University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 25. 1986
Sports
Regular basketball season to begin during break
Robert Coyne. Kansas forward, makes a reverse dunk shot. Coyne was one of a few players who attended an optional men's basketball practice yesterday at Allen Field House.
'Hawks will act as host
By ANNE LUSCOMBE Sports writer
North, South and Midwest meet Friday in Allen Field House as the KU women's basketball team begins its season by hosting their fourth annual Dial Classic.
Michigan State and Louisiana
tie tip off at 5 p.m., followed by
a 7 p.m. game between the
Texas A&M and Central Missouri
State.
Kansas returns three starters after an 18-10 overall record and a 9-5 conference record, good for a second place tie in the Big Eight
Probable Starters
Central Missouri State
Central Missouri State
F Toni Arrington (5-8)
F Barb Sorensen (6-2)
C Tammy Wilson (5-1)
G Cathy Hagenbaumer (5-7)
G Tommy Noah (5-9)
Kansas
Kansas
F Sandy Shaw (6-0)
F Lisa Dougherty (5-1)
C Jackie Martin (5-1)
G Evelite Ott (5-7)
G Mesho Strougher (5-8)
Conference. Although the Jayhawks lack the height of the other teams, the tallest player being 6-foot forward Sandy Shaw, head coach Marion Washington said recently that she felt comfortable with other elements of the team.
"We have an obvious lack of height, but I think we'll compensate with a great deal of speed and quickness." Washington said. "We need to move the ball on offense, and pressure the ball out high on defense. I think we will be a fun team to watch."
The Jayhawks first opponents are the underdogs in the tournament, but Central Missouri State is developing a winning tradition against Division II schools. In 1984 the Jennies captured the Division II championship and finished second last season.
The tournament's first game
pits NCAA Western Regional finalists Louisiana Tech against Michigan State, of the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans have four returning letterwriters, three of whom started, and boast 64 center Sue Forsyth, a transfer
from Rutgers.
winningest program, 152-15 behind Texas' 159-13 mark.
The losing teams from Friday's games will play the consolation round at 2 p.m. Saturday. The championship game will be played at 5 p.m.
The Techsters also have a 6-4 center, as well as forwards who are over six feet tall Louisiana State has returned four starters. Since the 1981-82 season, the Techsters have the nation's second
Pacers to take on KU; seats still available
By JANE ZACHMAN
Sports writer
Tennessee-Martin head coach Tom Hancock answered the telephone
He was asked, "How are you preparing your team for the game against Kancs Saturday night?"
Hancock broke out laughing.
Tennessee-Martin
Men's Basketball
7:35 p.m. Saturday
at Allen Field House
Kansas beat the Soviet National team 84-78, Wednesday at Allen Field House.
I saw the KU game against the Russians," Hancock said, "and I don't know what to prepare for."
"I saw other teams play the Russians," Hancock said, "and Kansas played them the best by far. Kansas is awful, awfully good."
Kansas will open its regular season, and go for its 34 straight win in Allen Field House, which would be a field house record, against the Tennessee-Martin Paceers at 7:35 p.m. Saturday.
The game has been sold out, but 1,000 tickets are on sale in advance and another 1,000 will be sold at the game because students are on Thanksgiving vacation.
The last time the Jayhawks lost at home was Feb. 22, 1984 when they fell to Oklahoma. 92-82
Saturday's game is one of only two Kansas games that will not be televised this season.
This will be the first meeting of the Jayhawks and the Pacers. The Pacers will open their season tomorrow at home against Christian Brothers College.
Last year the Pacers ended their season with a record of 18-10. They averaged 84.8 points per game and their opponents averaged 77.4 points per game.
"Kansas is probably the best team we'll play this year," Hancock said. "They are awfully quick and run well."
Haneck said eight of his 10 players were new Tennessee Martin lost nine lettermen from
last year, including top scorer center Marcus Gless, who averaged 22.3 points per game. The best of their five returning lettermen is guard Mike Meshede with an average of 15.2 points per game.
"The game will give us an opportunity to see our players play a good team." Hancock said. "Some of our players would look really good against some other teams."
Kansas head coach Larry Brown is expected to use the same starting line-up as he did against the Soviet National team, Chris Piper and Danny Manning at forward, Cedric Hunter and Mark Turgeon at guard, and Mark Pellock at center.
"It (the line-up) worked pretty well for the first game." Brown said, "so I don't think we'll change it until we need to."
Hancock said that playing Kansas will give him an idea of how good his players really are.
Guard Kevin Pritchard said, "Some things we did really well and other things we need to work on. We worked we played pretty good defense."
Manning, Kansas' 13th all-time high scorer with 1.149, was the top scorer against the Soviets with 28 points and nine rebounds. Turgceon scored a career high 17 points. Pritchard scored 12, and Hunter added 10.
"We weren't sure how far we'd come along," he said, "but that game proved that we could play with some of the better teams in the country."
Turgeon said the game against the Soviets gave the Jawhakes and idea of how the team is doing so far.
Probable Starters
Tennesse-Martin
F Andrew Joslin (6-5)
C Ray Colton (6-9)
G Manwin Wattin (6-1)
G Mike Meschede (6-4)
G Kyle Herrin (6-0)
Kansas
F Danny Manning (6-11)
F Chris Piper (6-8)
C Mark Pellock (6-9)
G Mark Turgeon (5-10)
G Cedric Hunter (6-20)
Marino. Hampton lead Dolphins to upset of Jets
United Press International
Marino, who has passed for 31 touchdowns this year, became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 30 or more TDs three times.
MIAMI — Dan Martino three four touchdown passes and Lorenzo Hampton scored three TDs last night as the Miami Dolphins upset the Jets 45-3, ending New York's nine-game winning streak.
The victory was Miami's first of the season against a team with a winning record and improved the Dolphins mark to 6-6. The Jets, who lost for the first time since Sept. 11, dropped to 10-2 and saw their lead over second place New England in the AFC East reduced to one game.
He has done it three consecutive seasons.
New York had only a 45-yard field goal from Pat Leahy as the Dolphins avenged a 51-45 overtime defeat to the Jets on Sept. 21.
Marino completed 29 of 36 passes for 288 yards and no interceptions. He has thrown to touchdown passes against the Jets this year.
New York quarterback Ken O'Brien, the league's top-rated passer in the game, was 11 of 24 for six yards in interception. He was swapped twice.
Hampton scored on runs of 54 and 1
yards and also caught a 1-yard scoring
pass from Marino. Marino also
threw scoring passes of 22 and 21
yards to Nat Moore, and 1 yard to
Bruce Hardy.
The Jets came into the game with the league's top-rated rushing defense, but the Dolphins effectively ran the ball against them, primarily because New York played without its three defensive line starters: Mark Gastineau, Joe Klecko and Marty Lyons. On Miami's first eight possessions, the Dolphins scored six touchdowns, a field goal and punted once.
Hampton is the first back to rush for more than 100 yards this season against the Jets, and the first Miami back to go over the 100-yard mark in 42 games — since Joe Carter gained 105 yards against Houston in 1984. The previous high rushing performance against the Jets was a 63-vard
effort by New England's Craig James
Hampton gained his 148 yards on 19 carries and also caught five passes for 40 yards.
The Dolphins took a 7-0 lead on their opening drive when Hampton went through the left side of the line on a third-and-2 at the Miami 46 and ran 54 yards for a touchdown.
Hampton scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter to give the Dolphins a 21-0 lead at the half.
Safety Bud Brown intercepted an O'Brien pass at the Dolphins' 12, and Miami went 88 yards and scored with 6-27 left in the half on a one-yard run by Hampton.
14-play drive by catching a 1-yard pass from Dan Marino with two seconds left in the half.
The Dolphins scored on the opening possession of the second half when Marino threw to Moore for a 22 yard score with 13:43 remaining. Marino was under heavy pressure from Jet linebacker Bob Crabble, but got the ball into the middle, and the 13-year veteran from Florida ran into the end zone.
The Jets finally scored with 9:48 left in the quarter when Leahy kicked his 45-yard field goal to cap a 10-play, 45-yard drive. But the Dolphins got the points back on a 39-yard field goal by Fud Reeve. The scoring drive took 9:17 off the clock and took 14 plays to move 58 yards.
Memphis State wins in NIT
Hampton also closed a 92-yard.
United Press International
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Marvin Alex. and scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half last night, leading Memphis State to an 82-76 win over Michigan in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament.
Dwight Boyd scored 18 points and Sylvester Gray added 15 for Memphis State, which trailed 31-28 at halftime. Memphis State hit 66.7 percent of its shots from the field in the second half as Alexander made 7 of 12 attempts from the floor.
Memphis State, which led by as many as 20 points in the second half, won its 39th consecutive game at home. The Tigers will play Western Kentucky in Friday's semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York
The Tigers led 48-41 with 12-28 left in the game and scored 8 consecutive baskets to lead 67-47 lead with 9 minutes remaining.
Michigan was led by Gary Grant with 32 points, and Glen Rice added 19.
Michigan cut the deficit to 10 points with 1:31 left, but did not threaten the rest of the way.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Freddie Banks scored 24 points and Armon Gilliam added 18 last night, leading No. 3 Navadam-Las Vegas to a 90-81 victory over No. 7 Oklahoma in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.
The Rumin Rebels will play Temple in the semifinals of the pre-season
UNLV 90. Oklahoma 81
The Sooners took their first lead of the game, 63-62, on Harvey Grant's tip-in with 11 minutes left. UNLV regained the lead, but the seventh-tranked Sooners closed in with 73-72 on Stacey King's drive with 5:29 left. But UNLV held Oklahoma with out a field goal for the next 3:56.
tournament Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Temple defeated Villanova, 80-73, Monday night.
Gilliam's dunk, a layup by Gerald Paddio and a steal by point guard Mark Wade leading to a Banks layup in the last three minutes helped put UNLV in control of the game. The Runin' Rebels extended the margin as they converted nine free throws over the last minute.
Banks made five 3-point baskets, but shot only nine for 21 from the floor. Gilliam made seven of 14 from the field.
VILLANOVA, Pa. — Nate Blackwell scored 19 points, including 15 in the second half last night, leading the Temple Owls to an 80-73 win over the Villanova Wildcats in the second round of the preseason National Invitation Tournament.
Oakbarnia's Tim McCallister, who made five 4-paint pockets, let all
UNLV jumped out to a 13-3 lead five minutes into the first half and led 46-43 at halftime.
Blackwell, who scored a career-high 24 points in an opening-round victory over Virginia, helped the Owls advance to the semifinal Friday
Temple 80, Villanova 73
night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Temple also got a career-high 19 points and four three-point baskets from Mike Vreeswyk, while Villanova was led by Ken Wilson's 21 points. Temple trailed 23-13 with 10 minutes left in the first half, but the team shot 57 percent and led 42-38 at halftime. Tim Perry led the surge with 10 first-half points.
The two teams exchanged baskets until Villanova tied the score 63-63 on freshman Tom Greis' trip to a in jumpshot with 7.15 left in the game.
Villanova regained the lead. 55-54 on consecutive three-point shots by Harold Jensen and Wilson with 14 minutes left in the second half.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Tellis Frank and Kannard Johnson combined for 47 points last night, leading Western Kentucky to a 69-90 victory over Texas Christian in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.
Temple had taken a 69-63 lead when Wreswyk and Blackwell converted consecutive three-point shots W. Kentucky 96, TCU 90
Frank had a game-high 12 rebounds and scored 25 points, while Johnson hit seven of 14 shots for 22 points as the Hilltopper rallied from a 53-49 halftime deficit. Western Kentucky will play Memphis State in Friday night's continials at Madison Square Garden in New York.
TCU's Jamie Dixon scored a gamehigh 31 points,including five three point baskets.
Angel beats injuries comes back and wins
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rick Burleson, who rebounded from four years of rotator cuff trouble to contribute to the California Angels division-winning season, yesterday was named United Press International's American League Comeback Player of the Year.
Burleson, 35, batted. 284 with five hives and 29 RBI and played three infield positions in helping the Angels capture the AL West title. That he played at all was remarkable — he appeared in just 11 games in 1982, 33 in 1983, seven in 1984 and none in 1985.
In a poll of 24 UPI baseball cor-respondents, Burleson received all but five votes. Kansas City pitcher Dennis Leonard received three votes, and New York pitcher Dennis Rasmussen and Boston pitcher Roger Clemens received one each.
"It's an honor to win the award because of all the time I put in trying to and finally coming back," Burleson said. "Be out most of four years and finally returning after two rotator cuff tears and a dislocated shoulder meant a lot to me personally and to my family."
Burleson is shopping for another team.
"Coming back after four years, my only concern was making the club and playing one year," he said. "But after I made it back, by the middle of the season, I started thinking about another year."
Burleson has another comeback in store. His six-year, $4.6 million contract expired after last season and the Angels have indicated they don't want him back in 1987. So
Burleson, who complained to Manager Gene Mauch about not being used enough, has spent the off-season working out at his home in Lynwood, Calif. The Boston Red Sox, with whom Burt Began his career in 1974, seem the most likely club to give him a chance.
Burleson, an All-Star with Boston in 1977 and California in 1981, tore his rotator cuff for the first time in April 1982. He missed the next 224 games before returning for 33 games in 1983.
This year he earned a spot in spring training as a backup infielder and designated hitter when he batted 368 during the exhibition season. And with Dick Schofield injured, he started at shortstop on Opening Day in Seattle and collected his first hit since Sept. 6, 1983.
Ex-coach says he's innocent
United Press International
AMES, Iowa – Jim Criner, fired as Iowa State's football head coach two weeks ago amid an NCAA investigation, said yesterday he had taken two polygraph tests that he said proved his innocence.
Criner said the two-year-old National Collegiate Athletic Association investigation of 34 alleged infractions resulted from actions by Frank DeLanzo, a former Cyclone assistant now at the University of Pittsburgh.
The NCAA accused ISU coaches of making cash payments to players for personal use and to cover rent.
Larry Sealise, Crinner's attorney, said the polygraph results had been sent to the NCAA, which was expected to announce sanctions against the Bie Right school later this month.
The polygraphs were administered by an Urbanhale police detective last week after Criner's testimony before the NCAA committee on infractions.
me at an committee on infractions.
"I did do two things." Crumer said.
"I did give a player a ride in a car,
and I did give for some meals. I did do
about it now, but that's all I did. I
don't think that's something you cut a
guy's leg off for."
Criner, who arrived at ISU four years ago, said his appearance before the NCAA panel marked the first time he had a full understanding of the problems.
Criner held DeLanzo accountable. The former ISU assistant was not immediately available for comment.
necessarily. "Frank committed a number of violations while he was here, but there was no one here aware of it at that time." Crimer said. "Frank, in an effort to get himself off the book, told the NCAA that I told him to do what he did."
Criner said he sat for three hours to take five different polygraph charts, using two different polygraph techniques. He said he tested positively on all of them.
"The school did not give me an op portunity to defend myself," Criner said. "I've really just been concentrating now on clearing my name."
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Sealise said he hoped the NCAM would consider the new evidence.