SPORTS
University Daily Kansan / Monday, December 9, 1991
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Free throws save Jayhawk victory
Kansas tops Long Beach State 66-60 after Jordan nails three charities in final seconds
By Jeff Kobs
Kansan Sportswriter
The Kansas men's basketball team dodged a bullet Saturday night.
The Jayhawks overcame poor free-throw shooting, a rebound deficit and first-half shooting woes on the way to a 66-60 victory at Long Beach State.
"We've got to do a better job with our tree-throw shooting and with our translation," he added.
The Jayhawks, 4-0 and ranked 10th in the nation, made only 11 of 23 shots on the charity shirt, but when the game was on the line, Kansas converted.
Junior point guard Adonis Jordan sank three throws in the final 133 second.
Kansas did not have a field goal in the final 5 minutes of the game.
In fact, Kansas trailed most of the
game until junior guard Rex Walters scored on a goalunting call against Bryon Russell that pushed the Jayhawks with about 7 minutes left in the game.
"They had a solid game plan," Williams said. "Most teams shy away from holding the ball at home. They didn't and made it work for them."
Walters led Kansas with 15 points, and Jordan and freshman forward Ben Dendy scored.
Davis had eight of Kansas' 27 rebounds, but the Forty-Niners were more dominating on the boards with 30 rebounds.
Long Beach State's Lucious Harris, a former high school teammate of Adonis Jordan, all led all scorers with 24 points, hitting nine of 12 shots from the floor.
Kansas forced 31 Long Beach turn-
"We played the No. 2 (UCLA) and No. 10 teams in the last week, and we played well enough to win both games." Long Beach coach Seth Greenburg said. "Kansas played so hard on the ball that we wanted to work it around. We just missed some important throws at the end."
The Forty-Niners held a 31-30 advantage at halftime after shooting 75 percent from the field compared to Kansas' 44 percent.
Long Beach went up by as many as four points in the second half before the Jayhawks rallied.
After Walters' basket of the goaltending call and a Davis tip-in, Walters stole the ball and scored on a lay-up with about 6 minutes to play, making the score 84-10.
With2:57left to play,Harris pulled the
Fortv-Ninerstowithintwoat 62-60.
Long Beach junior Chris Tower had a chance to tie the game at 62 but missed two free throws with 2:27 to go.
"Coach Williams said in the first time we were going to have to grit it out with them tonight," senior forward Alonzo McCracken said. "We cracked a little at the end though."
The Jayhawks then put the game away with a free throw by sophomore Patrick Richey at 1:17 before Jordan with three free throws, iceing the victory.
Kansas' next game will be 8:30 p.m. Saturday against DePaul at Allen Field House. The 20th-ranked Blue Demons are 2-2.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Lady'Hawks win Dial Classic
Kansas defeats Kentucky 62-51 in tourney's finale
By David Mitchell
Kansan Sportswriter
Senior forward Tanva Bonham scores two of her team-leading 14 points against Kentucky.
Saturday night, the senior forward made sure he met that goal as Kansas defeated Kentucky.
Before the Dial Classic began Friday, Tanya Bonham said the Kansas seniors were excited about the chance of winning the tournament for the fourth straight year.
But Bonham scored the Jayhawks' next eight points, sparking a 4-Kansas run.
The Lady Jayhawks trailed much of the first half of the championship game, and Kentucky had a 35-31 advantage three minutes into the second half.
The senior had struggled with her shot early in the season, but his team went through in the clutch, scoring 14 points with 14 points.
"It finally came back," Bonham said. "They were open shots, and I knew we were down."
After junior guard Scaf Truitt made it 45-41, senior point guard Kay Hay Kart's back-to-back three pointers gave Kansas a 51-43 lead with 7:48 to play.
Hart, who finished with 11 points, was voted the tournament's most valuable player. Truitt and junior forward Marthea McCloud also finished with 11 points.
Senior forward Terrilyn Johnson also earned all-tournament honors, leading the team with 13 points.
McCloud was named to the all-tournament team, grabbing 12 rebounds and two steals in the
"Playing without our center, we've done a lot of it." Hart said. "Our outside people have done a great job. Our inside people have done a great job."
Kansas out-rebounded the Wildcats 48-39 despite a large height disadvantage. Kentucky played five players taller than 6 feet. The Jayhawks' 6-foot-3 center Lisa Tate is expected to be sidelined for another two weeks with a stress fracture in her left leg.
Kansas also did a good job of shutting down all tournament guard Stacy McIntyre, who scored 15 first-half points aided by seven-of-seven free-kick goals. The defense tense limited McIntyre to two points after half-time.
Kansas held Kentucky to 27-percent shooting in the second half, including zero percent from three-point range. McIntyre missed six of Kentucky's 12 second-half three-point attempts.
"I thought we did an excellent job on a tough player," Coach Marian Washington said.
Kansas advanced to the final by pounding winless Northern Iowa 82-34 in the first round Friday. Kentucky defeated St. John's 83-77 in the first round
Northern Iowa jumped out to a 6-10 lead, but junior guard Jo W. Jotherspoon scored six unanswered goals.
"Coach said if we get the open shot to take it, and that's what I did." Withersoon said.
McCloud's basket five minutes into the game gave Kansas a lead it would never relinquish. The Jayhawks shut northern Iowa down, as the Panthersugged through scored droughts of 8:27 and 7:24.
The junior guard had nine points, two assists and two steals in her first career start.
"We wanted to come out and jump on them and get them to the point where they were intimidated," senior forward Danielle Shareef said. "And I think it worked."
"At one point I looked up at the scoreboard and I was pretty astonished at the score," she said.
Shareef admitted she was surprised at how well the strategy worked.
Freshman guard-forward Angela Aycock team with 15 points, four steals and three blocks
Coming off the bench, Shareef led the team with 12 rebounds and was second on the team with 13 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Fricka Muncy led the team with six assists and tied Aycock with four steals. Kansas tied a team record with 26 steals. The Panthers turned the ball over 31 times.
Every Kansas player scored and saw at least 13 minutes of action.
"Coach said she wanted to rotate everybody in, and everybodv did a great tob. "Witershoe said.
Kansas, 6-0, will play Emporia State at 2 p.m.
Michigan, 10-3, will play 30 cont against
DePaul at Allen Field Houses.
Seniors, from left to right, Danielle Shareef, Kay Kay Hart, Terrilyn Johnson and Tanya Bonham showcase their first-place trophy.
Kansas loses tourney; Miami problematic
Albitz named Big Eight coach of the year
By Jeff Kobs
Kansan Sportswriter
The Kansas volleyball team came up a little short in the National Invitational Volleyball Championships in Dayton, Ohio, after a strong start.
"Overall, I thought wedid real well," Coach Frankie Albitz said, "but we could have been 4 in the pool.
"We were competitive against all the teams."
The tournament had four pools of five teams. Each team was guaranteed four matches.
The Jayhawks were eliminated Friday night after 2-8 loss to Hofstra held Kansas 'tour' record to 2-12 in its pool. Kansas lost 15-6, 9-15, 5-15 and 16-5 and 18-5.
"We kept getting behind and it made it very difficult to come back." Albiz said. "They got really hot after the third game.
"The whole match was nip and tuck, but then we got behind in the rally point and couldn't get back in."
Junior Kim Dehoff led the Jay-
hawks with 12 kills, and senior Lisa
Seigle had five service aces for the
'Hayaks.
Kansas, seeded 15th in the 20-team tournament, opened pool play by defeating No. 2-seeded Northern Arizona 3-2 on Thursday.
"We lost the first game, but when we won the second we realized we could win the match," senior Julie Woodruff said. "We were more confident and motivated."
Albitz said the Jayhawks game plan worked well against Northern Arizona
"We came out real hot," Albitz said,
"and adjusted well to what they did."
However, in the second match of the tournament, Kansas cooled off against the University of Miami-Ohio.
"Miami was the team to beat," Albiz said. "We had a chance to win it, but we sat back and didn't rise to the occasion."
VOLLEYBALL
On Friday, the Jayhaws defeated North Carolina-Ashley 3-1.
Miami, who went on to win the pool, dropped Kansas' pool record to 1-1, winning the match 3-1.
Senior Kris Kleinschmidt led Kansas with kills and a 65% hitting percentage. Woodruff added 64 set assists for Kansas.
Albitz said the tournament was a good experience for the team and a good way for the seniors to go out.
Despite the loss to Miami the Hawks were not out of contention.
"they've got to be proud of themselves," Albiz said. "They were real disappointment but as soon as they get it, they'll see what all we did this year."
"The players replacing the seniors will have a lot to live up to."
The Jayhawks ended the season with a 25-10 overall record and third in the Big Eight Conference.
Albitz was named Big Eight coach of the year by her peers, and Woodruff was selected to the all-conference first team.
"We had a good season, but we could have made it to the championship round and that is disappointing." Woodruff said.
Seniors Adrian Powell, Lisa Seigle and Kleinschmidt received honorable mention.
Tiger victory at Arkansas highlights weekend games
"Peeler wasn't quite patient in our first three games but in the second half he was more patient, "Missouri coach Norm Stewart said. "Coming in, we felt had to contain them in the open court and we were able to get through it and got easy baskets. They got the second shot, but we got point-blank shots."
The Associated Press
Kansas struggled at the free throw line until the end of the game.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — The Big Eight probably will have four teams in the top 25 in the wake of Missouri's victor at Arkansas.
Missouri (4-0) outscored Arkansas 19-9 in the stretch of the second half erasing a 60-59 deficit. The Razorbacks (4-2) did not hit a field goal during a five-minute period at the end of the game, which easily eight of 32 shots in the second half.
The smaller Tigers outplayed a bigger and deeper 11th-ranked Razorbacks team Saturday, with Anthony Brown some stunning dunks in an 87-76 victory.
"When we shoot the ball that poorly at home, we're in trouble," Arkansas coach Ron Richardson said. "In time, we will have a good basketball team, but we're not there yet. This isn't the end of the season."
In other Big Eight games, No. 8 Oklahoma State stopped California 76-21. No. 10 Kansas turned back长 Beach State 66-60. No. 19 Oklahoma defeated Coppin State 97-70; Carolina overweighed Delaware State 115-54; Iowa State down Northern Iowa 84-66; Nebraska be Creighton 90-85; and Colorado defeated Mercer 78-61.
Peeler, who started slowly this season, scored 32 points. It was the second straight game he has scored more than 30.
Oklahoma State went to 7-0 after beating California in Tulsa. The Golden Eagles came from the game, but the Cowboys made eight straight free throws down the stretch.
Adonis Jordan made three free throws in the final 33 seconds as the Jayhawks held off Long Beach State in Long Beach, Calif.
BIG EIGHT BASKETBALL
"Coach Williams said in the first time out that we were going to have to grind it out tonight," Alonzo Jamison said. "I tink Long Beach cracked a little bit at the end."
The Jayhaws (4-0) made just 11 of 23 free throw attempts. Long Beach (2-3) led by four points in the second half, but Rex Walters scored two baskets, and another field goal to give Kansas a 8-34 lead with about six minutes left.
Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs finally saw a half he could like.
"I never have, until the second half, felt like we were in the basketball season," Bubbs said. "In the first half, even when we got the lead, we were down 30-21, then trying to force the action. All in all, I thought we played pretty good."
The Sooners went on an 18-2 run early in the second half, Damon Patterson scored 27 points, leading Oklahoma.
Coppin State led 40-35 at one point.
"We're a young team and that made the difference in the second half," said Coach Ron Mitchell. "We got down on it and we did something." We will learn from this not to give up."
Kansas State had a record-setting night. The Wildcats (3-0) scored the most points since搀 up 141 in 1987 against Nebraska and had the widest margin of victory since they beat Texas Christian by 58 in 1947.
DelawareState (3-2) wascoming off a close victory over cross-state rival Delaware.
"I just don't know what to expect from our balletle, " Kansas State coach Dana Altman said. "Right now, consistency is not their strong point."
Nebraska coach Danny Nee has identified a weakness on his team. The Huskers made 13 of their first 27 free throws and end of the game to hold off Creighton.
"We will blow our brains out with our free throws," Nee said. "But you've got to give Creighton credit. The key was we took their best shot and it put us to the canvas, but we got right back up and found a way to win."
SPORTS BRIEFS
"Boris made the choice not to play," organizer Georges Baudewey told the disappointed capacity crowd at the 17,000-seat Sports Palace.
Virus benches Becker
Becker was suffering from a stomach virus and dizziness since Saturday, when he beat Ian Lendl in straight sets in the semifinals.
Krickstein got $250,000 from the $1.1
million purse in the exhibition event.
The ailing Becker received $160.000.
It was a disappointing end to a tournament that was riddled with setacks. For example, Stefan Edberg, of Florida, wounded late because of a knee injury.
Phillies trade Hayes to Angels
The California Angels made the big noise at winter baseball meetings yesterday in Miami Beach, Fla., getting from Philadelphia Phillies.
The Angels, who traded Devon White to Toronto in the opening deal of last year's meetings, again made the first move. They sent two top minor
leaguers, pitcher Kyle Abbott and outfielder Ruben Amaro Jr., to Philadelphia for Hayes.
Hayes, 34, has been on the trading block for several seasons. He played only 77 games last year because of a broken right arm sustained when he was hit by a pitch from T Browning, and he battled just 225 with 21 RBI.
Hayes has not hit a home run since September 1990. Despite that, the Angels hope that he can fill some of the power void left by Dave Winfield, who was let go after hitting a team-leading 28 home runs.
From The Associated Press
Six teams lock up playoff spots; Giants out
The Associated Press
Five AFC teams are in the playoffs, along with Washington in the NFC. And the defending Super Bowl champion is gone.
When Atlanta beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-14 yesterday, hours after the New York Giants lost to Philadelphia 19-14, the NFL champion Giants (7-7) were eliminated from playoff contention.
While the Giants were disappearing, Houston, Kansas City and the Los Angeles Raiders were clincing up the score. Oilers routed Pittsburgh 31-6 and
took the central Crown, their first ever. The Chiefs desi gn San Diego 20-17 in overtime and can do no worse than a wild-card berth. They trail first-place Denver by one game in the AFC West.
The NFC is far more muddled. Only Washington is in.
The Jets (7-7), Browns (6-8) and Seahawks (6-8) remain alive for a wild-card berth. Cleveland and Tampa Bay must just two games to have an ace.
Chicago and Detroit are tied atop the Central at 10-4, with the Bears holding the edge in division tiebreakers with a better division
and NPC record. Both teams can make the playoffs by sweeping their final two games.
riladelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans and Dallas are 9-5, and San Francisco is 8-6.
The Cowbys play the Engles and then the Falcons in their final two games. Dallas will make the plays-off by winning both. If Atlanta beats Santle and Dallas, it will win the West. If the Eagles beat the Cowboys and Redskins, they also make the playoffs. The same is true if the Saints beat the Raiders and the Cardinals.