayhawks were leading 81-79 when Law drove to the basket and was fouled by Kansas center Eric Pauley. After missing his first attempt, Law, hoping for a Colorado rebound, threw the ball hard off the backboard. Instead, the ball rattled through the hoop
Six seconds before Law's misadventure at the foul line, with the score tied at 79. Kansas guard Steve Woodberry dove the basket and was fouled by Colorado's Randy Robinson. Woodberry made what turned out to be the winning free throws, giving Kansas an 81-7 lead.
Woodberry said he was not nervous at the free-throw line and did not think about calling a timeout after Colorado had tied the score with 15 seconds left.
"It if there are above 7 seconds left, we don't call a timeout," he said. "I felt I had an advantage going to the hole."
The final 8 seconds proved to be a microcosm of the entire game. Kansas won—and Colorado lost—the game at free-throw line. Although Colorado shot 15 more free throws than the Jayhawks, the Buffaloes made just 57 percent of their foul shots, compared to 16-of-20 for Kansas.
The poise the Jayhawks showed at the free-throw line was exemplified in other ways as well. Kansas trailed by four, 68-64, with 7:01 left in the game. At that point, the Jayhawks held Colorado scoreless for the next 3 minutes and took a 70-68 lead, but Colorado's Greg McDermott jumper with 4 minutes left. The Buffaloes then called their third and final timeout.
During the timeout, Williams told
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"I told them the team that plays with the most poise down the stretch is going to be the team that wins," Williams said.
With 2 minutes remaining. Colorado
freshman Donnie Boyce hit a jumper in the lane and tied the score at 74. Kansas pushed the ball up the court, however, and guard Rey Walters, who led the Jayhawks with 19 points, hit a lavup that gave Kansas a 76-74 lead.
"When they scored to go up or tie the game, we came right back immediately," Williams said. "None of our guys hesitated. We worked on it in practice. They got it in quickly and we went right back on their backs."
The Kansas lead shrank to one on a free throw by Colorado's Mark Dean with 1:40 remaining in the game. Dean then stole a pass by Walters and scored on a beautiful pass from Boyce, giving the Buffaloa a 77-76 lead with 55 seconds left in the game.
The Jayhawks came back. After a timeout, Walters drove the lane and scored on a layup with 32 seconds left. He was fouled on the play by Law. Walters converted the three-point play, and Kansas regained the lead 79-77.
Walters said the Kansas system worked well in such instances because opposing defenses could not concentrate on one plover.
"It it me in a situation where I can do something," he said. "If you try to stop one of our players, the other four are going to have a great game."
The Jayhawks mixed and matched defenses down the stretch, switching from man-to-man to zone. Williams, who declined comment about the officiating, said the switch was made because Kansas was in foul trouble.
"We were trying to buy some time," he said, and hoping it would take longer.
The Jayhawks led at halftime 47-42 and threatened to put the game away by scoring the first nine points of the second half.
The Jayhawks led 58-44 with 16:37 left, but the Buffaloes did not bow to the Kansas charge. Led by Boyce, who scored a game-high 27 points, Colorado outscored the 'Hawks 21-6 during the next 9 minutes and took a 65-64 lead. Kansas hit only 2-of-13 shots during the stretch.
"We got a little complacent at that time," Williams said. "Wedidn't do the things at that point that we needed to do, and it almost came back io haunt us."
Kansas point guard Adonis Jordan said the 'Hawks let up during that stretch.
"The crowd got into it, but we never really thought we would lose the game." he said.
Walters said the crowd made it hard for the Jayhawks to hear one another.
"That's where poise and leadership come in," he said.
Senior forward Alonzo Jamison sai
It definitely hurt Boyce, who scored 12 of Colorado's 21 points during the run but was held to two points in the last 10 minutes.
of the Colorado surge, "It was a credit to them. But I think our 2-3 zone really hurt them."
"Donnie Boyce was outstanding for them," Williams said. "He doesn't play like a freshman. He played like a senior."
Although the Jayhawks do not play again until their home game Saturday with Nebraska, Jamison said it would not be considered a week off.
"We'll probably have our most intense practices of the year," he said.
Walters said he was ready to return home again.
"It'll be nice to have a crowd cheen when you make a shot instead of when the other team makes one," he said.
Richey injured
The Associated Press
Patrick Richey has a stress fracture of the tibia in his right leg and will miss 4 to 6 weeks, Coach Roy Williams said.
Richey will have surgery tomorrow, Williams said yesterday.
Richey, a 6-foot-8 sophomore,
was averaging 4.5 points and 2.2
rebounds a game while playing an
average of 13 minutes a game.
Kansas 81
Player M | M G | FG | FT | R A | F T | P
Jamison 6 | 6 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 4 | 14 | 14
Scott 20 | 20 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 3 | 2 | 5
Walters 35 | 35 | 7.12 | 6.7 | 3 | 2 | 5
Walters 35 | 7.12 | 6.7 | 3 | 2 | 5
Jordan 10 | 3 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 4 | 3 | 2
Woodberry 20 | 20 | 3.14 | 0.4 | 3 | 2 | 2
Woodberry 20 | 20 | 3.14 | 0.4 | 3 | 2
Ostertag 8 | 2 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1
Richay 8 | 2 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1
Gurley 6 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0
Johanning 4 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0
Percentage: 15% (FG 33%, FT 80%) Three-point
blocks: 3 (Walers, Jawbone, Woodberry)
shoots: 2 (Scott, Paula); Steals: 5 (Walers, 2,
Jawbone, Woodberry); none
Colorado 80
Robinson 35 5.10 4.6 5.3 3.4 15
Hunter 33 5.10 3.3 3.3 5.3 7
Hodges 29 18 3.7 9.0 9.0 17
Law 18 3.1 3.5 6.1 6.1 24
Law 11 2.3 3.5 5.4 12 47
Dean 19 4.5 2.6 6.0 6.1 10
Price 7 1.1 0.0 6.0 1 26
Price 7 1.1 0.0 6.0 1 26
Golgart 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Markham 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Percentages: 15% (F47%, F7% 37%), Three-point
blocks: 4:15 (Boyce 2, Robinson 1, Blocked)
blocks 8: Hodge 4, Robinson 3, Thove) Strook
blocks 9: Hodge 4, Denv 2, Thove)
Technical notes:
Halftime: Kansas 47, Colorado 42; Officials:
Nashville, Jackson Millenium A: 10.367
Lady Jayhawks defeat Buffaloes 66-48 at home
Pep talk, season-high crowd provide players with confidence
Bv Cody Holt
Kansan sportswriter
Coach Marian Washington's pre-game pep talk proved costly to the Colorado Lady Buffs Saturday as the Lady Jayhawks returned to their winning ways, beating Colorado 64-8 at Allen Field House.
After losing three of their last four games, Washington feared the Lady Jayhawks were losing some of their confidence after starting the season 10-0.
"I had to remind them of the significance of what they've done," she said. "We're 12-? and after those three losses you would have thought we were 3-12 the way the team acted."
Washington reminded the team of how they were tied with the University of Missouri Kansas City for the top-ranked leader in the nation.
Kansas immediately went inside to junior center Marthea McCloud. McCloud scored the first three of her team-high 12 points on a layup and free throw after being fooled by King. Freshman forward Angela Aycock also added 12 points on four-of-four shooting.
Throughout the first half, Kansas maintained a defensive intensity that held the Lady Buffers to 29-percent field goal shooting and gave the Lady Jayhawks a 39-24 halftime lead. Kansas' defense also held Colorado freshman point guard Shelley Sheetz scoreless during the first half. Sheetz leads Colorado with an average of 13.4 points a game.
"I think we have the best defense in the nation," Washington said.
Adding to Kansas' confidence was the season-high 1,400 fans that came to Allen Field House for Saturday's game. The attendance nearly tripled the Lady Jayhawks' 508 average through their first six home games.
"We concentrated on her (Sheetz) all week," senior guard Kay Kay Hart said. "I think everybody did a really good job of shutting her down."
Kansas' new found confidence was evident from the opening tip where the 5-foot-11 Johnson out jumped Colorado's 6-2 center. Sherrice King.
"We love a crowd," senior forward Terrilyn Johnson said. "It just gives us momentum and shows us that we have a lot of support. That means a lot."
Colorado went into a zone defense early in the second half, but it quickly backfired as Washington countered with the three-point shooting of junior guard Shannon Kite.
Kansas had three players in double figures and all but two of the Lady Javahws scored.
A rule just that hitting three 3-pointers, including two in a row that put the game of reach.
"She has an opportunity, anytime someone plays a zone against us, to come out and do her best." Washington said.
Kansas' next game will be tomorrow night at the field house against Iowa State. "Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
"This was a great win for Kansas," Washington said. "I'm really pleased with this team."
Kansas guard Ericka Muncv oasses around Sherrice King.
Kansas center Eric Pauley pump-fakes to elude Colorado's Mark Dean.
Javhawks rise in AP poll
Kansas basketball made a statement this week as both the men's and women's teams moved up from last week's rankings in the top 25.
1. Duke 1
2. UCLA 2
3. Oklahoma St. 3
4. Indiana 5
**Kansas** 6
6. Ohio St. 7
7. Connecticut 8
8. Kentucky 10
9. Arkansas 12
10. North Carolina 14
11. Arizona 7
12. Missouri 13
13. Syracuse 20
14. Michigan St. 11
15. Alabama 9
16. Michigan 15
17. Oklahoma 23
18. Georgia Tech 16
19. N.C. Charlotte 18
20. Louisville 25
21. Tulane 19
22. St. John's 17
23. Texas-El Paso — —
24. Stanford — —
25. UNLV — —
1. Maryland 3
2. Virginia 1
3. Stanford 4
4. Tennessee 2
5. Iowa 5
6. George Washington 6
7. Stephen F. Austin 7
8. Mississippi 10
9. Penn St. 8
10. Washington 9
11. Houston 11
12. Purdue 12
13. Vanderbilt 13
14. Mtami 19
15. Clemson 17
16. W. Kentucky 21
17. Hawaii 15
18. Northwestern 14
19. SW Missouri St. 23
20. N. Carolina St. 16
21. California —
22. Kansas — —
23. LSU — —
24. League Beach St. — —
25. North Carolina — —
**Texas Tech** — —
Jayhawks use aggressive play, compensate for size disadvantage
By Jerry Schmidt
Kansan sportswriter
Marthe McCloud and Terrilly,
Johnson know it may be a long season inside the paint for the Lady Javahawks.
With a stress fracture injury to junior center Lisa Tate, both players have been thrust into the duties of guarding and being guarded by players who are sometimes four to five inches taller.
"We're going to draw the taller players every night," said McCloud, a 5-foot-10 junior "I'm a strength. I use that as my strength."
In the Lady Jayhawks' 66-48 victory against Colorado on Saturday, McCloud and Johnson, a 15-11 senior forward, spent most of their day looking up at the Buffalo front line consisting of two, and sometimes three, 6-2 players and one 6-foot player.
McCloud, who finished the game with 12 points and six rebounds, said she had grown accustomed to
this scenario, and she said her aggressive play usually countered her size disadvantage.
Jennson had 10 points and a team-leading nine rebounds. She said quickness on the inside should help her in the lane.
"I have to use more fakes down low," Johnson said. "I not a wimidebody. I'm more of a finesse player. I will have to use my quickness."
McCloud and Johnson will try to make up the 10.4 points and 7.4 rebounds a game that Tate had averaged before her season-ending injury after the Creighton game.
"We're giving up so much size that we must do a better job on the boards." Washington said.
Coach Marian Washington said rebounding would play a significant factor in conference play.
Johnson and McCloud are averaging 15.2 rebounds between them, and the 'Hawks are 8-8 when outrebounding their opponents. Johnson is sixth on the all-time rebounding list at Kansas.
Tennis team splits weekend on home court
By Lyle Niedens
Kansan sportswriter
The weekend started off good for the Kansas men's tennis team, but it ended on a sour note.
Men's tennis coach Scott Perelman said the weekend offered both good and bad news for the Javahaws.
The Jayhaws began the first of two weekend matches Friday night with a 6-3 victory against No. 25 South Florida at Alamzar Racquet Club, but Saturday the 'Hawks dropped their first match of the season to Indiana 5-4.
"I thought we played really well in singles, but we played poorly in doubles."
"The good news is, we know what we need to work on," Perelman said. "The bad news is, we gave up a match we should have won.
The Jayhawks used strong singles play to oust the Bulls on Friday night.
Perelman said the crowd made a difference in Friday's match.
No. 2 singleslayer Patrick Han was the lone Jayhawks' loser in singles, but he redeemed himself in doubles, teaming with Buth for Kansas' only doubles victory of the weekend, 6-3, 6-4 against South Florida's Jeff Baker and Benefield.
At No. 1 singles, Kansas' Rafael Rangel defeated South Florida's Arne Raabe in straight sets 6-2, 7-6, and No. 3 singles player Paul Gavin defeated the Bulls' Jamie Buchanan 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 Carlos Fleming, Rain Buth and Manny Ortiz also won singles matches for the Jayhawks.
"The crowd was a major asset," he said. "They really got into the match and made a lot of noise."
The Jayhawks were not as successful against Indiana.
Although the 'Hawks won four of six singles matches, the Hoosiers swept Kansas in doubles, winning each match in straight sets.
Kansas track starts season in great shape
Kansan sportswriter
By Chris Jenson
"I was happy with the team's conditioning." Coach Gary Schwartz said. "They competed very aggressively.
The Kansas track and field teams began their indoor season in great shape Saturday at the Kansas Invitational Literally.
"The majority of the team is in better condition for this time of year than ever before."
Before the Saturday afternoon meet, Schwartz had said the unscored exhibition would be a barometer of how well winter training had come
Although the team passed its conditioning test, he said it would take a scored meet to truly evaluate the team and its prospects.
The next test for the Jayhawks will be their first scored meet of the season, the Kansas-Kansas State-Missouri triangular next weekend in Columbia, Mo.
Schwartz said that Kansas State would be the strong team at the meet. Missouri, much like Kansas, is a team in transition, he said.
"It's a chance for us to compete against our two natural rivals," he said.
Although Saturday's meet was not scored, Martz did not have to look in detail.
On the women's side, junior Julia Saul set a school record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9 minutes, 54.43 seconds. The old record, 10:04.00 was set in 1988 by Susan MacLean.
Women's co-captain, senior Cathy Palacios, set a personal record in the one-mile run. Her time of 4:57.32 was good enough for a third-place finish, behind fellow Jayhawk Saul, who finished second.
"I was really pleased with my performance," Palacios said. "Overall the whole women's team was excited about the meet and the upcoming season."
The men's side was not without outstanding performances of its own.
Schwartz said he was pleased with sophomore Michael Cox's strong running in the two-mile relay and sophomore pole vaulter John Bazoni, who placed second in his event.
Coxran his 800-meter leg of the relay in 1:52 to help the Kansas "A" relay team edge the Kansas "B" relay team for first in the event.
Co-captain and senior distance runner Jason Teal said he was pleased and surprised with the men's team performance, especially Cox.
Teal said Cox's performance would give the coaches more personnel options for the two-mile relay, an event he said Kansas would compete well in this season.