SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, December 8, 1992
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Kansas overcomes pesky Emporia State
Early lead not enough for Hornets as Jayhawks roll to 91-56 victory
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
About 20 Emporia State basketball fans who held up a cardboard sign that read, "Go ESU. Beat the spread," had much to cheer about during the first half of last night's game against No. 2 Kansas. Their cheers were silenced in the second half, however, as the Jayhawks picked up the pace, scoring 51 second-half points on their way to a 91-56 victory.
The Hornets took an early learn on a steal by junior guard James McCallop, who stripped the ball from Kansas senior guard Adonis Jordan. McCallop laid the ball in, and the Hornet led the ball as McCallop led the Hornets with 14 points.
After a slam dunk by Kansas junior forward Richard Scott, the Hornets went on a 5-0 scoring run and took a 7-1 lead over the 15,500 fans and the Jayhawks.
"We weren't executing or playing with enthusiasm," senior center Eric Pauley said. "They were fired up to play and we weren't ready."
Kansas senior guard Rex Walters tied the game at 19 with the second of his four three-pointers, and the Hornets could not overtake the Jayhawks for the remainder of the game. Five Jayhawks scored in double figures, led by Walters and senior center Eric Pauley, who each had 14.
Emporia State coach Ron Slayman said that he was not surprised by his team's guts first-half performance.
"I thought we could compete," he said. "We did for 23 minutes. But I'm not naive enough to think we had them right where we wanted them. Against a team like Kansas, you eventually lose the mind game, which is what happened in the second half."
Kansas entered the locker room at halftime leading 40-33 and listened to a frustrated Rov Williams.
"I was frustrated because we weren't making our type of plays," Williams said. "I was also disappointed, but at the same time I kind of expected this might happen. With human nature, you're not going to be as prepared for Emporia State as you are for Indiana."
Kansas came from behind against the no. 2 Hoosiers on Saturday for a 74-69 victory at the Hoosier
KANSAS 91,EMPORIA ST.56
KANASS (3-4)
player tgm/1ga ft/ma tp
Hackett 6-4 1-4 10
Scott 4-6 0-2 8
Pauley 5-9 0-4 14
Jordan 5-10 0-4 14
Jordan 6-13 0-0 13
Richey 1-3 0-0 2
Woodberry 2-2 0-7 12
Maryle 3-6 0-7 12
Pearson 3-6 0-7 12
Rayford 2-3 0-5 5
Bryant 2-3 0-5 5
Totals 32-45 15-10 41
EMPORIA ST. (4-1)
Fifehom 4-9 0-0 8
Freighton 5-9 1-4 11
Slade 3-6 1-2 6
Larging 1-4 0-0 1
McCalloil 6-17 0-0 8
Doria 3-5 0-2 7
Pulliam 1-2 1-2 4
Rouston 1-1 1-1 0
Kirkland 0-4 0-0 0
Kansas 0-4 0-0 0
Total 24-9 4-10 9
Haitian-Kissane 40, Emporia St. 33, 3-point goals - Kissane 8-2-9 (Walters 4, Jordan 1-7, Foley 6)
Dome in Indianapolis.
Emporia State employed a zone defense, something the Jayhawks were not accustomed to, but Kansas overcame it in the second half. Williams said he was angry with sophomore Gorg Ostertag's two missed dunk attempts, but that the center made up for it defensively.
Empricia State lost the game by 35, but out-rebounded Kansas at 42-33, led by 28-year-old senior Andy UpHoff, who had 15.
"Since day one, rebounding has been my biggest concern about this team," Williams said. "When you play Rex, Adonis and (junior forward) Steve (Woodberry), you're playing three perimeter players, and the rebounds aren't so easy for them to get."
"In the second half we really picked things up," Williams said. "I've never had a big guy take those charges like Greg did on the other end of the court. After those misses I was so mad I could have shot him. Then he goes down taking those charges and I wanted to go down and kiss the big sucker."
Jordan pleased the crowd in the second half after Walters stole the ball and threw him the outlet pass. Jordan passed up an easy layup by handing
AP Top 25 teams
The Top 25 man's basketball poll was released yesterday. Karma was ranked 2nd after being in 3rd place.
rank team record points last week
1 Duke (36) 20 1,596 4
2 Kansas (29) 20 1,587 3
3 Kentucky 20 1,440 5
4 Indiana 20 1,405 2
5 North Carolina 30 1,344 7
6 Michigan 10 1,336 1
7 Seton Hall 41 1,259 6
8 Iowa 30 1,067 10
9 Louisville 10 950 12
10 Florida St. 10 848 11
11 Georgetown 20 776 14
11 Oklahoma 20 776 15
11 UCLA 41 715 16
14 Arizona 01 675 9
15 Syracuse 30 627 17
16 Arkansas 30 627 17
17 Georgia Tech 11 540 13
18 Purdue 30 447 12
19 Cincinnati 10 331 22
20 Tulane 31 320 20
21 Memphis St. 31 202 8
22 UNLV 10 270 23
23 Massachusetts 11 267 19
24 Michigan St. 11 240 18
25 Nebraska 10 229 1
Others receive **votes:** Connecticut 226, New
Mexico St. 162, Tennessee 111, California 107,
St. Iorna 98, Brigham Young 76, Utah 85, Boston
32, Colorado 24, Minnesota 20, Georgia 32,
Georgia 32, Florida 26, Illinois 23, LSU 17,
Missouri 17, Evansville 15, Oregon St. 15,
Marquette 10, Rice 7, Southern Illinois 7,
Virginia 7, West Virginia 5, Auburn 4, Georgia
5, Alabama 4, Louisiana 1, Texas 1,
Vanderbilt 1, Xavier, Ohio 1,
off to junior forward Darrin Hancock, who went up for the iam.
Kansas plays Mississippi Valley State at 8 p.m. Friday in the Golden Harvest Classic at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. If Kansas wins Fri­day, it plays the winner of the Cal-Irvine-UMKC game on Saturday.
Courtside Notes
Jordan, who had 13 points last night, needz 22 to become the 28th player in Kansas history to score 1,000 career points
Because Emporia State is an NCAA Division II school, the victory will not count when the NCAA selects teams for postseason play.
Last night marked the first meeting between the two teams since 1947, a game Emporia State won 67-44.
The Duke Blue Devils, after defeating Michigan on Saturday, hold the top spot on the AP poll. Kansas uped one notch to No. 2.
Patrick Tompkins / KANSAN
Seven foot two-inch sophomore center Greg Ostertag fights with 6-0 guard Kip Pulliam of Empria St. for control of the ball, while junior forward Richard Scott waits to help out. Kansas beat the NCAA Division II Hornets, 91-65 last night in Allen Field House.
Kansas, Southwest Missouri St. ready for defensive rematch
Jayhawks hope to avenge loss
By David Bartkoski Kansan sportswriter
Intense defense should rule the court tonight as the Kansas women's basketball team gets a long-awaited rematch with last year's NCAA semifinalist Southwest Missouri State.
Tipoff will be at 7 p.m. in Allen Field House for the contest between the Jayhawks and the No. 25 Lady Bears, who defeated Kansas 75-59 in the first round of the NCAA tournament last year. Kansas dropped out of the national rankings yesterday after holding the No. 16 spot.
Kansas coach Marian Washington said that both teams had a history of exhibiting tough defense and that she liked the competitive nature of a defensive game.
Last year, Kansas and Southwest Missouri excelled defensively, holding opponents to under 60 points a game. The Jayhawks allowed 57.5 points a game, and the Lady Bears surrendered 59.7 points a game.
"I like good intensity out there," she said. "I like people to play hard. I believe in it."
Kansas, 0,1, lost 82-76 to Minnesota in its opener. The Jayhawks suffered from poor second-half shooting in the game, making only 32.4 percent of its field goals.
This year, the teams have combined for a 1-3 record, and all of their losses have been on the road.
Justin Krupp / KANSAN
But Tate said individual statistics were not as important as victories.
"I try not to let points or rebounds
Junior center Lisa Tate, coming off a redshirt year, scored a team-high 17 points and had 11 rebounds in the loss.
overshadow my main focus," she said. "That is to help the team win and go further than we did last year."
Tate said she wished she could have helped the team go further last year, but stress fractures in both of her tibias made her miss most of the season.
Southwest Missouri is 1-2 this season. The Lady Bears lost six players from last year's 31-3 squad that made it all the way to the Final Four before falling 84-72 to Western Kentucky.
She sat on the bench as Kansas was defeated by Southwest Missouri before 7,652 fans at the Hammons Center in Springfield, Mo.
But junior guard Melody Howard,
senior guard-forward Seecella Winkfield
and senior forward-center
Tonya Baucom return as starters.
Kansas' Stacy Truitt, No. 21, and former Kansas player Danielle Shareef, No. 32, scramble for a loose ball in last year's NCAA Tournament game with Southwest Minnesota State. The Lady Bears eliminated the Jahwahs 75-59.
Kansas senior guard Stacy Truitt said that the Jayhawks could win if they maintained defensive intensity for the length of the 94-foot court and for the entire 40-minute game.
Howard scored 25 points, and Winkfield scored 18 in Southwest Missouri's most recent game, a 72-59 loss to 3 Vanderbilt on Saturday.
She said she hoped to see signs of improvement in those areas in tonight's game.
This year's Jayhawks are lacking a high-level of team effort and leadership, Washington said.
Southwest Missouri coach Cheryl Burnett played basketball at Kansas for Washington from 1977 to 1980. In Burnett's four years with the Jayhawks, Kansas was 92-40.
Baucom has a broken hand and will not play against the Jav Hawks.
IF KU comes to play defense 94-40, I think you'll see a very intense team batting on the court," she said. "It'll be a good game to watch."
Kansas Javhawks
record: 0-1
Marian Washington,
head coach
■ Michelle Leathers
G Jr. 5-6 #24
■ Stacy Truitt
G Sr. 5-8 #21
or Charles Sampson
G Fr. 5-10 #3
Angela Ayocil
G/F Se- 6.2- 142
Alana Slatter
F So- 6.0- 13
Lisa Tate
C Jr- 6.3- 55
GAME 2
Allen
Field
House
7 p.m.
South west Missouri State Lady Bears
record: 1.2
Cheryl Burnett,
head coach
Melody Howard
G Jr. 5-9 #3
Secella Winkfield
G Sr. 5-9 #23
Julie Howard
F So. 5-10 #32
LaTanya Davis
F Fr. 6-0 #52
Charitee Longstreet
C Fr. 6-1 #4
Victory eludes swimmers
By David Bartkoski
Kansan sportswriter
No member of the women's swimming and diving team won an individual event at last weekend's Longhorn Invitational, and the men's team lost its dual meet to Southern Methodist University.
But Kansas coach Gary Kempil was pleased with both teams' performances.
The women raced competitively against three of the top five teams in the country, and some of the women recorded in a 181-157 loss to SMU.
Team scores were not kept at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas, where several Kansas women finished in the top eight in their events.
Kempf said the women had responded well to the pressure of competing against No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Texas and No. 5 Arizona.
"I thought we stood up and swam with three of the top five programs in the country," he said.
Sophomore Frankie Hanson had the highest finish for the Jay-Z tournament third in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a career-best time of 16:47.08
Hanson credited some of her success in the 1,650 freestyle to Kansas' 'demanding practices.'
"I felt it was a strong race for me," she said. "But it didn't surprise me because of our strong workouts."
Freshman Katie Chapau broke the Kansas record in the 100 backstroke with a 56.08 clocking, and freshman Jennifer Davis took seventh in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:59.05.
Kempf said the men raced well against SMU despite losing several races by just a few tenths of a second.
"I was really encouraged by their effort, attitude and aggressiveness," he said.
Sophomore Jeff Wilson said he recorded his best times ever in the 400 individual medley and 200 Vs.
He said the Jayhawks looked good going into the winter break but could not rely on what they had already done.
"We need to keep hitting it hard," he said.
The men's and women's teams will continue practicing until Dec. 18. They will return for training on Dec. 28 and swim in the Minnesota Dual meet on Jan. 8.
Auburn ordered to give NCAA letter of inquiry to newspaper
The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Ajdge on Monday ordered Auburn University to provide a newspaper with the NCAA's letter of inquiry that details charges of major rules violations in the football program.
Lee County Circuit Judge James Gulleidge gave the university until Feb. 5, 1993, to comply with his order to give the letter to The Birmingham News.
"That way Auburn can fully comply with the NCAA request for a response," the judge said in a telephone interview.
Gulledge said he issued the ruling
late Monday evening and sent copies to the attorneys for both sides.
The NCAA has given the university 90 days to answer a Nov. 5 letter of inquiry regarding allegations by former football player Eric Ramsey that he received cash and other benefits in return for his scholarship, coach of 12 years, Pat Dye, resigned his post Nov. 25 while denying any wrongdoing.
The News, citing Alabama's open records law, filed suit earlier this month against university president William V. Muse, athletic director Mike Lude and Auburn's board of trustees.