Friday, March 6, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
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Wildcats stampede Buffaloes
Dies sits for third game as K-State advances
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo., — At halftime,
Coach Tom Asbury urged his Kansas
State players to have fun. And what's
more fun than winning?
The short-handed Wildcats erased a three-point Colorado half-time lead and rolled to a 75-16 victory yesterday in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament.
"I told them. 'Don't make this unfun,'"
said Asbury. "Our kids are smart. They know we're playing for a post-season berth and every shot is important."
Better second-half defense on Colorado's Kenny Price helped the eighth-seeded Wildcats (17-10). Price hit three of four three-point shots and scored 11 points in the first half. But he made only two of six three-point shots in the second half.
Ty Sims and Ayome May led an 8-0 run that stopped a Colorado rally and turned the momentum squarely in favor
Colorado (13-14), now 4-22 all-time in conference postseason action, pulled to within 55-51 on Charlie Melvin's three-point play with 6:50 left.
of the Wildcats.
But after Aaron Swartzendruber's bucket a moment later, May hit a pair of free throws and then stole a pass and drove for a layup that made the score 61-51.
Manny Dies, Kansas State's leading scorer (16.3) and rebounder (7.5), sat out a third straight game after being arrested near Kansas State's campus. He is free on $1,500 bond after being charged with transporting an open container and obstruction of the legal process. \
KANSAS ST. 75
COLORADO 61
KANSAS ST.(17-10)
Hughes 0-5-0-0, DeGray 3-8-0-6, Melvin 3-8-2-3, Price 6-12-3-2, 32-0; Frier 2-5-1-3, 5琳 2-4-4-4, Jones 1-6-0-3, Renfroe 0-0-0-0, Thomas 2-5-0-0, Mosley 4-7-3-1, 31-15 21-8-12 16-61
McCollohaugh 1-5-0-02, Sims 5-9-10-12-20, Rhodes 6-1-2-4-15, Griffin 0-2-5-8-5, Swartzendrunk 4-10-2-11, Vasiljevic 2-3-1-2-5, May 3-9-4-4-11, Reid 2-3-0-0-6, Davis 0-0-0-0, Leonard 0-0-0-00, Totals 23-57 24-32 75.
Halftime — Colorado 29, Kansas St. 26.3.Point goals
— Colorado 7-17 (Hughes 0-1, Price 6-10), Jones 1-4,
Thomas 0-2), Kansas St. 5-10 (Rhodes 1-3, Swartzendruber 1-2, May 1-2, Reid 1-2). **Rebounds** —
Colorado 34 (Mosley 11), Kansas St. 41 (Sims 9).
**Assists** — Colorado 10 (Hughes 3), Kansas St. 16
(Griffin, Swartzendruber 4). **Total fouls** — Colorado
24, Kansas St. 15. A — 9,300.
Baylor barely repels Texas A&M's surge
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Hunter sank two free throws with 26 seconds left and Baylor hung on to defeat 12th-seeded Texas A&M 66-63 in a sloppy first-round game in the Big 12 Tournament yesterday.
In the final 11 seconds, Rodrick Miller and Leon Morris missed two free throws each for Baylor (14-13), but Texas A&M (7-20) missed three 3-point attempts in the final 24 seconds.
Fifth-seeded Baylor will meet fourth-seeded Nebraska in the second round on Friday.
Then Michael Schmidt hit a jump shot and, with 1:47 left, Steve Houston drilled a 3-pointer that shaved the lead to 64-62.
Texas & A&M trailed 64-63 after Shane Jones' free throw with 10-1 to play. The Aggies got the rebound on the missed foul shot, but Brian Barone missed on a short jumper and Hunter got the rebound and was fouled.
Brian Skinner had 17 points for, while Lewis had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Baylor. Jones had 17 for the Aggies.
BAYLOR 66,
TEXAS A&M 63
TEXAS A&M (7-20)
Schmidt 6-13-1-314, Thompson 0-1-4-4, Jones 6-10-5-10 17, Barone 7-1-2-5,
Houston 2-9-2-4-7, Jack 3-10-4-10,
Richards 0-0-0-00, Brown 1-3-4-6,
Totals 20-53 21-33 63.
BAYLOR (14-13)
Morris 2-5-2-4, Ramirez 0-4-2-3, Skinner 11-19-5-7-27, Hunter 3-10-4-11, Miller 0-4-0-30, Sellers 0-1-0-0, Kendrick 1-3-0-2, Pendrisk 2-5-0-4, Gipson 0-0-0-00, Lewis 6-10-2-51, Tots 25-61 15-26 66.
Haltime — Baylor 35, Texas A&M 28. 3-Point goals — Texas A&M 2-12 (Schmidt 1-6, Barone 0-1, Houston 1-3, Brown 0-2), Baylor 1-9 (Morris 0-2, Ramirez 0-1, Hunter 1-4, Miller 0-2.) Fouled out — Thompson, Barone, Jack, Ramirez, Lewis, Rebounds — Texas A&M 40 (Jones 10), Baylor 46 (Gipson 11). Assists — Texas A&M 9 (Houston 5), Baylor 8 (Miller 3). Total fouls — Texas A&M 42, Baylor 26. A — 9,300.
Last second shot by Carr looks good, misses mark
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Texas coach Tom Penders and Cory Carr agreed.
Carr's last-second 3-pointer sure looked good.
But it bounced out just before the buzzer as the Longhorns held on to beat Texas Tech 86-83 in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament yesterday advancing to a second-round game today against second-seeded Oklahoma State. The Cowboys had a first-round bye.
"We knew it was going to him," Penders said. "It's hard to beat a team three times. Cory is a special person. He's good for our league. I'm glad we won, but I'm sorry that it had to be Cory."
Chris Mihm put back a missed shot with about 12 seconds left and made two free throws with 9.7 seconds to go.
Carr then missed from the top of the kev as Texas (13-16) escaped.
"I put the thing up and it looked good," Carr said. "I had just made one the last time down the court. But usually when they look that good, they don't go in."
The Red Raiders (13-14) had trailed throughout the game, but rallied in the second half behind the 3-point shooting
TEXAS 96,
TEXAS TECH 83
TEXAS (13-16)
Muoneke 2-9-6-9-11, Vazquez 0-2-0-00,
Mihm 4-6-3-11, Clack 11-21-3-528, Axell
7-14-3-12, Perryman 1-3-4-46, Smith 1-3-
0-02, Clark 4-7-0-18. Totals 30-65 19-26
96.
TEXAS TECH (13-14)
Owens 4-8-4-12, Carr 5-15 6-820, Phillips
3-6-1 2-7, Young 6-11 2-18, Bonewitz 3-13
8-10 17, Roberts 1-3 0-2, Myers 2-3 0-1,
Carmichael 1-4 0-0. Totals 25-63 21-27
83
Halftime — Texas 47, Texas Tech 30. 3-
Point goals — Texas 7-20 (Munkee 1-3,
Vazquez 0-1, Clack 3-8, Axtell 3-6, Perry-
man 0-2), Texas Tech 12-25 (Carr 4-9,
Young 4-6, Bonewitz 3-9, Myers 1-1).
Fouled out — None. Rebounds — Texas
45 (Clack 4), Texas Tech 36 (Bonewitz 10).
Assists — Texas 12 (Munkee 4), Texas
Tech 12 (Young 4). Total fouls — Texas
19 Texas Tech 21. Technicals — Texas Tech,
Owens. A—N/A.
of Rayford Young to make up for an offnight the All-Big 12 Carr
"I don't think we played with emotionalism," Texas Tech coach James Dickey said as the Red Raiders finished the season by losing six of their last seven."
The Associated Press
Missouri storms past Iowa State
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kelly Thames scored 22 points as a Missouri team struggling to keep its NCAA hopes alive rolled past Iowa State 74-55 yesterday in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament.
The Tigers, who shot 67 percent to build a 15-point lead in the first half, advanced to the second round today against third-seeded Oklahoma. The Sooners had a first-round bye.
Missouri, which has a 23-game road losing streak and lost all of its league games on the road this year, is counting on four victories in five games with ranked teams to influence the NCAA tournament selection committee.
The Tigers would receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament if they won
the conference tournament.
Missouri (17-13)
and Iowa State (12-
18) had split their
regular season
games this year
with each team win-
ning on its home
court.
The Tigers, who had many fans among the crowd of 13,800 at Kemper Arena, made 16 of 24 shots in the first half, including five of eight three-point shots. Dibi Ray made all three of his three-point attempts in the half.
Iowa State, which brings the largest contingent of fans to the tournament each year, shot only 37 percent in the half.
Ray finished with 11 points and Albert White scored 10 for Missouri.
The Tigers led 33-20 after a three-point shot by Ray with 4:55 to play in the first half. Thames then stole the ball and scored on a pass by White for a 35-20 lead.
It was 68-49 with just more than three minutes left after an acrobatic play by Jeff Hafer. Iowa State lost the ball on the offensive end of the court and the ball was lobbed downcourt to Hafer. Hafer tipped the ball over the head of a Cyclone defender, picked it up under the basket and laid it in.
Missouri led 41-29 at halftime, and Thames opened the second half with two free throws and a three-point shot for a 46-29 lead with 18:55 remaining.
MISSOURI 74,
IOWA STATE 55
IOWAST. (12-18)
Fizer 5-13 1-11, Johnson 4-9 1-29, Edwards
0-1 1-2 1, Love 2-0 4, Curry 3-9 0-8, Knoll
0-2 0-0, Johnson 0-1 0-0, Rancik 2-7 4-8,
Cmer 1-1 0-0, Shirley 3-7 6-8 12. Totals 20-
57 13 17 55.
MISSOURI (17-13)
Lee 4-10-0-9, Thames 7-12-6-72, Hardge 2-2-0-1 4, Ray 3-4-2-4 11, Woods 2-8-2-2 7,
Grawar 0-0-0-0, Hafer 3-8-1-1 7, Parker 2-4-0-0, White 4-8-2-2 10, Totals 27-56 13-17 74
**Haltime**—Missouri 41, Iowa 29, 3-Point goals—St. 2-15 (Johnson 0-1, Love 0-3,
Curry 2-7, Knoll 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Rancik 0-1)
Missouri 7-17 (Lee 1-3, Thames 2-3, Ray 3-4,
Woods 1-5, Hafer 0-1, White 0-1) **Fouled out**—Lee, Rebounds—Iowa St. 33 (Rancik 6),
Missouri 37 (Lee 7), *Assists*—Iowa St. 14 (
Love 5), Missouri 12 (Hafer 4). **Total fouls**—Iowa St. 16, Missouri 16. **Technicals**—Missouri bench. A—13,800.
Southern Conference
Butler, Midwestern Collegiate Conference College of Charleston, Trans America Athletic Conference
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK
Schools that have received automatic bids to the NCAA basketball tournament:
Arizona, Pacific-10 Conference
WHO'S IN:
Radford, Big South Conference
Radford, Big South Conference Richmond, Colonial Athletic Association San Francisco, West Coast Conference South Alabama, Sun Belt Conference Valparaiso, Mid-Continent Conference
Last night's scores:
Eastern Michigan, Mid-America Conference
Fairleigh Dickinson, Northeast Conference Illinois State, Missouri Valley Conference Iona, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference Princeton, Ivy League
- Atlantic Coast Conference first round
North Carolina State 65, Florida State 63
Duke 63, Virginia 41
- Atlantic-10 Conference second round
Temple 76, St. Joseph's 52
George Washington 88, Massachusetts 83
Xavier 68, St. Bonaventure 44
Rhode Island 83, Darton 70
Baird/Bimmington 74, John Smith
*Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference semi-finals*
Morgan State 72, Maryland/Eastern Shore 51 Florida A&M 88, Delaware State 73
Big Sky Conference first round Cal State Northridge 104, Eastern Washington 98
Big 10 Conference first round Minnesota 64, Northwestern 56 Wisconsin 52, Penn State 51 Indiana 78, Ohio State 7
Big East Conference second round Connecticut 64, Providence 55
Rutgers 61, Georgetown 60
Syracuse 69, Villanova 66
John St. 91, Boston College 80
Big 12 Conference first round Kansas State 75, Colorado 61 Baylor 66, Texas A&M 63 Texas 86, Texas Tech 83 Missouri 74, Iowa State 55
- Conference USA quarterfinals
- North Carolina Charlotte 63, Marquee 55
- Southern Mississippi 85, Memphis 57
- Cincinnati 64, Louisville 50
Texas Southern vs. Mississippi Valley State
* Western Athletic Conference Quarterfinal
* Texas Southern vs. Oklahoma State
Western Athletic Conference
New Mexico 60, Tulsa 59
Tampa Bay 60, Southern Methodist 69
Fresno State 92, San Diego State 57
Ithab or UNV.
SouthWest Atlantic Conference first round Grambling State 74, Alcorn State 73 Alabama St. 82, Southern University 59 Prairie View 60, Jackson State 58 Texas Southern vs. Mississippi Valley State
Patriot League Championship Navv 93. Lafayette 85
Conference Tournament Championships:
Allantic Coast Conference; noon Sunday Greensboro, N.C.
Southeastern Conference first row Alabama 72, Vanderbilt bice 61 Georgia 79, Mississippi State 76 Tennessee 73, ISU 61
America East Conference; 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Newark, Del. (Delaware vs. Boston University)
Atlantic 10 Conference; 5 p.m. tomorrow Philadelphia.
Big East Conference; 7 p.m. tomorrow,
New York.
Big West Conference; 2 p.m. Sunday,
Reno, Nev.
- Conference USA; 11 a.m. tomorrow,
Cincinnati.
Big 10 Conference; 1 p.m. Sunday, Chicago.
Big 12 Conference; 2 p.m. Sunday, Kansas City, Mo.
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference; 11 a.m.
Immigration, Richmond, Va.
Big Sky Conference; 8 p.m. tomorrow,
Florentho Ariz
Patriot League; 3 p.m. today, Annapolis, Md
Southeastern Conference; 11 a.m. Sunday, Atlanta
Southland Conference; TBA tomorrow, Shreveport, La.
Southwestern Athletic Conference, 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. Dallas.
- Western Athletic Conference; 11 a.m.
tomorrow, Las Vegas
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