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The University Daily KANSAN
January 27,1984 Page 14
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Members of the Greg Drilling Fan Club will surely be among the 16,000 fans expected for tomorrow's KU-KState game. The regionally televised contest is scheduled to begin at 4:10 p.m.
KU will face struggling 'Cats
The Kansas Jayhawks, for first place in the Big Eight Conference basketball stands with Oklahoma, will face the State tomorrow in Allen Field House.
Jayhawks own 9-1 home record
Sports Writer
By GREG DAMMAN
Tip-off for the regionally televised game, which is sold out, is set for 4-10
The last time KU beat K-State was in the finals of the 1981 Big Eight Tournament, when the Jayhawks defeated the Wildcats, 80-68.
KU IS 9-1 at home this season, losing only to second-ranked Kentucky.
K State has not won a road game for nearly a year, dating back to Feb. 26, 1983, when they defied KU, 63-70. The Wildcats, 0-3 in the conference and 8-8 overall, lost to Colorado Wednesday night. 74-66.
The Jayhawks, 3-1 in the conference and 11-5 overall, defeated Nebraska Wednesday night and will attempt to win a playoff losing streak against the Wildcats.
K-State's winningest coach. His record against KU is 21-13. Overall, K-State has won more games in Allen Field House than any other team.
Jack Hartman in his 14th season as head coach of the Wildcats, is just four years old.
Hartman will bring a young team to Allen Field House — the Wildcats don't have a senior in the starting lineup. The Wildcats will be on the road trip in four conference games.
The Wildcats will face a tight Kansas 2-3 zone defense tomorrow. KU also used a tough man-to-man defense against Nebraska.
"You have to be able to play against both." Hartman said. "KU plays both defenses very well, so we don't have a preference."
BOTH TEAMS ARE tough defensively, with K-State holding opponents to just 46.4 percent shooting from the field. Kansas leads the conference, limiting opponent's field goal shooting to only 41 percent.
Jayhawk Head Coach Larry Brown will start the same five players that he teamed up with in 2016.
"With a young team you'd rather
open at home, but you don't have that
perception."
Carl Henry and Kelly Dreiling will start at forwards, Greg Dreling at center.
K-State will start with 6-9 junior Eddie Elder and 6-6 junior Lafayette Watkins at forwards and 6-2 freshman Alex Williams at center, Jim Roder, a 6-3 sophomore, Eric Watson, a 6-2 junior, will start at guards.
Thompson at guards.
ELDER LEADS the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding, averaging 13.9 points and 8.1 rebounds a game. He recently scored 30 points against Oklahoma All-America Wayman Tisdale.
Roder is second on the team in scoring, with an average of 10.9 points a game and scored 17 points last year against the Jawhavas in Lawrence.
"He did play well against Oklahoma," Hartman said. "But you have to have balance in your lineup. You can't have just one guy scoring."
As far as the Jayhawk starters are concerned, Hartman likes them all.
"I'm IMPRESSED with all of them, I think they have excellent balance," he said. "They're very big, and I'm sure it will be a battle on the boards for us."
The game is the 207th meeting between the two schools, in a rivalry that began in 1907. KU leads the series, 118-82.
Players, fans want to end 2-year drought
"We wee them five. We haven't beaten them since I've been here."
Brian Martin, borrowing an expression from the Philadelphia 76ers, was talking about the Kansas State Wildcats — those bad guys in the disgusting purrl uniforms.
Yes, it's been more than two years since KU beat K-State. The last time the Jayhawks defeated their vaunted twins was in 1881, when Darrell Valentine and John Dugger played on the same side. David Mugley, Art Housey and John Crawford.
KU MANAGED TWO victories over the Wildcats
Sports Editor
JEFF CRAVENS
in '81, including a $8-50 decision in Allen Field House.
Since then, it has been a long loss streak for Jaikyu fans and players. Kansas State has even won the game 2-1.
"I think that in every one of the game, they just came in and outplayed us," forward Kelly Knight said. "They got the lose balls and blocked out. But Knight is the situation won't repeat itself."
But Knight were sure the situation won't repeat itself,
"Coach Brown wouldn't let us do that."
Couch Bound would act as that
one situation that is different this season is that
Another is that Jack Hartman's team hasn't won a conference game in three tries. But Knight knows
"THEY WILL COME in here and give us a good game," he said. "They always seem to play their best."
If there is one certainty it is this: KU will not overlook the Wildcats.
KU is tied for first in the Big Eight with a 3-1 record after finishing 4-10 in each of the last two seasons.
"No, not a chance we will overlook K-State," center Greg Dreiling said. "They can come in here and play the game of their life. It's happened before." He wore a white shirt in the big Eight. We don't want to oblige them."
A sellout crowd will greet KState into Allen Field House. The home fans were so loud in the Nebraska game that even the Jayhawks had trouble communicating out on the court.
"We had trouble picking up the plays because the crowd was so loud," Brown said after the Nebraska game. "We had to go with one basic play in the second half."
Dreiling sat out last season after transferring from Wichita State. He remembers very vivid both
I'm sure it was bad for the guys who were
The crowd will also be hungry for a victory over K-State.
"THIS GAME IS WHAT athletics is all about," said Kreg Stonecrest, Overland Park senior "the players and fans have suffered through straight losses. I think the time is right for a victory."
Kansas State, conversely, doesn't have a single player from Kansas on its entire roster. That might not mean anything, but I know the KU players get an earfall when they lose to the Wildcats. I certainly have heard more comments in the last two years than I would like.
"IT'S PROBABLY ONE of the biggest games of the year." Dreeling said. "It's going to be another
Four of KU's starters are Kansas natives — Mark Turgureon from Topeka, Dreiling from Wichita, Calvin Thompson from Kansas City, and Knight from Satinia. Martins from Atlanta and Jeff Giolot from Kansas natives.
playing, but it was tough for me to sit." Dreling said. "When you can't go out there, you feel so bored."
Knight said the game meant more than just the two schools fighting it out.
"It really hurt. Especially the loss at their place because the fans were so loud."
"Before we started the season, we decided we would have to win all of our games at home and between four and seven on the road. So far, we've won eight games but we still have to win the games on the road."
But of all the Jayhawk players who talked about tomorrow's game, Carl Henry put it on the simplest terms when asked if he was ready for the Wildcats.
"Yes." Henry said with a gleam of revenge in his eye. "Definitely, yes."
"The rivalry is still there," he said. "But this year it's more important for us to stay in the Big Eight."
Two ranked teams to compete with No.13 KU in invitational
Sports Writer
By GREG DAMMAN
The Kansas women's swimming team will be host to the Midwest Invitational, featuring three nationally ranked athletes on Saturday at Robinson Natatorium.
Southern Illinois, ranked sixth, is the meet favorite. Iowa and Kansas, ranked 12th and 13th respectively, will challenge SIU for the title. A fourth team, Colorado State, is a top contender in the Western Athletic Conference.
"I think it will be the fastest meet in this part of the country this season," Jayhawk swimming coach Gary Kempf said.
"Iowa is favored to win the Big Ten championship and Southern Illinois is
Kempf said that the Jayhawks would be well-prepared for the meet, but that they were concentrating more on developing a conference meet Feb. 23-25 in Lawrence.
"WE REALLY HAVEN'T done anything different this week. We can't afford to stray from our preparation for the conference meet." Kempf said.
Despite the tough competition, Kemp expects his team to swim well.
"The ladies have a reputation for rasing to the occasion when necessary."
recording NCAA qualifying times at their last meet, the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas.
The women's team has been swimming well lately, with three swimmers
Freshman Marcie Hermold qualified in the 400-meter individual medley with a national record.
Jenny Wagtail, a three-time All-American, was the third swimmer to quality, recording a 56.35 in the 100-meter butterfly.
Tammy Pease qualified in three events, swimming the 50-meter freestyle in 23.75, the 100-meter breaststroke in 24.68, and the 200-meter breaststroke in 2.22.17
ALL THREE WILL play a big part in the upcoming meet, along with freshman Darcy Gregor and Celine Ceryn, who both swam well at the Longhorn
Invitational. Cerny posted a time of 2:06.89 in the 200-meter backstroke, and Gregor a time of 1:53.82 in the 400-meter time and 4.35.2 in the 500-meter freestyle.
"I expect we'll swim well this week,
and freshmen have looked good."
Karen
Saturday, swimming will begin at 10 a.m. and finish with finals, which are set for 4 p.m. The diving finals are scheduled for 1 p.m.
Tomorrow's schedule for the Midwest invitational calls for swimming at St. Louis Aquatic Center.
After the Midwest invitational, both the men's and women's teams will be in action Feb. 4 at Iowa State for a dual meet against the Cyclones.
Women's basketball team to take on No.10 Wildcats
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
The Kansas women's basketball team will be trying to break a four game losing streak to Kansas State when it takes on the Wildcats tomorrow afternoon. Game time is i p.m. in Allen Field House.
Kansas State, 13.3, was rated 10th in the nation in last week's coaches poll. Two of KSU's losses have come to top 10 teams.
The Wildcats are tied with Missouri for the Big Eight Conference lead. They won their first three conference games despite the absence of their leading scorer,
'Kansas is a hard-working team and they're super-aggressive. With the home-court advantage they will be a tough team for us to beat.'
Lynn Hickey, K-State coachb
6-foot-3 sophomore center Tina Dixon.
DIXON HAS SAT out the last four games after injuring her knee against Old Dominion and undergoing arthroscopic surgery. She was averaging 13.8 points a game before her injury.
K-State coach Lynn Hickey said Dixon had been practicing this week and might suit up against Kansas.
"We'll just have to wait and see." Hickey said. "It's a day-to-day thing as far as deciding whether she's ready or not. She probably won't play more than 10 minutes if she does play."
The Wildcats' well-balanced scoring attack has made up for the loss of Dixon. Four starters are
averaging at or near double figures in scoring.
Six-one junior Angie Bonner moved from forward to take Dixon's center spot and is averaging 12.9 points a game. Close behind her are 6-1 junior Jennifer Jones, 11.9 a game. Next in line are 6-3 Jones, 11.8 a game; and 5-8 sophomore Sherenda Jenkins, 9.7 a game.
"WITHOUT DIXON their greatest strength is in their transition game and their greatest weakness is inside. 'Kansas head coach Marian Washington said. "I think we'll move the ball inside against them."
The Jayhawks, 6-9 overall and 2-1 in the Big Eight, tuned up for the intrastate showdown with a 98-89 Oklahoma Oklahoma at home Wednesday night.
"this game helped us work on some things to prepare us for K-State." Washington said afterward. She said Nebraska was much the same type of team that K-State would be.
"But we'll have to play much better defense against K-State than we did tonight," Washington said.
Vickie Adkins leads the Jayhawks in scoring in big Eight games so far this year, averaging 19 points a game. She was also ranked fourth in the conference in rebounding prior to this season with an average. She currently averages 8.6 boards a game after pulling down 12 against Nebraska.
ANGIE SNIDER is averaging 18.3 points in conference games after scoring 29 against Nebraska. She's averaging 24.5 points overall.
"Although they're not that big, Kansas has an excellent inside game." Hickey said.
"Kansas is a hard-working team and they're super-aggressive. With the home-court advantage they will be a tough team for us to beat."
Despite spectacular grab in playoffs, Capers has ups and downs as rookie
By JEFF CRAVENS
Sports Editor
As the Kansas Jayhawks whipped Nebraska Wednesday night, a tail, lean figure familiar to KU football fans as No. 20 watched with former assistant basketball coach Jo White.
"We're just back visiting some friends and family," said Capers, who just completed his rookie season. "We are good friends with Jo Jo and his wife. They wanted to see us and we wanted to see them."
Wayne Capers had returned to his alma mater after doing his job — wide range of work.
The 'we' Capers was talking about was himself, his wife, former Jayhawk basketball player Robbin Smith, and their child, Tanny. Capers said they had stopped in Lawrence on their way to Miami, his hometown.
LIKE MOST ROOKIES in the National Football League, Capers said his first season had to take the good with the bad. He was drafted by a team that included Stallworth, who played in front of Capers.
"At one point I was down because I wasn't getting any playing time," he said.
touchdown. He played in 12 of the Steelers, including four as a 59-year-old when Stalwyn Brown
Capers ended the regular season with 10 catches for 185 yards and one
"I was excited when I saw the picture." Capers said. "I couldn't believe it. We played so bad and they played so good. I thought they would run a picture of them. I never thought it would be me."
He not only made the team, but made a spectacular catch against the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Raiders to help give Pittsburgh an early 3-10 lead. A picture of the catch ran in the Jan. 9 issue of Sports Illustrated.
ALTHOUGH HE caught a touchdown pass against Tampa Bay, Capers said his catch against the Raiders had been his best of the season. He credited Stallworth with helping him when the ball was injured in the middle of the season.
"I didn't think I would play that much." Capers said, "Rookies don't usually play. I just wanted to make the team."
"It is good to learn from him," Capers said. "He is a nice person and he tried to help me. He knew he was injured and he could have helped me or to me and helped me on some things."
Pittsburgh won seven consecutive games in the middle of the season, even though Terry Bradshaw sat out all of the regular season. But the Steelers
faltered late in the season and fell 38-10 to the Raiders.
"I really don't know what happened," Capers said. "We had a seven-game winning streak, then we lost to the Warriors and weren't really up for the games."
"WE PLAYED SO long without him that if he came back, we knew we would be better." Capers said. "But we knew we could win without him."
Bradshaw led the Steelers to a victory over the New York Jets late in the season, but had to sit out again because of a recurring elbow injury. However, Capers did not think that was the problem.
He signed a series of four one-year contracts with the Steelers after they drafted him out of Kansas. That means he has to make the team every year.
"I've got to push myself," he said.
"My chances are even better now because I know the offense and I can concentrate on just doing it."
Pittsburgh is far away from Miami, or Lawrence for that matter, but it is
"It was pretty good because on off-weekends I got to visit my wife," Capers said. "And since it was her home town, we could go visit relatives. If it was another city, it would have been just me, her and the baby."
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Wayne Capers, shown here in action for KU, played in 12 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers this past season, catching 10 passes for 185 yards. Capers is in Lawrence visiting friends and family during the off-season.
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