University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 19. 1990
Sports
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Jayhawks close season on sour note
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
Football
Last season's 46-44 victory against Missouri gave the Jayhawks confidence and desire that lasted past winter conditioning and into this
But the only emotion the grim-faced Kansas players said would carry through the off-season after Saturday's 31-2 loss to the Tigers
Then two plays later, Tiger quar-
terback Phil Johnson connected on a
14 yard pass to receiver Lizy Cal-
ley in the ball to the Kansas 4
vard line.
However, because Iowa State lost to Oklahoma State in its season finale, the Jayhawks finished in a tie with the Big Eight in the Big Eight Conference.
Missouri scored on the next play at tailback Ronnie Kaybilh finished the 24-second drive with a 4-yard touchdown run, bringing the score to 31-21.
Quarterback Chip Hillarye, who re-ruptured an old elbow injury when he dove into the end zone for a 2-yard touchdown, said the loss to the Tigers overshadowed a strong conference finish.
"Missouri was more like a K-State game to us," Hilleary said. "We don't like them, and they don't like us, and it's tough losing to a team that is such a rival. They played too tough and are a good team."
The Jahawks were down 24-7 in the third quarter, but Kansas scored on its next two possessions and pulled up the game in 21-21 with 10:45 remaining in the game.
The Mizuno aerial attack shot down the Jayhawks' hope of victory. Johnson completed 17 of 27 passes for 309 yards and received forceptions with nine and receive
ing yards with 231. The duo also combined for two touchdowns.
Cornerback Hassan Bailey said that although Collins was the best receiver he had played against, he could have could have contained him better.
Although Hilleary passed for 154 yards, Kansas was most effective on the ground and had two players in the field gain more than 100 yards rushing.
Sands scored the last touchdown for the Jayhawks on a 15-yard run. He finished his junior year in fourth place in the playoffs, and he lost, gaining 2.346 rushing yards.
After recovering from an ankle injury, running back Tony Sands returned as the leading rusher for Kansas gaining 123 vards.
"I thought it was a good college football game," Mason said. "We had our opportunities and made a gutsy comeback. We challenged them for the lead but just cane up short."
Tailback Chaka Johnson was the second-leading rusher for the Jayhawks, gaining 105 yards. Johnson scored the first touchdown for Kansas on a 18-yard run in the first quarter.
Mason said that since all but seven of the players would be back next year, the team would learn from the time and use the experience next year.
"There are many good things that happened during the season, and we'll take those into next year." Mason said. "There are a lot of young guys who aren't real happy right now, but there is one thing that athletics teaches kids — when you get knocked down, you get back up."
Kansas coach Glen Mason said that he refused to evaluate his program on one game but said that he was hurt by the loss.
Kansas quarterback Chip Hilleary dives for the end zone during the Javhawks' 31-21 loss to Missouri
'Hawks ready for NCAAs
Bv Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswrite
Cross Country
This weekend, Kansas coach Gary Schwartz took the men's cross team to Knoxville, where he led before coming to Kansas in 1988.
The Kansas men will compete in the NCAA Championships today. They qualified last week at the championships in Springfield, Mo.
Schwartz said in a press conference last Wednesday that although he had coached at Tennessee for four years, the course that the NCAA Championships would be was different from those he had seen.
"It's a new course, a golf course," he said. "It's hillier than the conference course. That should be good for KU."
Schwartz will look to team captains senior Stewart Gillin and
junior Donnie Anderson to lead the
men. Last year the Kansas men
finished 10th. Schwartz said the
team was hoping to equal or
improve on that performance this
season.
Iowa State won last year by a large margin and is expected to fare well again this year
"I don't think the winner is going to run away like that," Schwartz said. "I think they will dominate. You never know what's going to happen in NCAAs."
The team is confident despite a sub-par performance at the conference meet. Gillin said.
"The Big Eight really hurt me as far as confidence goes." Gillin said. "We just stopped talking about it and focused on preparation for the next meet. I ran a lot better and my confidence is back."
Anderson said he still was waiting for that one race for his performance to come through.
"It's a good thing to get in a good groove later in the season." Anderson said. "I think that NCAA's would be late enough."
Anderson was the top Kansas finisher at the Big Eight Championships Oct. 27 in Lincoln, Neb.
Gillin led the team all season until the conference race when he finished second to Anderson. He finished behind Anderson and freshman Michael Cox at the District V Championships.
Cox, along with David Johnston,
have had consistent showings in
the top five for Kansas this season.
Schwartz said he did not like to
have to rely so heavily on fresh-
men, but the two had been a
tremendous asset to the team this
year.
"Any coach would like not to have to put pressure on freshmen in their first year," Schwartz said. "I didn't think we were going to have to call on them as much as we did. They have held up real strong and gone beyond what was expected."
Bv Chris Oster
Kansas loses twice to Colorado teams
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas volleyball team close out its regular season with weekend losses to Colorado in Boulder and Regis in Denver.
Volleyball
The Jayhawks lost Saturday in three games to the Buffaloees, who finished second in the conference for the season. Kansas held close in the first game of the match, losing 16-14, before the second, which ended 15-7 in the second and third games.
No Kansas player had more than Kris Kleinstadt's six kills against Colorado. The Jayhawks amassed 32 kills as a team, and the Buffaloes, who were led by Tina Murray's 13 kills, ended the match with 49.
Kansas' low kill total was caused by a low hitting percentage. The Jayhawks hit .063 for the match,
Against Regis, a Division II school,
Kansas was again defeated in three
games, 15-5, 15-9, 15-9.
compared to Colorado's 233. A 200 hitting average is comparable to a 300 batting average in baseball.
Hitting continued to be a problem for the Jayhawks, who were led by Kim DeHoff's 10 kills against Regis. Kansas has had a total of 73 kills and a 484 average, compared to Regis' 41 kills and 392 average for the match.
The defeat was Kansas' fifth in its last six matches. The Jahewks ended their regular season with a 7-7 in the Big Eight and 16-4 overall.
Kansas' fourth place finish in the conference qualifies them for the Big Eight postseason tournament this weekend in Omaha, Neb. Saturday, the Jayhawks will meet the conference's first place team, Nebraska. The teams are undefeated in conference play, are ranked second in the nation.
Last game's close score frustrating
It really sucks to lose to Missouri.
What makes it worse is the fact that it was our last game and we have to live with this feeling for an entire year. Some of us — the seniors — have to live with it forever.
I don't know what happened Saturday. Maybe we were flat. Maybe Missouri was just fired up. Despite the Tigers' poor record, they really do have quality athletes and, as their head coach, Colorado indicate they can play well.
We knew that going in. We thought, however, that we still would be able to move the ball against their defense. They had given up a lot of yards this year. We were right; we had two backs rush for more than 100 yards before they entered the infield on them, but unfortunately we did! score when we needed to.
We had to play catch-up almost from the beginning. That did not, however, discourage us. We knew that if our defense would hold and our offense would keep moving the chains, we would pull the game out.
The game was not without its bright moments, however. We proved that we had some depth. I mentored the running back at Nate Florle's performance at quarterback. He came in late in the game when we were down by 10 points and directed the offense right down the field. It's a positive sign when you have plenty of space with little drop-off in performance.
d经验 always hurts an
lack, but it doesn't show up
as clearly in close games. If guys
can do it every time, they believe
can do it every time. This year we
had quite a few close games. Next
year, as the young players mature
to believe, we will win those
games.
In the past, it has always been a battle to believe that we could be successful. Now that we have done that, we need to believe that we can win. That will come next year. There isn't a doubt in my mind that Kansas will be one of the top teams in the Big Eight Conference next year.
Kansas is losing only three starters next year, and we won't be missed. I'd like to think we would be, but we are easily replaced. The players coming back next year will be some of the best the program has ever had.
On a more personal note, it really seems hard to believe that it's over for me. The past five years have really gone by fast. I met a lot of great people, and I will miss them tremendously.
Chip Budde is the co-captain for the Kansas football team.
Jayhawks beat AAU National Champs 110-101
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's basketball team survived a bombing by Sam Ragnone's AAU national championship team Friday night, winning 110-101.
"We won't see many teams that shoot the three-pointer that much or that successfully." Kansas coach Rob Williams said.
Terry Duerer, a former member of the Boston Celtics, hit nine of 20 three-point attempts for all 27 of his points, leading a team that attempted 33 three-pointers in the game.
The Amateur Athletic Union team, composed of former college and professional players, played the Jayhawks even for most of the first half.
Ragnone's team closed the gap to three points, 87-84, with 5:00 left in the game, but Kansas made nine of 12 attempts, winning minutes and put the game away.
After the half, with the Jayhawks leading 54-42. The AAU team unleashed the bombs, hitting eight of 23 three-point attempts.
Kansas led 34-33 with 5:45 left in the half when Kansas went on a scoring spree, outscoring the AAU team 15-2.
Freshman guard Steve Woodberry made his first appearance in a Kansas uniform, getting two assist and three blocks to win time. Williams said that Woodberry, who participated in his first full practice Wednesday after missing the first two months because of a car accident, was about 80 percent healthy.
For the game, Kansas converted 31 of 42 free throw attempts. Guard Adonis Jordan was nine-for- nine, and finished with 16 points, minutes, and finished with 16 points.
Forward Mark Randall, who led the Jayhawks with 20 points, played the game wearing goggles. Randall injured his left eye last week in a collision with Patrick Richey's elbow.
"I'd rather not wear them," Ranald said, "but I don't want it to get any worse. Basketball is a physical sport, and being to get your bumps and brushes."
Forward Mike Maddox didn't show any signs of the back pain that has plagued him all year, scoring 14 points in 18 minutes of playing time.
Guard Terry Brown also reached double figures, scoring 15 points in 22 minutes. Brown did so in uncharacteristic fashion, however, hitting six of nine two-point attempts and one of six three-point attempts. Brown concludes the first three point of the game, and then not again from behind the line.
Forward Alonzo Jamison scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and guard Sean Tunstall scored 12 points for Kansas.
"My back is as good as it's going to be," he said. "It hurts a little bit, but it doesn't probit me from playing."
"Terry did some nice things defensively," Williams said. "He got his hand in uoerof's face a couple of times and worried at all about Terry Brown."
Williams said he was not concerned.
Williams said that overall he was pleased with the Jayhawks' final exhibition before traveling to Arizona State on Friday.
"I think anyone who knows basketball could see we were a better basketball team than we were a week ago," he said. "Except for a stretch of three or four minutes in each half, we were much improved overall."
Kansas forward Alonzo Jamison dunks the ball in Friday's game
KC ends offensive woes in 27-10 win
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — For an offense that didn't visit the end zone in almost a month, watching J.J. Birden streak 90 yards on the third play of the game seemed like the answer to a prayer.
"When we saw him running down there to the end zone, the thought was, 'At last, the drought is over,' guard Dave Scofft said yesterday after Kansas City held on for a 27-10 victory over mistake-prone San Diego. "We all thought, 'Now let's get on with our lives.'"
Birden took a short pass from Steve DeBerg, who had played poorly through the Chiefs' offensive slump, and sped for the fourth-longest pass play in team history. It was the first time DeBerg played since Oct. 21, spanning 10 quarters.
Chargers linebacker Leslie O'Neal said falling behind by 10 points early in the game gave the Chiefs the opportunity to use their talent.
Chargers quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver then fumbled a snap, and the Chiefs had a 10-1 lead on Nick Lowery's 36-ward field goal.
Tolliver, who had thrown 141 passes without an interception, was picked off by Kevin Ross in the third period.
"They can use all the tools they have," O'Neal said. "It took us out of the game and got them going. It let us open up their whole game plan."
DeBerg added a touchdown pass of 2 yards to Billy Jones in the second quarter to give the Chiefs a 17-3 halftime lead.
The Chargers had pulled within 17-10 on Tolliver's 2-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Walker. But Ross' interception and 33-year return set up DeBerg to lead late in the third period. DeBerg then a throw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Jones in the fourth quarter giving the Chiefs a 21-10 lead.
"We were slumping a little at that particular time," Ross said.
"That was a real momentum-turnover." Derrick Thomas said. "It came at a pivotal time."
One week after setting an NFL record with seven sacks, Thomas was held in check by the Chargers' double- and sometimes triple team blocking. The Chargers (5-6), who had beaten the Chiefs (6-4) five in a row and were on a three-game winning streak, had five turnovers and six interceptions, with Arthur a 15-yarder against running back Arthur Cox for unnecessary roughness when he was caught kicking the Chiefs' Clippers Snow.
"To me, they played hard, but it got dirty," Ross said. "I got jabbed in the eve with a finger or something."
"Cox was done it all game long," Thomas said. "For them to get him one time and not the other 100 times, I don't think it justified."
Kansas City coach Marty Schotte-
heimer had hinted he might use
Barry Word and Christian Okoye in
the backfield at the same time but
he would have given it to for 90
yards and Okoye, the 1989 NPL
rushing leader, had 15 of 43.
"I don't keep up with what Marty