SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 2, 1993
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Jayhawks show balance, trounce Tigers
Rebounds also a key in victory
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
Once Missouri junior guard Mark Atkins 'scoring spree ended, the No.3 Kansas basketball team pounced on the Tigers, flying away with an 86-60 victory in front of a capacity Allen Field House crowd.
Atkins, who scored 17 points in the first half and finished with 30, cooled off with 11 minutes remaining until halftime. He hit a short-range rumper for his 17th point and would not score again until the second half.
"When Atkins started as he did, I thought it might be another Anthony Peeler show," said Kansas coach Roy Williams. "But we did the things we wanted to, like rebounding and running our offense."
Peeler, an NBA rookie with the Los Angeles Lakers, scorched the Jayhawks for 30 and 43 points last season — both times during losing efforts.
Once again, the Jayhawks employed a balanced scoring and defensive attack, winning their fifth consecutive game against the Tigers. Williams now has winning records against every Big Eight Conference team. He is 5-4 against Missouri.
Four Jayhawks reached double figures, and four Jayhawks pulled down at least six rebounds. Senior Eric Pauley scored 18 to lead Kansas.
Kansas, now 18-2 overall and 5-0 in conference play, outbounded the Tigers 47-31. Missouri dropped to 13-6 and 3-2.
Before the tipoff of last night's game, Williams emphasized to his team the importance of boxing out and going up strong for rebounds against a tough Missouri squad.
"I told them 'Let's have career night's on rebounding." Williams
said. "Rebounding is an attitude, and sometimes Richard Scott shows he can be the best in the league."
Junior forward Scott grabbed seven rebounds, six of them on the defensive end. He finished with seven points.
"We've been working on rebounding drills and boxing out drills in practice," he said. "Tonight we tried to be much more aggressive going to the ball. And our hard work definitely paid off for us tonight."
Pauley, who also pulled down seven rebounds, explained the Jayhawks' attitude working for the rebounds.
"I think we've come out in the last two games with a kind of attitude," he said. "It's just being aggressive and assertive. We know we have to really battle to get the job done."
Missouri's leading rebounder, junior forward Jevon Crudup, did not appear in the starting line. Crudup was sidelined early by Stewart after getting four technical fouls this season. Crudup finished with eight rebounds, one below his season average. He scored nine points.
Atkins scored the first two points of the game and later scored nine consecutive points for Missouri. The Tigers were down 24-22 when Atkins fizzled. One minute later, with the Jayhawks up 28-24, Kansas sophomore center Greg Osert戴夫 for a loose ball near midcourt. He shoved the ball out to senior guard Rex Walters, who had a wide open lane. Walters finished the play with a slam.
After a layup by Missouri sophomore guard Melvin Booker, the Jayhawks went on an 11-0 scoring run, taking a 43-26 lead with about five minutes until halftime.
In the second half, after missing several three-pointers, the Jayhawks returned to the paint, funneling the ball inside to Pauley. Walters, who missed three three-pointers during the second half, said he wasn't pleased with his shot selection. Williams also was disappointed with the Hawks outside shot selection
KANSAS 86. MISSOURI 69
"I was concerned because we we're trying to become a three-point shooting team rather than a basketball
MISSOURI (13-6, 3-2)
PLAYER fpm/fta ftm/fta tp 18
Booker 7.12 1.0 18
Warren 5.8 0.9 10
Hearen 5.9 0.1 30
Atkins 12.23 0.1 30
Frost 0.3 0.0 0
Cludup 4.8 1.3 9
Smith 1.8 0.0 0
Smith 0.3 2.2 2
TOTALS 28-66 3-6 69
KANSAS (18-2, 5-0)
Woodberry 8.12 0.0 17
Savage 3.7 1.4 7
Pauley 7.13 4.4 18
Walters 3.7 6.6 13
Jordan 5.12 1.2 14
Gurley 1.3 0.0 3
Richey 2.6 4.4 9
Oystertag 1.4 0.0 2
Rayford 1.1 1.1 3
Pearson 0.1 1.1 0
Brooftop 0.1 0.0 0
Whately 0.1 0.0 0
**TOUTALS** 31-87 17-21 86
Halftime Kansas 49, Missouri 34, 3 point goal
Kansas 72, Johnson 36, Walters 1, Gulley 3, 13
01, Missouri 14, Kelsey 1, Gulley 3, 01, Missouri 10,19 (Booker 4, Keele 6,11,
Floz 0.2, Browns 46, Kansas 47 (Woolberry 8, 7)
Floz 0.2, Browns 46, Kansas 47 (Woolberry 8, 7)
7: Anas 21, Walters 11 (Woolberry 8, 17)
Floz 5, Kansas 5) Total fouls 16,
team," Williams said.
but Williams was pleased with junior swinger Steve Woodberry's performance. Woodberry, who plays both guard and forward, led the team with eight rebounds in a game-high 34 minutes of play while starting for the injured Darrin Hancock.
Hancock, who had surgery on both eyes last week, will have a final checkup on Wednesday that should clear him to play Sunday at Nebraska, said assistant trainer Mark Cairns. Hancock will wear goggles for the remainder of the season. He will work on shooting this week while wearing the goggles and probably will return to practice on Friday.
Senior guard Adonis Jordan, who finished with 14 points, has been playing with a stress fracture in his left leg for about a month. Cairns said that the injury should not affect Jordan's play.
Senior center Eric Pauley slams the ball for two of his team-high 18 points during the first half. Kansas beat Missouri 86-69 and improved to 5-0 in the Big Eight Conference and 18-2 overall.
Renee Knoeber / KANSAN
Hot Atkins not enough to upend'Hawks
By Brady Prauer
Kansan sports writer
The Mark Atkins Show started off with a bang, but it was quickly hushed by a suffocating Kansas defense.
Kansas falls from top
Atkins, a junior forward, scored 16 of Missouri's first 20 points during the opening eight minutes of the first half. His hot hand was extinguished during the rest of the half by junior guard Steve Woodberry and the rest of the Jayhawk defense. He scored just one additional point in the half as Kansas cruised to a 49-34 halftime lead.
After Atkins coiled off, the Jayhawks never looked back. It didn't hurt matters any for Kansas that it took the rest of Atkins' teammates to equal his17 first-half points. He finished with a game-high 30.
Despite Atkins' auspicious beginning, Missouri Coach Norm Stewart said Atkins could learn about shot selection from the Jayhawks, who beat the Tigers 86-69 in a game that was not as close as the score indicated.
"We know he can shoot the ball, but he took a couple of shots he shouldn't have taken," Stewart said. "Kansas does a nice job giving the ball away. If they have a better shot, they'll give it away."
Atkins agreed with Stewart. Although the Tigers' guards made 10 of 19 three-point attempts, he said the entire Missouri team needed to improve its shot selection.
Kansas is no stranger to explosive games by Missouri guards. In his final two games against the Jayhawks, former guard Anthony Peeler scored 30 and then 43 points against them
But Woodberry, who has defended both players, said that there was no comparison between the two.
"Atkins was on, but he is nothing
The Top 25 men's basketball poll, with first place votes in parenthesis, was released yesterday. Kansas is ranked third, falling from first place.
rank team record points last week 2
1. Indiana (51) 19-1 521 10
2. Kentucky (14) 15-1 1,569 4
3. Kansas 17-2 1,400 1
4. Cincinnati 15-1 1,369 6
5. Duke 15-1 1,343 7
6. North Carolina 17-2 1,337 1
7. Michigan 16-2 1,327 3
8. Michigan 16-2 1,164 8
9. Iowa 13-1 1,101 11
10. UNLV 13-1 1,105 11
11. Vanderbilt 16-3 977 12
11. Florida St. 16-3 688 19
11. Wake Forest 13-3 605 —
14. Seton Hall 13-3 582 19
11. Pittsburgh 13-3 571 13
11. Oklahoma 13-4 565 20
11. Arkansas 13-4 533 16
11. Tutane 13-4 489 23
11. Purdue 12-4 457 14
11. Marquette 12-4 426 14
11. Georgia Tech 15-1 256 18
11. Georgetown 12-4 201 21
11. Virginia 12-4 162 15 —
11. Michigan St. 12-4 114 —
Others receiving votes: Bryantse St. 10, John S. *11*, Milwaukee College St. 6, *62*. UCLA 77, Boston College St. 75, St. 65, Illinois 47, Wisconsin 38, Brigham Young 38, Oklahoma State 37, California 20, California 16, Minnesota 15, Connecticut 44, Houston 13, Wis. Milewilleen 11, Memphis St. 7, Milwaukee College St. 6, Madison St. 11, Manhattan 1, Southern Methodist
"They've got too many weapons," he said. "They keep coming at you in waves."
Source: The Associated Press Derek Nelsen / KANAN
Unlike the Tigers' concentrated scoring effort of 48 points between Atkins and junior guard Melvin Booker, Kansas used a balanced scoring attack. Four players finished in double figures, led by Eric Pauley with 18. Stewart said that the Missouri defense left a lot to be desired and that Kansas' depth was too much for the Tigers.
like Peeler," he said.
Missouri junior guard Mark Attkins, who scored 30 points in last night's loss to the Jahaways, defends against Kansas junior forward Steve Woodberry.
Golf team avoids snow with indoor practices
Bv Matt Dovle
Kansan sportswrite
While most of the snow has melted around Lawrence, there is still some snow out at Alvamar Golf and Country Club. That has forced the Kansas golf teams to find alternate means to work on their games.
"Normally, we would have been outside by now at this point of the season," said Kansas women's coach Jerry Waugh. "With 11 inches of snow on the ground, you can't get outside, and you're confined to the indoors."
Some of the snow is melting out at Alvamar, but the courses still have snow on most of their greens, Waugh said.
The golfers have been able to hit golf balls at Anschutz Sports Pavilion during the lunch hour each day.
"The work at Anschutz allows them to work on their swing and stay finely tuned," Waugh said. "But it is difficult to work on technique indoors."
Most of the players have taken advantage of working out at Anschutz, but most are anxious to get outside and play.
Junior men's team member Matt Gogel is going home to Tulsa this weekend to play some of the local courses and possibly see his personal instructor, Marshall Smith.
"This is the first time since I've been here that the snow has stuck around like this," he said. "I definitely haven't had to wait this long to play."
Gogel has not worked out at Anschutz because he has class dur
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'93 Season schedules
March 8-9
University of Central Florida
March 22-23
University Intercollegiate
April 5-6
Wichita St. Shocker Invitational
April 13-14
Western Intercollegiate
April 26-27
Big East Championship
May 15-16
Perry Mawley Invitational
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March 7-9
Dixie Classic
March 25-28
Ladek Gamecock Invitational
April 24
Indiana University Invitational
April 11-13
Susie Maxwell Berning Classic
 April 25-27
Big Eight Championship
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"The participation is there, so that's great," he said. "When you are looking forward to the season as much as everybody is, that will make up for actually not being out there on the course."
Junior women's team member Holly Reynolds is used to this kind of weather. The Morrisville, Vt., native said she never got out on the course this early in the year.
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