University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 7, 1989
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KU tops Brisbane 98-53
Newcomers, veterans unite in shooting spree
By Dan Perkins
Kansan sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
The flag atop Fraser Hall yesterday signified another Kansas game day, but for the first time since March the flag meant basketball.
Forward Mark Randall's 20 points led the Jayhawks, but newcomer Terry Brown, at guard, stole the ball with five three-pointers and 17 points.
Style as in 10 three-point shots made, 62 rebounds, and six dunks.
"He was feeling it tonight." Jeff Gueldner said. "We're going to need somebody who can hit the shot and take the pressure off the inside."
Gueldner, at guard, got into the three-point shooting spree by hitting two himself.
"I didn't want to force anything, but I'm going to shoot when I'm open." he said.
Despite Kansas hitting 45.5 percent from three-point range, Coach Roy Williams wasn't completely happy with the three-point shooting.
Besides Brown and Randall, forward Freeman West with 13 points, forward Mike Maddox, 12, and guard Greg Burke, 11, also were in double figures.
"Terry can't shoot 6-14 in this league. He has to shoot a better percentage than that," he said.
Williams said he expected last night to be a preview of the 1989-90 season, with the up-tempo style and frequency of three-points shots.
Williams was pleased about most of what he saw, but he said the team needed to maintain the intensity
throughout the entire game.
"I thought at times tonight we looked like a good basketball team, but we have to play every single possession," he said. "Every time you've got the ball, you have to get the best shot you can."
The Jayhawks did just that in the first half by hitting 58.3 percent of their shots on route to a commanding 56-29 lead.
But Brisbane started the game by matching the Jayhawks shot for shot before the 13 minute mark.
With 13:04 left in the first half, Brisbane's Andre La Fleur, who accumulated a game-high 22 points, scored on a fast break layup to pull the Bullets within three, 20-17.
The Jayhawks responded by scoring 21 straight points to break the game open.
"At the start of the first half we dictated to them the way we wanted to play," forward Rick Calloway said.
Maddox started the streak by converting a three-point play, before Randall, Brown and Pritchard scored two points apiece, giving Kansas a 29-17 lead.
That's when the three-point shot took center stage.
Kansas hit four straight from behind the line, one each from Pritchard, Brown, Goulder and he had to 17-17 with 6:58 remaining in the half.
Brown and guard Todd Alexander each added three-pointers to give Kansas seven converted first-half three-point shots.
Kansas continued putting the points on the board in the second half. But at the same time, the number of turnovers increased.
Kansas had just seven turnovers in
the first half, but ended the game with 19.
"We can't play like that, getting out there and throwing that ball around like that." Williams said. "I thought we had 19 in the second half, but then again that's part of it, that's why you play the games."
The second half featured four dunks, three by newcomer Pekka Markkanen, playing center.
Markkanen, a junior from Helsinki, Finland, scored all six of his points in his first U.S. basketball game on the three dunks.
"Pekka did not relax in the first half," Williams said, "but in the second half he settled down, and I thought he played good. I've said all along that he's going to help us."
This year's team has an abundance of help. With twelve players eligible, Williams was able to substitute freely. At times he substituted five players at once, which was impossible at the end of last year because of a lack of bodies.
"The intensity will always be there because there is always someone on the bench who can come in and take your place," West said.
Senior forward Freeman West said that with that many players on the bench the team should be able to maintain the intensity level.
Williams said he expected to see even more intensity from the team Thursday night when they play the No. 7 Chicago Field House in an exhibition game.
"We played a good first half tonight," Williams said, "but I expect Thursday night they'll show me they can play a full game."
E. Joseph Zurga/KANSAN
Jayhawks fly in exhibition
Kansas guard Alexander fights two Bullets players for possession.
Bv Gene King
Kansan sportswriter
They were flying from everywhere.
One even came at the end of the game as the burzer sounded.
They came from the post, from the baseline and from everywhere along the three-point line.
The Jayhawks had 22 three-point tries, converting 10.
Freshman guard Terry Brown hit a three-pointer for the last shot of the game to give Kansas a 98-53 exhibition victory against the Brisbane Bullets.
"We were second in the Big Eight in three-point shots last
year," Coach Roy Williams said. "We will probably do it again."
Brown led the way in three-point attempts. He shot half of the team's 25 making five three-point shots came from beyond the three-point line.
Second behind Brown, way behind, was forward Jeff Guelden.
The number of three-pointers didn't seem to upset Williams too much.
Gueldner shot only three, but converted two, for all six of his points.
"One wasn't real pleased with was when we had it out of bounds and throw it straight to Terry, and
he shot a three-pointer immediately," Williams said. "I'm looking at the big guy posted up having a guy four feet away. I would have rather thrown it in there."
Forward Mark Randall shot a three-pointer from the top of the key. The 6-foot-11 junior missed his attempt.
Gueldnar said he was glad to see the Jayhawks hit so many three-pointers.
"I think we've got more guys that can shoot it," we said. "We've got to be able to do it. We don't have a lot of size."
Randall said he knew that his job was to play inside but that he wouldn't pass up an open shot.
Montana returns from injury, leads 49ers in 31-13 victory against Saints
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Montana returned better than ever from an injury layoff, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another as the San Francisco 49ers rolled over New Orleans 31-13 last night.
Montana found a familiar target, the fleet Jerry Rice, for two touchdowns and John Taylor for a third. Montana raced around the right end for the 3-yard clincher in the fourth period. He also managed to escape unsacked from the Saints' aggressive defense, which had recorded 17 sacks in the previous three weeks.
New Orleans, 45, fell victim to three Montana touchdown passes for the second time in five weeks. It had won three straight games in the interim, but this defeat dealt a severe blow to its playoff hopes.
The 49ers, tied at 8-1 for the NFL's best record, reached the eight-victory mark four weeks earlier than last year when they went on to win the Super Bowl.
Montana hadn't played since he was carried off the field with a sprained knee in the second quarter of the Oct. 22 victory against New England at Stanford. But the NFL's top-rated quarterback quickly dispelled any notion that he might be rusty or ailing by going 16-for-19 for 223 yards and three touchdowns in a brilliant first half, finishing 22-for-31 for 302 yards.
San Francisco, 6-0 on the road but winless at Candlestick Park in its only other game there this season, started fast with impressive touchdown drives of 78 and 85 yards the first two times it had the ball.
Rice had the first two scores,
catching Montana's short pass over
the middle on the 22 and slipping
three tackles en route to the end zone.
The Saints tied it late in the first period.
Sport briefs
NFL HELMETTS: A fleeting glimpse of the name "Riddell" on an NFL helmet can give the rest of the football world the unfair impression that this is the sport's most-desired brand of headgear, competitive manufacturers contend in a lawsuit.
Julie Nimmons, owner of Athletic Helmet Inc, in Litchfield, Ill., says a 7-month-old agreement with the National Football League illegally gives Chicago-based Riddell Inc. exclusive rights to display its trademark name on helmets and chin straps. Other headgear is permitted in the NFL, but trademarks and logos must be concealed.
Athletic Helmet and Schutt Athletic Sales, the nation's second-largest football helmet maker, have sued in U.S. District Court and a ruling in the antitrust case is expected soon.
The lawsuit contends that in exchange for exclusive trademark rights, Riddell has agreed to provide the 1,200 players on the NFL's 28 teams with free helmets, shoulder pads and jerseys as well as other gear.
Nimmons contends it would cost more than $750,000 a game, more than $12 million in a season, to duplicate the publicity from the televised display of the trademark.
"We just want an equal opportunity." she said.
Kansas Crew wins one event in Chattahoochee boat race
The lawsuit also contends that Riddell exerts undue influence on more than 100 million fans watching NFL football each week, with an average audience of 15 million men who are 18 and older.
"What NFL players wear has a strong influence on what equipment is purchased for or worn by college, or does so with youth players," the lawsuit contends.
MIAMI DOLPHINS: Miami Dolphins defensive end Eric Kumerow faces two felony counts of assaulting a police officer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after allegedly punching an officer outside a sports bar, police said yesterday.
Riddell says in court documents that the antitrust accusation "makes no economic sense, since a fleeting glimpse by the spectating public of a competitor's logo has nothing to do with the promotion and sale of football helmets."
Kumerow, his sister Cheryl and a friend were arrested Sunday night after police were called following a fight inside Koz's bar, said police, who initially misidentified Cheryl Kumerow as Kumerow's wife. The Kumerows, also charged with trespassing, were released Sunday night after posting bond.
The Kansas Crew last weekend won one of four events it entered in the three-mile Head of the Chattahoochee ragga at Atlanta.
the men's lightweight four boat finished first in the event, and the second lightweight eight boat finished seventh of 17 teams.
By a Kansan reporter
In the women's races, the open eight boat finished second and the last boat finished third.
gwright foot boat stair
William Leathem, St. Fairway,
senior, who raced in the second eight-man boat, said that they rowed well but that the members of the boat were much lighter than the average weight for that category. The limit for lightweight is 160 pounds. The average weight of the Kansas boat was 147 pounds.
Leatham said he heard that 1,400 rowers from universities across the country were at the regatta including those from Duke, Syracuse, Texas, Washington University of St. Louis and Kansas State.
Cedric Hunter was waved by the San Antonio Spurs last week.
Ex-Jayhawk Hunter wants shot at NBA
By Holly Lawton
Kansan sportswriter
After a month of blood, sweat and tears in San Antonio, Cedric Hunter is back in Kansas.
Hunter, a point guard for Kansas from 1983-87, learned he had been waived by the San Antonio Spurs last week when the National Basketball Association announced its cuts. He returned to Topeka, resuming practice yesterday with the Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association. The Sizzlers drafted him in the first round of the CBA draft in 1987.
Although Hunter was unable to grasp his dream of making it to the NBA, he said he had to keep moving ahead.
"It's fine to be back," he said. "I a little disappointed that I didn't make it in San Antonio, but I'm going to use this time to get better as a player. I'm going to work with the team and try to make it better, too."
Hunter received a phone call in early October from San Antonio coach Larry Brown, who was head coach at Kansas from 1983-88. Although Hunter had already signed a contract with the Sizzlers, he traveled to Texas for trouts with the Spurs.
But Hunter's chances were not as good as he had hoped, and he found himself going back home.
"Before I went down, I didn't think my chances of making it were that good," he said. "I thought the point guard spot was pretty much filled. But when I got down there I saw they needed another one, so my chances went from zero to good."
rumder said the tryouts were not negative, however. The reunion with his former coach was a good experience for him.
"Coach Brown's the same," Hunter said. "His coaching philosophy and his attitude haven't changed much. It was good playing for him again."
It's fine to be back. I'm a little disappointed that I didn't make it in San Antonio, but I'm going to use this time to get better as a player. I'm going to work with the team and try to make it better, too.'
Cedric Hunter
Former Kansas basketball player
Hunter said it was possible that he could have another shot at the NBA later this year. If an NBA player becomes injured, for example, NBA teams have the option to call Hunter up from the Sizzlers and can sign him to a 10-day contract. If he plays well, Hunter would have an opportunity to be signed.
For now, however, his future is in Topeka, where he was welcomed back by coach Mike Riley.
"He was one of the real critical people in terms of maintaining stability in the organization and giving us some carry over from one season to the other," Riley said of Hunter. "Plus he gives us some local identity."
Despite the welcome from the Sizzlers, Hunter's hopes of breaking into the big leagues have not been dispelled.
"I don't care where I go — any team," he said. "I just want to get there."
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