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The University Daily KANSAN
February 17.1984
Page 12
KU, Mizzou renew rivalry after victories
3y GREG DAMMAN Sports Writer
The Kansas Jayhawks and the Missouri Tigers, rival teams that came away with important victories Wednesday night, will meet tomorrow afternoon in Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo.
The game, which will be the second match-up of the two teams this season, will be regionally televised beginning at 2:10 p.m.
The Jayhawks are coming off their first conference road victory of the season. Kansas defeated Nebraska, and the night in bed Joe Devaney Sports Center.
"It's obvious that it's going to help us." Kansas assistant coach Bob Hill said. "For some reason we were a totally different team at Nebraska. They (Kansas) never got discouraged."
KANSAS IS 6-3 and is in second place in the conference behind Oklahoma. On Wednesday, the Sooners received a scare from Oklahoma State, but won 57-55. Their conference record stands at 8-1.
Missouri defeated Iowa State Wednesday night 64-61. The Tigers broke a three-game losing streak with their loss to a four-way tie for third place.
The Tigers are 4-5 in the conference
19 over 6.0 in Hearnes Center,
Mississippi State.
In the first KU-Missouri game, the Jayhawks beat the Tigers 73-56 in Allen Field House. The margin of victory was the largest for Kansas in any Big Eight game this year.
KANSAS RECEIVED balanced scoring in that game, getting 17 points from Carl Henry, 15 from Calvin Thompson and 12 from Kelly Knight. Missouri was led by Prince Bridges' 14 points.
Missouri has had trouble this year playing against a 2-8 zone, a defense that allows it to win.
"Missouri has never been very good against a zone," Hill said. "But against a man-to-man, they'll just wait and wait for a good shot."
Missouri is last in the Big Eight in both field goal percentage, at 48.2 percent, and in free throw percentage, at 61.2 percent. However, defensively, the Tigers are second in the Big Eight, allowing only 62.1 points a game.
missouri leads the conference in rebounding margin, pulling down an average of 3.5 more rebounds a game than opponents, but Hill said that he expected the Tigers to have trouble against the Jayhawk's taller lineup.
"OUR SIZE IS going to hurt Missouri." Hill said. "Greg (Caverner) is not a true center, and they've in effect been playing without a center."
Six-foot-1 Prince Bridges will start at guard along with 6-foot-5 freshman
Cavender, averaging 12 points and 8.8 rebounds a game, will start at center. Six-foot-7 Malcolm Thomas, the Tiger's leading scorer at 17.9 points a game, will start at one forward and face Ron Jones will start at the other.
Kansas received solid play from its bench at Nebraska, an asset that Hill said does more than keep the players rested.
"When you can go to your bench, it helps you out of foul trouble." Hill
KANSAS SUTED U1 10 players for the Nebraska game and all 10 played in the first half. Ron Kellogg came off the bench to score 8 points in the first half, and Mike Marshall hit two key jump shots in the second half.
"The fact that everybody played could help team morale," Hill said. "And I think the fact that it is Missouri is going to add even more incentive."
Henry is making a run at the Kansas season field goal percentage record of 67 percent for Big Eight games and 60.3 percent for games, sets by Ken Koenius in 1978.
He's shooting 64.8 percent in conference games and 57.9 percent in all games.
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Utah's Darrell Griffith and Billy Knight of the Kings battle for a loose ball. Knight won the battle while Kansas City won the game, 121-99. Eddie Johnson scored 26 in leading the Kings.
Hamilton, Johnson hit gold
SARAJEVO, Ugyslasia — Scott Hamilton and Bill Johnson gave the United States two gold medals at the Winter Olympics yesterday, one doing what everyone said he would, and another discovering what he alone thought he could.
By United Press International
Hamilton, a three-time world champion who is unbeaten since 1980, was a picture of precision last night when he swept his way to the figure skating championship before a cheering, captivated crowd at the Zetra Arena. After winning, he earned another ovation by skating around the rink waving a U.S. flag.
DESPITE SOME unexpected low marks for technical merit, Hamilton received five marks of 5.9 – of a perfect 6.0 – for artistic interpretation. Canadian Brian Orser moved up from fifth place to earn the silver and Jozef Sabovkej Czechoslovakia took the bronze. Bottani of Sunnyville, Calif., was fifth
"It been a long wait," said Hamilton, the first American man to win figure skating at the Olympics since David Jenkins in 1960. "I waited a long time for this. I was a little disappointed in the score. I didn't feel real solid, but I'm glad it was enough to come out with the gold.
"TVE BEEN LOSING it a bit, but it is good enough to win and I’m happy with it."
The big story of the day, and of the Olympics themselves, came hours earlier when Johnson, speeding down the mountainside just as quick as his mouth would carry him, skied himself into history and created an honest to goodness legend. The bold, brash American first befuddled conservative Europeans with his loud-mouth pronouncements of coming glory, and then
And, in the true tradition of Muhammad Alh and Joe Namath, when the moment came to put up, he covered himself in red, white and blue glory.
he confounded the experts by his deeds of daring.
Long after these Winter Olympics are over, and the disappointment of a shallow U.S. showing is brushed aside, it will be remembered that Johnson stung the Europeans where it hurt them the most and brought the United States its first-ever gold medal in men's Alpine skiing.
AFTER TELLING one and all for the last two weeks that he had the gold sidelocked away in his pocket, the 23-year-old daredevil beat back the European challenge yesterday and won in tomorrow's glamour event of the Winter Games.
"I think I did put some pressure on myself because if I had finished second, I would have been a real hump. Johnson said. "It really wasn't a big surprise. I approached it as just race, race, and I won. But I expected to win."
There was only one spot on the Bjelasnica course that he was wary of, and once he passed it safely, Johnson said he told himself, "It's a motorway and it doesn't need to be entered and went for it. There's a speed limit in the States. I think I broke it today."
In edging Switzerland's Peter Muelleer by 27 hundredths of a second, with Austrian Anton Steiner third, Johnson also broke the Olympic downhill record with a time of 1:45.59 down the 1.9 mile course.
EVEN IN THE euphoria of victory, Johnson managed to get in another dig, saying, "I enjoyed sticking it to the Austrians, but the Swiss are nice people. The Austrians think they should win it all the time; and you just can't do
In contrast to the effusive Johnson,
the women's downhill was by won by shy, soft-speech Michela Figini of Switzerland, who at the age of 17 became the youngest gold medalist ever in Alpine. Marie-Theres Nadig, also of Switzerland, was 17 days older when she won the 1972 downhill at Sapporo, Japan.
"I have never been so happy in all my life," Figi said while wiping tears away from her eyes. "I took a lot of risks, but everything went without."
DEBBI ARMSTRONG, winner of the women's giant slalom on Monday, managed only a 21st place finish in the downhill, placing her behind teammates Holly Flanders, who was 16th, and Maria Micharc, 19th.
Maria Walliser, the current World Cup downhill leader, gave Switzerland the silver medal behind her teammate, and the bronze went to Olga Charvatova, providing Czechoslovakia its first ever Alpine medal.
The victories by Johnson and Hamilton boosted the meager United States haul on this 10th day of the Games to three gold and five medals overall.
World champion Rosalynn Sumners of Edmonds, Wash., made a costly mistake in her short program earlier yesterday with a clumsy landing from a double axel that cost her the lead in the women's figure skating at Katarina Wittig. "It's been like the free skating still to come with 2.2 placements to 2.6 for Summers."
TIFFANY CHIN, runner-up to Summer in the U.S. Nationals, is tied for sixth and former world champion Elaine Zavak is 11th.
"I feel good being in second because the long is my strong point," she said.
"I wasn't nervous and I felt very confident out there."
Despite losing her lead, Summers was still confident of gold in tomorrow
Women trying to revenge loss
KU takes on first-place Tigers
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
The Kansas women's basketball team, third in the Big Eight Conference with a record of 6-3, will have its hands full tomorrow afternoon when it takes on ninth-ranked Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
Missouri, 19-3 overall, leads the conference with an 8-1 record.
Four of the Tigers' conference victories have been by margins of 20 or more points, including a 79-61 pounding of Iowa State Wednesday night.
Missouri defeated Kansas 71-62 in the conference opener for both teams at Allen Field House Jan. 18. Missouri center Mary Brueggemess led the team in the game with 21 points, while Vickie Adkins had 16 for the Jayhawks.
"I CAN TELL you right now that we're going to have to play better defense this time than we did in the last game," Washington said. "We started out in a 3-2 zone and gave up a lot of
easy baskets on the backside of our defense. We're doing a much better job now guarding on the weakside."
The Jayhawks fell behind 18-4 in the first five minutes against MU, but outscored the Tigers the rest of the way.
Washington said her team would have to play well against Dee Dew Folk, who is in the second round.
Polk was leading the conference in assists going into Wednesday night's game with an average of 6.5 a game. The Jawas had the Jan. 25 game against the Jayhawks.
"WE'RE GOING TO have to put pressure on her immediately when she has the ball," Washington said. "She can make things happen. No one player is going to stop her. Our players are going to be happy and keep her out on the perimeter."
Kansas will be attempting to rebound from a disappointing 57-42 loss to Nebraska Wednesday night that included a second-pair place tie with Kansas State.
the top four spots in the conference because the top four teams receive home-court berths in the opening round and eight Big Eight Post-Season Tournament.
"ANYTIME THE HOME team's own media acknowledge that the officiating wasn't up to par, then you know that there's a problem." Washington said. "We just need to forget about the Nebraska game and concentrate on Missouri. There's not much you can do except hope for the chance that the officiating will be better next time. You have to be optimistic."
Washington was open critical of the officiating in the Nebraska game.
The Jayhawks are battling for one of
Washington said the officials took away the Jayhawks' inside game against Nebraska.
"Wickie (Adkins, the Jayhawks' center) got knocked around terribly." Washington said. "We tried to get our perimeter players more involved in the game because we couldn't get to the free-throw line when we got the backside."
Kings elated to get unhappy Theus
By United Press International
CHICAGO — All-star guard Reggie Theus and the Chicago Bulls have ended a season-long dispute by parting company.
The Bulls traded Theus to the Kansas City Kings for backup center Steve Johnson and three second-round draft picks. The midnight deadline Wednesday
"I think it is the best thing for all concerned," said Chicago general manager Rod Thorn. "It has become obvious that something had to be done and that Reggie just couldn't be here after Wednesday. The center is a position everyone knew we needed to strengthen. We're happy to get Steve."
Kevin Loughrey in favor of rookies
Ennis Whatley and Mitchell Wiggins
THE DEAL ENDED months of speculation that began when Theus, a pre-season contract holdout, was benched after six games by Coach
Theus, a first-round draft pick in 1978 from Nevada-Las Vegas, averaged 19.5 points a game in six seasons in Chicago. this season, Theus' average dipped to 9.0 per game and he played in only 31 of the Bulls' 49 games.
On Tuesday, Theus discussed his desire to be traded — preferably to the Houston Rockets or a team on the West Coast. But after 'the trade announcement, Theus said he had no regrets about his time with the Bulls.
"UNFORTUNATELY, we weren't able to win a tremendous amount of games. But I've had a lot of fun and I've played some good basketball," he said. "It's just gratifying to know that the team we've spent here have not been in vain.
Theus also denied he was responsible for the team's poor attendance.
"They've destroyed the image of the
team," he said of the management. "And the image of the team has caused
Johnson led the NCAA in field goal percentage in 1980 and 1981 while playing for Oregon State and was the seventh player selected overall in the 1981 draft. He averaged 11.7 points a game for the Kings last season.
In return for The Thurs, the Bulls will receive the 6-foot-11, 245-pound Johnson, one second-round pick in 1984 and two in 1985, said team spokesman Tim
Team officials said the emergence of the Kings' other young center, LaSalle Thompson, created the opportunity to trade Johnson.
"WE FELT WE shouldn't keep two young centers any longer," said Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons. "We've established that with LaSalle's rebounding abilities he will be our center."
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News briefs from staff and wire reports
Men's swimmers healthy take on Arkansas at home
Kempf said that he expected nationally-ranked Arkansas to be tough. The Razorbacks defeated the Jayhawks last year, 71-42.
The Kansas men's swimming team, forced to cancel a meet last weekend because of sickness, has regained its health and will face Arkansas in a dual meet tomorrow at Robinson Natatorium
"We're a lot better," Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempt said. "We're down to the normal bumps and brushes." He added, "I'm not going to give up."
The meet will begin at 9 a.m. and will run concurrently with the Kansas high school boy's state meet.
"This is our last meet before the conference meet," Kempf said. "It's a gauge for where we are."
The men's team is preparing for the Big Eight Championships, which will be held March 1-3 in Lawrence. The Jayhawks will be trying to end Nebraska's four-year domination of the conference crown.
Women netters face Michigan today
The Kansas women's tennis team will take on Michigan today in its first real test of the spring season. The match starts at 1 p.m. at the tennis courts west of Allen Field House.
In case of bad weather, the match will be moved to Topeka.
"Michigan is a solid, well-coached Big Ten team," said KU coach Scott Perelman. "This match will give us a very good indication of where we stand as we go into the spring season."
Perelman said the exact same lineup that played in last week's 9-0 victory over Southwest Missouri State would play this weekend.
The men's team will not be in action again until March 5, when the Jayhawks take on Baker.
SPORTS ALMANAC
NASKETBALL
KU Rec Results
P i Kappa Alpha 41. Lckhans Lombari 31.
P nikon 26, Fj lkops Hannes 20
P nikon 26, Fj lkops Hannes 20
Thaa Tau 33. The Worms 29
Lawn Dribble 60. The Mowers 17
Lawn Dribble 60. The Mowers 17
Muss 'Men's Inspections Rec. B
$N' at 10.25, Hammack 34
$N' at 10.25, Jabril 34
Job 30, The Humana Gummi 34
Finite Difference 28, Kidakis 25
Kidakis 25, Jabril 25
Jet Stream 40, The Pan 37
Jet Stream 40, The Pan 37
Graphic Men's Independent Rec. A
A Team beat Alpha Epiphon B by porter
Hatchet Squad 3, U3; Lef 27
Agent Orange 64, Outside 21
Seahawk 67, Seahawk 67
Seahawk 10, Brand X 34
Ecogchs 67, Astrobucks 45
Bogus Bawkers beat Two hundred & 12 by
Oxygen Place 16. The Five Skins 34
Carmis Clair 59, Hack JV 27
KC Northside 60, Machine 28
The Paintless 23
Slam Clan 34, Troubleshooters 23
**Women's Bicycle A**
Wild Watkins Women beat St. Lawrence Angels 1 by fortune
St. Lawrence Angels 2 beat Gamma Phi
Men's Residence Rec. A
Eliminators 49, Gombahs 31
Skins 35, Leapors 29
College Basketball Results
Midwest
Dakota Wesleyan USD Springfield 74
Jenkins 40, Iowa 45
Indiana Tech 79, St. Francis 74
Ky Westleyan Central Indiana 41
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