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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 23, 1993
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Cyclones blow past No.7 Kansas, 75-71
Slumping 'Hawks drop to 8-3 in conference play
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
AMES, Iowa - The Kansas men's basketball team hurried nearly every obstacle in its path but could not overcome Iowa State's 15-game home-court winning streak, losing 75-12 in sold-out Hilton Coliseum.
Kansas senior center Eric Pauley injured his left knee during pregame layup drills and did not start or play for the first time this season.
Junior guard/forward Patrick Richey made his first career start and finished with nine points during a ploug-lded 13 minutes of play. He fouled out with 5 minutes remaining.
The Jayhawks fell to 21-5 overall and 8-3 in the Big Eight Conference. The Cyclones improved to 16-8 and 6-5 and sealed their victory when senior guard Justus Thippen picked off a pass from Adonis Jordan that was intended for Rex Walters.
Jordan quickly fouled Thigpen with 3 seconds left when the Cyclones led 74-71. Thigman made the first of two free throws, putting his team up by four points with 1.8 seconds left.
"I thought it was a good play to call at the time, but it got a little too congested." Walters said. "It just didn't work out."
Before the steal, Kansas coach Roy Williams called a set play designed to give Walters a three-point attempt.
Williams said he started the 6-foot-8 Richey rather than 7-2 sophomore center Greg Ostertag to give Ostertag time to think about his increased responsibilities.
"I thought Patrick would be a little more calm," Williams said. "That gave Greg a chance to think about what he had to do, and I think it worked out well that way."
Ostertag led the Jayhawks with 16 points during 15 minutes of play and pulled down a game-high seven rebounds.
Ostertag said that not starting helped him prepare for what became an increased role.
"I was kind of nervous." Ostertag said. "I didn't feel ready to start. I like my role coming off the bench. But I knew that when I did come in that I'd be in there for a little longer than normal."
The Jayhawks were down 32-28
with 6 minutes remaining in the first half when Williams had a four-guard lineup on the court.
For the first time this season, sophomore point guard Calvin Rayford found himself playing alongside Jordan. Walters and junior guard Steve Woodberry completed the foursome, with Ostertag as the only Jayhawk on the tour taller than 6-4.
The four guards stayed in the game for the rest of the half. Junior forward Richard Scott subbed for Ostertag.
During that stretch, Walters drove for a one-handed dunk, and Rayford had two steals, one of which led to a Jordan layup and a 35-32 Kansas lead. The Jayhawks ran down the shot clock on several possessions until Thigpen stole the ball from Rayford. The steal resulted in a Thigpen slam which ended the half, giving the Cyclones a 40-39 lead.
When play resumed, neither team ever led by more than five points. Iowa Staie, the top free-throw shooting team in the conference, made 20 of 27 free throws. Thirteen of them came in the second half, including Thippen's game clincher.
Thipper said that the victory meant a lot, regardless of the fact that Pauley did not play.
"Pauley's a good player for them," Thipen said. "But a win is a win. People can say what they want, but that won't change the outcome."
Williams said that Pauley's absence and Richey's foul trouble hurt, but that he wasn't looking for excuses.
"We had some obstacles to overcome, but that's college basketball," he said. "Iowa State played well. We had some chances to tie it up, but we couldn't get it done."
After the game, Iowa State fans stomped the court. Sophomore center Loren Meyer, who finished with 15 points for the Cyclones, pulled himself up the basket and sat on top of the rim in celebration.
Thigpen said it was the first time he had seen the crowd in such a freaky, Iowa State coach Johnny Orr was pleased with the victory.
"You got to see a helvella game," Orr said. "We played very good defense. We stopped their break really well. We made the free throws when we needed to. Our crowd is phenomenal."
Iowa State 75, Kansas 71
KANSAS (21-5. 8-3)
Player fgm/fga fm/fta tp
Walters 4-11 4-6 12
Jordan 4-8 1-2 9
Hancock 3-5 2-2 8
Scott 4-11 3-4 11
Ostertag 7-9 2-3 16
Richey 3-3 1-2 9
Woodberry 3-6 0-6
Rayford 0-1 0-0 0
Gurley 0-1 0-0 0
Pearson 0-3 0-0 0
Totals 28-47 13-19 71
Iowa State (16-8, 8-5)
Holberg 4-8 5-6 14
Michaill 5-1 3-4 11
Qapo 5-8 5-6 15
Buyless 2-7 4-4 9
Thigpen 7-15 1-4 17
Brown 0-1 0-0 0
Wheat 1-1 0-0 2
Eaton 1-1 2-3 4
Beechum 1-2 0-0 3
Totals 25-56 20-27 75
Illinois state KA 40, Kansas 39
3-point goals Kansas 2:10 (Walters 0, Jordain 0, Woodbury 0, Richley 2, Pearlman 1, Thompson 1, Browning 1, Beechman 1, 1-Thompson 2, Beechman 1)
Rebounds Kansas 35 (Osterger 7, Iowa State 31 (Holeger 6, Meyer 6, Thuppe 6) 18 (Michale 5) Total fouls Kansas 21, Iowa state 14 Attendance 14,257
The Associated Press 1993 college basketball poll: first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and ranking in last work's poll.
Top 25
| | Record | Pts | Px |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Indiana (63) | 24.2 | 162 | 1 |
| 2. Kentucky (1) | 20.2 | 1509 | 1 |
| 3. N. Carolina | 12.2 | 1493 | 4 |
| 4. Virginia | 12.2 | 1474 | 3 |
| 5. Michigan | 21.4 | 1401 | 5 |
| 6. Florida St. | 21.4 | 1401 | 9 |
| 7. Kansas | 21.4 | 1,222 | 6 |
| 8. Vanderbilt | 21.4 | 1,125 | 11 |
| 9. Duke | 21.4 | 1,074 | 17 |
| 10. Connecticut | 20.3 | 1,074 | 8 |
| 11. Utah | 20.3 | 1,074 | 12 |
| 12. Wake Forest | 17.5 | 854 | 10 |
| 13. UNLV | 17.5 | 763 | 15 |
| 14. Seton Hall | 20.6 | 762 | 16 |
| 15. Arkansas | 17.4 | 672 | 18 |
| 16. Louisville | 20.4 | 699 | 18 |
| 17. Purdue | 15.6 | 537 | 14 |
| 18. Iowa | 15.6 | 527 | 20 |
| 19. New Orleans | 20.2 | 500 | 21 |
| 20. Marquette | 19.4 | 313 | 24 |
| 21. Massachusetts | 18.6 | 235 | 23 |
| 22. Buffalo | 18.5 | 235 | 23 |
| 23. Young Brigham | 18.6 | 184 | — |
| 24. Xavier, Ohio | 18.3 | 125 | — |
| 25. Pittsburgh | 18.7 | 103 | 17 |
Others receiving votes: Oaklahoma St. 87,
Illinois 83, Georgia Tech 58, Oklahoma
55, W. Kentucky 41, Louisville 28, St.
69, Houston 43, Methodist 19,
Connecticut 18, UCLA 16
Source: The Associated Press
KANSAN file photo
The last time Kansas played Iowa State , the Jayhawks won the Big Eight Conference opener Jan 9 at Allen Field House, Kansas senior center Eric Pauley, guarding Iowa State's Loren Meyer, scored 15 points in that game. However, Pauley was injured before last night's game. Without their starting senior, the Jayhawks lost 75-71 at Ames, Iowa.
Pauley sidelined with injury
By Stacy Morford Kansan staff writer
AMES, Iowa — Eric Pauley leaned back in his chair and studied Hilton Coliseum's rafters as the Kansas starters were announced — without him.
Under physician's orders, Kansas' senior center was not going to set foot on Iowa State's basketball court after he strained a tendon in his left knee during warm-ups.
Pauley said he had felt no pain as he began to shoot baskets in the coliseum with his teammates. Maybe a little stiff, he said, but that was nothing new to someone who played with tendonitis for almost a month.
strained patella tendon.
Mark Cairns, assistant athletic trainer,
called it jumper's knee — a
But as he pushed off for his last warm-up shot, Pauley said he felt the pain. And when he touched down, it was time to take a seat on the sidelines.
Kansas coach Roy Williams called Pauley out of the game.
"After the initial evaluation it was pretty obvious to me that he wasn't going back in." Cairns said. "He was pretty depressed, but he knew he couldn't play with as much pain as he was in."
Cairns taped an ice pack to Pauley's knee to numb the pain. Cairns said that he could not detect any ligament damage, but the team's orthopedist would examine the knee when the team returned to Lawrence this morning.
As his teammates watching the game from the bench bounced from their chairs to their feet, Pauley sat still with his head in his hand and his elbow propped on one knee.
Cairns said he hoped that Pauley would be able to play in Saturday's game against Colorado.
"It was really hard to just sit back and watch, especially in a game like
this, "Pauley said." "I just felt helpless." So did Williams.
"It hurt losing Pauley," Williams said. "We're not deep up front, so with Pauley and Richey out, we had guys playing in spots they weren't used to, which made it tough."
Junior guard/forward Patrick Richey started in place of Pauley, who averages 12 points a game. Richey, who scored nine points, got his fourth foul in the opening minutes of the second half. He fouled out of the game with 5 minutes to play.
Senior forward Richard Scott hyperextended his left knee as he scrambled for a rebound. He was sidelined for a few minutes but limped back on to the floor after Cairns determined that Scott had not damaged the same area that had been repaired by surgery last summer.
"When Richard went out that just made it worse," Pauley said.
Kansas rugby sets sights on tournament
By Blake Spurney
Kansan sportswriter
Basketball was originally called "indoor rugby" when Dr. James Naismith invented the game 102 years ago.
According to Rick Rentro, coach of the University of Kansas Rugby Football Club, rugby is more like basketball than football.
Much like its indoor counterparts, the team also is nationally ranked and first in its conference, which are called unions in rugby.
Renfro said that the Jayhawks were a top-20 team. This Saturday, the team will open the spring season at Tulsa and will play almost every weekend until May.
Kansas, with a 3-1 union record and 8-4 overall, tied Kansas State and Northeast Missouri State for the Heart of America Union title last
The winner of the HOA Union advances to the Big Eight tournament, which features the eight winners of each of the eight unions in the Western territory.
On March 20, Kansas, K-State and Northeast Missouri State will play each other to determine which team will advance to the tournament. Kansas junior rumbery player Matt Delargy said that those two games would be the most important of the season for the Jayhawks.
"The main focus of the season is to make Westerns and win that," he said.
In the fall, the Wildcats defeated Kansas. Delargy said he was confident that the Jayhawks would win this time.
"I think we're going to beat both Northeast Missouri State and K-State," he said.
fall.
Approximately 75 players comprise the three Kansas men's rugby teams. Only the varsity squad competes in the HOA, while the club and senior reserve teams are comprised of players that are not necessarily associated with the university. A squad has 15 players on the field at one time.
The University of Kansas Women's Rugby Football Club, formed last semester, is looking for recruits.
Team captain Jackie Vogel said that the team was attending a clinic for players and new recruits March 5-6 in Columbia. Mo. The team's first game is not until after Spring Break.
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