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Tuesday, January 12, 1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Rebound war opens Big 8 play
Jayhawks outrebound Cyclones; Scott scores 18 in 78-71 victory
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Roy Williams snatched the stat sheet from the table and immediately looked at one statistic of particular interest to him.
"We finally outbounded some book," he said.
The No. 4 Kansas men's basketball team had just defeated Wichita State 103-54, but equally important to the coach, it had outrebounded the Shockers 37-31. It was the first time the team had outrebounded an opponent in three games.
Last Saturday afternoon, the Jayhawks continued their rebounding success against Iowa State in their Big Eight Conference opener. The Jayhawks outrebounded the Cyclones 31-28 on their way to a 78-71 victory.
Pressure defense and rebounding, two aspects of the game that Williams
stresses, helped the team get back on the winning track. The Jayhawks were coming off their first loss of the season, to No. 3 Michigan.
"I think our defense was really what got the offense going." Williams said after the Wichita State game. "We forced more turnovers in the second half that ended up being basket for us. When we missed the shot two or three times early on, we got the rebound and put it back.
"It was the kind of game we needed.
We lost the last game we played in,
and I like to that taste out of my mouth as soon as possible."
Rebounds has been a concern for Williams since the beginning of the season, especially when 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Ben Davis, now at Florida, announced he was transferring. Sophomore center Greg Ostertag had surgery on his injured foot in December, leaving him out of
action for seven games. The Jayhawks were left with only one true center in 6-10 senior Eric Pauley.
the lack of depth and size without Ostertag showed. At the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, the Jayhawks were outrebounded by Jackson State, Hawaii and Michigan.
Ostering returned a week ago against Wichita State and had five rebounds. He had two against Iowa State.
While Ostertag was healing during the winter break, Pauley transformed into the team's leading scorer. He was selected to the Rainbow Classic All-Tournament team after averaging 16 points in three games while shooting 53 percent from the floor.
Last week against Wichita State and Iowa State, Pauley continued to perform solidly on offense.
Against the Shockers, Pauley missed his first shot but would not miss again. He made 10 of 11 field goals and finished with 20 points. Against the Cyclones he again missed only once, making 6 of 7 shots, including four outside jumpers, while scoring 15 points.
Last January was rough for Pauley, who shot 2 for 19 from the field in the worst shooting slump of his career. This January, after only two games, he is shooting 16 for 18 from the field.
Junior forward Richard Scott led the Jayhawks with 18 points against the Cyclones.
"I was pretty low last year," Pauley said. "I would go home after games and think, what is wrong with me?" Now I can go home and play. "I don't want to be Juan's play. My teammates set me up well and when they do that the scoring comes easy."
Senior guard Rex Walters, who finished with 11 points and six assists, said the Cyclone defense was better than he had anticipated.
"They're a lot tougher than they were last year." Walters said. "But we did a good job getting the ball inside to Richard and Eric. They are a very good team. I thought if we played to our abilities we would be able to beat them by a larger margin."
After last night's game at Oklahoma,
the Jayhawks return to action Thursday
at Allen Field House against Oral
Oriens.
Seniorguard Rex Walters looks for an open teammate against Iowa State. Kansas won its conference opener 78-71 Saturday afternoon at Allen Field House.
Success abundant for Jayhawks during holiday break
Kansas
Miss. Valley St. 56
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Jayhawks blew out both opponents in the Golden Harvest Classic at Kemper Arena, winning the championship game against University of Missouri-Kansas City 108-62 one night after stuffing Mississippi Valley State 94-56.
Kansas UMKC
Alphonso Ford, a 6-foot-3 senior guard for Mississippi Valley State and an NBA prospect scored 17 points, but shot a lowly 6 of 29 from the field. Kansas led 56 10 at halftime.
Junior forward Richard Scott added 14 points and eight rebounds.
Six Jayhawks scored in double figures against the Delta Devils, led by tournament MVP Steve Woodberry, who scored 19 points, had six rebounds and three assists.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sophomore guard Sean Pearson led the Jayhawks against the University of Missouri-Kansas City with 19 points, including a 3 for 4 shooting performance from three-point range to capture the Golden Harvest Classic tournament crown.
Senior guard Rex Walters added 15 points and eight assists.
Kangaroo guard Tony Dumas, who scored a tournament-record 32 points the night before, including a game-winning shot at the buzzer, led all scorers with 22.
Junior forward Richard Scott,
senior guard Adonis Jordan and
Woodbury made the all-tournament
team for the Jayhawks.
Kansas
E. Tenn. St. 83
East Tennessee State made 8 of 11 three pointers in the second half and took a 78-75 lead with less than five minutes remaining, but the Jayhawks regained control, winning 86-83.
Senior center Eric Pauley led the Jayhawks with 21 points and eight rebounds. Junior forward Patrick Richey returned from a knee injury and played 16 minutes.
Jordan scored 20 points and became the 28th player in Kansas history to score 1,000 points.
Jordan said he knew about the milestone going into the game, but after the opening tipoff forgot all about $^{14}$
"I knew I needed three points, but when I got it I was thinking about the game," he said.
The senior point guard also contributed seven assists.
Kansas
N. C. State 64
Although Jordan lead the Jayhawks with 16 points, it was Hancock who ignited the crowd.
After poor second half showings in previous games, the Jayhawks pleased Kansas coach Roy Williams by playing a second half against North Carolina State that was as good, if not better, than the first.
tranck scored eight points, six off an alveoev slam dunks.
"We talked to the kids about going out and playing a second half." Williams said after the game. "We haven't done that a few times this year. I also like the way we finally out rebounded somebody on the stat sheet, even though it looked like we were playing volleyball with it for awhile."
Kansas
Jackson St.
85 Hawaii
Kansas
Jackson State got a 48-point performance from Lindsey Hunter and stayed most of the way.
The Jayhawks used a team effort and free throws to overcome a first-round Rainbow Classic challenge from Jackson State. Kansas won 93-85
Williams said no one had ever shot as well against his team.
"It was Kansas against Hunter, and that's not a knock against the Jackson State team," he said.
Hunter was 11 of 26 from three-point range and 17 of 43 overall.
Although Kansas only made 64 percent of its free throws for the game, it made all of its final 10 free throws.
Jordan scored a team-high 20 points. Five other Jayhawks scored in double figures.
Pauley scored at team high 23 points, leading the Hawks to a 94-66 victory against host Hawaii.
The Rainbows stayed close in the first half before Kansas went on a 12-4 run that put them ahead by 12 with 8:58 remaining in the half.
Hancock electrified the crowd with two dunks including a slam off an allevoop pass from Jordan.
Hawaii coach Riley Walace said the Jayhawks responded well to the Rainbows' strategies.
"They have a counter for everything you do," he said. "No one has ever come in and tore us up like they did."
The victory advanced Kansas to the championship game against Michigan.
Compiled by Kansan sportswriters David Dorsely and David Bartkoski.
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