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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, December 4, 1991
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Lady Jayhawks beat Shockers 72-43
Kansas picks up pace after half
By David Mitchell
Kansan Sportswriter
The Lady Jayhawks escaped a first- half scar from winless Wichita State last night and the Shockers 72-43.
Kansas led 25-22 at the half after the Shockers held the Jayhawks to 28-percent shooting in
"the poet."
The first half was not anywhere near what we're capable of." Coach Marian Washington said.
Junior guard Stacy Truitt said that
Kansas was timid in the first half
"We played conservative," she said.
"We let them take a slow tempo, and that's not our game at all. We're used to running."
Kansas looked like a different team in the final period. The 'Hawks shot 47 percent from the field including seven of 11 three-point attempts.
Truitt was zero for four in the first but a halftime adjustment madeable.
"One of my teammates told me I was shooting coming down," Truitt said. "She told me to think about shooting at the top of my jump."
Truitt took the advice and hit four of six second-half three-point attempts and was Kansas' leading scorer with 14 points. She started the second half by scoring five unanswered points.
"Stacy really helped get things going," Washington said. "She accelerates and picks us up another notch."
To make matters worse for the Shockers, leading scorer Kareem Williams picked up two quick fouls, just three minutes into the period and went to the bench.
Junior guard Shannon Kite was the Jayhawks' second leading scoreer with 12 points on four of seven three-point shots on their Truitt or Kite started the game.
"Everyone shot real well in the second half," Hart said. "We executed a lot better."
Senior point guard Kay Kay Hart was also in double figures with 10 points, including two of four three-point shots.
It was Hart who gave the Jayhaws a halftime lead after they trailed most of the first period. Hart's baskets tied Hart for the final in the final minute of the first period.
With 17 seconds left, Kite stole the ball on the Shockers' in-bounds pass and dished it out to Hart, who scored an easy lauvin.
Kansas dominated the second half.
"We performed a lot different in the second half and pulled the game out," Hart said.
Kansas scored 33 of 72 points from behind the three point line. Wichita State attempted just two three pointers and missed both.
The Jayhawk bench outscored the starters 41-31.
Courtside
Kansasat退-rebounded the Shockers 44-35. Senior forward Terrillyn Johnson led the team with 12 boards and added nine points and six steals.
Kansas forward Angela Aycock loses the race for a loose ball to Kristin Pelowski of Wichita State. The Jayhawks only shot 23 percent in the first half.
'Hawks join All-Big Eight roster
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Four Jayhawks made the 1992 Associated Press All-Big Eight football team.
Running backs Tony Sands of Kansas and Derek Brown of Nebraska joined State State wide receiver Terry Johnson as an unanimous selection yesterday.
Oklahoma's Mike Gaddis, who came back from reconstructive knee surgery and finished third in the league in rushing, was named first-team all-conference in 16 sports writers and sportscasters who regularly cover the conference.
Nebraska's big-play sophomore Johnny Mitchell was named tight end for the second year in a row. Jay Leeuwenburg, Colorado's 265-pound senior, was a unanimous choice at center for the second straight year.
Nebraska's dominating pair of junior Will Shields and senior Brian Boerboom were named to the first-team defense line. James Jordan, two, who helped Nebraska lead the nation in
Keithen McCant, who was not even listed on Nebraska's two-deep chart when practice began but topped the league in passing and led the Huskers to a share of the conference title with Colorado, was named quarterback.
Tony Sands
rushing, were Kansas senior Chris Perez and Oklahoma senior Brian Brauninger.
Sophomore Dan Eichloff of Kansas repeated as first-team punter and moved up from second-team to first-team place-kicker.
Anchoring the defense are Colorado noseguard Joel Steed, also first-team as a junior, and Oklahoma's senior linebacker Joe Bowden. Both were unanimous choices. The other defensive linemen are junior Dana Stubblefellow of Kansas and senior Stacey Satterwhite of Oklahoma State
Chris Perez
The defensive ends are Oklahoma
junior Reggie Barnes and O k l a h o m A state sophomore Jason Gilden, who set a Cowboy record with 16 quarterback sacks.
Joining Bowden in the linebacker
corps are a pair of juniors, Grey Bickert of Colorado and Brooks Barta of Kansas State. The defensive backs are seniors Jason Belser of Oklahoma and Tyrone Legete of Nebraska, and Colorado junior Eric Hamilton.
McCant, Sands and Gaddis are three of the most compelling stories in college football this year.
At 5-foot-6, Sands was barely recruited out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and came to Kansas when first-year coach Glen Mason pointed out that he needed to improve his start for the rebuilding Jayhawks. He led Kansas in rushing for four straight
years and set school records in touchdowns and rushing. Against Missouri in his last collegiate game, he carried the ball 32 times for an NCAA-record 98 yards.
A fifth year senior, McCant had completed just two of three passes with one interception before this season's start. During practice third on the death chart.
But he took over the starting job during the first game and went on to pass for 1,454 yards and 13 touchdowns. He averaged 72 yards per average and scored seven TDs.
Gaddis, in contrast, seemed on his way to Heisman-type stardom in 1989 when he hurt his knee in Oklahoma's game against Texas. The injury was so severe that he sat out all last season and did not play much this year until Dewell Brewer was injured in the fourth game.
The Big Eight rushing charts after the final game listed Sands with 1,442 yards. Brown with 1,313 and Gaddis with 1,240. Brown and Gaddis scored 14 touchdowns apiece, and Sands scored nine.
Hurricanes' coach testifies before jury investigating grants
Falsified Pell applications scrutinized
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Miami Hurricanes coach Dennis Erickson testified yesterday before a federal grand jury hearing evidence about falsified Pell Grant applications submitted on behalf of athletes at the school.
Pell Grants are awarded to students on the basis of financial need.
"I answered everything," Erickson said.
Erickson confirmed that his appearance concerned the Pell Grant investigation, but he wouldn't discuss what he said.
The prosecutor who questioned Erickson was Marty Goldberg, who has an undergraduate degree from Notre Dame, the Hurricanes' archival.
Other witnesses, including Miami assistant basketball coach Scott Howard, also testified yesterday. A representative from the U.S. Attorney's office, Diane Cossin, would not confirm or deny the identity of any witnesses.
"The case is pending," she said. "There is an ongoing federal criminal investigation."
Erickson, Howard, golf coach Chuck Winship and assistant football coach Art Keeho told the grand jury yesterday that they did not know Pell Grant applications were being falsified for athletes by an athletic department employee, said University of Miami attorney John Thornton.
Tony Russell, a former assistant academic coordinator in the athletic department, has said he falsified Pell Grant applications during a two-year period without anyone else's knowledge. Russell has said he filed applications for about 65 university students, 50 of them athletes.
The FBI and U.S. Department of Education began the probe early last summer. Federal agents have questioned university athletes about the scam.
"The kinds of questions asked related to any prior knowledge of what was going on," Thornton said. "Everyone to a T has said they had no previous knowledge."
Russell, who said he collected an $85 processing fee from students to support his cocaine habit, has not been charged in the case. But the 43-year-old Lauderdale Lakes man faces a Dec. 18 hearing on a charge of cocaine possession.
Chiefs take care of ball in victory against Seattle
The Associated Press
KANSASCITY, Mo. — Marty Schottenheimer told his Chiefs repeatedly that two straight loses with nine turnovers was unacceptable.
Kansas City players apparently got the message and beat Seattle 19-6 on Sunday, righting the wobbling Chiefs playoff wagon.
"The thing is, you have to get ready to do it again," Schottenheimer said yesterday. "There is no free lunch in this league. Winning is not the objective. The thing we have to focus on is playing as well as we can."
But that doesn't change the coach's message.
"It's going to be a typical San Diego-Kansas City game," Schottenheimer said. "it's going to be down in the trench so you just strap them on and after it."
Kansas City, 8-5 after the victory against Seattle and a game behind Denver and the Los Angeles Raiders in home game Sunday against San Diego in game Sunday against San Diego.
The Chargers and Chiefs both emphasize a power running game. San Diego ranks second in the league in rushing with Marion Butts, Rod Bornstein and Ronnie Harmon each averaging 136.8 yards a game.
Kansas City running back Chris Oakey's injury was diagnosed as a sprain of the posterior cruciate ligament, and it is not known whether he had been hit. Harvey Williams is also hobbling with a bad ankle, but he is expected to play.
The Chiefs then play at San Francisco and finish at Los Angeles against the Raiders.
Lowery nominated for Man of the Year
Barry Word carried most of the load against the Seahawks, running 26 times for 96 yards.
The Associated Press
The award is presented annually to the NFL player who best demonstrates an outstanding athleticism and professional activities.
Lowry was cited yesterday for his work with United Cerebral Palsy and numerous other fund-raising projects. His 9-year-old program for cerebral palsy has raised more than $400,000.
Lowery, in his 11th season with the Chiefs, became the team's leading career scoreer Sunday with four field goals and an extra point in a victory against Seattle for a total of 1,236 points. That beat the record of record-kicker Jan Stenauer, who had 1,231 points from 1976 to 1979 with the Chiefs
"It was concentration, working to get the little things taken care of." Schottenheimer said. "We turned in a much more efficient performance."
In its previous two games, Kansas City gave up the ball four times to Denver and lost three fumbles to Cleveland. The victory against the Seahawks had no turnovers, consistent ball control and few penalties.
Men's golf team reflects on season
Kansan Sportswriter
By Jeff Kobs
The Kansas Young Guns, also known as the Kansas men's golf team, have hung up their clubs for the fall season.
The Jayhawks, who are loaded with young talent and no senior members, won two of five tournaments during the fall season and believe they will do well in the spring.
Ihis college debut at the Kansas Invitational Sept. 30, redshirt freshman Tom Sims won the indiana team's second victory to a victory in the 15-team field.
"It gave me a lot of confidence that I could go out and keep up with college players," Sims said. "I think we showed everyone this fall that we're going to be strong in the spring."
"I feel really good about how the season went, and I'm really pleased with how we competed nationally," Coach Ross Randall said. "The best thing was the way some of the new players played."
"One of our team goals is to make nationals and then do fairly decent there."
The team also won the Hal Sutton Centenary Invitational in Shreveport La., Nov. 10.
"We had a strong schedule," sophomore Casey Brozek said. "We usually only have three or four tournments, but this year we had five. It's been a good preparation for spring."
Randall said Sims and Brozek had been the highlights of the fall.
"I didn't know who would step forward this season," Randall said. "They came in and did a good one. I'm pleased with both of them."
Randall said the fall tournaments helped determine who would make the traveling squad in the spring.
Randall said that, besides Sims and Brozek, sophomores Matt Gogel and Jeff Moeller and juniors Brad Bruno and Jim Young were the leading contenders for the top five.
"If we're going to do well Gogel and Bruno have to play the way they are capable of," Randall said. "We've got some good tournaments lined up on some good courses and with some good competition."
But for now the golfers will take time off to concentrate on school, and for the upcoming holiday and break.
"Their most important job now is to do well in finals." Randall said. "Christmas is a good natural break that gives them a chance to relax.
"I'm sure by the middle of January they'll be going crazy to get outside and hit balls."
Randall said that when the players return from the break they will begin a conditioning program, but not official practice.
Brozek said that most of the team would start playing once they were back.
"If weather permits we'll go outside," he said. "if we'll, we go inside to Anschutz and hit. That is flexible for when we can out."
Randall said practice would officially begin in February.
"We'll start in about the second week," he said. "We might use the indoor facility, but as soon as we can get outside we'll be there."
The Jayhawks will open the spring season March 1-9 in Orlando, Fla., at the University of Central Florida Classic.
Brozek said that the team was focused on having a successful spring season.
"We have to continue the winning tradition," he said. "We're all looking forward to the Big Eight and the NCAA tournaments."
Secret videotapes may show UNLV violated NCAA rules
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Two more secret videotapes taken of a UNLV conditioning class were released yesterday, one of the them showing a coach instructing players in basketball technique.
The Oct. 10 tape shows assistant Coach Keith Starr instructing players in defending an inbound pass and running a fast break with an imaginary ball, in apparent violation of NCAA rules, to throw a basket-ball practice until Oct. 15.
The tapes, the last of three made by the university, were released by University of Nevada-Las Vegas legal counsel Brad Booke, who authorized
the secret taping after getting repeated tips that the conditioning class was being used for basketball drills in violation of NCAA rules.
Booke said that the university is in the process of deciding what penalty to recommend for the apparent violation, which he had proposed earlier be the loss of a day of official practice for each violation.
"There are no winners in this situation, only losers." Booke said.
Booke said the doors to the gym where the class was held were always locked, so the university police department put an office with a camera in an air conditioning duct above the gym.