University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 12, 1990
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Coach not pleased in Kansas' victory
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Men's Basketball
The Kansas basketball team's 90-76 victory against the Melbourne Tigers on Friday opened up.
Forward Mark Randall, who led the Jayhawks with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting, opened the crowd's eyes with consecutive dunks midway through the first half.
Forward Richard Scott caught Randall's with his play throughout the game and caught Kansas Coach Roy Williams' eye with a follow-up unattack at the 10:50 mark of the first half.
"He's an explosive youngster." Williams said. "He looks like he'll play a heck of a lot of basketball around here. If he gets rebounds like that and dunks, I'll like him a lot more."
Randall said, "I thought Richard played great. He's a big, strong player, and we're going to need him to keep playing like that all season."
Scott, whom shin splints kept from practicing most of last week, scored 13 points and pulled down six rebounds while playing $11\frac{1}{2}$ minutes. And Kansas队 play caught the eye of Melbourne's leading scoring, David Colbert. Colbert led all scores with 28 points.
"Kansas was very disciplined," he said. "Compared to Colorado and Oklahoma, Kansas is far superior."
Colorado defeated the Tigers 92-82 on Tuesday, and Oklahoma beat the Tigers 123-76 on Wednesday.
Williams wasn't as pleased by the Jayhawks' performance.
"I'm not smiling," he said. "As anybody can
see, we've got some things to work on. At
lunch."
you're doing wrong because you're doing
everything wrong."
Kansas had a 42-27领 at halftime primarily because of a 29-13 rebounding edge. However, early in the second half Melbourne went on a tear, outscore Kansas 21-2 and taking a 50-48
The Tigers kept the lead for three buckets, then Kansas returned to form.
"It was hard to sit there and watch us score only four points in eight minutes," Williams said. "But when Australia went ahead by two, I liked our poise."
For most of that stretch, Kansas' starters are on the bench. Williams said he sat back and played.
"Those kids have to learn to play," he said. "If you take them out, it kills their confidence and takes away their chance to get out of the bus." Before freshmen, it was a welcome to the big leagues.
Kansas forward Alonzo Jamson and guards Tunstill and Terry Brown each added one.
Brown hit one of eight three-point attempts in the game.
"Terry is the best shooter I've been around," Williams said. "But tonight, he couldn't throw water into the ocean. Maybe his shot will be back tomorrow morning."
Kansas will play the AAU national championship team from Flieth, Mich. at 7 p.m. Friday at Allen Field House, and Randall said he expected Kansas to play a better game.
"We came in looking at this one more as a practice," he said. "We've got a way to go but we have time to work on things. We'll be ready for them."
Richard Scott dunks the ball above a Melbourne player during Kansas' 90-76 victory.
'Huskers break KU's momentum, win 41-9
Andrew Morrison/KANSAN
With 12 seconds left in the first half of Saturday's game, Nebraska tight end Johnny Mitchell caught a 28 yard pass and scored 17-3 in favor of the Cornshorns.
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
Football
KU running back Chaka Johnson started his first game Saturday.
Defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield said that was the turning point in the game for the defense as the shift in the momentum crushed the Jayhawks and resulted in a 41-9 defeat against Nebraska.
In the first half, the Jayhawks drove three times within the Nebraska 23-yard line but were only able to come up with one field goal.
The defense made up for the struggling offense and kept the score 10-3 with 12 seconds remaining in the half. The defense pushed the skimmers by 70 total vards of offense.
Fullback Robger Robert said that among the biggest reasons the Jayahawks lost was that the offense couldn't put the ball in the end zone.
"We need to develop more of a killer instinct when we get that close to the end zone." Robben said. "We were moving the ball up and down the field, but you have to put points on the board to win."
Kansas gained 410 yards in total offense against Nebraska, more than
any other team has this season, but was unable to score a touchdown until the fourth quarter.
Kansas scored its first touchdown after light hit Pete Vance caught a 16-yard pass from quarterback Chip Hillary with 13.29 remaining in the
Hilleary, who finished the day with 185 years passing, said that, by then, the touchdown was too little and too late.
"We could have scored three or four times, and that would have made the difference in the ballgame if we had," Hilley said. "We missed a couple of crucial field goals, but we shouldn't have put Dan Eichloff, our kicker, in those kind of situations, should have not, it in the end zone."
Nebraska scored its first touchdown after Eichler kicked an on-side kick that shanked off the side of his foot and went out of bounds at the goal.
Cornerback Hassan Bailey said that Nebraska was able to gain so many yards through the air because of Jayhawk mistakes, which included miscommunication in the secondary and assignment assignments throughout the game.
Four plays later, Mitchell caught a 35 yard touchdown pass with 2:28 left to play in the first quarter.
"It's not what they did, it's what we did in the mistakes we made," Bailey said. "In our hearts, we know what we're capable of doing. We see ourselves as winners, but we made all these mistakes that we work on in practice, that they quickly jumped upon."
For the first half, the traditional roles for the two teams were reversed as Kansas outrushed Nebraska 10-7 and the Nebraska out threw three Kansas 151-88 yards.
In the first half, Kansas dominated the line of scrimmage to the point where Nebraska coach Tom Osborne hit a 39-foot score was 17-1 in his team's favor.
Nebraska passed for 177 yards, the most yardage gained through the air for the Cornhuskers this season.
"Kansas" offensive line controlled the entire game, "Osborne said. "We were ahead 1-3, but I kind of felt like it was done with mirrors. Kansas could easily have been ahead, but we were lucky."
The rushing attack for Kansas was led by running back Chakson Johnson who gained 121 yards on 16 carries in his first collegiate start.
"The last week in spring practice, said, 'Chaka if you can learn to hang on the football, we're going to be able to use you,'" Mason said.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said that the fact Johnson did so well did not surprise him.
Jayhawks plagued by 'what ifs'
Over the course of the season, we have had several games that we have come out of saying, "what if?" Preparing for Nebraska, we focused on having no "what if." We wanted to play a game to the best of our ability and let the best team win, with no regrets. Unfortunately, this game turned into the biggest "what if" game of the year.
I think, as do my teammates, that there were two games being played at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, in the field and one on the scoreboard.
We played well enough to give Nebraska a real run for its money. However, as in previous weeks, misses were frequent, and by afternoon into an apparent blowout.
We made only a handful of mistakes, but they all led to missed scoring opportunities for us or scores for the Cornhaskers. During the first half in particular, our inability to come up with a touchdown after driving down the field hurt us. Our defense was outplayed and troiled the game. We did just about whatever we wanted to against the third-ranked defense in the country.
On defense, we shut down their always-powerful rushing game and forced them to pass. Our defense played almost perfectly; the three big plays they did have, however, added up to 17 points.
In the second half, we came out thinking that we could continue to control the game. Like the game at the end of the first half, he has been out scored but not out played.
In years past, on teams I've played on, if we were down by a couple of touchdowns to Nebraska, some guys would give up. That didn't happen Saturday. Guys played hard until the final play. Even in the fourth quarter, it wasn't enough to get the ball back and get some breaks, we could still win the game.
That type of attitude will win games in the future.
I know I've said this before, but in the next few years. Kansas will be the team to beat in the Big Eight Conference. As a senior, this leaves me confident that it's going to happen, but I wanted to be part of it. At any rate, I don't think there is any doubt in anyone's mind — that is, anyone who has seen our games and not just打 the scores. Kansas on is the rise.
This week, we will play Missouri. The Tigers lost to Iowa State 27-25, marking the third time this season that they have lost by two points or more. We did well in the field goal to tie us earlier this year, kicked a game winner this time.
Chip Budde is a co-captain on the Kansas football team.
Men qualify for NCAA meet after taking third in regional
By Juli Watkins
The Kansas men's cross country team will make a return trip to the NCAA Championships this year.
Kansan sportswriter
Cross Country
"The KU-KState rivalry in whatever competition is exciting." Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said. "It always feels good to beat KState. It was particularly rewarding to come back and respond to finishing behind KState and Nebraska at the conference meet. We managed to come over and detain them. The athletes should be proud of themselves."
The team took third place in the regional qualifier Saturday in Springfield, Mo, finishing behind defending Big Eight and NCAA champion Iowa State and Illinois State. The top three teams qualified for the NCAA Championships on Nov. 19 in Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas edged out Kansas State and Nebraska, two teams the Jayhawks finished behind at the Big Eight Championships.
Kansas, which is a part of District V, defeated Kansas State by three points and was 66 points ahead of Fourteen teams competed Saturday.
Freshman Michael Cox was the top Kansas finisher. He crossed the finish line of the 10-kilometer race in 31:31 for 15th place overall.
Cox said it was exciting to be the first place finisher from Kansas.
Junior Donnie Anderson was second for Kansas in 16th place overall with a time of 31.33. Senior Stewart Gilin was the third Kansas finisher in 17th place in 31.47. He was followed by John Killen, who finished in 31.50 for 20th place. Freshman David Johnson was the fifth Kansas finisher, coming in 23rd overall with a time of 32.03. Sophomore Kienna Slate followed for 37th place in 32-44, and sophomore Ladd Moore followed for Kansas team with 50th place in 33.19.
"There are three or four of us who could lead the team at any time. I was the one this time." Cox said
"We can't be as far back as we have been," he said. "If we are, we'll be in trouble. Team-wise I think it would be great to equal what we did last year. We are so compact as a team. We need to perform instead of being satisfied with just being there."
"I didn't feel like I contributed much as an individual. I'll take the team performance over any individual performance." Anderson said.
Anderson, who is co-captain with Gillin, said he was not pleased with his performance.
He said he hoped that next week, the top Kansas runners would finish higher in the pack.
Cox said he was satisfied just to be there.
"This is like a huge meet for me.
being a freshman and going to NCAAs." Cox said. "I just want to experience it. That alone would be worth it."
They placed sixth at the district meet out of 10 teams. Iowa State won the women's meet followed by Kansas State, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma. The top two team qualified. Kansas finished fifth last year, but Schwartz said its overall performance was better during this season's finish. He said the times are faster than the team had ever run.
Schwartz said the team's come back after a disappointing performance at the Big Eight Championship demonstrated their maturity.
"The men's team, in being relatively young and inexperienced, could have folded after the conference performance," Schwartz said. "They bounced back and did a tremendous job."
Junior Cathy Palacios, who has been the top finisher for Kansas at every meet this season, had a strong race, placing 11th overall with a time of 14.70. She also played a personal record for a 5-kilometer course, her previous best being 18.69.
Finishing second for the Kansas women was freshman Ashley Ace, crossing the line in 31st place in 18:24. Next, was senior Tonya Gundy, finishing 33rd in 18:28. Fourth for the Kansas women was senior Patty Rochford, who finished 37th overall in 18:38.
Jayhawk offense hot despite loss
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas didn't beat Nebraska's defense Saturday, but the Jayhawks did more statistical damage to the Cornhuskers than any of Nebraska's nine previous opponents.
"I was astounded by some of the things our offense was doing," Kansas coach Glen Mason said. "I watched film after film of Nebraska this week, and I did not see the ball move like that on them."
Despite the 41-9 loss, Kansas racked up 225 yards rushing and 21 first downs — the most surreptitely by Nebraska this season. Even Colorado, which defeated the Cornhuskers 27-12 on Oct. 3, managed only 163 rushing yards and nine first downs.
Nebraska's defense, averaging 4.5 sacks a game, recorded none
against Kansas.
"I guess you could look at the final score and say we were never in contention," Mason said. "But I wouldn't agree with that. Our team was knocked out hard and knocked them off the line. That was the difference."
"We've moved the ball on everybody this year," he said after Saturday's game. "Today the line executed and the backs ran hard. It was a blue-collar kind of day out there."
Fullback Roger Robben, who gained 70 yards on 15 carries, said the offensive line was responsible for the team's victory in the 10th-ranked rushing defense.
"They were blowing guys off the line," he said. "Especially in short-yardage situations. When Chip Hilleary called my number, I just followed them through the holes."
"We were prepared," he said. "We knew if we came in and executed the coaches' game plan, we could beat them. The line fired off the ball, and the backs moved it. I just couldn't get it into the zone."
Tackle Keith Loneker said the line had no doubt that Kansas could run the ball on Nebraska.
Nebraska's 32-point margin of victory did not characterize the flow of the game, center Chip Budde said.
"We played up to our potential for once," he said. "But it doesn't matter how much you push them if you don't get it in the end zone."
Men's tennis team wins regional team qualifier
Sports briefs
The Kansas men's tennis team won the Region V Team Qualifier in Wichita last weekend, earning a spot in the USTA/ITCA National Team Indoor to be Feb. 20-24 in Louisville, Ky.
Kansas played Wichita State in a dual Friday and won 6-2.
Kansas, with Wichita State and Oklahoma, vied for a qualifying spot in the national tournament.
Kansas then played Oklahoma for the qualifying spot Saturday and won 5-1. The doubles play was suspended because the ball of the singles matched except one.
KU swimmers, divers win meet with Mizzou
The Kansas men's and women's swimming and diving teams both defeated Missouri in a dual meet afternoon at Robinson Natatorium.
The men's swimming team won its meet 183-113, and the women won 175-101.
In the three-meter diving competition, the men's diving team defeated Missouri 166-110, and the women won 175-101. Kansas was also the victor in the women's diving competition, in which the men won 115-83, and the women won 119-44.
Kansas dominated the meet, winning every event. This was the third straight victory for the Kansas swim team.
From staff reports