Sports
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 20, 1986
Jayhawks defeat strong Soviet team in exhibition
By JANE ZACHMAN
Kansas basketball fans have something to cheer about once again.
The Kansas men's basketball team beat the Soviet Union National team in a closely contested game.
Guard Cedric Hunter said the win gave the Jayhawks confidence.
"This really makes us feel good," he said. "I was surprised we played so well. The Russian team is an extremely talented team. It's a great accomplishment for us to beat them."
"All in all, we thrilled," Kansas head coach Larry Brown said after the game. "We weren't prepared for a lot of the stuff we saw tonight, and starting tomorrow, we'll work on those."
Forward Danny Manning was the Jayhawks' leading scorer with 28 points and nine rebounds.
"His future is waiting."
"He is an outstanding player," said Soviet coach Arman Kraulin. "He could play on any NBA team. Any coach would be happy to have him on his team.
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Guard Mark Turgeon scored a career high 17 points and brought down five rebounds.
The Jayhawks biggest lead came with 3; 45 left in the game. Turgore sunk his final two free throws to make the score 80-57.
Under pressure, the Soviet team began trying three-point shots, but only three of the last nine made it through the net.
In the last three minutes of the game, Brown called forward Robert Coyne, guard Richard Barry and guard Jeff Gueldner off the bench for the first time. The Soviets scored 10 straight points to make the score 80-66, and Brown said he made a mistake substituting three young players at once.
The Kansas fans' confidence seemed to waver for a moment, but with 2:50 remaining in the game, the fans began waving the wheat in a show of support.
Kraulin said that Kansas fans seemed to have a special interest in basketball.
Soviet Union
Kansas 84 Soviet Union 78
| | FG | FT | R | A | I | FP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Volkov | 6.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Tarakanov | 3.9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Goborov | 4.6 | 6-10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| Marchulhinis | 4.6 | 6-10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| Kirchhuis | 9-23 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| Sokk | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Babenkö | 2.7 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Tekhonenko | 2.3 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tekhonenko | 2.3 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Grishkin | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-61 | 18-26 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 78 |
Kansas
| | FG | FT | R | A | F | T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Manning | 10-15 | 8-9 | R | 9 | A | 28 |
| Piper | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pelock | 2-6 | 1-4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Hunter | 1-4 | 6-8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Robinson | 7-10 | 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| Prichard | 5-8 | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Alvarado | 1-1 | 2-3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Randall | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Newton | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Coyne | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Barry | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guelderon | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harns | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris | 32-56 | 18-33 | 43-14 | 16 | - | - |
In some other cities they (the
Percentages: FG. 443 FT. 692. Three-point goals: B-14 (Khormuschik T. Brakarov) 50, Khormuschik T. Brakarov (Takachenko 2) 18. Turnovers: 20 (Volkov, Tarakanov) Steals: 8 (Khormuschik 3).
Percentages: FG, 571 FT, 545 Threepoint goals: 2-2 (Pitchard 1-3, Turgeon 1-1) Blocked Shots: 1 (Manning) Turnovers: 24 (Petlock, Randall 1) Steals: 8 (Hurler, Hatzer)
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Half: Sifat Union 39-38. Officials: Jim Harvey, Jim Murphy
fans) were more loud," he said, "but here the fans understand basketball better than in other cities.
"In the U.S. everybody understands basketball, but in Kansas especially."
Vladimir Tkachenko, 7-2 center for the Soviet Union National Team, blocks a shot by Kansas forward Mark Pellock during the first half of last night's game KU defeated the Soviets 84-78 in Allen Field House.
Manning and forward Milt Newton sunk the last four points for the Jayhawks, two free throws each, to make the score 84-69.
Vladas Khomichus was the Soviets' leading scorer with 23 points, and Valery Gorobov added 15.
"I was happy 'til the last three or four minutes of the game," Brown said. "I put in too many players at once."
Brown said that he was surprised to look up and see the Jayhawks were ahead by 23 points, but then he was surprised that they won by only six
Even though he wasn't pleased with the last minutes of the game, Brown said, for the first game, the ef-
Pritchard sparkles in Jayhawk debut
By FRANK HANSEL
Sports editor
points.
Kevin Pritchard was not well-restored for his Jayhawk debut, but the freshman guard forgot about his lack of sleep and scored 12 points against the Soviet Union National Team in Kansas' 84-78 victory last night in Allen Field House.
"I haven't gotten a lot of sleep the last couple of nights," Pritchard said. "I've been awake just thinking about this game."
The sleepless nights didn't prepare Pritchard for the experience of playing in a jam-packed Allen Field House for the first time.
Even after being advised by coaches and teammates, Pritchard was nervous when he stepped on the floor with 15 minutes, 21 seconds left in the first half.
"I was really paranoid," Pritchard said. "I never played in front of a crowd that big or that loud. Realistically, how could I prepare for that?"
Pritchard's nervousness showed as he committed two early turnovers on bad passes.
"He shot the ball great, but like all freshmen he was a little nervous and he did some things that he doesn't usually do in practice," said guard Mark Turgeon.
Pritchard played six minutes without taking a shot, and then he went wild. He scored his first collegiate points with 9:01 left on a 18-foot jump shot that gave the Javahaws a 21-15 lead.
Pritchard, a two-time Player of the Year in Oklahoma, hit four
fort of the team and of the new players was good.
consecutive long-range jump shots and eight consecutive points. He added a free throw and then did what the fans were waiting for.
"It's nice to be able to play well and win." he said.
The capacity crowd roared their approval when Pritchard hit his first three-point jump shot for the Jayhawks.
"Couch Brown gives me a lot of confidence," Pritchard said. "If we work the ball around and I have an open shot, he wants me to knock it down."
Pritchard's success from the field was contrary to his performances in practice in the last week.
Pritchard did, connecting on five of six first-half shots, scoring 12 points in 14 minutes.
"Coach told me that I've been playing good defense, but my shot just wasn't falling," he said. "Tongtie I got into a rhythm and you could tell when you let a shot go that it was going in."
"I think they started looking to stop me because I was really the only one shooting outside jump shots," Pritchard said.
ritchard cooled down in the second half, going zero for two from the field.
When Pritchard cooled down, Turgeon heated up. He scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half when the Jayhawks built a 23-point lead.
for the crazed Jayhawk fans whose approval reached deafening tones, Pritchard's next jump shot and the Jayhawks next game can't come soon enough.
Kevin Pritchard, freshman guard, had an outstanding first game with the Jayhaws, scoring 12 points, the third highest on the team.
Divers bring grace to sports
By BRIAN SNYDER
Sports writer
Divers have grace and strength and the ability to create airborne beauty.
Kansas* diving coach Barry Susterka said yesterday that KU students would have the opportunity to see one of the best diving teams in the country *Southern Methodist*, exhibit that ability. Southern Methodist takes on KU at 7 p.m. today in a men's dual swim meet at the Robinson Natatorium.
"They're tough," Susterea said. "They've had one of the top recruiting years in the country."
To be a top diver, man or woman, Susterka said, flexibility, along with strength and grace, is needed. But physical abilities are only half of a diver's tools. The proper mental approach is the key to success.
Susterka said that the Mustangs, coached by George McMillion, were able to convince freshman Scott Donnie to attend Southern Methodist. Donnie was considered the top high school diver last year.
"A diver is in the spotlight," Susterka said. "He's like an actor on
KU sports psychologist Dave Cook has been helping Susterka and the men and women divers perform with the proper frame of mind.
the stage. He has to go over the dive in his head and be thinking of the right things at the right times. Concentration and confidence are the kevs."
Cook's help has paid off because Kansas divers have transformed from a team weakness to a team strength, said Kansas head swim coach Gary Kemp.
"They're on their way to having their best year." Kempf said. "They're a young squad that is diving with more consistency."
Divers who have played an important part in turning the diving program around are Lori Spurney, Julie
The team comprises four freshmen, two juniors and two seniors. Three of the four women divers are freshmen.
Suskerka agreed with Kempf and said that this year was the first step in turning the diving program around. He cautioned, though, that more work was needed and the process would take a couple of years.
Pierce, Pat Clark and Kent Griswold
Pierce, Pat Clark and Rebecca Slush. Already this year, these divers have qualified for the Zone D National Collegiate Championships. Those championships determine who goes to the national championships.
Spurney has qualified in the 1-meter board. Pierce has qualified in both the 1- and 3-meter boards. Spurney has also qualified in both boards also.
Susterka said he hoped the up-and-coming Kansas men's divers would be competitive tonight against the Mustangs.
Kempt hoped the same for the rest of the Kansas team. He said that the well-coached Southern Methodist team was traditionally a swimming powerhouse and had produced many Olympic swimmers.
The Mustang men are ranked 17th in the country according to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The Kansas men are not ranked.
A key to tonight's meet, Kempf said, would be if enough fans filled Robinson Natatorium to give the Jayhawks more of a home-court advantage.
KU's Suarez, Spencer winning on volleyball court and in class
By a Kansan sports writer
Catalina Suarez, outside hitter for the Kansas volleyball team, was named to the first team All-Big Eight Conference yesterday. Setter Monica Spencer received honorable mention.
"I think it's long overdue," said Kansas head coach Frankie Albitz. "Last year Monica didn't get the recognition she received."
Last year, Suarez, a native of Bogota, Colombia, was named to the second team All Big Eight.
Catalina Suarez
"Both have been very consistant all year," said outside hitter Tammy Hill.
"Catalina is a very strong player. Her hitting and defense are her strongest points."
Spencer, a junior exercise science major, also won first team Big Eight academic honors. Senior Julie Ester, exercise science, and sophomore Julie McMahon, Liberal Arts and Sciences, won
Monica Spencer
honorable mention.
Suarez was also named Big Eight Player-of-the-week for the week of November 10-16.
Suarez has made a total of 522 digs, which ranks her first nationally, 386 kills, and 62 service aces, leading the Jayhawks to their 25-8 regular season record.
Suarez leads the conference in aces with .559 per game.
Missouri head coach Crain Sherman said Suarez played by a veteran of 20 years and called her
a "rare find." Spencer of Wichita, and Suarez have played in all 111 games for the dayhawks. Spencer has made 116 kills for a 218 hitting percentage. She has also had 912 sets out of 2605 attempts for a 350 set percentage.
Suarez and Spencer will help to lead the Jayhawks in the Big Eight Conference post-season tournament which begins tomorrow at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, Mo.
Ex-Jayhawk Wertzberger puts athletes back on their feet
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
sports writer
His patients call him Dr. Ken, and his former Kansas football teammates teasingly called him "Cheeks," but to everyone else he's Kenny.
Ken Wenzberger, an orthopedic surgeon who works with the Kansas athletic teams, talks to KU pole vaulter Scott Huffman about his ankle injury. Wenzberger has operated on more than 60 Kansas athletes.
Ken Wertzberger, one of five Kansas athletic doctors, has been aURgeon for athletes for six years. Since 1983, he has operated on more than 60 Kansas players, most notably basketball player Archie Marshall earlier this year.
Wertzberger holds the playing fate of the athletes in his hands each time he enters the operating room. Many are able to return to action because of him.
"There's no reason to be cocky,
because at any moment you can get
egg in your face." Wertzberger said
recently. "Any moment I could make
a mistake, and then I'm no longer
God. I'm a goat."
However, he doesn't take that position lightly or pretend he has the powers of a god.
Athletes are special to Wertzberger. He understands the keen sense of competition that drives them on. He should. He played guard for the Jayhawks for three years and played in the 1969 Orange Bowl.
"The difference between working with athletes and other patients is that 90 percent of the athletes are highly motivated to get back to the way they were." Wertzberger said.
"Sometimes, to get there, they require surgery. They do it because they don't want to give up their sport, and the person doesn't want to compromise.
Wertzberger can understand
refusal to compromise. He has been on the other side of the scalpel. During his junior year at Lawrence High School he had knee surgery, but he returned to become a high school All-
American.
"It's particularly helpful," he said of his athletic experiences, "because most of what the kids come to me with I had I know what they can
play with and what they can't. I can talk both medical language and football language."
Kansas wide receiver Tom Quick said he had been to Wertzberger 10 times. He now lists Wertzberger as his family physician.
"Most doctors don't know what sports are about," Quick said. "He can understand what it's like to be injured. I have all the confidence in the world in him. I know he'll make the right decisions."
Wertzberger was selected as a second team, All-Big Eight Conference player in 1968.
Twelve of his teammates went on to play professional football, including John Riggins, Bobby Douglass and Ron Jessie.
"I didn't realize, at the time, I was playing with guys that were going to go pro." he said.
Although the game has remained the same since he played, the players have changed, he said.
Wertzberger had his share of academic problems just as many of the players do now. He was on academic probation for a semester during his freshman year but turned his grades around his last two years.
Also, he said, players lived a more traditional college life.
"In the old days, players were more average Joes, members of fraternities and such." Wertzberger said. "Today, college athletes are so much more competitive. It takes all your being just to be on the team. Maybe some of them don't feel they can mix the two, academics and athletics, and that's where the problems arise. The time they spend on the sport is so much greater."
"You just got up with your fraternity brothers, ate breakfast and went to class," he said. Wertzberger was a Phi Gamma Delta "Somehow they've gotten away from that."
"My first two years I did a lot of fooling around. My GPA was really low, but then I made second team academic All-American," he said. "I also was the first recipient of the Ray Evans-Art Weaver Academic Award in 1968."
Wertzberger played football for Kansas, freshmen were not allowed to play. Players had only three years of eligibility.
Wertzberger said he gave athletics credit for keeping him out of trouble. They played an immense role in his life.
"When I played athletics in college, it helped me get into medical school." Wertzberger said. "At the time, medical schools were not looking for just the brightest person. They were looking for the most well-rounded. I had a B average. I wasn't an A student. I got in by the skin of my teeth, but I graduated in the top 15 percent of my class."
In addition to academic traumas, Wertzberger can understand the trauma caused by a losing season. During his sophomore year, the Jayhawks, 2,7, were last in the Big Eight, just as they are now. That was the year he decided to become a doctor.
But at the end of his senior season, Kansas played in the Orange Bowl.
"We were part of the best offensive line at KU," said Mike McCoy, a
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