SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, January 18, 1994
Jayhawks left out in the cold
Loss to K-State may put No.1 ranking on ice
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
Losing a game on a last-second shot was not as disappointing to Kansas coach Roy Williams as his coaching performance in Kansas' 68-64 loss to in-state rival Kansas State last night.
K-State senior guard Anthony Beane ended the Jayhawks' first defense of a No. 1 ranking this season by making a one-handed jumper with 12 seconds left in the game, giving K-State a 66-64 lead.
Kansas dropped to 16-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big Eight, while K-State improved to 12-3 and 1-2.
The Kansas players played well, Williams said, but he didn't coach well.
"In the last three minutes of the game I did a poor job of coaching," Williams said. "It's my responsibility to do a better job than I did tonight."
After Beane made what became the game-winning shot, Kansas did not call a time out. Instead, Kansas senior forward Patrick Richey missed a shot. Beane came up with the ball and was fouled. He hit both free throws to end the game.
Kansas State 68 Kansas 64
Looking back, Williams said he wished he would have called a time out. He said he usually didn't call time outs with more than seven seconds left.
KANSAS (16-2, 1-1)
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Although the finish was close, K-State had a 36-32 lead at halftime and was controlling the rebounds 22-15. Williams said the Wildcats were more intense in the first half.
Player fgm/fga ftm/fta tp
Beane 5-10 6-7 18
Jones 9-16 3-4 26
Davis 4-7 0-0 9
Lucas 0-5 0-0 0
Cunningham 2-11 2-3 6
Hamilton 0-1 0-0 0
Noland 2-6 1-2 6
Gavin 1-1 0-0 3
Lewis 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 23-57 12-16 68
"Give credit to them," Williams said of K-State. "They were more enthused and more intense than we were earlier in the game. In the first half, they really hurt us on the offensive boards."
K-State was led by senior forward Askia Jones' game-high 26 points, including going five for eight from three-point range.
The first half took its toll on Kansas' top two scorers. The Jayhawks had to take senior forward Richard Scott out with foul trouble, and senior guard Steve Woodberry was shooting uncharacteristically poor from the field with only two points. Woodberry ended with eight points, 7.4 points less than his season average.
Scott was sent later to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He is listed as probable for Saturday's Iowa State game.
However, Scott was out permanently with 15:49 left in the game when he suffered a mild concussion while scrambling for a loose ball. Williams said Scott was unconscious for 20 seconds but regained consciousness.
Richey said losing Scott was hard on the team, but it was no excuse.
Player fgm/iga tfm/fta tp
Vaughn 2.5 0-1 4
Woodberry 2.11 4-5 8
Richey 2.5 2-2 6
Scott 5-7 1-1 11
Ostertag 1.5 0-0 2
Pollard 1.4 0-0 2
Rayford 1.4 0-0 2
Gurley 2.5 0-0 6
Pearson 6.8 2-2 15
Proud 0-0 0-0 0
Williams 3-6 2-6 8
Totals 25-60 11-17 64
"You've got to give K-State a lot of credit," Richey said. "They answered our run. I'm not going to make any excuses. We lost Richard, and we've got to come together as a team."
K-State built on its lead to open the second half, pulling out to a 55-42 lead. Kansas freshman forward BJ Williams then took an alley-oop pass from freshman guard Jacque Vaughn
Kansas guard Jacque Vaughn fends off Kansas State's Anthony Beane, who scored the Wildcats' final eight points in K-State's 68-64 victory last night in Allen Field House. Beane score 1B points and had six assists while playing a game high 37 minutes.
Halifine K-State 36, Kansas 32 3point game K-State 10.17 17 (Jones 5, Beane 24, Davis 1, Noland 1-2, Gain 1-1, Lucas 0-1, Kansas 31 (Gurley 2-4, Pearson 1, Vaughn 0-1, Woodberry 7-7, Raydon 0-2)
Rebounds K-State 44 (Cunningham 10), Kansas 32 (Woodbury 6). Aasisite K-State 12 (Beane 6), Kansas 12 (Vaughn 8) Total fouls K-State 16, Kansas 14 Attendance 15,800
and dunked it.
That play started a 13-2 run for the Jayhawks which tied the score at 57-57. Roy Williams said the Jayhawks' intensity picked up.
"We didn't play well until that stretch," he said. "We did some great things at that point. We got back and tied it up. In fact, I think we tied it up twice. We never got over the hump. I don't think we ever got the lead with the ball."
Kansas sophomore forward Sean Pearson filled in for Scott, scoring a team-high 15 points. He also hit a three-pointer with 43.6 seconds left that tied the game at 64. Pearson said he was hoping his shot would motivate the team.
"I thought it was going to pick us up and have us play more intense on defense," Pearson said, "so we would stop them and come down and hit the last shot."
Williams said K-State's experience was the key at the end.
"I think that's extremely important experience factor that you've got," Williams' said. "We made a great comeback on them, and I don't think they got rattled."
"We can use it to realize that a lot of teams are going to come out trying to beat us," he said. "We have to come out ready to play every night."
Even though Kansas will most likely fall from its current No.1 ranking, Pearson said Kansas could gain something from the defeat.
AP Top 25
Kansas was ranked No. 1. before last night's loss. The Jayhawks will most likely lose their No. 1 status in next week's poll.
record votes
team record votes pw
1. Kansas (29) 16.1 1,552 1
2. UCLA (26) 11.0 1,514 5
3. Arkansas (3) 12.1 1,548 4
4. North Carolina (1) 13.2 1,425 1
5. Duke (2) 11.1 1,393 2
6. Massachusetts (4) 13.1 1,360 7
7. Kentucky 13.2 1,226 8
8. Indiana 13.2 1,160 1
9. Alaska 13.2 1,106 1
10. Connecticut 14.1 949 14
11. Temple 9.2 917 13
12. Purdue 14.1 879 9
13. Louisville 12.2 843 15
14. Wisconsin 12.1 788 12
15. Michigan 11.3 787 10
16. Syracuse 10.2 536 16
17. Georgia Tech 10.4 524 18
18. Ala.-Birmingham 10.3 413 22
19. Cincinnati 12.3 384 20
20. Minnesota 11.4 391 17
21. Xavier, Ohio 11.1 256 25
22. Saint Louis 14.0 254 —
23. West Virginia 10.2 172 23
24. Maryland 10.2 130 —
Others receiving votes: Boston College 1,24,
Oklahoma State 7,4 Florida 66, Illinois 65,
New Mexico St. 43, Missouri 42, Nebraska
21, Marquee 20, Mississippi 1,4 LSU
18, Michigan 16, Ohio 9, Penn 5,
Peml 5, Seton Hall 4, Alabama 3, DePaul
3, New Orleans 3, Wake Forest 3, George
Washington 2, Providence 2, Tn-Chattanooga 2, Vanderbilt 2.
Beane bags Wildcat victory
Rv Mark Rutton
Kansan sportswriter
Source: The Associated Press KANSAN
The clock read 0:43 with the score tied at 64. Kansas State point guard Anthony Beane stood dribbling at half-court.
Kansas point guard Jacque Vaughn crouched one foot away, ready to defend Beane's inevitable drive to the basket.
The previous 39 minutes and 47 seconds of the game did not matter. All that mattered was the two opposing guards, the senior, Beane, and the freshman, Vaughn.
The shot clock wound down, as did the game clock. With :05 on the shot clock and :15 on the game clock, Beane gave Vaughn a head-and-shoulder fake to the right and then dribbled past him to the left.
"The the first thing I think about in those situations," Beane said, "is getting by my man. And then I just take what they give me."
Beane got by his man, despite Vaughn's reaching around him and trying to knock the ball away. And he took what the Jayhawks gave him — an 11-foot limper in the paint.
The ball swished through the net, and the Wildcats upset the Jayhawks. Again.
In the last meeting between the two Kansas schools, K-State defeated the Jayhawks 74-64 in the semifinals of the Big Eight Conference Tournament.
But the game didn't end with Beane's jumper. And if Kansas had it to do over again, Coach Roy Williams said he would have done things differently.
"We should have run at him, we should have double-teamed him there," Williams said of Beane's heroic possession and shot. "We should have made something happen quicker, and even if he makes the shot, we have more time on the other end."
The K-State bench erupted in anticipation of victory by Beane's jumper fell through the net. The clock showed 0:12.
Nine seconds ... eight seconds ...
Vaughn found senior forward Patrick Richey 15-feet from the basket, at the elbow of the free-throw line. Richey turned, fumbled the ball for a moment, and shot it.
Instead of calling a timeout — Williams rarely calls one with more than seven seconds remaining - the Jayhawks inbounded the ball with Vaughn pushing it up the court.
"I thought it was good when I shot it," Richey said. "I was comfortable
with the shot."
As good as it looked, it bounced off the back of the rim and shot up. Richey and freshman teammate EJ. Williams crashed the boards. Williams tipped the ball, hoping it would fall. It didn't. The 5-foot-10 Beane grabbed the rebound.
Beane was fouled, canned the two free-throws and put the final two nails in the Jayhawks' coffin.
Beane said playing against the highly touted Vaughn did not bother him.
"Jacque is a good player, and he'is going to be great," Beane said. "But it doesn't matter who I'm playing. That's just the way I am. I'm goingto play hard no matter who guards me."
Beane, however, wasn't the only Wildcat hero.
Senior guard Askia Jones tossed in a game-high 26 points, including swishing five of eight three point shots.
The Wildcats as a team also out-rebounded Kansas 44-32. K-State senior center Deryl Cunningham led the team, and the game, with 10 rebounds.
"Iknew if we got beat on the boards tonight, we wouldn't have a chance," K-State coach Dana Altman said. "And we go out and win by 12 on the boards. I thought that was key."
AP Top 25
The Kansas women remained No. 8 for the second consecutive week. Colorado moved up one spot to No. 7
| team | record | votes | pw |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Tennessee (66) | 14.0 | 1,674 | 1 |
| 2. Iowa (1) | 11.0 | 1,601 | 2 |
| 3. Penn St. | 12.0 | 1,524 | 3 |
| 4. Texas Tech | 14.1 | 1,450 | 5 |
| 5. Vanderbilt | 13.2 | 1,365 | 6 |
| 6. Colorado | 13.2 | 1,292 | 7 |
| 7. North Carolina | 13.2 | 1,292 | 8 |
| 8. Southern Cal. | 13.2 | 1,216 | 8 |
| 9. Stanford | 11.3 | 1,174 | 9 |
| 10. Connecticut | 12.2 | 1,048 | 11 |
| 12. Virginia | 12.2 | 976 | 12 |
| 12. Purdue | 12.3 | 835 | 13 |
| 14. Louisiana Tech | 11.3 | 750 | 14 |
| 15. Alabama | 11.3 | 727 | 16 |
| 16. Washington | 11.3 | 639 | 16 |
| 17. Florida International | 12.1 | 635 | 19 |
| 18. Ohio State | 9.4 | 451 | 17 |
| 19. Northwestern | 7.9 | 394 | 18 |
| 20. Kentucky | 9.3 | 316 | 20 |
| 21. Montana | 12.2 | 310 | 22 |
| 22. Boise State | 12.2 | 261 | 23 |
| 23. Auburn | 9.2 | 205 | 21 |
| 24. Seton Hall | 12.5 | 191 | 25 |
| 25. UNLV | 10.2 | 177 | 24 |
Others repleting votes: Southern Misa.
101, Toledo 65, Florida 61, Santa Clara 34
Creighton 34, Georgia 24, Notre Dame 19,
Hawlett 18, George Washington 16, Misissippi 16, SW Mississippi 16, Marquette 14, Oklahoma 11, Stephen F. Austin 9,
Clemenson 8, N. Illinois 7, Maryland 6, Oklahomia 6, Kentucky 5, Wisconsin 4, Tulane 5, Ala. Birmingham 4, Durham 3, Rutgers 4, San Diego St. 4,
UCLA 4, Arizona 2, Gonzaga 2, Indiana 2,
Texas A&M 2, Lafayette 1, Minnesota 1;
New Mexico St. 1.
Source: The Associated Press KANSAH
No.8 Jayhawks win twice on the road, return home Friday
The Nebraska and Iowa State women's basketball teams obtained their much-needed Big Eight Conference victories this weekend. However, the team they beat was clad in purple and white rather than crimson and blue.
Women's team successful, defeats 'Huskers,Cyclones
Both Iowa State and Nebraska defeated Kansas State this weekend, but both fell victim to No. 8 Kansas. The Jayhawks took road victories at Nebraska and Iowa State this weekend.
By Matt Siegel
Kansan sportswriter
"We don't think of road trips as fun and games," sophomore guard Charisse Sampson said. "We have to think of their court as our court. We have to think of it like we are playing at home."
Whatever method the Jayhawks are using, it has helped them to a 7-1 record on the road, and a 4-0 record in
Big Eight Conference play.
"Our team is showing a lot of determination and courage," Kansas coach Marian Washington said. "We have been down and come back. We have been involved in tight games and then broke it loose."
Against Nebraska on Friday, Kansas went on a 15-2 run midway through the first half to build a 41-25 halftime lead and put the game out of reach. Overcoming Nebraska forward Naessah Brown's game-high 22 points, the Jayhawks took a 78-57 victory. The Jayhawks, paced by junior guard Angela Aycock's 17 points, had four players score in double figures.
On Sunday, the Jayhawks did not enjoy big cushion at halftime against Iowa State. They only led the Cyclones 32-31 at halftime.
"We were rushing our shots early," Washington said. "We shot the ball better in the second half. Also, we shot 93 percent (26-28) from the free-throw line. I don't think we have shot 93 percent from the free-throw line in a long time."
One of the keys to the Jayhawks' success this season has been their defense. They lead the conference in both scoring defense and field goal
percentage defense, limiting the opposition to 36 percent shooting.
"Our defense wasn't good in the first half against Iowa State," Sampson said. "We knew that we could play better than we did. Coach kept on stressing that at halftime, and we came out and got out in the passing lanes. We played our defense in the second half."
Kansas, behind 50 percent shooting in the second half, outscored the Cyclones 52-40 on its way to an 84-71 victory. Sampson had a team high 21 points. The victory improved Kansas to 13-1 overall and improved their current winning streak to eight.
The Jayhawks return home Friday to face Oklahoma, which is second in conference play with a 3-0 record. The fact that the game pits No. 1 against No. 2 in the conference, or that the Jayhawks are No. 8 in the nation, does not mean slot to the players.
Brian Vandervliet / KAMBAN
"Being No. 8 In the nation is a tremendous honor, but rankings are nothing." Sampson said. "Most people get caught up in the polls. Polls are just something that fans pick. The only time polls matter are at the end."
Chad Johnson, Minneapolis junior, clears the bar during the men's high jump competition. The Kansas Invitational was held Saturday at Anschutz Pavilion.
Home meet spurs Kansas runners
Kansanstaffreport
The Kansas track teams got off to a good start when they played host to their first indoor meet of the season Saturday at Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
The Jayhawks placed first in 22 events at the meet, and the men were led by sophomore sprinter Billy Davis and senior sprinter Joe Pickett.
Davis placed first in the men's 55-meter dash, clocking at 6.39 seconds. Pickett took first in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:11.39.
The distance runners also performed well for the Jayhawks. Michael Cox and David Johnston, seniors, finished first and second respectively in the mile run.
The women also were paced by a strong showing in the distance events, led by junior Melissa Swartz. Swartz placed first in both the mile run and the 800-meter run.
Julia Saul, senior, placed first in the 3000-meter run, and Kristi Kloster, junior, won the 1000-meter run.