Page 8 University Daily Kansan, December 1, 1980 KU beats Reno 91-73 in season opener By KEVIN BERTELS Sports Writer Things did not go exactly the way some people expected them to go for the Kansas basketball team Saturday night. The Jayhawks, who were 4-11 on the road last season and didn't win in an opponent's gym until New Year's Eve, dominated the Nevada-Reno Wolfback. rne Jayhawks, who were 11-3 at home last year, open their house schedule against Pepperdine at 7:35 tonight in Allen Field House. The team's Dwight Owens is going for the 300th victory at KU. THE ROAD VICTORY over an almost exclusive junior college transfer team from Nevada-Reno was expected, but the 91-73 blowout was not. There were a lot of other happenings Saturday that differed from what some pessimists expected. KU would not have enough players left to start the game, the pessimists said. Victor Mitchell, junior college transfer center, was fat, too slow, overrated and would be a bust, they said. The team could not depend on junior forward David Magley because he never started to play well until late in the season, they said. If Darnell Valentine or either of the centers, Mitchell or Art Housey, got into foil trouble, KU's chances would be shot, they said. Well, seven players was plenty. Magley had KU's first two baskets and a career-high of 18 points. Mitchell may be fat, but too slow and overrated he wasn't. Valentine, Mitchell and Housey all spent time on the bench and ended the game with four fouls. AND, KU BEAT Nevada-Reno 91-73, and all the way. The Wolfpack challenged KU for the first 13 minutes of the game, and with seven minutes to play in the first half, KU had only 27- The next five minutes all belonged to the aywaks. Booty Neal stepped in for Valentine, who was on her way back from the beach. three buckets from outside and KU outscored two points, the margin at halftime, the score 47-32. The Wolfpack challenged again in the second half, pulling as close as 9 points, but the Jayhawks were always able to hold them off, because of absence of Valentine, Housley and Mitchell. KU held Nevada off with the shooting of Tony Guy and Magley. Guy finished with 22 points on 10-for-14 shooting and Magley was 7-for-9 from the field and scored 18 points. OWENS HAS OFFEN TALLED Guy a chemistry man and indeed it was Guy who pulled the Jayhawks together when Valentine was on the bench Guy had nine assists to go with his 22 points. "We functioned extremely well as a team, especially in the first half," Owens said. "In the second half we sort of lost our inspiration. We didn't mean to blame and I think it helped us get aggressive again." KU was sparked early by Magley, hardly expected to be an early season team scoring leader, judging by his performances early in his first two seasons. Magley scored the majority of his first two season's total points and he scored three of KU's first four baskets and had 12 points at halftime. Part of the reason for his start was his heated shoulder, Owens said. "MAGLEY HAS HAD A great six weeks of practice," Owens said. "In his first two years he had shoulder problems, but his shoulder is completely healed now. He is shooting the way that we thought he would when we recruited him out of high school." The entire KU team shot well in the season opener, hitting 53 percent of its shots. Valentine had the toughest time, hitting only 4-10, but he came out on top as the team's second on the team to John Crawford's eight. Crawford was the only starter for KU who did not score in double figures. He hit three field goals and was perfect on three foul shots for nine points. Victoria Mitchell started in his major college debut and hit 6-9 shots and three free throws for his total of 15 points, certainly not enough to make a standage in junior college, but still a good showing. Mitchell has been much maligned about his weight, which appears to be more than the 250 pounds that he is listed at in the roster, but Owens has said that Mitchell's weight was not important if he could do the job. Saturday, he did the job. "I have had confidence that Victor would play well and be did." Owens said. WITH THE RECENT knee injury to sophomore forward Kelly Knight and the departure of sophomore guard Ricky Ross, Owens found himself with only seven players that last week that those seven would get most of the playing time for KU. He proved that at Reno. The only two substitutes Owens used until the last two minutes of the game were Neal and Housey. Housey has had an ankle injury and has had little practice time but he was able to score 6 points on 3-04-1 shooting and, more importantly, grab six rebounds. "The seven who played most of the game did well," Owens said. "Those seven know they will play a lot. They are a mature group, all seniors and junior们 now that we have lost Kelly." Owens said after the game that his only regret about his substituting was that he did not play the game. "My only disappointment is that I didn't get Booty more time," he said. "He has worked hard in practice and he earned playing time. David played so well that I just couldn't get him in." OWENS SAID HE was pleased but not surprised with the composure his team showed in playing its first game on the road, the first time a KU team has done that since 1966. "That comes from having a veteran ball man," he said. "With juniors and seniors you can have a lot of fun." The Jayhawks will return to Lawrence with little rest for a Monday night game at Allen Field House against Pepperdine. Owens will be seeking big 3000 square victory at KU. Pepperdine returns six letterman and two starters from last year's 17-11 team. One of those 17 came against KU at Malibu, Calif, home of the Waves. The Waves will be led by Royin "Bond" Bom, a 5-foot-2 guard who scored 13 points a game last season. They also sport a 7-foot center in Brett Anderson and a 6-foot left guard who averaged 6.4 points a game last season. Assistant coach Bob Hockill steered Peppardine in its first game Friday, a 118-9 victory over Hastings, Neb. College. He was impressed with the fundamental play of the young team, Owens said. "They shot a record for a Pepperdine team," he said: "They execute very well on offense. Coach Hilt recruited them and was impressed with their skills, but they are a very young team and a very strong team." UNF GRAPHIC ALL CAMS Colorado W 0 PCT W 1 O 1.00 Kansas State 0 0 .300 0 1.00 Kansas State 0 0 .300 0 1.00 Oklahoua 0 0 .300 1 1.00 Missouri 0 0 .300 2 1.00 Iowa State 0 0 .300 0 .600 Oklahoua 0 0 .300 0 .600 Nebraska 0 0 .300 0 2.00 Oklahoma 71, Arkansas 83 Oklahoma 94, Westernern 82 Arkansas 81, Missouri 73 (Great Alaskan Shootout) Womeln 62, Nebraska 59, OT Kansas 91, Nevada-Reno 73 Kansas Shake 72, Northern Iowa 54 Missouri 73, Colgate 67 (Great Alaskan Shootout) Idaho 74, Nebraska 54 Massachusetts 14 Akron—Anchorage 53 Great Alaska Shootout) Pepperidge at Kansas South Dakota at Kansas State Iowa State at Vanderbilt Temperate's Game Tony Guv Tomorrow's Game Oral Roberts at Oklahoma State FG FT REB PF TP Magley 79 44 3 18 Crawford 54 4 2 18 Milchell 60 34 5 4 Michelle 104 37 7 15 Valentine 612 57 4 12 Vaughan 417 52 7 15 Housey 34 0 0 6 Summern 0 0 0 4 M.Knight 0 0 0 4 Worrell 0-1 0 0 1 Worrell 0-1 0 0 1 Worrell 0-1 0 0 1 | | PG | FT | REB | PF | TP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Martin | 69 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | | Johnson | 69 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 8 | | Palm | 6,11 | 7,13 | 6 | 3 | 19 | | Palm | 6,11 | 7,13 | 6 | 3 | 19 | | Paterson | 6-11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | | Belloumiens | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | Gosnell | 5-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | Stucken | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | Digher | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | Bailen | 1-2 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | | Turner | 12-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | Turmer | 17-47 | 17-47 | 37 | 20 | 73 | Javhawks make fifth road victory tournament championship Kansas Nevada-Reno By PATTIARNOLD Associate Sports Editor Against Wayland Baptist, Woodard popped for 32 points, Scott for 17 and Claxon for 16. KU had a 36-27 halftime edge and came out shooting in the second half. Playing on the road has been so good to the KU women's basketball team, that they may not want to come home. So far, Kansas has played four games and taken four by more than convincing margins. The latest victories came in Plainview, Texas, in the Queen's Classic. KU won the tourney Saturday night by whipping host Wayland Baptist 80-58 behind the shooting of Lynette Woodard. Woodard, Megan Scott and Tracy Claxton paced the Jayhawks the entire tournament, scoring in double figures in each of the three games. Scott opened the tournament Thursday by scoring 25 points to lead KU to a 108-83 rout over Delta State. The Statesmen have won the AIAW national title three times. Chris Stewart added KU was seeded second in the tournament, Wayland fourth. Top seeded Stephen F. Austin University was upset in the opening round by Wayland, Kansas was ranked ninth in the Associated Press' preseason poll, but was picked to finish fourth in the country in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated. Delta State tried to run with the Jayhawks, a tactic that proved to the Statesmen's disadvantage. Even though the game was close in the first half, KU's conditioning proved valuable. Delta State couldn't keep up with the Jayhawks in the second half, and KU exploded. The rout put KU in the semi-finals, where Oregon was waiting. Only five Jayhawks score 102-95, a loss to Oklahoma. Head Coach Marian Washington said the game was important to her team because it proved KU superior. KU shot more than 50 percent in the finals and outrebounded Wavland 47-32. That was the first close game KU won this season. Beside the two mismatches in Texas, KU whipped both Nebraska and Creighton in the opening weekend. shooting match between Woodard and Oregon's Bev Smith in the closing minutes. Woodard won 5-4. **AU** played the entire tournament without senior forward Shera Lebrata, who injured her knee in a scrimmage before the season began. But Claxton, a freshman from New Haven, Conn., has filled in admirably for Legrant, scoring in double figures in all of the leading scored in her first collegiate game against Nebraska, when she and Woodard both had 23. Woodard, who is chasing Carole Blazewiak to become the leading scorer in women's basket-stealing. The game against Oregon came down to a of the 413 she needed at the beginning of the 2006 season. Blaziewski, Blaziewski had 3,299 career points. The senior from Wichita is averaging 28.6 points a game, ahead of last year's average of 28.3, but still off her average in her sophomore season. She leads women and women, in the country with a 31-point average. Wayland Baptist will get another shot at the Jayhawks tonight when the two tangle again in Plainview. The teams have met four times, with the series tied at two games each. KU has won the last two contests. Last year's score was 91-58. But KU had to forfeit that game when the AIAW ruled that Shyra Holden, KU's former center, played while inelegible. ICE COLD SPIRITS CHILLED CASE BENNETT Retail Liquor BOUNDEN STREET MAIN STREET 81 NLINCOLN 50 WINSTREET IN MAIN STREET LAWRENCE LAWRENCE 842 0729 SIGNS • GRAPHIC DESIGN ARTWORK • ADVERTISING SIGN SERVICE ARTESIGN Place an ad. Tell the world. Call 864-4358.