Sports
Tuesday, March 25, 1986
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University Daily Kansan
Argument forced Dreiling to be more assertive
By Frank Hansel
Associate sports editor
Kansas center Greg Dreiling's resurgence in the second half of Sunday's 75-67 win over North Carolina State may be credited to forward Ron Kellogg.
Dreiling erupted out of a tournament slump and scored 19 points against the Wolfpack, helping No. 2 Kansas gain a spot in the Final Four against No. 1 Duke on Saturday in Dallas.
The 7-foot-1 center scored 10 first-half points, but had been shut down for the first 15 minutes of the second half by N.C. State's Chris Washburn. During a time out with Kansas trail-running, Kellog decided to take charge.
"Instead of listening to Coach Brown, I was arguing with Greg," Kellogg said yesterday. "He hit me with a towel in the face, and it kind of stung me. I was really surprised he did it."
Dreling said Kellogg told him to be more assertive on the court. In the
"He really got me ready during that time out," Dreiling said. "Ronnie has his little ways of picking me up. He felt that since I was a senior and the big man on the team that I should be getting the ball in that situation."
huddle, Brown told the team to get the ball down low to forward Danny Manning and for Dreiling to go for the offensive rebounds, but Kellogg thought Dreiling should be taking charge of the game.
"I don't think it's good to put a lot of pressure on Danny, even though he can handle it," Kellogg said.
Drrelling tapped Kellogg on the back of the leg as the timeout ended as if to say he got the message.
"I didn't have to say anything else. He went for everything and really asserted himself. That's why we are here today."
After N.C. State scored six straight points to take a 57-52 lead, Manning responded with 10 straight points, and the Jayhawks took a 62-58 lead with 5 minutes and 32 seconds left.
He scored the next nine Kansas points and grabbed two defensive rebounds. After Dreiling was done, Kansas had a 71-63 lead with only 43 seconds left.
First, Dreiling grabbed two offensive rebounds and followed in the missed shots. He then scored on a four-foot hook off an assist from guard Cedric Hunter.
And then it was Dreiling's turn.
On the defensive end, Dreiling rebounded a missed shot and was fouled by Wolfpack forward Charles Shackleford. He made one of the two free throws to give Kansas a 69-36 lead. The next trip down the court, Dreiling again grabbed a defensive rebound, and this time he was fouled by guard Ernie Myers. He hit both free throws.
After the second rebound, Dreiling came down the court double pumping his clinched fists in celebration.
"That was my rebound," he said. "At that point I knew it was my turn to take over, and I knew it was all over for N.C. State."
KU sets sights on championship
By Frank Hansel
Associate sports editor
Kansas added another gem to its collection of accomplishments this year — the Midwest Region championship and a berth in the Final Four.
"We celebrated a little after (Sunday's) win." Kansas guard Cedric Hunter said yesterday. "But we want to win it all and we won't be happy until we do."
But the Jayhawks are not satisfied and have set their sights on their next jewel — the Duke Blue Devils.
The names will be familiar, but the teams won't be the same when the Jayhawks and Blue Devils meet for the second time this season.
Kansas and Duke meet in the second semifinal game about 5 p.m. Saturday at Reunion Academy in Dallas. The teams meet in the first game at 2:30 p.m.
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The two teams met Dec. 1 in the finals of the Big Apple NIT in New York. Duke won 92-86 to capture the
"We've improved tremendously since then," Kansas forward Ron Kellogg said.
inaugural tournament championship.
Kellogg also said the Jayhawks would need to stay out of foul trouble and have center Greg Dreiling play more than 16 minutes.
Kellogg said the Jayhawks would have to play their aggressive man-to-men defense and not allow Duke to outbreundle them.
In the Blue Devils 71-50 East Region championship win over Navy, Duke outbounded the Midshipmen 49-29. Duke used 18 offensive rebounds in the first half to score 20 second-chance points and turned a 20-16 deficit into a 34-22 halftime lead.
in the NIT championship, Drelling fouled out in 16 minutes and scored eight points but had only three rebounds.
"We have to keep Ced in the game because we don't have anyone else to match up on Johnny Dawkins," Brown said.
Kellogg said he would need to play good defense, especially on Duke forward Henderson. In the earlier game, Henderson scored 30 points in 12-of-14 shooting from the floor and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line.
Dawkins scored 28 points against Navy on Sunday and had 20 against the Javhaws in December.
"Nobody has ever scored that many points against me before," Kellogg said. "We didn't know much about him, but Coach said he was a pretty good ball player."
Kansas coach Larry Brown said another key match would be between Hunter and All-American guard Johnny Dawkins.
The semifinal game will be the first time the Jayhawks have been an underdog in the tournament. Duke has been made an early two-point favorite.
Kansas center Greg Drilling took control of the last few minutes of the Midwest Regional final against North Carolina State on Sunday and led the Jahawks to a berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament in Dallas.
Sports Briefs
KU coaches to talk on KJHK radio show
Those interested in talking to the two coaches should call 864-4747.
Kansas volunteer basketball coach R.C. Buford and graduate assistant coach Bill Self will answer questions on a live call-in show on JKHK at 5:30 p.m. today, a representative from the radio station said yesterday. The show will last one hour.
Leonard sparks KC
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Dennis Leonard held Toronto to three singles in five innings yesterday to pick up his first victory as the Kansas City Royals beat the Blue Jays 7-1 in a spring training game.
Leonard, who is trying to come back from four knee operations since 1983, worked five innings — his longest outing of the spring. Jesse Barfield's sacrifice fly scored Kelly Gruber in the first inning for the only run off Leonard.
before he could retire a batter in the first inning. Steve Balboni smashed a three-run double off the right center fence to score Willie Wilson, Frank White and Jorge Orta. White also had a run-scoring single in that inning.
The Royals added two more runs in the fourth on an RBI single by Lonnie Smith and a sacrifice fly by Wilson. Smith, who stole two bases in the seventh inning on a Buck Martins throw-in error.
The Royals scored four runs off losing pitcher Doyle Alexander
Sampson hurts back
BOSTON — Houston Rockets star Ralph Sampson fell on his back and head during a game against Boston last night and may have suffered a broken back and neurological damage to his right leg, a Celtics spokesman said.
The spokesman, Jeff Twiss,
quoted Celtics team physician Thomas Silva as saying Sampson had no feeling or movement in his right leg in the minutes immediately after the accident.
Kansas regroups after 3 losses
No. 4 Jayhawks set to challenge No. 3 Creighton
By Jim Suhr Sports writer
Kansas head softball coach Bob Stancilk said yesterday that the fourth-ranked Jayhawks must rebound from a three-loss performance in last weekend's Hall of Fame Classic at Oklahoma City in time for today's showdown with No. 3 Creighton — a doubleheader he said would have long-term implications.
Stanclift said Kansas' performance today against Creighton would affect its regional and national ranking because Creighton head coach, Mary Higgins, was a chairman of the national committee involved in national rankings and final selections for the National Collegeiate Athletic Association playoffs in May.
"If we play well against her team, she has to think highly of us and give us high consideration," Stancliff said. "I want to settle it on the field. I want her to know by the time she leaves here that we can play ball."
The Javhawks, who lost three of
Softball
five games in the Hall of Fame Classic to drop their record to 18-5, entered the tournament ranked first in the region. Kansas lost, however, to the region's No. 3 team Nebraska. New regional and national polls will come out today.
Kansas pitching ace, Tracy Bunge, said the Jayhawks setback was a learning experience.
"We definitely have something to learn from," Bunge said. "Everyone has to realize that we have setbacks, too. Hopefully we got the bad out of our system last weekend.
"We have an opportunity to go a long way with the talent we have this season. We showed people what we were capable of doing over spring break."
During the season-opening spring break, Kansas won two tournaments and 16-of-18 games, including six against top 20 teams.
She said she hoped to pitch against Creighton and be at full strength in time for the three-day Houston Classic this weekend. Eight of the 16 teams in that tournament are ranked in the top 20.
Stancilt said Kansas" other pitcher, Sherri Mach, 10-3, could pitch in Bunge's absence without physical problems.
Bunge may be kept out of the Kansas lineup today because she was suffering from lower back pains. Bunge, 8-2 this season, pitched only once last weekend — a 1-0 loss to Louisiana Tech.
"She has the endurance," Stancliff said of Mach, who pitched four of Kansas' five games last weekend. "It's not a situation that we want to put her in. It cuts down on the pitcher's effectiveness when batters see her for so many innings."
Stancill said he had confidence in his team's offense. But he said Kansas would have to provide defensive support for whoever pitches. He criticized the players' defensive performance last weekend for not making the big plays as they had done in their first 18 games.
Kansas' scores in the Hall of Fame classic were: Kansas 5, Kansas State 0; Missouri 8, Kansas 1; Louisiana Tech 1, Kansas 0; Kansas 3, Oklahoma City 0; Nebraska 9, Kansas 0.
Berry gets UPI award
United Press International
NEW YORK — Walter Berry, the lifeblood of a St. John's team that exceeded all expectations this season, yesterday was named college basketball's 1966 Player of the Year by United Press International.
Berry, a 6-foot-8 junior from the Berry, averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds a game despite frequent doubles in leading St. John's to a 31-5 record.
In a nationwide voting of 125 sports writers and broadcasters, Berry won by more than a 2-to-1 margin over his closest competitor, receiving 43 votes. Johnny Dawkins of Duke was second with 17 votes and Len Bias of Maryland was third with 11.
Berry's selection marks the first time since UP1 began this vote in 1955 that different players from the same school won in consecutive seasons. Chris Mullin of St. John's was UP1's 1983 Player of the Year.
The Redmen initially were regarded as a team that would fare no better than the middle of its conference. But with Berry providing dazzling inside play, Mark Jackson running the offense and Ron Rowan striking from the perimeter, St. John's finished with a No. 3 national ranking before being eliminated by Auburn in the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
St. John's tied Syracuse for the Big East's regular-season title, then beat the Orangemen, 70-69, to win the league tournament — the high point of the Redwood's season. Berry blocked a last-second shot in the lane by Dwayne Washington to preserve the victory.
"That's the play I'll never forget," Berry said yesterday.
Two other games — victories over Georgetown — were vintage Berry: 28 points and 10 rebounds on Jan. 11. Another game, won by an edible ankle that nearly sidelines him.
This year Berry, a natural forward, was forced to play center and defenses collapsed on him like beams falling from the ceiling. Still, Berry managed to escape three defenders who were attempting a rim-ringing stuff or hung in the air for his unorthodox left-handed turner.
"I've improved a lot since last year," he said. "I worked very hard over the summer — my outside shot and my defense, Scoring comes naturally to me."
"He's so cunning it's incredible." Villanova coach Rollie Massimino said. "His style is to drop off and turn to the baseline. You'd think he'd turn to the middle to give his body protection, but he sleeps his way in."
This season Berry shot 60 percent from the floor and 70 percent from the line while making more than two blocks a game.
"He's given us three things — scoring, rebounding and a lot of emphasis," St. John's coach Lou Carnescae said. "By that I mean he takes the pressure off the other guys. He makes the other guys better."
Berry must now decide if he wants to remain in school another season. At St. John's last home game, fans chanted, "one more year." Berry, an athletic administration major, says he intends to stay. But that could mean he were to be the No. 1 pick in the National Basketball Association draft.
"I would have to think about that a whole lot," Berry said. "That's a once in a lifetime honor. Maybe I would change my mind."
Sharma Northeast/KANEAN
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Mika Van Der Bosch, Northbrook ill., junior, scrambles in an attempt to slide a Fort Riley player. The KU rugby team beat Fort Riley 24 to 3 on Saturday.
Tennis team wins tournament
By a Kansan sports writer
Southwest Louisiana was second with 61 points. Going into the final day, Kansas was tied at 55 with Southwest Louisiana.
The Kansas women's tennis team finished the Northeast Louisiana Invitational with 62 points, Sunday, enough to win the tournament.
Kansas placed four players in the finals. Three of them went on to become tournament champions. Tracy Treps won in both singles and doubles.
Treps won in No. 1 singles by
Women's Tennis
bearing Diana Lowings of Southwest Louisiana 6-3, 6-4. In No. 2 singles, Jeanne Jonsson defeated Stephanie Burnam of Northwest Louisiana 6-0, 6-2. Susie Berglund beat Angle Ryan of Cooke County Juco 1-6, 6-3.
Christine Parr advanced to the finals for No. 3 singles but was defeated by Mandy Webber of Southwest Louisiana, 6-2, 6-1. In No. 4 singles, Marie Hibbard lost to Karen Waterman of Oklahoma 2-4, 6-0, 6-3, and placed fourth. Christine Kim
finished third in the No. 5 competition by beating Acase Andersson of Cooke County Juco 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Taking third in the tournament was Tyler Juco with 57 points, Northeast Louisiana with 38, Oklahoma 33, Cook County 32, Louisiana Tech 22 and University of Texas-San Antonio 21.
Treps and Pair won in the finals of the No. 2 doubles. Hibbard and Kim advanced to the finals but were defeated finishing second for the day.
Sluggish play gives KU 3rd place
By Dawn O'Malley
Sports writer
The Kansas women's golf team had a sluggish tournament at the Rayburn Classic in Rayburn, Texas, this weekend and finished third.
The subpar performance came on the heels of a win at the North-South Classic in Florida during spring break.
The Jayhawks shot 1,023 in the 54-hole tournament. Indiana won the tournament, shooting 935. Missouri scored 1,010. Wichita State finished fourth.
Women's Golf
Weiser said the team's shots were not falling and attributed some of the mistakes to a lack of player concentration.
"We did not shoot too well," Kent Weiser, head women's golf coach, said yesterday. "We could have done a lot better. None of us were happy."
For example, he said, sophomore Tina Gniewuch tried to make a short putt, but the ball circled around the hole and rolled back.
Six teams were supposed to have competed in the tournament, but Southern Alabama and North Texas State dropped out.
"I know they can do better."
Weiser said. "Each person has to get in the right frame of mind. They know they can do better. There are
no magic words. It is an individual thing, and you recognize why you shot poor."
The lowest three-day score on the team was turned in by junior Marlee Scheid. Her rounds were 85-82-83 for 250.
Sophomore Susan Pekar finished with 83-85-86 for 251. Gwenuch was the third lowest golfer with 262. She shot 98-90-86.
The Jayhawks are scheduled to travel to South Carolina for the South Carolina Invitational, Friday through Sunday. This is the second time in two years Kansas has made the trip.