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University Daily Kansan, February 10, 1984
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Alfaro leads K-State past MU Changes key 'Cats, Colorado
By United Press International
Everybody seemed to forget about Kansas State forward Tom Alfaro except his coach.
The 6-foot-6 Alfaro was recruited by Kansas State University last spring out of Fresno City Junior College to provide the Wildcats an element they lacked last year en route to a 12-16 record — a gunner from the outside. His 14-point scoring average last winter had helped Fresno City to a 28-5 record.
"TOM'S ONE OF those purse shooters that you very rarely find," said KSU Coach Jack Hartman after signing Alfaro to a national letter of intent.
Alfaro was in the starting lineup at forward from his first day on the Big Eight campus but he had difficulty with his transition to major college basketball. He managed a pair of 16-point games during non-conference play against Oral Roberts and Wisconsin but he only hit 45 percent of his shots this season for a disappointing 9.3 scoring average.
Alfaro had lost his starting spot by the time the Big Eight portion of the schedule rolled around and moved closer and closer to the end of the bench as the Wildcats dropped five of their first six conference games.
But Alfaro, who had not even played in Kansas State's previous two games and had not started a game since the Jan. 7 loss at Northern Iowa, made a surprise start at guard Wednesday night at Missouri and responded with a defensive stop to trigger a drub rout of the defending Big Ten eight champions.
1 KNEW WE needed a little more
offense from our guards." Alfaro said. "And guard is what I've wanted to play all along. That's what I played in junior college. I feel I can produce more and better at guard. Let's face it, I'm not the greatest rebounder in the world."
Hartman had worked Alfaro at guard during KSU practices for the past two months but he had not played one second in the backcourt prior to Wednesday night's game at Missouri.
Alfaro moved into the lineup in place of sophomore point guard Jim Roder, whose own string of consecutive starts come to an end at 31 games, and scored six points in the first half to stake the Wildcats at a 26-22 lead. He finished the night six-of-six from the free-throw line — his first free throws since a Dec. 8 scrimmage against Cal. State Northridge — and is now 14-of-14 from the line season.
Collectively, Kansas State sank 25 of 29 free throws (Roder was nine of ten from the line in the second hand) to hand Missouri its worst loss in the 11-year history of the Home Center and its worst home loss since 1965.
"There's no excuse for that," Missouri Coach Norm Stewart said of the booing. "I wonder how they'd feel. (Cavener) is one of the most outstanding representatives we have. It came from the student body section. I know
The crowd of 11,484 began thinning out with six minutes left in the game with the Wildcats up by 14 and only about a third of the building remained filled at game's end. And after Kansas State had opened up a 21-point lead in the final two minutes and Stewart had won his first try, the team attempted to find a productive combination, the students chanted for him to put in trainer Bud Epps.
"Jay is so unselfish," Colorado Coach Tom Apke said "He sacrifices part of his game to keep everyone else involved. He's so unselfish that it hurts his own game and when his game is hurt, our game is hurt. We've been after him to look for the shot more.
COLORADO HAS scrambled back into contention for a first-division finish by winning three of its last four games to improve its record to 3-4 for a tie of fourth place along with Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa State.
THE MISSOURI CROWD let its frustrations be known during the game by repeatedly booing the Tigers, and in particular junior center Greg Cavener, who was two of nine from the field and scored more than half of his 12.8 scoring average.
The key in that surge has been the shift of Jay Humphries from the point to off-guard in an attempt to get him more involved in the offense. Humphries had his best game of the conference season Wednesday night when he posted 17 points and 10 assists in a 98-88 victory over Iowa State.
"He's started to regain his offensive impetus in practice this week. He's at his best in a running game and teams have really tried to keep us out of it in the last two weeks," Iowa State) Jay made some great passes to help trigger our offense."
we must have people's support, but that makes you sick."
UPI File Photo
Oklahoma's All American Wayman Tisdale rejects a shot by Nebraska's Dove Hoppin. The Sooners whipped Nebraska 78-67 Wednesday night.
Canadiens get rights from Soviets for Olympic goalie
By United Press International
Vladimirovitch Gramov, Minister of Sport for the Soviet Union, said: "Tretak is now free to negotiate with Municipal. They have made him an offer."
SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia — The Montreal Canadians have agreed to pay the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation $500,000 for the release of world class goaltender Vidajisl Tretik, presently a Canadian national team team, a Soviet official said yesterday.
The 'Candiades' negotiating team is led by Gerry Grundman, director of special events. The plan is for Tretik to join Montreal immediately after the conclusion of the Winter Olympics Feb. 13. Tretik will not become a Soviet player until he is the NHL, but he will be the first Soviet Olympic player to sign a professional contract.
Victor Naecha, a Soviet defector, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in June 1982 and played three games with them in October of that year, scoring one goal against the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden.
Before that, Larry Gordon, president of the Edmonton Oilers when they were in the World Hockey Association, made a substantial offer to the Soviet team. He won awards forwards Viktor Shadrin and Aleksandr Yakushev. His offer was rejected
Tretik has been the Soviet national team's No.1 goaltender for more than a decade. He was blamed for the loss of the gold medal to the United States at the Olympics, where he was removed after giving up two soft goals after the first period
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