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University Daily Kansan/Monday, November 25, 1991
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Lady 'Hawks win 70-60
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In their season opener Saturday in Chicago, the Lady Jayhawks rebounded from a 36-29 halftime deficit to defeat Illinois-Chicago 70-60.
Kansas shot just 34 percent from the field. The Flames taller lineup blocked six Kansas shots and outbounded the Jayhawks 51-43.
However, Kansas outscored Illinois-Chicago 41-24 in the second half and forced 26 turnovers in the game.
Despite shooting 32 percent from the field, junior guard Stacy Truitt led all scorers with 20 points. She shelted 22 of 24 field goals, including one of four three-point attempts. Truitt faded better at the line, making five of seven free throws.
However, the story of the game was senior guard Terrilyn Johnson, who recorded a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Johnson led the team with five steals, and she also blocked one shot.
Senior point guard Kay Kay Hart scored 15 points and dished out eight assists. Junior forward Marthea McCloud grabbed 10 rebounds, including seven defensive boards.
Poor shooting hurt the Flames, who hit 47 percent in the first half, but slumped to 32 percent in the final period.
Kansas' next game will be Friday, when the 'Hawks meet Weber State in the first round of the Texas-Arlington Classic in Arlington.
Sands lifts 'Hawks to 53-29 victory
By David Mitchell
Kansan Sportswriter
A last-minute loss to Colorado two weeks ago dropped the Jayhawks to 5-5, and the team's hopes of a bowl bid fizzled.
Saturday, Tony Sands and the Kansas offensive line gave Jayhawk fans something to cheer about.
The Jayhawks whipped Missouri 53-29 behind the record-settling effort of Sands. The tailback suitcase NCAA single-game records with 396 yards rushing on 58 carries, and he added to his in final game in a Kansas uniform.
The Tony Sands show nearly overshadowed the victory, which capped Kansas' first winning season since 1901. Kansas ended the 1991 season 6-5 overall, and the Jayhawks finished in third Eight with a 3-4 conference record.
Senior defensive end Lance Flachs-
bard said the victorious a team fitting
to his style.
"We've been the laughing stock of the Big Eight," Flipsharbast said. "We were kind of the 'Bad News Bears' of the Draft, our first time in a long time, we're winners."
"It means a lot when you're leaving to know all that hard work finally paid off."
Kansas dominated the clock, controlling the ball for 43 minutes to Missouri's 17. However, the Tigers made the most of their opportunities in the first half and trailed Kansas 25-22 at halftime.
The Jayhawk defense knocked Tiger starting quarterback Phil Johnson out of the game with a separated shoulder on the second play of the game. However, freshman backup Jeff Handy completed 17 of 28 passes in the game and two downs. Missouri scored two touchdowns in a reverse play and a faked field goal.
"I thought the first half was pretty even," Missouri coach Boll Stull said. "They physically took over the game in the second half."
Senior strong safety Paul Friday, who recovered one of three Tiger turnovers, and the Jayhawks' long-awaited turnaround was complete.
The Kansas defense held the Tigers to seven points after halftime.
"It means everything," Friday said. "Our first year, we were 1-10. I wanted to be part of the turnaround, I'm not afraid of the roundabout, but I'm glad it finally happened."
When the game was over, the Jayhawks had racked up 648 yards of total offence on 96 plays. Kansas had 321 first downs and 54 third down plays and punited only twice.
Junior quarterback Chip Hilleary rushed for 81 yards on 13 carries and three touchdowns, tying a Kansas single-season record with 14 touchdowns. Hilleary also completed eight of 12 passes for 107 yards.
On Kansas' final drive, Sands broke the NCAA record on a 7-yard gain to the Missouri 12 yard line. Sands then had two more yards and a first down to the 5-ward line.
With 20 seconds left in the game, Kansas called time-out. Junior offensive tackle Keith Loneker and senior defensive tackle Perez carried Sandu off the field.
"It's great to have a winning season and have Tony break the record," Loneker said.
Perez echoed his teammate.
"I came in a loser and left a winner," the senior said.
Kansas coach Glen Mason praised the seniors for sticking through the losing seasons.
**Missouri scored three second-quarter touchdowns on 13 plays. The Tigers passed for 304 yards.**
"they hung in there," Mason said. "easy thing would have been to quit."
Sophomore Dan Eichloh's 26-yard field goal was his 18th in 24 attempts. He hit at least one field goal in every game this season.
Sidelines
Kansas' Charley Bowen, right, returns a kick as Missouri cornerback Montana Wagoner tries to make the stop.
Freshmen shine in 122-58 victory
Junior point guard Adonis Jordan, playing without his protective mask, shoots a layup against Maryland-Baltimore County.
By Jeff Kobs
Kansan Sportswriter
There were not a lot of surprises Saturday
therein. The 12th was hawks bleu on
Maryland-Baltimore County.
As expected, Kansas was never in danger and rolled to a 122-58 victory at Allen Field House.
"It was a really good performance," Coach Hickey said. "I think every one of our players wants it."
"The number of turnovers that they had and their shooting percentage would say that we were really good defensively tonight."
Kansas forced 32 turnovers and gave up 19. Sophomore guard Steve Woodberry had 15. Rookie guard Jake Schmidt
"The most amazing thing to me is I thought the best player on the court was Alonzo Jamison," Williams said. "He's gotten mentioned as well, and still he doesn't go out there and force in the shot."
"There can't be a better defender the size of Alonzo Jamison in the entire country."
Jamison led the team in rebounds with seven and assists with eight. He had three points
Where Jamison left off in points sophomore forward Richard Scott picked up.
Scott had a game and career high 22 points on nine-of-10 shooting. Scott had eight of the 'Hawks' first 11 points, and Kansas soared to a 15-2 lead.
"I was really trying to score that many points," Scott said. "I was just going out to help the team."
Kansas had seven players in double digits, including all five newcomers, who combined for 21 points.
Freshman forward Ben Davis went seven-for- nine from the field, putting in 18 points, second-best overall. Davis also grabbed five rebounds.
"We got the victory, and it just happened that I was open a lot."
'He's got a knack of being able to score inside even against bigger people,' he said.
Williams said Scott did a good job of posting up.
Freshmen center Greg Ostertag and guard
Greg Gurley added 15 and 11 points respectively.
Junior Rex Walters and Eric Pauly both started the game and chipped in 10 points a plate.
*Eric Paulie seemed so much more comfortable out there tonight than he had in any of the others.*
The Jayhawks were leading 33-18 before they went on a 30-1 run later in the first half that tended to give them an edge.
Kansas, already up 59-28 at half, picked up in the second half right where it left off in the first
Kansas went on runs of 11-3 and 13-0 to give the Jayhaws plenty of cushion.
"We got the chance to get a lot of the young
people to attend in that way that will help
us down the line," Williams said.
Kansas shot 64 percent from the field and 66 percent from the charity stripe. Maryland-Baltimore County hit only 33 percent from the field and 55 percent from the line.
Williams said the Retrievers played hard defensively.
"They were very aggressive defensively," Williams said. "I don't like us putting them on the floor."
Kansas did not make a three-point shot until less than 6 minutes remained in the game. The 'Hawks went three-for-eight from three-point range, with Gurley nailing all three.
"I think we'll still shoot a lot of them." Woman said she was really surprised I do want to be there.
Junior point guard Adonis Jordan played without his face mask. Jordan, who broke his nose in preseason practice, will wear the mask for one more week of practice.
"xpress up a couple tonight that I would have liked for him to shoot."
Kansas stretched its home-court winning streak to 19 games, dating back the 1989-90 season.
Courtside
The margin of victory was the largest ever in a Kansas season opener. The previous was 56 points versus Central Missouri State on Nov. 28, 1977.
Jayhawks ready for NCAA meet
Men's team looks for top-10 finish
By Jeff Kobs
Kansan Sportswriter
The Kansas men's cross country team will make its third consecutive NCAA appearance todav.
"They know they belong there," Coach Gary Schwartz said. This year we're going to play on the top 10, that we could be in the top 10.
The Jayhawks, ranked 12th,
finished second at the district
meet in Wichita and qualified
for the NCAA meet.
two runners from the women's team, junior Julia Saul and senior Cathy Palacios, compete on an individual basis.
The championship meet will be at the EI Conquistador Country Club golf course in Tucson, Ariz. ,and is set to start at 10:30 a.m. today with the men's competition
The men's 10,000-meter race will be followed by the women's 5,000-meter race.
Schwartz said the desert golf course would be to Kansas' liking.
"It's a fair course," he said.
"There are not huge hills, but there's a lot of undulating ground.
"They can only afford to water so much, so the fairways are there, but outside of that it's desert."
Senior Donnie Anderson, who
CROSS COUNTRY
"We want to get into the top 10," he said. "We know we are capable of doing it."
has been on all three recent Kansas teams to make nationals, said the team had a definite goal.
Anderson and the other co-captains, seniors Sean Sheridan and Sam Froese, will lead the 'Hawks'
The other runners are senior Jason Teal and sophomores Michael Cox, Alec Bolten and David Johnston.
Two years ago, Kansas finished 10th at the national meet, and last year the Jayhawks finished 16th.
The women's team, which earned its first-ever national ranking this season, finished fourth at the District V meet and missed qualifying for the NCAs by only three points.
Saul and Palacios both won all-district honors. Saul won the race to qualify for nationals, and Palacios finished seventh overall.
However, Palacios was one of only six runners in the nation to earn an individual at-large bid to the NCAA Championships.
Schwartz said both women runners would have a shot at All-American status, which is anything in the top 25 individually.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Lawrence Lions win state crown
The Lawrence High School Chesty Lions defeated Garden City 10-8 in Manhattan on Saturday for their third straight Class 64 crown.
Michael Cosey rushed for 105 yards and one touchdown in the victory. The Lions (11-1) also scored a 25-yard field goal by Ben Strobl. Garden City (10-1) scored its only touchdown on Jason Harmon's 1-yard run.
Lawrence has made six straight title game appearances and has won championships in 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
In other championship games Sat-
terday, Blue Valley slipped by Liberal
17-14 in Class 5A, Scott City defeated
Riverton 68-49 in Class 4A, Silver Lake
Hockey and Atwood won its third straight
Class 2-14 title with a 21-13 victory
Also, Sharon Spring beat Canton-Galva 52-30 for the Eight-Man Division I crown, and Claflin shut out Sullivan for the Eight-Man Division II crown.
against Pittsburg-Colgan.
Former United States Olympic Committee president Robert Helmck repeatedly violated rules regarding ethical conduct by Olympic officials, according to a scathing report released yesterday.
Report reprimands USOC head
"The report concludes that Mr. Helmck's behavior, among other things, gave rise to conflicts of interest and the appearance of conflicts of interest and engendered a general perception that Mr. Helmck was traficking on his Olympic position to the benefit of private clients," said Arnold
Seles beats Navratilova in Virginia Slims tournev
Burns, a former U.S. deputy attorney general who conducted the three-month investigation.
Burns, appointed by USOC executive director Harvey Schiller in September to review Helmick's business records, reported the results of an investigation into USOC executive committee's two-day meeting at La-Port Worth International Airport.
Helmick, who had served seven years as president, resigned Sept. 18 amid allegations he used the office to promote business for his Des Moines, Iowa, law firm. Helmick has denied any wrongdoing.
While president of the USOC,
Helmick was paid more than $300,000
in retainers from sports entities with
ties to the Olympic movement.
From The Associated Press
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Monica Seles earned her second straight Virginia Slims Championships title, a record payoff and championship title.
"She such a great player, you have to respect for that," Martina Navratilova said of the 17-year-old who walks to a different drummer."
The drumming yesterday was done on the Madison Square Garden carpet where Seles sprayed winner after winner as Navratilova could only stand and watch. And when it was over, Seles had capped her remarkable year with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory against Navratilova.
winning a record 158th career title.
The victory in the season-ending event was worth $250,000 to Seles, who made three appearances she played this year, winnings 10. She also kept Navratilova from 11.
"It was a great match," Seles said. "Even till the last point, I was telling myself, 'You got to keep going because Martina came back a lot of times.'"
"I played my best tennis that I was capable of today, and it wasn't good enough." Navratilova said. "She played better."
Two hours and 10 minutes after taking the court, Seles had shown the crowd why she was No. 1 in the world. And then she told her day: day she beaten by a better player.
"I just wish I could have won," Navratrila said. "That would have been just a thrill of a lifetime for me to have won now. Just to be out there
Using her speed, quickness and precision groundstrokes, Seles used every angle on the court, despite Navlatilvio's gallant bid at trying to keep pace. But it was Seles who turned up the tempo in the fourth set.
was a treat for me. And a privilege."
The crowd, solidly for the 35-year-old Navarrita throughout the weeklong tournament, gave her a standing ovation when she accepted the runner-up trophy.
Sales received a total of $800,000 for winning the tournament, boosting her earnings this year to $2,457,758, breakthrough sales. In February, she made $2,177,566 by Navratri in 1984.
Seles got a $500,000 bonus for finishing first in the yearlong Virginia Strikes bonus pool and $50,000 from an incentive nook.
Navratilova, who earned $120,000 for finishing second in the 16-player event, also collected $100,000 for finishing fourth in the bonus pool and $8,000 from the incentive pool. Add $19,000 from the incentive pool with Pam Shriver to win the double title Saturday, and Navratilova's 1991 earnings total is $998,966.
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