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Chenowith hits 1,000th career point
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
When Eric Chenowith needs a breather he usually turns to teammate Jeff Carey for help. But it was some pre-game words by Carey that almost kept Chenowith from scoring his 1000th career point in No. 4 Kansas' 92-61 victory against North Dakota on Friday night.
"He was like, if you have 13, don't miss a free throw," and I kept running that over and over in my head." Chenowith said. "I was trying not to think about it. I wanted to win and I'm grateful that I got it done."
Kansas coach Roy Williams said he also was relieved Chenowith sank his final attempt. He missed his previous two attempts, and Williams said that if Chenowith missed the third he was going to pull him from the game and make him wait for another game.
"On the first free throw I think he kind of choked a little bit," Williams said. "He did know what it was. If he missed the second one I told him I wasn't going to let him play in the next three games and let him worry about it that long. I was proud that he stepped up and made the last one."
Despite the milestone, Chenowith said it
"I feel a lot more confident now on the court.I just want to get the ball in the block. I've played against good players and I know I can score."
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wasn't that important.
"Don't make too big of a deal out of it because it'd be selfish of me to think that this is about me," he said. "No. 1, I wanted to win, and No. 2, look good for Jeff Boschee because we were playing his hometown team."
Chenowith sank the final free throw. While he received some added attention for becoming the 40th player in Kansas basketball history to score 1,000 career points, he has also gained some extra attention from officials calling fouls.
He fouled out of both games at the Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic and had four fouls Friday night. But Chenowith said he didn't want to discuss the foul situation.
fouls his center was called for, but that avoiding foul trouble came down to composure.
"I'm sure he's getting frustrated by (the foul trouble); I don't think there's any question about that," he said. "He got a foul in the first half because he missed a two-foot shot. He turned around, lays it up and misses. He got frustrated and fouls the guy. When you're a senior you can't do those kinds of things."
Despite the foul trouble, Chenowith said he was feeling more comfortable with his game this year.
"I feel a lot more confident now on the court," he said. "I just want to get the ball in the block. I've played against good players and I know I can score. I'm not trying to be selfish, I'm just trying to make good, strong moves to the basket."
His teammates have faith that Chenowith can score, too.
Junior guard Jeff Boschee said he had the confidence to feed the ball inside to Chenowith.
"His hands have gotten a lot better and he's being a lot stronger with the ball around the hoop and he's taking the ball to the basket more often," Boschee said. "If Eric keeps doing that his confidence is going to grow and grow special things
While Boschee is waiting for special things to happen, Chenowith is savoring a special feeling he hardly experienced last year — fan support.
are going to happen."
"That (applause) felt really good because a lot of those fans were on me last year," Chenowith said. "It was a good redeeming feeling to have them stand up like that and cheer for me. I was just grateful that the fans appreciated me."
— Edited by John Audelhelm
STATISTICS
STATISTICS
No. 4 NANSAS 92, NORTH DAKOTA 81
NORTH DAKOTA (0-1)
Brandt 3-19 0-9 Badding 1-2 0-0 Behren 6-17 2-12
Jacobson 4-9 0-9 Mounin 1-6 11-25, Solie 0-9
Jaunen 1-3 0-2 Shephear 1-1 0-2 Walker 1-0
Jarnet 1-3 0-2 Sebesta 1-4 0-2 Affil 1-4
Totals 24-7 46 6-1
KANSAS (3-0)
Collison B-11 0-10 6, Gregory B-11 2-19, Chenowith A-
11 6-8 14, Nirchin C-3 1-2 9, Boschee B-2 4-0 4,
Gooden T-13 2-14 6, Kinsey D-3 2-2 2, Ballard O-0 0 0,
Nash I-2 1-2 0 2, Carey 2-2 2 3, Horner O-1 2 1 2,
Zerbe I-1 1-4 3, Kappelman O-0 0 0 0, Totals 36-64 17
29 92.
Haltime — Kansas 44, N. Dakota 31, 3-point goals —
N. Dakota 9-14 (Munlin 34, Branded 31, Behrens 2-7,
Behrens 2-7, Jenkins 0-2, Jacobson 1-2, Kansas 2-
1), Mackenzie 0-2, N. Dakota 1-2, Foulman 4-1).
Jacobson, Rebounds — N. Dakota 30 (Bading 7),
55 (Gooden 56), Kansas 26 (Hinrich 15)
(Budget 10), Kanaa 26 (Hinrich 15)
Foulma 0, N. Dakota 23, Kansas 13, A 16,300.
Senior center Eric Chenovith lays the ball in Friday against North Dakota. Late in the game he became the 40th Jayhawk to reach the 1000 point plateau. Photo by Selena Jara/KANSAN
Boise State awaits struggle with Kansas
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
History shows Boise State like to open its season against Top 25 opponents. History also shows the Broncos lose most of those games.
True to its past, Boise State (0-1) will play No. 4 Kansas (3-0) at 7:05 tonight at Allen Fieldhouse. But while Broncos usually don't usually defeat ranked teams, it has happened before. It has actually happened twice most recently in 1998 when the Broncos opened their season against then-No. 15 Washington and beat the Huskies 69-61.
This team should not be overlooked.
Sure, it was 12-15 last year, but Boise State opened its season at No. 17 Cincinnati on Saturday. The Broncos led with seven minutes remaining before losing 73-61.
Broncos coach Rod Jensen said the tough early games were hard on the team's record but helped the team realize its potential each year.
"It's probably not the best way for us to open up our season, playing teams like Cincinnati and Kansas, but at the same time it's going to give our guys a chance to see how its done at the highest level." Jensen said.
He said his team had experience on its side because eight players returned, including four starters.
"I think you have a chance to be a pretty good basketball team when you have veteran players because they can paint a picture for the younger guys," Jensen said. "I think this is a good road trip for us because we're playing two very tough top-quality basketball teams and they can show us what we have to do to get where they're at."
Kansas coach Roy Williams said his team would not overlook Boise State.
"They're a good basketball team," he said.
"I told our kids, 'Don't expect that this one's going to be easy,' because I don't think it will be. It'll be interesting to see how we play and how we come out mentally prepared."
The Broncos will have a difficult task on their hands trying to guard Kansas' big men.
Their tallest starter is 6-foot-8 junior center Richard Morgan. Junior forward and leading scorer Abe Jackson is 6-7 and will also help guard in the post.
"We're going to have to be very willing to work our rear ends off to try to do the things we're going to try to do to defend the big guys, but those are sizes we don't usually see every week so it's kind of uncommon for us," Jensen said.
In addition to playing post defense, Jackson will be relied on to keep the Broncos in the game offensively. He averaged 16.2 points per game last year.
He scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds against Cincinnati on Saturday, and Jensen said Jackson would need to step up all of his numbers if his team would have an opportunity to win the ball game.
"We need him to bump it up both on the rebounding end of the game and the defensive end of the game," Jensen said. "He's a pretty solid player and is a real good shooter."
Kansas was more than willing to toss the ball to its overpowering front line. A Jayhawk guard didn't even score until almost nine minutes into the game.
Edited by Clay McCuistion
It didn't matter because the Jayhawks built a 13-point halftime lead and then wore North Dakota down with a 17-0 run starting with less than 10 minutes to go in the contest.
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'Hawks slaughter off-kilter Sioux
In the clinching run, all but three points were scored by the Kansas front court, which became a theme for the day.
"With the way that we were playing and with our size advantage, it would have been silly to sit back and shoot threes." Williams said.
He and the Jayhawks don't have much time to think about the Sioux. Kansas takes on Boise State at 7 p.m. tonight at Allen Fieldhouse.
"They're a good basketball team, and I
told the guys not to expect an easy game," Williams said of the Broncos. "I think we'll come out with more energy." Kansas Game Notes
A Sports Illustrated survey of Big 12 Conference players stated that Williams was the one coach in the conference that players would least like to play for—and that's just fine with him.
In last week's issue, the magazine polled a player on every team in each conference on a variety of topics, including which coach in the conference they wouldn't want to be coached by.
Reves ties career point high in Jayhawks' bludgeoning of Lady Tigers
"I've had a lot more kids who have written me letters and told me they'd love to have played for me." Williams said. "Look on down there. Gene Keady (Purdue) is on there, too. He is a pretty demanding coach. He's won more Big Ten titles than anybody the last several years. Nobody likes the guy who always finishes on top."
By Rebecca Barrow
www.Chloera.com
— Edited by John Audieholm
Kansan sportswriter
Reves shot 12-of-19 from field goal goal, which helped the Jayhawks (1-0) to a 122-71 win against the Lady Tigers (0-1).
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Grambling State made one big mistake in yesterday's game against the Jayhawks: leaving Brooke Reves, senior forward, open and allowing her to shoot the basketball every chance she got.
She took advantage of the opportunity and scored 28 points, tying her career high record for points per game, which she set last year against Missouri.
Coach Marian Washington said she was pleased not only with Reves' performance but with the way all the players performed in the first half.
"Everybody that played I really thought worked really hard," Washington said. "There were only a few occasions where we let up a little bit. On the whole it was a solid 20-minute performance."
The Jayhawks' defense allowed Grambling State to shoot only 12 percent from the field in the first half. Their press shook the Lady Tigers as did their tough defense, which didn't allow Grambling State to get off many good shots. They made only four
field goals out of the 33 they attempted.
"We've been working really hard at defense," Reves said. "Coach's bread and butter is defense. All week we've been working really hard at the press. It was nice to see we could really execute."
The Jayhawks have been working on their defense in practice, and Reves was glad to see it come together on the court.
Unlike the Jayhawks' exhibition game against the Basketball Travelers, they were able to take control of the first half of the game. They took an early 21-2 lead and didn't give it up the whole game.
The Jayhawks came out with a fast-paced
tempo and didn't find a problem scoring. Reves said performing at the beginning of the game was important to Washington.
The Jayhawks had a good start, shooting 21-of-37 from field goal range and scoring 61 points in the first half. The Jayhawks' lead had an effect on they way Grambling State played against Reves and the rest of the team.
"They got real rough and pushy, and I don't blame them," Reves said. "When you get down by 50, or whatever it was, it's frustrating. You can't expect the call because the refs can't see everything, and you have to play through it and hope
nobody gets hurt."
Even though the Jayhawks had a good game offensively and defensively, Reves said there were still some things they needed to work on to prepare for tomorrow's game against Arkansas State.
"We definitely need to just make sure we have quality leaders on the floor and everybody talking and contributing," she said. "We kind of slacked off in the second half. It's hard to stay focused when you're up by so much, but we need to do that. It's going to come down the stretch in big games, and we need to put two halves together."
Edited by Megan Phelps
Guards: it's the matchup of the sophomore point guards, as Kirk Hinrich faces Joe Skiffer. The only difference is that Hinrich is much better. Advantage: Kansas
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No. Pos. Name Ht. Year
44 C Eric Chenowith 7-1 senior
4 F Nick Collison 6-10 soph.
20 F Kenny Gregory 6-5 senior
13 G Jeff Boschee 6-1 junior
10 G Kirk Hinrich 6-4 soph.
Forwards: The strength of both teams, as the Broncos counter Kansas with dangerous Abe Jackson and inconsistent — yet always dangerous — Kejuan Woods. Advantage: Kansas
KANSAS LEADERS
Men's Basketball
Scoring
| | Points | PPG |
| :--- | :---: | :---: |
| Gregory | 60 | 20.0 |
| Gooden | 56 | 18.7 |
| Collison | 41 | 13.7 |
Field Goals
| Made | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Collison | 17 | 28 .607 |
| Gregory | 26 | 43 .605 |
| Hinrich | 9 | 16 .563 |
Three-point shots
| Troys | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Gooden | 1 | 1.000 |
| Hinrich | 5 | 9 .556 |
| Two Players | 3 | 9 .333 |
Free Throws
| Made | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kinsey | 6 | 6.100 |
| Boschee | 7 | 8 .875 |
| Hinrich | 11 | 13 .846 |
Jostgame
Despite an unanticipated performance in the first half, the Jayhawks shook off their New York hangover with a 92-63 scooter of a win against North Dakota. Eric Chenowith become the 40th player in Kansas history to score 1,000 career points, and Jeff Boschies didn't even try a three-pointer against the he game he up watching.
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Rebounds
Resources Off. Def. Total Avg/G Gooden 8 22 30 10.0 Gregory 11 16 27 9.0 Chenowith 7 14 21 7.0 Steals Steals SPG Collison 7 2.3 Kinsey 3 1.0 Three players 2 0.7 Assists Assists APG Hinrich 23 7.7 Boschee 12 4.0 Kinsey 9 3.0 Blocks Blocks BPG Gooden 3 1.0 Collison 3 1.0 Chenowith 2 0.7
Kansas
Boise State (0-1, 0-0) at N 4 Kansas
(3-0, 0-0) 7 tonight at Allen Fieldhouse
Rankings in the Big 12*
Kansas
Scoffings 1 st (93 points per game)
Shucking Panthers 1 st (85 points)
Shooting Percentage: 1st (56 percent)
Three-point Shooting Percentage 1st(39 percent)
Three-point Shooting Percentage 4th (65 percent)
Rebounds 3rd (48 per game)
Steals 4th (7 per game)
Ages: 15+ (24 per game)
Players: One (3 per game)
Free-throw Shooting Percentage 5th (66 percent)
(percent)
Blocks: 2nd (3 per game)
*Only seven Big 12 teams have played regular season games so far.
Coaches: Rod Jensen preaches defense to his Broncos, who ranked 22nd nationally in scoring defense last season. Perhaps Roy Williams could learn something after his team's aketyl perimeter defense in the first three games: Still, advantage: Kansas
lastgame
If the Broncos were looking for an easy way to open their season, playing No. 14 Cincinnati on the road was the wrong way to go about it. Still, Boise State put up a spirited fight against the Bearcats because the Broncos trailed only 57-55 with seven minutes left in the game — before fading late and losing 73-63.
**Center:** If Eric Chenowith keeps landing in foul trouble, Kansas fans will quickly forget about his hard work last summer. Again, Chenowish should dominate Richard Morgan, but Will he? Advantage: Kansas
intengibles: Boise State will be a better team than North Dakota. Meanwhile, Kansas has something to prove after its lethargic performance against the Sloux. And the Jayhawks should prove it with a 35-point victory.
Advantage: Kansas
No. Pos. Name Ht. Year
13 F Kejuan Woods 6-7 senior
12 F Abe Jackson 6-7 junior
15 C Richard Morgan 6-8 junior
4 G Joe Skiffer 6-2 soph.
20 G Booker Nabors 6-3 fresh.
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BOISE STATE LEADERS
Scoring
| | Points | PPG |
| :--- | :---: | :---: |
| Jackson | 17 | 17.0 |
| Morgan | 13 | 13.0 |
| Nabors | 12 | 12.0 |
Field Goals
| Made | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Armstrong | 5 | .714 |
| Nabors | 6 | .666 |
| Morgan | 5 | .625 |
Three-point shots
| Treys | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Jackson | 5 | .417 |
| Woods | 1 | .333 |
| Two players | 0 | .000 |
Free Throws
| Made | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Skiller | 2 | 1.000 |
| Morgan | 3 | .750 |
| Jackson | 0 | .000 |
Rebounds
Off. Def. Total Avg/G
Jackson 3 11 14 14.0
Morgan 4 1 5 5.0
Armstrong 2 2 4 4.0
Steals
Steals SPG
Jackson 1 1.0
8 Others 0 0.0
Assists
Assists APG
Skiffer 4 4.0
Armstrong 3 3.0
Nabors 2 2.0
Blocks
Blocks BPG
Jackson 1 1.0
Woods 1 1.0
Tillman 1 1.0