SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Thursday, February 11, 1993 9 Second-half stampede stops Cowboys Kansas junior forward Richard Scott and Oklahoma State's Von Bennett battle for a rebound. Scott led the Jayhawks with seven rebounds as Kansas beat Oklahoma State 84 to 72 last night. Jayhawks win 400th in field house By David Dorsey Kansan sportswriter Although 76 percent of its first-half shots either clanged off the rim, bounced off the backboard or hit nothing but the floor, the No. 7 Kansas men's basketball team surged in the second half, scoring 55 points on the way to an 84-72 victory. By David Dorsey The Jayhawks, 19-3 and 6-1 in the Big Eight Conference, overcame the worst first-half of shooting during the Roy Williams era last night and won for the 400th time in Allen Field House. The Cowboys, 13-5 and 4-4, led by four points at halftime. Oklahoma State sophomore center Bryant Reeves, who leads the conference in scoring and rebounding, led all players last night with 26 points and nine rebounds. Kansas coach Roy Williams told his team at halftime to take better shots. Williams said his players in the first half were taking only the shots that the Cowboys wanted the Jayhawks to take. The Jayhawks, who entered the game leading the nation in field goal percentage, shot 64 percent in the second half. Kansas senior guard Rex Walters led the Jayhawks with 18 points and said he was pleased with his performance. "We talked about being aggressive not just on the defensive end but on the offensive end," he said. "Our shot selection wasn't what we wanted." "I felt good about my shots," Waters said. "I'll make some mistakes out there, but I can't worry about them. We had a little self-doubt and were a little tight in the first half. It seemed like we were trying to prove to the fans that we are a good team." "The guy leads the league in scoring and rebounding," Richey said. "We wanted to keep him on the bench if we could. In the second half, we were throwing the ball in, throwing it back out and breaking the defense down. That got us some easier shots." Hancock was in the starting lineup for the first time since Jan. 25, when the Jayhawks lost to Long Beach State. Last night, Hancock scored four points and had five assists in 18 plays of play. Five Jayhawks scored in double figures including senior guard Adonis Jordan. Although scoreless at halftime, he finished with 10 points and five assists. Richey pulled down a rebound in the second half and threw a 50-foot outlet pass to junior forward Darrin Hancock, who made a one-handed slam. "It wasn't an intimidation thing." Scott said about trying to score over Reeves. "It was just me pushing my shot to hard. I don't go out every night and try to shoot 80 percent. I just go out and try to put the ball in the hole." Midway through the second half, the Jayhawks had a 51-45 lead and pulled away on a 10-0 run. Kansas junior forward Patrick Richev said they tried working the Richey was fouled just before the run began. He made the first free throw and missed the second. But Walters scored, was fouled and made the free throw after Kansas rebounded the missed free throw. ball inside in an attempt to rid them balls of the 7-foot Reeves. Reeves picked up four fouls midway through the second half but managed to play a game-high 34 minutes and made 10 of 13 shots from the field. Oklahoma State junior guard Brooks Thompson matched Walters with 18 points, including four three-pointers. Kansas junior forward Richard Scott, who leads the Jayhawks in field goal percentage, made only 2 of 9 field goals. Scott said he wasn't worried about his performance. Walters said he was impressed with Thompson. "He's not extremely quick," Walters said. "But he's got a great touch, and he's a natural shooting guard playing the point guard position. I've got a lot of respect for him." Recruits rank third in conference KANSAS 84, OKLAHOMA ST. 72 PLAYER fgm/fga ftm/fta tp% Burley 3.5 0.0 6.1 Brown 1.2 1.2 3.1 Beeves 1.1-1.5 6.1-10 18 Rhoadford 4-10 0.0 10 Thompson 6-15 2.2 18 Bennett 1.3 2.2 4.1 Collins 1.2 0.0 2.1 Sutton 0.0 1.2 1.4 Manzer 1.2 0.0 2.1 Miles 0.0 0.0 1.2 KANSAS (19.3, 6.1) Hancock 2.3 0.1 4.* Scott 2.9 3.5 7.* Bouley 5-10 4.4 6.* Jordan 5-11 6.8 18.* Jordan 1.7 7.8 10.* Woodberry 4.8 2.2 11.* Richey 2.4 6.8 11.* Oestertag 2.3 0.0 4.* Orland 0.1 0.0 0.* Gurley 0.0 0.0 0.* Pearson 1.2 2.2 5.* Weichbrodt 0.0 0.0 0.* Whatley 0.1 0.0 0.* TOTALS 24-59 30-36 84 Halftime Oklahoma St. 33, Kansas 29 3-point goals Kansas 6-16 (Walters 2-5, Jordan 1.5, Woodberry 1.2, Richey 1.2, Pearson 1.2) Woodsworth 1,2 Roche 3,2 Pearson 4,1 Levi 1,2 Storkland 6,1 Stkern 6,1 Thompson 4,10 Rutherford 2, Marant 1,0 Rebounds 3,4 Kansas 34,7 South 1 5, Kearney 1,0 Rebounds 3,4 Kansas 34,7 South 1 5, Asitsa 18,0 Harcourt 5,2 Juvenile 5 5, Oklauna 17,8 (Sutton) 9 total fouls Kansas 13, Oklauna 20, Attendance 15,500 The Jayhawks play the Cowboys again on March 7 in their last game of the regular season. Kansas travels Saturday to Columbia, Mo., for its second meeting in two weeks with the Missouri Tigers. Courtside: Kansas junior forward Steve Woodberry, who returned to his role of sixth man after starting in three consecutive games, finished with 11 points and six rebounds. Scott led the Jayhawks with seven rebounds in 17 minutes of play. Kansan sportswriter By Matt Doyle The Jayhawks are 400-90 in the field house since its opening in 1955 The field house, which seats 15,800, was at least 300 people under capacity, something that Williams noticed. Last fall, the Kansas football program proved that they could compete on the field with Oklahoma, Colorado and Nebraska. "I was a little bit surprised tonight," he said. "The crowd didn't in it very much. That's a little bit of a turnoff for us because everywhere we go the fans are going absolutely crazy. "Maybe they were just taking a rest preparing for the second half of the Big Eight season." The Kansas class ranks among the top 25 in the nation according to Kansas placed the same in the Big Eight Conference in recruiting as they did on the field, third place, according to Super Prep magazine. The on-the-field results from last season allowed the Jayhawks to compete with those schools in recruiting high school football players as well. Oklahoma was ranked first by Super Prep, followed by Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Kansas State and Iowa State. Suner Pren. "We ranked Kansas third in the conference, but there really isn't that much difference in their recruits and Colorado's and Missouri's," said Allen Wallace, Super Prop's editor and publisher. 21 years. "It hasn't been until recently that Kansas could get a prospect like Tony to sign with them," he said. "Tony's signing keeps Kansas' class with those of Colorado and Missouri." Frost was just the seventh in-state prospect that turned down the 'Huskers in coach Tom Osborne's Wallace said that Rockhurst defensive back Tony Blevins, *Super Prep's* seventh-best defensive back prospect, is the one Jay Hawk recruit that stands out in his mind. "Nebraska doesn't need a quarterback because they have Tomnie Frazier," said Al Eschbach, who hosts a sports talk show on KCMO radio in Kansas and covers Big Eight recruiting for *Super Prep*. "Frazier's presence at Nebraska scared Frost away." Oklahoma tops Super Prep's Big Eight rankings with six Super Prep All-Americans. James Allen, a 6-foot-1, 198 pound running back from Wynnewood, Okla, heads the Sooners list of recruits. Kansas State and Iowa State did not sign any Super Prep All-Americans and finished seventh and eighth respectively. Colorado had a solid year by signing All-Americans Ron Merkerson, a running back from Las Vegas, and linebacker Allen Wilbon of Dallas. Despite this, the Buffaloos finished fourth in the Super Prep rankings because of losing two key in-state recruits to other schools. Nebraska finished second by signing three Super Prep All-American offensive lineman, including Lincoln natives Eric Anderson and Jon Zatechka. However, the 'Huskers received criticism for not being able to sign quarterback Scott Frost of Wood River, Neb., who signed with Stanford. Allen, regarded as the top high school running back in the country by Super Prep and USA Today, ran for 6,251 yards and 95 touchdowns in his career. "Colorado has dominated the Big Eight in recruiting the last four years, especially by getting a lot of top players out of California." Eschbach said. "But this year they got blown out in California and weren't able to keep Mosley and Bentley in state." Wallace said the Sooners' class was the 10th best in the nation. Missouri and Oklahoma State each signed one Super Prep All-American. The Tigers got St. Louis defensive back Rahselm Jenkins, and the Cowboys signed defensive lineman Jevon Langford from Washington D.C. Running back Emmit Moseley of Denver signed with Notre Dame, and kicker Scott Bentley of Overland chose Florida State. Reeves receives rave reviews By Mark Button Kansan sportswriter Oklahoma State's Bryant Reeves showed Kansas fans last night why he is the leading scorer and rebounder in the Big Eight Conference. The sophomore center scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds against the conference-leading Jayhawks. His opposition at the center position, Kansas sophomore Greg Ostertag and senior Eric Pauley, combined for 18 points and six rebounds. Reeves' effort drew praise from Oklahoma State coach Billy Cotton, and Kansas coach Roy Wilfa "He was their offense," Williams "he's worked very hard to improve." Junior forward Patrick Richey said the game 'plan was to take the ball "You want to put the guy on the bench if you can." Richev said. Kansas did just that. Oklahoma State's Bryant Reeves passes the ball around Kansas sophomore center Greg Ostertag late in the second half. Reeves scored 26 points. With 10:44 remaining in the second half, Reeves committed his fourth foul in the midst of a 11-3 Kansas run. Reeves went to the bench, and the Kansas scored 10 unanswered points. Kansas shot just 24 percent from the field in the first half, the worst 20-minute shooting display in Williams' five years at Kansas. Pauley, who scored 8 of his 14 pockets, was also impressed with Reeves. However, the Jayhawks regained "He's improved in one year more than any player I've seen," Paulley said. their shooting touch in the second half, posting a 64 percent mark. Williams said getting the ball to Pauley was key in the second half. "Eric is a heck of a player," Williams said. "We just need to get him to start believing that." Although Reeves dominated the statistics, Kansas' team-play was the difference in the game. "We had four or five guys in double figures," Kansas senior guard Rex Walters said. "That's Kansas basketball." K-State escapes Cyclones in overtime Forward Aaron Collier scored 6 of his 10 points for Kansas State, 15-4 and 5-2 in the conference, in overtime as the Wildcats never trailed after regulation. Beane's game-winner, his second in three games and third of the season, came after Iowa State's Julius Michalik hit a running lunge to tie the game with 12 seconds left. MANHATTAN, Kan. — Anthony Beane's shot in the lane with one second left in overtime last night lifted No. 23 Kansas State to a 68-6 victory against Iowa State. Iowa State, 14-7 and 4-4, trailed 30-25 at halftime, but took the lead on a basket by guard Justus Thugen with 17 minutes to play. Askia Jones scored 10 consecutive points in the final 2:30 of regulation to rally Kansas State. He led Kansas State with 21 points. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Sooners silence Tigers without Sallier NORMAN, Okla — Bryatt Vann scored 20 of his 27 points in the second half as Oklahoma shot 65 percent in the seecond half and rallied to beat Missouri 95-84 last night. The Sooners, 15-7 overall and 3-4 in the Big Eight Conference, shot just 38 percent in the first half while falling behind by as many as seven points. Missouri, 15-7 and 4-3, hit 47 percent of its first-half shots and also beat the Sooners on the backboards. Oklahoma played without center Bryan Saller, the big Eight's second-leading browder, who was hospitalized yesterday with pneumonia. Ken Conley started in Sallier's place, scoring 16 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Melvin Booker led Missouri with 27 points, 18 in the second half. Jasson Crus皮强 had 14 points and 15 rebounds, but he was outscored by the Knicks. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark — Corliss Williams and Robert Shepherd had the answer each time Kentucky got close in the final 2 minutes, and No. 14 Arkansas held off second-ranked Kentucky 101-94 last night. Arkansas led by 15 with 9 minutes to play, but Kentucky closed to within 4 points on five occasions in the last two minutes. On four of those occasions, Williamson and Shepherd answered with baskets or free throws. No.14 Arkansas upsets No.2 Kentucky Arkansas played without point guard Corey Beck, who was suspended by coach Nolan Richardson after Beck was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge. The Razorbacks got 20 points from Shepherd and 16 from Scotty Thurman, who had 14 in the first half. Kentucky's Jamal Mashburn also scored 20 before he fouled out with seconds remaining. can was the catalyst for a Duke attack that sputtered through the first 20 minutes, then exploded at the start of the second half to extend its winning streak to six games. Duke, 19-3, hasn't lost to Georgia Tech in Durham since 1987 and has won 12 of the 14 meetings between the schools in Cameron Indoor Stadium since the Yellow Jackets joined the Atlantic Coast Conference. DURHAM, N.C. — Thomas Hill scored a season-high 26 points and sparked No. 3 Duke to a 73-63 victory over Georgia Tech last night. The Yellow Jacket starters all scored in double figures. No.3 Duke stings Yellow Jackets, 73-63 Cherokee Parks and Gram Hill had 11 points each for Duke, and Ontario Lang had 10. Bobby Harley struggled