Monday, Feb. 10, 1986 Sports University Daily Kansan 11 Jason Manuel, Oklahoma State forward, restrained Archie Marshall, after a shoving match between Marshall and an Oklahoma State player Saturday at Stillwater. Cheering starts before game Bv Matt Tidwell Sports writer STILLWATER, Okla. — The loudest cheer from the Kansas fans at Gallagher Hall on Saturday came long before the Jayhawks took the floor to do battle with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The small contingent of Kansas fans spent the moments before tip-off craning their necks to see a small vision perched on a press-row table. As the national anthem was just about underway in Stillwater, Iowa State was winding down its 73-70 victory over Oklahoma in Ames. The Sooners' loss put the Jayhawks, who went on to beat Oklahoma State 85-69, alone in the first place in the Big Eight conference. "We could see it on their faces when we came out," Kansas guard Cedric Hunter said. "We wanted to be on top and we knew we'd have to play hard to stay there." But the Kansas players and coaches didn't have much time to savor their new conference lead. And Men's Basketball if anything the Sooner's loss made Oklahoma State want to play the role of the spoiler. "I'm sure Oklahoma State heard about it too and that probably made them play harder." Kansas center Greg Dreiling said. The Cowboys stayed close to Kansas in the first half behind the 14-point first-half performance of senior guard Terry Faggins. The Cowboys trailed 42-36 at halftime. Three fights broke out in the first half. The third one was a bench-clearer. The question after the game centered on who started them. "Let me put it this way." Kansas forward Calvin Thompson said. "We didn't want to go out there and put on a boxing match. We're well-coached, and we're not going to go out there and start anything." The first Jayhawk-Cowboy game on Jan. 18 also was a physical contest and Kansas head coach Larry Brown said the fights Saturday were dispointing. "It was disappointed that the game got out of control." Brown said. "It was kind of chaotic and I think it was hard for the kids to concentrate on basketball." Kansas outscored the Cowboys 12-2 in the first five minutes and coasted the rest of the way for the win. The Jayhawks, who wore their red uniforms for only the second time this year, increased their record to 39-15-6. The Cowboys dropped to 12-9 and 3-5. Kansas now has one-game lead with six conference games left, including a Feb. 24 match-up with Oklahoma in Norman. "It sort of sent a chill through everybody when we heard about it," Dreiling said. "We still don't have it locked up though. That (the Oklahoma loss) is by no means the conference championship for us." "I think it helped us to know that we have a bigger lead." Kansas guard Mark Turgeon said. "It's an incentive to win on winning." Schedule favors 'Hawks Kansas to play 4 of final 6 games at home By Frank Hansel Three weeks ago, Kansas head coach Larry Brown said the Jayhawks were at a difficult part of their schedule because they had four of their first six conference games on the road. By Frank Hansel Associate sports editor Now Kansas, which opened up a one-game lead in the Big Eight, will have the luxury of playing four of its final six conference games at Allen Field House. The schedule takes on added significance since the Jayhawks have not been beaten at the field house in 29 straight games, but Brown said the home court advantage didn't guarantee victories. "I don't think the second time around it makes much difference," Brown said. "A lot of teams in our conference have won on the road." But no one since the Oklahoma Sooners in 1984 has walked out of the field house with a victory. Missouri will be the next team to try to break the streak tomorrow night. Tip-off has been moved up to 8:05 p.m. While the Jayhawks will play four of their final six games at home, the Sooners will have three home games and three away games. Oklahoma will be at home against Kansas, Kansas State and Colorado. The Sooners will travel to Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma State. The Sooners easily defeated the Cornhuskers and Cowboys at the Lloyd Noble Center, where they have won 43 consecutive games, but they had to rally from a nine-point deficit in the second half to beat Missouri two weeks ago. Earlier this season, Oklahoma nama-ly defeated Kansas State. 83-80 in Manhattan and came away win. a four-point win at Colorado. The Sooners lost to the Jayhawks in Lawrence. 98-92. Iowa State defeated Oklahoma 73-70 after losing to the Sooners by 13 in Norman. "Iowa State's a good team," Brown said. "We lost by three there also (77-74). We still have to go to Norman, and we've got some tough games left in the conference." Kansas' other remaining conference road game is at Colorado on The Jayhawks main concern now is the Missouri Tigers. Kansas defeated Missouri 81-77 in January after having an 11-point lead in the second half Kansas guard Cedric Hunter grabs a defensive rebound. Hunter had 18 points and four rebounds Saturday in thejahwaks' 85-69 win over Oklahoma State. "I like their team," Brown said, "They're quick and big and obviously well-coached." The Tigers lost twice over the weekend. Nebraska missed Missouri 75-66 on Saturday, and No. 20 Virginia pulled out a 64-62 win over the Tigers yesterday in Columbia. "They'll be coming in pumped up after the loss, and we'll have to put some pressure on them early." Kansas guard Cedric Hunter said. Kansas 85 Oklahoma State 69 Kansas Kunimitsu | M | N | T | F | R | A | F | P | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Manning | 31 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | | Kettling | 33 | 7-14 | 4-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | | Dreiling | 17 | 4-5 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | | Hunter | 18 | 4-5 | 1-3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | | Thompson | 36 | 4-7 | 6-7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | Marshall | 22 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | Turgeon | 16 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Piper | 16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Larsen | 39 | 14-4 | 0-36 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 4 | Percentages: FG; 611, FT 731, Blocked Shots: 1 (Mannings art), 2 (Manning technology), 3 (Manning technology) Oklahoma State Manuel M FG FT A R A F TP Manuel 6 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 Mike 36 6-0 10-0 10-0 10-0 10-0 10-0 Bannister 19 2-6 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-4 2 Faggins 19 4-8 1-4 0-0 1-0 2 4 Gilliam 28 3-8 1-0 1-0 1-2 2 6 Young 13 8-12 1-0 1-0 1-2 2 6 Young 28 4-6 3-7 6-2 1-1 21 Jones 9 1-4 0-0 1-0 1-2 2 2 Patton 21 3-4 1-0 1-0 1-2 2 2 Patton 20 20 15-15 15-15 15-15 24 Percentages: FG, 493, FT, 611, Blocked Shots: 4 (Bannister, 5) Turnovers: 10 (lvy 4) Steals: 5 (Gilliam 2) Technicals: OSU ball, Patton 'Hawks tie for conference lead with 68-51 win over Cowgirls Half: Kansas 42-36. Officials: Mayfield, Unruh, Stemberger. *** By a Kansan sports writer The Jayhawks are tied for first place with Iowa State, Oklahoma and Colorado. Iowa State created the four-way tie Kansas is 5-3 in the conference and 14-7 overall. The Kansas women's basketball team found itself in a four-way tie for first place in the Big Eight Conference after its 68-51 victory over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls Saturday in Stillwater. Women's Basketball by defeating Oklahoma 82-71 Saturday in Ames. The Sooners had a onegame lead in the conference race. Colorado defeated Kansas State 69-57 in Manhattan to clog the league standings. Center Kelly Jenning's 15 points and forward Vickie Adkins' 14 points led Kansas in scoring against Oklahoma State. Forward Angela East led Oklahoma State with 18 points. Guard Jamie Siess added 15. However, both Jennings and forward Sandy Shaw fouled out of the game, and Adkins was ejected from the game after committing a flagrant foul. After the Jayhawks got in foul trouble, they had to rely on their bench. Kansas guard Lisa Dougherty and forward Jackie Martin came off the bench to score 12 and 10 points each. The Jayhawks were up 59-39 with six minutes left in the game, but the Cowgirls rallied off of 10 unanswered Kansas allots more student tickets than rest of Big Eight Student Seating in the Big 8 Kansas 46% Percentage of total seating reserved for students = 5% K-State 49% Colorado 45% Nebraska 35% Iowa State 32% Oklahoma 28% Missouri 26% Oklahoma State 18% Source: KU Athletic Department Bill Skee/KANSAN Kansas allocates a greater percentage of season tickets to students than any other Big Eight Conference school except Kansas State, according to statistics compiled by Susan Wachter, KU assistant athletic director. By Frank Ybarra KU allots 7,000 seats out of 15,122, or 46 percent, to its students while K- State allots 5,500 out of 11,220, or 49 of its students in Ahearn Field House. Wachter said last week that she obtained the statistics by calling the conference schools. Kansas does allocate, according to Wachter, a greater number of student wear of the other two conferences. The figures for the other Big Eight schools are; Nebraska — 5,000 students out of 14,438, or 35 percent, in the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Colorado — 5,000 students out of 11,199, or 45 percent, in the CU Events- Conference Center. Iowa State sold 5,100, or 36 percent, seats to its students, and Oklahoma State sold 1,500, or 20 percent, to its students. ■ Oklahoma — 3,000 students out of 10,871, or 28 percent, in Lloyd Noble Center. **Iowa State — 4,500 students, out of 14,020, or 32 percent, in the James H. Hilton Coliseum** Iowa State and Oklahoma State actually sold more season tickets to their students than they had allotted because some public seating was not sold. Georgia Tech — 2,500 students out of 8,000, or 31 percent, in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum. *Memphis State — 2,000 students out of 11,200, or 18 percent, in the Mid-South Collegium. Oklahoma State — 1,300 students out of 7,400, or 18 percent in Gallagher Hall. 12,882, or 26 percent, in the Hearnes Center. Also, Kansas State, Colorado and Nebraska students did not buy all of their season tickets. Other top-ranked men's basketball teams reported these figures; North Carolina — 7,500 students out of 21,444 or 35 percent in the Dean E. Smith Activities Center. Kansas State sold 2,900, or 26 percent, of its tickets. Colorado sold 1,000, or 9 percent. And Nebraska sold 2,000, or 14 percent, of its tickets. 2 students air bleacher concerns in ad By Dawn O'Mallev In response to the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation Board's original decision to block off three rows of seating in Allen Field House, two students took out a personal advertisement in the University Daily Kansan to voice their disapproval. Sports writer Wichita junior Nola Gutzman and Kingman senior Carey Craig took out the ad to try to make the KUAC aware of their concerns. The ad, which ran Tuesday through Thursday of last week, called for students not to take the decision sitting down and to call athletic director Monte Johnson. "This is not a protest," Craig said. "It is just the way the athletic department was treating the students. The department didn't treat the students very well, like second class citizens." Gutzman said he thought the athletic department was discouraging student involvement by stifling their spontaneity. "The ad was placed because it is important for the students to see their team play." Gutzman said. "They are not encouraging student involvement." As of Tuesday, the KUAC Executive Board reversed their decision to block off the seats. Athletic director Monte Johnson said he had received four calls from students who had seen the ad. "The callers just wanted to have their feelings on the record," Johnson said. "The calls were constructive." Johnson said he had not seen the ad but nothing surprised him anymore. Assistant athletic director Floyd Temple said the department was pro-student. "Students are an important segment to the program." In the Big Eight conference, the Kansas athletic department allots a greater number of tickets to students. "The athletic department is not directing anything against our students," Temple said. "We do care. The decisions made directly involved in the bleachers covered all the plus aspects. Nobody thought of the people standing up. William Hanna, KUAC student representative, said the people behind the students wanted to see the game and the students thought their Temple said it was not only the alumni who were complaining about the seating situation, but faculty, staff and other students as well. right to cheer was being impeded. "This is a conflict where there are no winners," he said. "It is important to make sure the students do not get the perception of being alienated," Hanna said, "That is not the intention of the athletic department. On two occasions before the ad ran, Joe Courtright, Baxter Springs sophomore, said he had called Johnson to discuss his concerns about the seating in the field house. On both occasions Johnson was willing to listen to his concerns. "Students don't stand to spite anyone," Courtright said. "Everyone should be able to see the games." Temple agreed. "Enthusiasm is super," he said. "I've seen it all, you don't have to stand to have fun."