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University Daliv Kansan. March 9. 1983
Jayhawks beat OU, 87-77 meet OSU in semifinals
By JEFF CRAVENS Sports Writer
Calvin Thompson's 30-point effort led the KU Jayhawks to a 87-77 upset over the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman last week, the first round of the Big Eight tournament.
The Jayhawks will now face Oklahoma State, who beat Kansas State. 75-61, in the second round Friday night in Kansas City, Mo.
"I told my mother that I wanted to go home one more time," said Thompson, the Kansas City, Kan., native. "We really worked hard."
OKLAHOMA, PLAYING without regular point guard Bo Overton, who sprained an ankle earlier in the day, opened up an 8-2 lead on KU at the outset. The Jayhawks, behind Thompson and point guard Tad Boyle then outscooted the Sooners 15-8, to take the lead. 17-16 with 12-49 in the half.
Oklahoma then took a 29-23 lead on a David Little five-point play. Little made the shot and was fouled by Kerry Boagni. The KU bench was called for a technical and Little hit the three free throws.
Thompson, who hit nine of ten first half shots, then led KU back. They tied in the game with Gus Gustavson.
"We played with poise," said KU coach Ted Owens, who was carried off the field after injuring himself.
after the game. "After the technical,
our guys bounced right back."
OKLAHOMA TOOK a 45-42 lead in at halftime as Little hit the last four points.
Boogni came out and hit the first four points in the second half before drawing a goal.
Kelly Knight, who finished with 20 points, scored 10 of KU's 12 points in a five minute span to lift the Jahywhas to a 64-56 advantage with 12 minutes left.
Chucky Barnett hit two buckets for the Sooners to close the lead to two with five minutes left, but the Oklahoma could not stop KU down the chain.
Knight, who guarded Big Eight Player of the Year Wayman Tisdale, limited the freshman to 13 points on six of 18 shooting.
"We tried not to let Tisdael have the ball in the first half," Knight said. "But I had three fouls, so in the second half, I beat him as much as he but he wasn't hurting us."
Oklahoma put Calvin Pierce on
night in the second half, and Knight
reached the final.
"I WAS LOOKING for my shot the whole game," Knight said. "They made a defense to switch and put Pierce in front. And then we made the second half and I was gettin open."
Boyle got his second start in a row and responded with eight points on four of five shooting. Boyle also had seven assists and committed one turnover.
"Tad Boyle has as much character as anyone I've ever had," Owens said. "He's a gutty player who was always ready to play."
For the game, KU shot over 54 percent from the field while the Sooners shot a paltry 38.6 percent.
"We just didn't hit our shots tonight," said UO acting coach Mike Newell. "It was just one of those nights."
"GIVE KU SOME credit. They hit their shots. We tried everything we had defensively."
IN OTHER FIRST ROUND ACTION;
Missouri beat Colorado, 88-73 and Nebraska beat Iowa State, 94-71. The two teams will play each other in the other semifinal match Friday night in Kemper.
KANSAS
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Boogni | 13 | 1-6 | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Thompson | 39 | 15-20 | 0-8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Knight | 17 | 6-13 | 0-8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Wright | 17 | 6-13 | 7-11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Boyle | 28 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Golot | 28 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| John | 29 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Kellegg | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ewing | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| | 35-64 | 17-25 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 87 |
OKLAHOMA
Little 30 6-15 10-11 7 4 2 22
Jones 28 4-18 5-6 9 0 5 13
Barnett 29 4-8 5-6 9 0 5 13
Barnett 40 4-10 3-2 10 2 10
Pierce 16 3-4 0-0 0 2 2
Pierce 16 3-4 0-0 0 2 2
Marshall 3 3 0-0 4 1 4
Reyes 29-75 19-75 42 30 21
Snider, Adkins, Allen named to All-Big 8 teams by coaches
Kansas forward Angie Snider was named to the All-Big Eight first team by the board of conference coaches yesterday.
Snider, who finished second in the conference in scoring, was joined on the squad by K-State's Priscilla Gary, Missouri's Lorraine Ferret, Colorado's Lisa VanGoor and Oklahoma's Molly McGuire.
KU'S VICKIE ADKINS and Philicia Allen, who joined the KU lineup midway through the season, were named to the honorable mention team.
"I'm very pleased," said KU coach Marian Washington about the selections. "We're certainly happy that we can represent Kansas on those teams."
Snider, a Roeland Park junior, was named to the conference's second team
last season, he has scored in double figures every game this season, including a 38-point performance in KU's triple-take victory over Missouri.
EACH OF KU'S selections was named player of the week once during the season, giving the Jayhawks the numbers of the week of any team in the league.
Adkins, a 6-1 freshman from Oklahoma City, came back from knee surgery this year in solid form. She led the team in scoring in the last five games. Adkins finished the season with 12.5 points and 6.3 rebounds a game.
Alen, a 6-1 junior from Okeechobee, Fla., came to Kansas last year as a transfer from South Carolina. She attended this semester, stepping in at center.
KU's Vickie Adkins was named Big Eight women's player of the week yesterday for her play last week.
Adkins named player of week
The 8-1 freshman forward from Oklahoma City shot a sizing 83 percent from the floor in KU's 2-0 loss to North Carolina. 4 points and grabbing 26 rebounds.
Adkins, who is KU's third player selected for the honor this season, hit 20 of 24 shots from the field and 11 of 4 free throws in Kansas' 100-84 win over Nebraska and last week's 90-81 loss to Colorado.
victie just keeps getting better and better," said KU coach Marian Washington. "She still has a lot to learn, but we're obviously very proud of the way she's 'been playing.'"
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'Hawks win two chilly games
By JAN BOUTTE Sports Editor
Sports Editor
Chilled fingers and tight muscles couldn't keep the Jayhawk bats from heating up as the KU baseball team won both games of a season-opening double-header against Baker University yesterday at Quigley Field.
KU's 12-6 victory in the first game of the twin billet gave pitcher Jim Phillips a record-breaking 23 victories, as a winner in the winless pitch in KU history.
Phillips, who gave up seven walks in seven innings, said the cold affected his pitching.
Senior pitcher Jim Phillips set a KU record with his 23rd victory as a Jayhawk in the first game of yesterday's double-header against Baker.
"There was no way I could really cut loose today," he said. "But I got all the support from the team that I needed."
THE JAYHAWKS took control in the second game to win, 5-0.
"We've got to play better ball against these non-conference teams. It's important to build confidence," KU coach Marty Pattin said.
"It wasn't exactly a delightful day for the game of baseball, but we got through it," he said.
Temperatures in the 30s made it hard to believe that baseball season was starting, but the Rajahws were hit in the face by a first-inning Baker scoring rally.
The Wildcats scored five runs before the Jayhawks could get the handle on the ball to make the third out. Three runs scored on errors and Baker center fielded Ed Anderson ripped a home run by bringing it to bring the first-inning score to 5-0.
"They went out and took it to us right off the bat," Pattin said.
THE 'HAWKS FOUGHT back, picking up two runs in the second and tying the game at 6-1 in the fifth. They went on a scoring spree in the sixth inning, running the total to twelve.
Pitchers were not the only players having trouble with the bone-chilling temperatures. KU committed four errors and Baker seven in the first
game, most of them on handling ground balls.
Mark Giles, KU co-captain, fumbled a ground ball in his first play as a shortstop for KU. He switched to short from second base this year.
"It was like your hands were numb and you didn't really know if it was in there or not," he said.
GILES HIT IN three of KU's runs in the second game on a shot to right center that cleared the 350-foot fence in the fourth imming.
Both catchers had problems handling the first pitches of the game because of the cold, and hitters from both teams were going from contact between bat and ball.
Around the third inning of the first game, heaters were delivered to the dugouts, which Pattin said coincided with the warming up of KU's hitting.
"You can't can't enough about the job our hitters did today," Pattin said.
BESIDES GILES' home run and, double, the big bats for KU were designated hitter Kevin Bascue, who went two for eight, including a key double that drove in two runs; Joe Heeney, who hanged out a double and a triple, the dependable Dick Lewalien who went three for three in the second game.
Pattin started Dennis Coplin on the mound in the second game. Coplin pitched four innings and gave up one hit and four walks. Then Pattin took a look at three other pitchers, John Evans, Mike Bohn and John Heeney, for one hit each. He looked at looking at candidates for the third and fourth spots in the starting rotation.
The Jayhawks will play William Jewell today in a double-header starting at 1 t.m. at Quigley Field.
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Wednesday, March 9 (tonight) at 7:30 p.m.
Council Room, Kansas Union
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