SPORTS
The University Daily KANSAN
March 5,1984 Page 12
Jim McCrossen/KANSAN
Kelly Knight retires after joining KU's 1,000-point club. Knight scored a career-high 28 points to lead KU to a 91-70 victory over Oklahoma State
Seniors shine as KU beats O-State
By JEFF CRAVENS
Sports Editor
Paul Hansen was not a happy man Saturday. The Oklahoma State coach watched his team fall to the Kansas Jayhawks 91-70 in Allen Field House.
"This was the most embarrassing afternoon I've spent in a long time." Hansen said. And things don't get any better for Hansen. The Cowbys will return here tomorrow to face KU in the first round of the Big Eight t-ar
"We don't want to come back on Tuesday," Hansen said. "But we hope to come back and make a ball game of it."
Saturday's contest was never really a game. The Jayhawks, who started four seniors — including center Brian Martin and guard Tim Banks — and sophomore Calvin Thompson, scored one point in the game and never looked back.
The closest Oklahoma State could get in the second half was within six at 37-31 with 17:58 left. But KU then outscored the Cowboys 26-0 over an a
SENIORS KELLY KNIGHT and Carl Henry, playing their last regular season home game, led the way for the Jayhawks, scoring 28 and 25 points. Knight's 28 points was a career high. He grabbled a game-high 13 rebounds.
eight minute stretch to make the game a laugher.
"This was the last game, so I tried to get everybody fired up." Henry said. "If I get fired up, then it might help everyone else get fired up."
Banks, who got his second start of the year, responded with seven assists and 10 rebounds.
"I was real surprised to be starting," Banks said. "He told me yesterday in practice I was real proud to be getting old and to get a good night's sleep last night."
Martin was the only senior who didn't have much fun. He drew three foults early in the first half and fouled out with 16:50 left in the game.
"I FELT HAPPY for the seniors!
I play basketball and I get to play much and that was unfortunate.
Although the seniors starred in the show, Thompson extended his streak of
impressive shooting performances in Big Eight games. He hit five of six shots from the field and two tree throws to the goal, but four assists and four blocked shots
Thompson's two free throws ran his consecutive streak to 31, a KU record.
"It doesn't bother me at all now. Thompson said about the streak." "I just want to keep going," he added.
Along with Hansen, Brown and some other Jayhawks weren't thrilled about facing Oklahoma State again tomorrow night.
"I think it's tough," Brown said. "I think they (the Big Eight) have to change a situation like that I don't think it makes a lot of sense. But that's what I do."
GREG DREILING, who had 11 points and seven rebounds, said he was sure to win. "He's the best player in the game."
"I'm sure the loss will be fresh in their minds." Dreiling said. "We got great play from the seniors today. They seemed they always picked us back
KU led by as many as 14 points in the first half, but the Cowboys, led by Joe Atkinson, fought back and trailed 34-27.
at halftime Atkinson led Oklahoma State with 25 points and seven rebounds
HENRY AND KNIGHT took over in the second half, scoring 17 and 16 points. With 11-05 left, Knight hit a jump shot, giving him 1,001 points for his career. He later hit a shot to give KU its biggest lead at 76-47
The victory lifted KU's record to 18-9 overall and 9-4 in the conference.
"I thought we had a chance in the first half to break it open a lot of times," Brown said. "We got a little careless, a little prosperous and got in deep foul trouble, but we played great the second half."
Tomorrow will mark the second time in recent years that KU has played Oklahoma State in the final game of the season and again in the first round of the tournament. Three years ago, KU beat the Cowboys by 15 in the regular season and then whipped them 96-69 in the first round of the tournament.
Knight scores career-high, joins 1,000-point club
"KU has done that before," Thompson said about playing the Cowboys again. "Now it's the second season, so it doesn't bother me at all."
By GREG DAMMAN Sports Writer
Sports Writer
Midway through the second half of Saturday's Kansas-Oklahoma State game, Jayhawk forward Kelly Knight was fouled while hitting a turnaround jump shot, giving KU a 57-35 lead. The basket seemed insignificant.
It seemed fitting that Knight entered the 1,000-point club during his last regular season game as a Jayhawk. He also scored a career-high 28 points, topping his previous high of 26 points, also set against Oklahoma State in last season's Big Eight tournament.
But the two points and subsequent free throw brought Knight's career total to 1,062, a milestone reached by only 17 other players in KU history.
Knight shot 12 of 19 from the field and four of six from the tree throw line. He
"IT'S A GREAT feeling to score a career high and score, 1,000 points on the same day," Knight said. "It was my last regular season game as a Jayhawk
and it was a fun game. I was thrilled."
Knight got the Jayhawks rolling early with a basket and back-to-back three-point plays, helping KU to a 12-4 lead. Later in the game, when the Cowboys have scored 14 points, he hit score four points, extending the lead to 30-21.
With 5:53 left to play in the second half, a technical foul was called on Oklahoma State's Joe Atkinson for hanging on the rim. Carl Henry was to go to the line to shoot the foul shots for the Jayhawks, but someone on the
bench mentioned that Knight had 26
points, which tied his career high
Loss against OSU costly
"SOMEONE ON THE bench said for me to shoot instead of Carl." Knight said. "Everybody over there was laughing, so I knew I was going to miss. I was trying to tell Carl to go ahead and shoot it."
Knight went to the line for a chance at a new personal scoring high, but missed. However, he hit a jump shot with 4.33 left in the game, lessening the locker room ribbing after the game for his missed free throw.
Women to face Sooners
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
The Kansas women's basketball team will be on the road in tomorrow's opening round of the Big Eight Post Season Tournament after a 67-66 loss to Oklahoma State at Allen Field House Saturday.
The Jayhawks needed a victory to assure them of an upper-division finish in the conference. KU is now forced to travel to Norman on tomorrow and face Oklahoma. The game will start at 3:30 p.m. The Jayhawks lost both of their games to the Sooners this season.
The Jayhawks battled back from a first-half deficit in Saturday's game and had a five-point lead at 56-11 with 6:48 left in the game. The Jayhawks gave up eight unanswered points, however, to allow OSU to take the lead at 60-56 with 4:09 left.
TWO LONG-RANGE baskets by Mary Myers kept the Jayhawks close, and two Barbara Adkins free throws pulled KU to within one at 63-62 with 34 seconds left.
The Cowgirls broke a full-court press by the Jayhawks and 61 center Kathy Schulz drove around Adkins in the open court for a basket that gave OSU a 65-12 lead with 26 seconds left.
Angie Snider pulled the Jayhawks to within one by following her own missed shot, but with time running out, the Jayhawks were forced to foul. OSU's Colleen Bergin sank two free throws, which gave the Cowgirls a three-point cushion with 10 seconds left.
A Vickie Adams layup with five seconds left came a little too late, for the Jayhawks were out of time-outs and the clock ran out.
"WE DIDN'T PLAY well at all the first half and I think that's what made the difference." Kansas head coach Marian Washington said. "We were very passive. Defensively, we just didn't play with
any intensity, and offensively, we weren't attacking their zone. They packed it in on Vickie and didn't allow her to get the ball, and the four others on the court didn’t do the job. The second half was a little bit better."
hate on better.
KU came out strong in the second half behind the hot hand of Myers. She scored 14 points in the second half after scoring only two in the first half. She repeatedly bombed away over the O-State zone from the top of the key.
Snider, playing her final game in Allen Field House, also had an impressive second half, scoring 12 points and finishing with a team-high total of 18.
KU outscored O-State from the field for the game, but the Cowgirls made 13 of 22 shots from behind the arc.
THE 5-FOOT-10 senior was named to the All-Big Eight team on Sunday for the second year in a row. She was joined on the first team by Vickie Adkins
Snider and the Adkins sisters helped KU outrebound OSU 54.38; Barbara Adkins pulled down a team-high of 18 rebounds, her career high. Snider and Vickie Adams both had 12 rebounds.
The Jayhawks were able to get the ball to Vickie Adkins more often in the second half than in the first, but Adkins, normally a deadly shooter, made only three of eight shots in the second half and five of 11 for the game.
"WICKIE'S MADE some adjustments in her shot because she's been guarded so closely lately, and it's thrown her shot off." Washington said. "We're trying to get her to not adjust her shot so much. I thought there were times when Vickie was fouled and she didn't get the call."
"I told our ballcub after the game that they have to understand that the game in the Big Eight has changed and that every team is competitive now." "We've got a lot of games, and we just didn't do this game," every game, and we just didn't do this game.
Schulz教 O-State in scoring with 29 points on
11-of-15 shooting from the field and seven-of-eight
hitting.
Gottfried hires assistant
KU football coach Mike Gottfried announced Friday that Vince Hoch had been hired as an assistant head coach for the Jayhawks. Hoch will work with the defensive secondary.
Hoch was hired as an assistant coach at Minnesota in December under new coach Lou Holtz. He had previously been an assistant coach at Temple and Memphis State.
"He's an outstanding football coach and will contribute a great deal to our staff." Gottfried said in a prepared statement. "I coached against him when I was at Cincinnati and he was at Temple and I was very impressed with what I saw."
Hoch worked with the secondary at Memphis State last season, their first winning season in seven years. The Memphis State defense led the NCAA in turnover margin last season.
Hech was an assistant head coach at Temple and also was the team's defensive coordinator.
SPORTS ALMANAC
BASKETBALL
Kansas (91)
Mcn 68 FG FT 91 Rb TP 3P
CarkHenry 36 16 17 11 16 TF 25
Kelly Henry 12 4 2 3 10 TF 21
Martin Mintz 12 3 1 0 3 TF 21
Tum Banks 12 3 1 0 4 TF 21
Ryan Grace 12 3 1 0 5 TF 21
Greg Drewling 22 5 12 1 5 TF 21
Mark Turgeon 22 5 12 1 4 TF 21
Tayle Roberts 12 1 0 2 1 TF 13
Tad Royle 12 1 0 2 1 TF 13
Mike Marshall 12 1 0 2 1 TF 13
Marquette 34.47 23.29 40 19
*percentages.* FG, 367, FT, 792. Blocked
Banks, 11. Banking, 3. Banks
Turnovers, 11. Banks, Turnover
Heury, Martin, Thompson, Kellogg, Boyle I.
Banking, 11. Banking, 3. Banks,
Turnovers, Marshall I.
| | Mn | FG | FT | Rb | PF | Tk |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Charles Williams | 14 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Watters | 14 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shawn Baker | 17 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bill Greenhill | 17 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brad Shenan | 12 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| John Nelson | 12 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Wintree Cause | 10 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Jeff Hicks | 10 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Oklahoma State (70)
Anthony Epps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dion Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
David Taylor 3 1 3 0 0 1 3 2
Michael Kostecki 3 1 3 0 0 1 3 2
Percentages: FG, 45, FT, 72. Blacked shots: 3 (Allison) 16, Turnovers: 20 (Allison) 18, Netting: 9 (Nikon) 16, Nielson, Case, Anderson 2, Epps 1, Steals: 5, Self, Crunchw 2, Hand 1, Technicals:
Half: Kansas 34-27. Officials: Ivan Tate Ralph Pickett, Ed Schumer
Oklahoma State 67. Kansas 66 (women's game)
(women's game
Gibson 3.166 7-12 6.17, Johnson 4.24 9-0.1, Schulz
11.19 7.24 36.7, Trevor 6.10 2.1, Reppel 1.5 2,
3. Bregn 2.4 2.2, Derexac 0.1 2, Dlouglas
0.0, Totals 25.58 17.27 62
Aikioh 106
B. Akinosi 3.9-4.5 10, Sander 8.2-2.2 11, W. Akinosi 5.3-5.4 11, Platt 1.2 7, Wessler 7.1-5.5 10, Webb 2.7-0.4 4, Page 1.2-0.0 9.3-1.2 1, Webb 2.7-0.4 4, Page 1.2-0.0 9.3-1.2 1, Webb 2.7-0.4 4, Page 1.2-0.0 9.3-1.2 1, Webb 2.7-0.4 4, Page 1.2-0.0 9.3-1.2 1, Webb 2.7-0.4 4
Halifax - Oklahoma State 34, Barbara
Total toals - Iowa State 34, Alabama State
Technical - Tennessee state 11, Rebounds - Oklahoma State 10, Schultz) Kramar
4) A-Risk) 10, Assists - Oklahoma State 6
5) Shoots - Oklahoma State 7
Nebraska wins swim title;
KU 4th despite good finish
Sports Writer
By GREG DAMMAN
Nebraska completed its three day domination of the Big Eight Conference Men's Swimming Championships Saturday, taking the title in Robinson Natatorium with 504.5 points. Kansas finished fourth, despite several good performances on the final day.
Iowa State finished second with 381 points, followed by Missouri with 753. Kansas with 322 and Oklahoma with 155. Kansas State, Colorado and Oklahoma State do not have swim teams.
Kansas coach Gary Kemp said that even though his team finished fourth, he was pleased with Saturday's results
"I THINK THE most important thing you can see out of today's results is that we have some people who want to be good," Kempt said. "We had an excellent, excellent day. We closed the gap on Iowa State and Missouri. In fact we outspected them both."
The day hawks were led by senior Brad Wells and freshman Todd Neugent. Wills won the 200-yard backstroke in 1 minute, 51.56 seconds. Neugent won the 200 breaststroke in 2:04.91.
"Brad Wells went out like a senior should." Kemp said. "And Todd's going to be a great one. That was probably one of the guttest swims you ever see, coming back from a body length behind with 25 yards to go and he pulls it out. I knew Todd had a chance, but with 90 yards to go I wasn't real convinced."
Several Kansas swimmers placed in the top three in individual events. Freshman Chris Mowery placed second in the 200 butterfly, setting a new KU freshman record. Jay Engel placed third in that event. Brad Coens finished third in the 200 backstroke and Mike Prangle was third in 3-meter diving with 441.5 points.
"I COLDN'T BE prouder," Kempt said. "We could have rolled over, but there was too much pride and too much talent for them to stop and quit. We kept coming back until we finally got it right."
Infinity got a tiger.
The KU 400 freestyle relay team of Chris McCool, Jim Ammons, Coens and Wells placed fourth, but was disqualified because of a false start.
"It was a debatable call." Kempt said. "But it did not affect the outcome of the call."
Jayhawk baseball team opens season with split against Missouri Southern
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
"CHARLIE BUZZARD just pitched an excellent ballgame in the second game," Kansas head coach Marty Pattin said. Buzzard, a junior college transfer, gave up four hits, allowed one earn run, struck out two f batters and walked one in seven innings before giving way to Jon Steiner.
The Jayhawks came from behind to win the nightcap 2-1 in ten innings. A nine-run, seventy-inning rally by KU in the first game fell short as the Jayhawks dropped a 12-10 slugging.
The Kansas baseball team showed its ability to come back in the late innings as it split a season-opening double-header with Missouri Southern Friday afternoon at Quigley Field.
picked up on.
"I didn't want Charlie going more than seven innings this early in the season, especially when you have a guy like Jon Steiner to bring in out of the ballpen. He's the kind of kid that can throw every day. He seems to get stronger the more he throws."
giving out Steiner, also a juco transfer, shut out Southern in the final three innings and picked up the win.
training 1.0, but a double to left-center field by first baseman Phil Doherty with one out drove in John Hart from second and tied the game.
The Jayhawks entered the bottom of the seventh inning in the second game
SECOND BASEMAN Nick Zych and shortstop Joe Heeney snuffed out a Southern rally in the tent when they played with one out and the bases loaded.
A grand slam homer by Southern shortstop Rick Berg was the crusher in the first game. It came during a home run off KU starter Dennis Copeland.
"We pitching struggled a little bit in the first game," Pattin said. "I didn't expect Dennis Copeland to walk so many people, and we had some trouble in the later innings with pitchers getting behind the hitters. But give Missouri Southern credit. They have an excellent ballclub."
KU finally ended it in the bottom half of the tenth. Zyck led with a double to right center, and after leftfielder Bill Yellow was intentionally walked, Heeney bunted and was safe on an error. Third baseman Dan Christy drove in the winning run when he was hit by a pitch. Southern third baseman Ed Phillips, who threw the ball in the dirt attempting to nail Zyck at home.
COPELAND WALKED three batters
and gave up three hits and seven runs,
six earned, in 1/12 innings. He was
releived by Chris Ackley, who gave up
two runs, both earned, in 1/13 innings.
KU's only offense until the seventh inning was a solo homer by rightfielder Hart, who went five for eight in the doubleheader.
"Even though he's a freshman, I had no qualms about putting him in the lineup." Patin said. "He's going to be a fine ballplayer."
Hart had a single and a double during KU's seventh-inning rally, when the Jayhawks erupted for nine runs on nine hits, including a three-run double by Heeney. Designated hitter Steve Meyer exhibited a single and a double to the rubber.
KU had runners on first and second with two out in the inning when Nagel struck out center fielder John Schweigert to end the game.
PATTIN STARTED the same lineup in both games of Rob Thompson at catcher, Doherty, Zych, Heeney, Christy, Yelton, Schweigert, Hart and Mever.
Seniors Duke Lohr and Keven Kroeker will be the starting pitchers for the Jayhawks when they take on the Hawks at 1 p.m. today at Quigley Field.
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Jim McCrossen/KANSAN
KU catcher Rob Thompson tags a Missouri Southern runner as he crosses the plate. Thompson and the jayhawks split against Southern on Friday and play Missouri Western at 1 p.m. at Quigley Field.
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