THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006
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MEN'S BASKETBALL: 88-75
Fouls plague game
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Sophomore guard Russell Robinson defends Iowa State guard Curtis Stinson during the second half of Saturday's game. An altercation between Robinson and Stinson in the second half resulted in a double technical.
BY RYAN COLAIANNI rcolaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWRIETER
Curtis Stinson and Russell Robinson embraced after Saturday's game, while the teams shook hands in Allen Fieldhouse. Stinson told Robinson he would look for him when the two returned to their hometown of New York City for a pick-up game.
"I guess we will meet up again, probably when we play back home," Robinson said. "I guess he is looking forward to that."
It was a nice gesture, which followed an intense and physical game. Iowa State and Kansas were whistled for a combined 46 fouls. Most of the Iowa State players talked to Kansas players during the 88-75 Kansas victory.
Stinson and Robinson directed gibes toward each other throughout the game. A miniscuffle occurred with five minutes to play, which resulted in a double technical foul on sophomore center CJ Giles and Iowa State's Shawn Taggart.
Earlier in the possession, Iowa State guard Will Blalock pushed Robinson over the scorer's table — no call was made.
Robinson's teammates came to his defense later in the possession when an alteration resulted during an Iowa State huddle before Giles went to the line to shoot a free throw.
"As far as emotional-wise, it definitely was intense." Robinson said. "That's great. We didn't back down. It shows toughness on our part."
BASEBALL
Stanford series shows Hawks capability
BY ALISSA BAUER
abauer@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Aside from Kansas defeating a well-known baseball powerhouse in Stanford, senior closer Don Czyz made history Friday night. Czyz became the all-time Kansas saves leader with his 14th save, which put him next limp. 44
Kansas returned to the Midwest on Sunday with its second series victory, defeating No.19 Stanford in a three game series, 2-1.
mil past jimmy Walker. The right-hander added to his record when he picked up his 15th save on Saturday night.
Stanford connected for more hits on Sunday than the first two games of the series combined.
"When you go on the road and play in that environment it was a very good weekend, but it could've been a great weekend," Kansas coach Ritch Price said. "We just didn't get it done on the final day."
The final day posed another problem for Kansas. Senior centerfielder Matt Baty left the game with an undisclosed injury in the third inning.
"We're all praying," he said.
Stanford's 10 hits pushed the team past Kansas in the series finale. 8-3.
Senior right-hander Kodiac
Ouick (1-1), a former Stanford
Price said he could not comment on Baty's status after the game.
"I don't think our pitching was quite as sharp. The ump kept a tight zone today that made Kodiak have to elevate his pitches a little more than he'd had liked to."
player, didn't come up with the start he envisioned against his former team. He allowed five runs, three of which were earned, on seven hits.
"I don't think our pitching was quite as sharp." Price said,
"There's no doubt about it." Price said about Quick taking the loss a little differently. "But I think he was a little too hyped for it."
Quick's relief, freshmen Nick Czyz and Paul Smyth, combined to let in three more runs. Quick was slated with the loss.
Ritch Price Kansas coach
about Sunday. "Theump kept a tight zone today that made Kodiak have to elevate his pitches a little more than he'd liked to."
Saturday — Kansas 5, Stanford 4
Senior right-hander Ricky Fairechild (2-0) allowed three runs on four hits in his 5.1-inning victory. Czyz sealed up the ninth inning for his third save of the season.
A four-run fourth inning proved huge for the Jayhawks. Sophomore second baseman Ryne Price and freshman catcher Buck Afenir hit home runs to lead the KU offense.
"He's a big-time player." Price said. "It's so good to see him play to his potential."
had all three RBIs in Sunday's loss and almost hit for the cycle He lacked only a double in his 3-of-4 showing at the plate.
Senior right-
fielder Gus
Milner was the
dominant force
for Kansas, hit-
ing. 530 for the
Milner
Saturday — Kansas 5, Stanford 4
SUNDAY'S BOX SCORES
Stanford 8, Kansas 3
Stanford (4-2)
Player AB R H RBI
Joey August, lf 4 2 3 0
Ryan Seawell, lf 0 0 0 0
Jim Rapoport,cf 3 0 2 0
Chris Minaker, ss 4 0 0 0
Michael Taylor, rf 0 1 0 2
Brent Milleville, dh 4 0 0 0
Jason Castro, 1b 3 2 1 1
John Hester, c 4 2 2 1
Austin Yount, 3b 4 0 1 3
Chris Lewis, 2b 3 1 1 1
Matt Leva, p 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Bleich, p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 8 10 8
HR: Lewis
Kansas (6-2)
Player AB R H RBI
Matt Baty, cf 2 1 0 0
Kyle Murphy, cf 1 0 0 0
Ritchie Price, ss 4 1 1 0
Jared Schweitzer, 1b 4 0 0
Gus Milner, rf 4 1 3 3
John Allman, lf 4 0 0 0
Ryne Price, 2b 4 0 0 0
Erik Morrison, 3b 4 0 1 0
Brook Simpson, dh 2 0 0 0
Preston Land, ph/dh 2 0 1 0
Buck Afenir, c 3 0 0 0
Kodiak Quick, p 0 0 0 0
Nick Czyz, p 0 0 0 0
Paul Smyth, p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
HBs Millner
Source: kuathletics.com
"One through nine, we may be as good as anybody in the Big 12," Price said. "To do that, you have to find a way to win games late."
HR: Milner
Kansas trailed by two runs until the sixth inning.
Friday—Kansas 8, Stanford 2
The Jayhawks tied the game at two to end the frame and scored six more unanswered runs in the final three innings.
Junior left-hander Sean
Land (2-0) threw for a career high seven innings, allowing just two runs on three hits. Don Czyz replaced him in the eighth inning, preserved the lead and earned the record-breaking save.
"He's the guy we want with the ball in the late innings," Price said. "He's the best we've got, so if they beat us, they've got to beat him."
—Edited by James Foley
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Megan True/KANSAN
Freshman guard Mario Chalmers goes for a slam dunk in the first few minutes of Saturday's game. Chalmers lead the Jayhawks in scoring with 23 points.
Chalmers sets career record
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
There's just something about the second half that gets freshman guard Mario Chalmers going.
For the second straight game, Chalmers came through when his team needed him the most.
In a game in which players were talking a lot of trash to one another, Chalmers let his playing do the talking as he scored a career-high 23 points, grabbed a career-high
five rebounds, dished out four assists and only turned the ball over once.
Chalmers scored 16 of his 23 points in the second half. He hit his first big shot of the half with 10:16 to play in the game. Iowa State had cut Kansas' lead to four, the closest it had come since early in the first half. Chalmers then stepped up, took a pass from sophomore guard Russell Robinson and drained an open three-point shot to extend Kansas' lead back to seven.
SEE RECORD ON PAGE 5B
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: 64-57
Kansas struggles loses to Tigers
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
mphillips@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
COLUMBIA, Mo. — After watching Kansas senior guard Erica Hallman knock down shot after shot early in the game, Missouri coach Cindy Stein decided on a new strategy.
"We tried to defend her," Stein said with a laugh.
It was just what the Tigers needed, and helped propel them to a 64-57 Border Showdown victory against Kansas.
The Jayhawks led for the first 34 minutes of the game, before watching Missouri go on a 12-1 run that gave the Tigers the lead for good.
Kansas' record slipped to 14-8 overall, 3-8 in conference play. The team will likely have to win all five remaining games to be considered for the NCAA tournament, making the Women's National Invitational Tournament a more realistic possibility.
"We have to get more wins in order for us to have a postseason," senior forward Crystal Kemp said. "Especially in games like this one, where we thought we had it."
Kemp and Hallman both agreed that the Jayhawks were not as aggressive as they could have been offensive. In the second half, the Jayhawks struggled to
Missouri proved to be a stronger one-on-one team, and senior guard LaToya Bond led all players with 31 points, including 8-of-10 from the free-throw line in the final five minutes.
create shots, especially when the shot clock was winding down.
"It got down to seven seconds left, and everybody was just standing around watching somebody play one-on-one." Hallman said.
After Missouri claimed the lead, Kansas fought back once more and held the ball with 31.6 seconds remaining, down by three points.
Hallman drove inside and missed a shot. Sophomore forward Taylor McIntosh grabbed the rebound, looked around, and saw senior guard Kaylee Brown open for a three-point shot. Her pass to Brown was intercepted, and Missouri sealed the game at the free-throw line.
After the game, Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said that outside of the offensive performance, she saw some encouraging signs.
"As strange as it sounds, I think we can build some momentum," she said. "I thought we played awfully tough in a place that's been tough for people in the league to play."
SEE STRUGGLE ON PAGE 2B
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