Sports
University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 3, 1989
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'Hawks to end regular season tomorrow
KU hoping to go out with big win
by Mike Considine Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Roy Williams is in no hurry for his first season as basketball coach to end.
Like it or not, however, that time is coming soon.
Kansas, 18-11 overall and 5-8 in the Big Eight Conference, travels to Oklahoma State, 16-10 and 7-6, tomorrow for its final game of the regular season.
After tomorrow game, the Jayhawks will have between one and three games remaining, depending on whether Big Eight tournament next week.
"I don't even know when the games start in the Big Eight Tourney," Williams said. "I'm just glad we're playing. I'm glad we have two more."
I wish it were 10."
The Jayhawks are in six place in the league, one game behind Iowa State. A Kansas victory over Oklahoma State and an Iowa State loss to Kansas State would result in a fifthplace tie.
plays. Although the teams split their regu-
lar season games, Iowa State would get
the fifth seed in the Big Eight
Tournament instead of the Jayhawks
because the Cyclones defeated sec-
ond-place Missouri. Kansas lost both
bets to Missouri. 91-66 Feb. 1 and
93-80 Feb. 11.
The Jayhawks lost in Lawrence Feb. 8 to Oklahoma State 87-81. Kansas held down the Cowbys' leading scorer Richard Dumas, who averages 16.2 points a game. However, Dumas' fresh-hired Darwin Alexander and Corey Williams scored a combined total of 38 points.
total of 50 pointers.
"We wanted to make them shoot from the outside." Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard said, "and they shot about as well as they could. They played well overall."
prised by their seiring but that the quickness and athletic ability of the Cowbirds' guards gave the Jayhaws problems.
Pritchard said that he was sur-
principle.
"We're going to have to play better perimeter defense, and the key will be keeping them from going to the offensive board," he said.
The Jayhawks season opened with two victories in their first three games at the Great Alaska Shootout. They finished second. The team won its next 11 games, surprising many who expected Kansas to be devastated by the loss of Associated Press Player-of-the-Year Danny Manning and by the three-year NCAA probation. But Kansas hit an eight-game mid-season losing streak before recovering to win its last two games.
senior guard Scooter Barry said the Jayhawks were successful early because they didn't dwell on last year's national championship.
"You don't want to live in the past," Barry said. "You want to look forward to the future. We were able
Kansas would end the regular season with a three-game winning streak if it defeats Oklahoma State.
to turn a bad attitude into a good one in the preseason."
Newton said going into the Big Eight tournament with a three-game winning streak would give the team momentum.
Graduating senior Milt Newton said he hoped to play professional basketball after college.
Barry said he would like to be remembered for the improvement he made at Kansas. After redshitting his first year, Barry played in only 17 games in each of the next two seasons.
momentum.
"Winning is contagious," Newton said. "We know what it takes to win now. The biggest thing is that we're getting ready for the Big Eight tournament."
"I'd like to play in the (National Basketball Association) or overseas," Newton said. "I don't think I'd like to play in the (Continental League). If I played there's a strong possibility I would get picked up by an NBA team.
Game 30
Kansas Jayhawks
Coach: Roy Williams
Record: 18-11 (5-8)
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Coach: Leonard Hamilton
Record: 16-10 (7-6)
PROBABLE STARTERS
Player Ht. PPG Player Ht. PPG
F-Mike Maddox 6.7 10.8 F-Richard Dumas 6.7 16.2
F-Milt Newton 6.4 17.2 F-Royce Jeffries 6.6 12.7
C-Mark Randall 6.2 16.4 C-Byron Houston 6.7 13.5
G-Jeff Gueldner 6.5 5.3 G-Corey Williams 6.2 11.8
K-Gevin Pritchard 6.3 15.0 G-Darwyn Alexander 6.1 7.0
Game notes: Kansas leads the series 77-42 and has a 26-23 record at Oklahoma State. The Jayhawks had won 12 straight games until the Cowboys won 87-81 Bust. 8 in Lawrence. The game will be telecast on the Big Eight/Raycom Network (channels 13 and 14) and broadcast on KLZR 106-FM. Tip-off is 1:10 p.m.
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Coach tells of Johnson's drug usage
The Associated Press
TORONTO — Ben Johnson's track coach said yesterday his star spinner used steroids at least three months before his 1988 Olympic 100-meter victory over American Carl Lewis
LEWIS Johnson was stripped of his gold medal when he tested positive for steroids.
Charlie Francis, testifying before a Canadian commission looking into drug use by athletes, said five of his athletes used steroids in early July before the Canadian national championships but Johnson did not at that
time.
"He had it earlier than he would have normally because of the injury," the coach said.
The coach also said Johnson used steroids to prepare for the 1878 World Championships at Rome when he also beat Lewis and set the existing world record in the 100-meter dash at 9.83 seconds.
Francis said that the cycle of steroid treatments was administered while Johnson was on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts being treated by a group of scientists to string injury that the spriter suffered in a Japanese race in May.
The commission formed because of Johnson's Olympic disqualification adjourned until Monday after three days of startling testimony by Francis on the steroid use dating to 1981. Still to be heard was testimony of the events in the last months of pre-Olympie training.
Johnson made two trips to St. Kitts in May and June.
Steve Traynor/KANSAN
Thanks
Kansas seniors Sean Alvarado, Scooter Barry, Lincoln Minor and Milt Minor received congratulations Wednesday night before their
final game in Allen Field House. The four will play their last regular-season game tomorrow against Oklahoma State in Stillwater.
Mistakes haunt men's tennis team in loss
by Laurie Whitten
Kansan sportswriter
After Kansas' sixth loss in 13 days, men's tennis coach Scott Perelman said he was tired of the Jayhawks matches because of mistakes in singles.
The Jayhawks won only two of six singles matches yesterday against the Santa Barbara Gauchos in the first round of the H.E.B. Collegiate Team Championships in Corpus Christi, Texas, and were defeated 5-2
The country's top 20 teams competed in the outdoor tournament, which began yesterday and ends
"It's the same old story," Perelman said ("Craig") Wildey and (Rafael) Rangel lose 7 in the third set. Losees lose 4 in the third set.
"We had every possible opportunity to be up 4-2 or 1-3 after singles, but instead, we were down 2-4. In the last two weeks, we made more missed opportunities. It's getting to the point where it's almost impossible to handle."
Monday. After losing to Santa Barbara, KU entered the consolation bracket and will play Florida State today at 3:30 p.m.
Because five games are needed to win a dual, only one doubles match was played. Brady and Craig Ellison, Santa Barbara's No. 1 doubles team, defeated the Jayhawk doubles team of John Falbo and Secrest 6-2, 6-1.
Sophomore Jeff Gross and freshman Carlos Fleming w kansa' only matches against the Gauchos gross defeated Randy Flachman 6-4, 6-4 and Flemdefeaten Brian Cory
Kansas women's tennis coach Eric Hayes said he was pleased with how his team had performed so far this season. However, he said he didn't want the Jayhawks to play too well early in the season.
"I want us to peak during the Big Eight season in April." Hayes said of the Jayhawks, who have a 7-5 record. "So far, everything's on schedule."
Hayes said he was unfamiliar with Illinois because it consisted of several new recruits. Kansas defeated Illinois 5-4 last year in a dual, but Hayes said he anticipated this year's team would be tougher.
Kansas will play Illinois in its third home dual of the season at 8 a.m. Sunday at the Wood Valley Racquet Club in Topeka.
"They took a bunch of new girls this year," Hays said. "I'm expecting a fight. They're a balanced team,
good in doubles, and they usually finish in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten Conference."
Hayes said the Jayhawks had improved in both singles and doubles this season.
"Last year, we were good in singles, but our doubles were not quite there," Hayes said. "Now we're out there for five hours, playing tough tennis. It's like a basketball game — you have to come out after halftime and continue to play well.
"The team is really focused on doubles now, and we're playing confidently."
Golf team heads west to try luck in fresh air
by Laurie Whitten
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas women's golf coach Brad Dema said it was hard to predict how the Jayhawks would play in their first spring tournament. Maybe he could make a prediction if he had seen his team play outdoors.
secternum. Kansas has been limited to swinging golf clubs inside Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
"When a golfer sets down his clubs for a period of time, he loses all tening of golfing muscles," Demo said. "Some of the girls were unable to play outside over (winter) break, but they did so for a golf swing had to be retrained."
Kansas will compete Monday through Wednesday in the Dixie Intercollegiate tournament in Saint George, Utah. The Jayhawks will face Bright Young, Long Beach State, Wichita State, Nebraska, Washington, Washington State, Colorado State, Baylor, Hawaii and Texas A. & M. Play will consist of three rounds of 18 holes each.
Demo said the teams that have practiced outside year-round, such as Texas A & M, Hawaii and Long Beach State, would have an advantage against Kansas at the tournament.
"Long Beach State is going to be tough." Demo said. "I think we can beat them, but again, they've been able to practice outside all year. Our swings are going to be a little rusty in the beginning."
Demo said that although the Jayhawks had a younger team this year, they had enough experience to play better than in 1988. Shelly Triplett, a Pullman, Wash., freshman, leads the team, which consists of two juniors, one sophomore and two freshmen
"It would have been nice to have at least one senior returning, but age isn't the only factor." Demo said. "Golf also requires knowledge and experience, and we've got that."
"They're a great group of girls. Last fall, we won two of four tournaments, and beyond that, we learned a lot about us. I expect us to have a good spring season."
gold spring school.
Last fall, Kansas won the Wichita State Shocker Classic and the Texas-El Paso Invitational and placed second in the Air Force Academy Falcon Classic.
Jayhawks enter tournament with confidence
Special to the Kansan
bv Molly Reid
This could be the last weekend of basketball for the Kansas women's basketball team as they face second-seeded Oklahoma State in the first round of the NCAA tournament tomorrow at the Bicentennial Center in Salina.
Oklahoma State, 17-10 overall and 8-6 in the Bigh Eight, defeated the 13-13 Jayhawks twice this season. Kansas is 5-9 in the conference and is tied with Arizona for sixth place heading into the tournament.
"I think we have a really good chance of winning (the tournament)." Bloxom said of the seventh-place finisher.
"We've been watching films from previous years, and that is pumping us up." Bloxom said. "We know that it is difficult to win three years in a row, but the juniors are really motivating us."
But, an optimistic freshman Shannon Bloxom doesn't see the end that near.
row, but Cobirch Marian Washington said that despite the hard work her team had put in, she was worried about the Jayhawks' numbers problem. Kansas has only 10 healthy players.
Three other Jayhawks who have suffered illness or injury this season will not return. Freshman Marthe McCloud, Kansas' leading rebounder, to the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, sophomore LaTanyan Lee is out with an ACL injury. Marion Sandier well home with mononucleosis.
Bloxom, the Jayhawk's second leading scorer, has been sidelined for the last three games with a knee injury. She will be slowed by a full-length leg brace. Washington said Bloxom's mobility would be limited and her level of play would depend on her endurance.
The dayhawks are using the experience of three juniors - Lisa Brady, who was recently named to the All-Big Eight second team for the second consecutive year, Michelle Arnold and Lynn Page — to prepare the young Kansas team for the tournament.
"It kind of bugs me, but I'm ready to play." Blossom said.
"It's so intense," Braddy said. "Everyone's just guaranteed one game and then the season is over."
"Are you young or good. I think we win this.
Bloxom added. "I think we're mentally ready, at
least I feel I am."
least I feel I am.
Washington said she wasn't looking too far ahead and was taking the tournament one game at a time.
a time.
"We need to come out and play hard for the first nine minutes of the ballgame." Washington said. "There are things that we have no way to prepare for. I mean, this will be the first tournament most of the players. Lisa Braddy is really the only player who had a big part in the last two championships."
championships.
The crowd hopefully will not make a difference against Oklahoma State. Washington said. She added that that was one reason she was glad the Jayhawks weren't facing Kansas State because that would split the Salma crown.
The previous two Oklahoma State-Kansas games were similar. Washington said Poor shoot caused problems for the Jayhawks. In a 71-37 loss in Lawrence on Jan 26, the Jays scored a percent of 19% in a 64-58 loss in their Fob. In Kansas only 20 percent of its field goals in the first half.
"our first 20 minutes are going to be critical because we have to be within reach of them."
Women's Basketball Game 27
Kansas Jayhawks
Coach: Marian Washington
Record: 13-13 (5-9)
PROBABLE STARTERS
Big Flight Tournament
Player Ht. IPG
F-Danielle Sharef 5-9 6.7
F-Michelle Arnold 5-9 6.3
C-Lynn Page 6-3 7.5
G-Lisa Braddy 5-8 14.7
G-Gerli Hart 5-6 6.2
Coach: Dick Halterman
Record: 17-10 (8-6)
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
Player HT. Pt.
F Allisa Duncan 5-8 7.9
C Clintette Jordan 5-11 21.0
C Jool Fischer 6-1 3.2
G Althea Cox 5-7 9.7
G Liz Brown 5-5 11.
**Game notes:** Kansas leads the overall series 11-6. However, Alabama State has won the last three meetings. The game will be broadcast on KLZR 108-FM and KJHK 90-7.FM. Tip-off is at 6 p.m. at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, KS.