Page 12 University Daily Kansan, January 29, 1982 Angie Supper applies some defensive pressure in a recent game against Wichita State. Snider transferred to KU from Oregon. Basketball teams play Oklahoma this weekend Both the KU men's and women's basketball teams play against the Oklahoma Sooners in Allen Field House tomorrow night, but the similarity ends The men's team will attempt to extend a two-game winning streak, while the women's team will try to break a three-game losing streak. Oklahoma is paced by guard Chuck Barnett and forward David Little, who are both averaging about 18 points a game. KU's men's team will try to improve its 2-3 record in the Big Eight and 11-6 overall. The Sooners bring an identical record into the game. "This is a very dangerous team," Coach Ted Owens said. "They have two great shooters in Chuck Barnett and David Little. In addition, they are a fine physical team that is playing with more experience and maturity." Those factors, plus the addition of Little, have made them a much better team." KU center Kelly Knight's status for the game remains uncertain. Knight, who sprained his ankle in practice Tuesday, didn't practice yesterday. The women's team, which is in the midst of the worst slump the team has seen in the last five years, will try to revenge an earlier loss to Oklahoma in a tournament. In that game, the Sooners beat the Jawhays, 12-9, 73-63. The Sooners, 9-7, are led by Ladhanah Sanders and Mollie McGuire, who scored 21 and 20 points respectively in the team's first meeting. But McGuire broke a finger, and she will not play against the Jawhaws tomorrow. "We beat us in the tournament, so we'll be out for a little revenge," guard Angie Sudler said. "We need to get on at home or somewhere where the regular season is over." Gervin's 37 puts Kings in deep freeze SAN ANTONIO, Texas - George-Gor森 gin scored 37 points and Mike Brazzle and rookie Gene Banks came off the bench to pick up a sluggish San Antonio effort, leading the Spurs to a 128-115 victory yesterday over the Kansas City Kings. 8y United Press International halftime lead. The Spurs extended the margin to 20 points early in the third quarter and never let it fall below 10. The Obliged adding 22 points for the Spurs. Cliff Robinson scored 21 points to lead six Kings in double figures. Reggie King and Ernie Grunfeld scored 17 each. Mike Woodson and Kevin Loder each and Steve Johnson scored 10 for a Mass City, which lost its sixth straight. Bratz, who had a season-high 19 points, and Banks, who also had 19, enabled San Antonio to build a 61-44 Snider's addition eases loss of Woodard Basketball has taken Angie Snider a long way from home. By DAVE McQUEEN Sports Writer After an outstanding high school career at Bishop Miege High in her hometown of Roeland Park, Snider went west to play for the University of Oregon. Then she went to Syracuse, N.Y., to participate in the National Sports Festival. After that, she played for a national team that toured Cuba. But basketball has finally brought Snider home. And for the KU women's basketball team, which lost four of its top players from last year, her homecoming couldn't have come at a better time. Snider, a 5-foot-10 sophomore guard-forward, has provided much of the leadership and firepower the Jayhawks lost with the graduation of All-America guard Lynette Woodard. Although she isn't the shooter that Wodard was, she still is averaging 12.6 points a game, which is second on the team. BUT MUCH like Woodard, Snider is an excellent playmaker and floor leader. She leads the team in assists (25), blocks (14), and passes one-way-and-mass-the-other category. Snider is equally impressive without the ball. Although she only averages 2.8 rebounds a game, she already has 51 steals. When the Jayhawks are playing against the defense, Snider plays with her opponent much like a cat plays with a ball of yarn. In a game against Wayland Baptist last December, she flipped the ball from behind her back over her head to Tracy Claxton, who took it in for an uncontested layup. Make this more impressive was that she was falling down at the time, with her back towards the basket. MARIAN WASHINGTON, KU head basketball coach, said that Snider was one of the best players in the United States because of her consistency, her ability to play well both offensively and defensively and her positive attitude. "She is the type of player who is constantly trying to improve," Washington said. "It makes your job extremely easy." SNIDER SAID, "I don't know if I'm never satisfied. Everyone has to be satisfied once in a while, or you would never play the game. At practice, Washington said, Snider never seems satisfied with her game. Since her high school days, Snider has been one of the best. During her three years at Miege, the Stags won two Kansas Class 5A women's basketball championship and placed second the other year. In Snider's senior year, Miege went 24-0, and she was named Kansas female athlete of the year, besides being a high school All-America player. "I just like to strive for the best." While a freshman at Oregon last year, Snider was a starter for the Ducks, a long-time national power in women's basketball. She averaged 11.4 But despite her success on the court and the proximity to the mountains, not all was well for Snider in Oregon. Four days before Snider arrived in Eugene, Strike, the only coach she had any real experience with, head coach learning job at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Soon she was feeling lonely. "They were all really good friends," Snider said. "You won't find that on a college team, usually." In general, Snider said, she had no regrets about going to Oregon. impressed with the team's camaraderie. "It was a good experience. You grow up real fast," she said. **HOW DID** Washington let one of the best high school basketball players in the country slip out of her own shoes. Did she do anything else didn't try to recruit Snider, she said. "When I last talked to her, she was very aware of us," Washington said. "But why do kids make the decisions they make?" —Angie Snider 'You go out and have a really great game, and after the game, you feel great—like you can play until you are 80. But you also have those games when you can't buy a basket or make a clean pass, and you ask yourself, "What are you playing this stupid game for?" ' points a game and was named to the All-Northwest regional team. ALTHOUGH ONE of the strongest programs in women's basketball was only an hour down the road, Snider went to Oregon because she felt that it was the best place for her to go at the game and she did so. She also friendship with Snoella Strike, the Ducks assistant coach, who recruited her heavily. "When I talked to her on the phone, she seemed like a best friend," Snider said. "We didn't even talk about basketball." Snider said Strike talked her into coming out to Eugene, and she "fell in love with the idea of living close to the ocean and the mountains." Besides wanting to be closer to home, Snider said, she transferred to KU because her priorities had changed. Although she had always been a good student, she said she felt more academically motivated than she once was. BUT MORE importantly, Snider was THIS SEASON, Snider is facing a situation she never had to deal with before--playing for a struggling team. After losing to Kansas State 83-74 last Tuesday, the Jayhawks are 12-9, having straight and six of their last eight games. "I'm more eager to get through school now," she said. To get out of their slump, Snider said that the team needed to be more dedicated and to develop a stronger desire to win. "At the beginning of the year, we played real time," Snider said. "After we won a few games, we felt that whenever we came out on the court, it was all we needed to have to work for it. And now we really have to work hard for every single game. "It's not as easy as we all thought it was." ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT Snider has had to make this year is playing point gaurd. "The point guard is something I've never played until this year," Snider said. "It's not that I didn't mind playing with the players, but there was a lot of roles that I like and don't like." What she likes about playing point guard, Snider said, is bringing the ball down court and setting up the offense. But although she enjoys being the floor leader, she doesn't like having to worry about "who is where on the court." Also, she doesn't like not being able to shoot as much. WASHINGTON SAID she realized that Snider was more comfortable playing off-guard or forward, but he could lead leadership at point guard this year. Sniper said that her main goal this season was to see the Jayhawks make it to the NCAA championships. Eventually, she would like to have a chance to try out for the Olympics, but she's not thinking about it too seriously yet. "I don't live or die for it," she said: "But if you have a chance to try out and play for the Olympics, it's great." WASHINGTON SEEMS to think she has a chance. "I think Angie is going to be, and is right now, one of the best athletes the U.S. Olympic Committee will keep their eyes on," Washington said. But to Angie Snider, the most important thing about basketball right now is to have fun playing the game. "You go out and have a really great game, and after the game, you feel great—like you can play until you're 80." Snider said. "But you also have those games when you can't buy a basket or make a clean pass, and you ask yourself, 'What are you playing this stund game for?' " NFL Hall selects four players By United Press International CANTON, Ohio--Four men who spen- their NFL careers in the trenches, three on defense and the fourth a two-way tackle from the league's early days, have been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. of the stars are from the Chicago Bears-George Muso, who played college ball against two U.S. presidents, and defensive end Doug Akins, considered by many to be the modern day's overpowering linemen. Also named were New York Giants' middle linebacker Sam Huff, the subject of a television special detailing his "violent world," and Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Merlin Olsen, elected in his first year of eligibility. Atkins and Musso are the 19th and 20th Bears to be inducted into the Hall. At 19, Musso played for Milliken University against Eureka College Musso line up against a 175-pound guard named Ronald "Dutch" Reagan. Milliken won, 45-6. In the 1935 College All-Star game, Musso traded blocks and tackles with a center from the University of Michigan named Gerald Ford. Atkins, 6-foot-9, 275 pounds, was a first-round draft choice of the Cleveland Browns in 1838, but it wasn't until he was traded to the Bears two years later that he started making a name for himself. Huff, who starred for the University of West Virginia the same year that the school's basketball team featured Jerry West and Rod Handler, is the sixth member of the Giants teams of four years ago to early 1980s to be named to the Hall. The Rams drafted Olsen No. 1, following a stellar career at Utah State. Olsen won the job as starting defensive tackle in the third game of his rookie season and led the team in job for the next 15 seasons, except for two games he missed with an injury. Orioles trade for Angels' Ford By United Press International DeCincies, who has been the Orioles' starting third baseman since he replaced Brooks Robinson during the 1976 season, said that although it would be difficult for him to leave Baltimore, he was not surprised by the trade. BALTIMORE—The Baltimore Orioles traded veteran third baseman Dee Ducinels and left-handed relief pitcher Jeff Schneider to the California Angels yesterday in return for outfielder Dan Ford. For the past several years, the Orioles have been trying to work out a deal to get the 29-year-old Ford, who last season hit 277 with 15 home runs and 48 RBI while playing in 97 of the Angels' 110 games. "I feel I'm going into a lineup that will be one of the most feared in the American League," DeCices said. Schneider, the other Oriole to be exchanged for Ford, was 64 with one last season after being brought up from Rochester, N.Y., in early August. The 28-year pitcher posted a 4.88 ERA during the same period. Manager Hank Peters said. "We're sorry to see Doug go." "In Dan Ford, we are getting an everyday outfielder," Orioles General Scoreboard Basketball NBASTANDINGS Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Team W L Pct. Pct. GB 30 14 1.46 1.46 2.89 Philadelphia 22 14 682 682 1.0 Washington 22 20 524 524 1.0 New York 22 20 524 524 1.0 19 14 849 849 13 Milwaukee...29 19 14 674 Atlanta...19 12 22 693 San Diego...19 14 8 10 Chicago...18 28 419 11 Detroit...8 52 419 10 Baltimore...8 52 419 10 Western Conference Midwest Division San Antonio 28 14 667 3/8 Detroit 23 25 535 1/4 Denver 21 22 490 1/2 Kansas City 14 28 326 14/12 Atlanta 13 29 310 1/2 Dallas 12 28 310 1/2 Los Angeles 31 12 721 Seattle 29 10 738 Washington 24 17 694 Portland 22 18 561 Golden State 22 18 561 San Diego 13 18 721 New York 102, Washington 98 Boston 118, Cleveland 104 Houston 109, Philadelphia 104 Charlotte 115, City of Golden State 111, Chicago 110 Milwaukee 119, Ushl 101 Portland 116, San Francisco 110 Phoenix 47 Team W L G Pct. 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