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Sports
Friday, Jan. 24, 1986
University Daily Kansan
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Jayhawks hold off Missouri rally
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ron Kellogg dropped in two of his 27 points on foul shots with eight seconds remaining, helping seventh-ranked Kansas withstand Missouri's furious finish to record an 81-77 Big Eight Conference victory last night.
Sophomore forward Derrick Chievous and senior center Dan Bingenheimer sparked Missouri's belated bid. The Tigers, after trailing by as many as 13 points, all but overcame a 7-62 deficit in the closing six minutes.
Calvin Thompson scored off a Missouri turnover to give Kansas a 77-70 advantage preceding Missouri's strong finish.
"I'm a little disappointed how we reacted down the stretch," head coach Larry Brown said after the game. "But I told the kids that we didn't beat good teams playing tentatively with leads. Our seniors aren't looking to shoot the ball down the stretch. We just have to keep playing and not worry about mistakes."
Jeff Strong ignited the Tigers' charge with a three-point play. After
Kellogg, countered to make it 79-73,
Chievous and Bingenheimer each scored from the lane to bring Missouri to 79-77.
"I think both teams took a lot of charges," Brown said. "It was a very competitive game. Every time there was a ball on the floor it seemed like everybody on both teams was there. I'm just very thankful we can start this road trip with a win."
The outcome solidified Kansas' conference lead, boosting the Jayhawks to 4-0 in the Big Eight and 18-2 overall. Missouri dipped to 3-2 and 16-6.
Raymond Mitchell, Anchorage, Alaska junior, sprints through the afternoon light at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Mitchell and the rest of the KU track team were preparing yesterday for tomorrow's Kansas Invitational Track meet at the Pavilion.
Track teams to host KU Invitational
Sports writer
By Matt Tidwell
The Kansas men's indoor track team is hoping that steady progress will vault it into the upper division of the Big Eight, his head coach Bob Timmons said viederday.
The Jayhawk men's and women's teams continue their season in the Kansas Invitational at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Anshutz Sports Pavilion. The Wichita State Shockers and Drake Bulldogs will face what Timmons called an improved Jayhawk team.
"I would say that we are better this year in every area except the weight events." Timmons said.
Both Timmons and Carla Coffee, women's head coach, said the long layoff over the semester break made it harder for their teams to be ready. "Anytime you take four weeks off you can't expect to be ready in just a week or so of practice," Timmons said. "But the practices that we've had have gone well, and I know our
athletes are really anxious to start."
athletes are really anxious to start." Even though Timmons said his team was young and inexperienced, athletes who finished strong last season are cause for optimism in 1986.
Sophomore pole vaulter Scott Huffman, runner-up in last year's indoor championships with a vault of 17-feet-$\frac{2}{3}$ inches; senior Ray Mitchell, the top collegiate American last year in the long jump; and junior John Creighton, fifth at last year's conference meet in the 600-yard run are just a few of the tested performers Timmons is banking on.
Timmons said the team had set a goal to be fourth in the conference this season, which would put them in the Big Eight's first division after last season's sixth place finish.
"I think he is going to have a super year," Timmons said about Huffman.
"The conference is so strong this year," he said. "We feel like Iowa State and Nebraska will battle for
Timmons said that Tom Hays, pole vault; Greg Dalzell, 800-yard run and mile relay, Gerald Harder, mile run; and Courtney Hawkins, high hurdles would contribute this season. Football tight end Sylvester Byrd will compete in the shot put for Kansas.
first, Kansas State will take third and we're shooting for fourth."
Two Jayhawks, Ann O'Connor and Denise Buchan, already have qualified for the NCAA National Indoor Meet at the Kansas Triangular earlier this season. O'Connor qualified in the high jump with a leap of 5-11½, and Buchonqualified in the shot put with a loss of 50-61½.
"Sometimes we try to do things we can't do," Missouri head coach Norm Stewart said. "I don't have any fault with my ballclub. You'd like to have better execution, but I can't fault a ballclub that plays that hard."
On the women's side, Coffey said the Jayhawks would look to some returning national indoor qualifiers to provide leadership.
The Jayhawks stretched their lead to 48-37 at halftime and withstood a Missouri flurry early in the second half, widening their advantage to 63-50 for their biggest lead of the night with 11:41 remaining.
Kansas, shooting a torrid 75 percent through the opening 10 minutes, built a 34-26 cushion with a run of six points.
Coffey said the women's pentathlon team of O'Connor, Rosie Wadman, Julie Hall, Cindy Panovicz and Andrea Swartz could be the team's strongest entry in the meet tomorrow.
Kansas
Kellogg's 27 points included a 10-for-15 shooting performance from the floor, leading Kansas' overall 57.6 shooting percentage for the contest.
M  FG  FT  FT  R  A  F  TP
M  7  8-16  0  0  4  1  16
Kellogg  39 10-15  7-8  4  2  4  27
Dreiling  28 4-4  7-8  4  2  4  17
Dreiling  17 1-4  12  8  3  2  10
Thompson  30 5-11  0-1  1  2  4  10
Marshall  17 5-18  0-0  1  2  4  10
Turgorone  4  0-1  0  2  0  2  0
Pipel  4  1-1  12  0  2  0  0
Tallis  34-59 13-18 13-18 16 23 81
Kansas 81 Missouri 77
Percentages: FG 57, FT 72, Blacked Shots (1 Oraling): Turnovers (10) Thompson (10)
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | Tp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Chevous | 40 | 12-16 | 7-11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 |
| Bengheman | 34 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Leonard | 14 | 1-7 | 6-0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Hardy | 35 | 4-10 | 3-4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Roundtie | 37 | 4-10 | 3-4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Musser | 0-0 | 0-0 | | | | | |
| Sundhite | 14 | 1-4 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| Totals | | 28-56 | 21-28 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 77 |
Percentages: FG, 500, FT, 750. Blocked Shots: (1 Strong). Turnovers: 21 (Strong, Hardy 5). Steals: 15 (Chievous 5). Technicals: Missoula 2.
Half: Kansas 48-37 Officials: Spitzer,
Mayfield, Kaster
Kellogg leads KU bv Chievous, MU
Through the indecipherable noise spilling from the ratters of the Hearns Center, Kansas' Ron Kellogg and Missouri's Derrick Chievous made sure the crowd heard at least one sound for sure — the swish of shots falling through the net.
Special to the Kansan
By Scott Blanchard
Both went seven for nine in the first half — the 6-foot-5 Kellogg from the outside and the 6-6 Chievous from the inside. There was one difference — Kellogg's shots kept Kansas ahead, and Chievous' cut into the Kansas lead.
In the second half, the two went head to head and Chievous won the battle — scoring 12 to Kellogg's nine. But Kansas won the war, as Kellogg scored the last four Jayhawk points helping Kansas survive a furious Missouri rally to win 81-77.
Chievous finished with 31 points and Kellogg finished with 27
Kellogg hit six long jumps in the first half and kept Kansas ahead by at least four points. Chievous scored retentlessly from the inside to keep Missouri in the game
You guessed it — a 17-foot jumper that gave Kansas a 10-point lead. 38-48.
Kansas had a nine-point lead at halftime. When the second half started Kellogg and Chievous were matched against each other defensively. Neither truly shut down the other, but Chievous held Kellogg to six shots from the floor. Kellogg's first came at 13:55 of the half.
Kellogg then went cold. He did not score again until four minutes remained — on a halfcourt drive
The result?
and layup after a Missouri rally left Kansas up 79-73.
"My shots in the second half, they were a little short," Kellogg said. "I don't know what my problem was. But the last few minutes, I want the ball in my hands."
The result?
Kansas coach Larry Brown probably wanted the ball in Kellogg's hands, too. After Missouri rallied to 79-77, the Jayhawks found Kellogg alone underneath.
Surprise — Kellogg missed with 50 seconds left, giving Missouri a chance to tie the game. The Tigers turned it over, but Calvin Thompson lost the ball on a fast break with 35 seconds left.
After a scramble for a loose ball, Missouri gained possession. The Tigers inbounded the ball to Lynn Hardy, who wheeled, tried to drive the baseline and ran into none other than Ron Kellogg. Kellogg knocked the ball out of Hardy's hands and was fouled at the other end.
Of course, Kellogg sank the two free throws for the final lead.
"I saw him coming, and me and Ced just trapped him," Kellogg said. "And we knocked the ball away."
In the end, Kellogg accomplished what Chievous didn't — he helped his team win. Although Chievous wasn't talking after the game, Kellogg was and he praised his scoring counterpart.
"Well, Derrick Chievous is a very good player," Kellogg said. "He really played well in Japan on the USA team. You can't underestimate Derrick Chievous because he is a great talent, and he just played well."
Dionne begins recovery trail
By Dawn O'Malley
Sports writer
On Nov. 30, Karen Dionne's active life came to a sudden standstill when the car she drove slid out of control. Since then Dionne has been in Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla, recovering from severe internal and head injuries which left her in a coma.
Dionne came out of the coma about three weeks ago, but she remains partially paralyzed on the right side of her body but maintains some movement on her left side.
Every day Dionne improves. Tuesday, she whispered her first words since the accident, "Hello, Mom and Dad."
Mary Dionne, the swimmer's mother, said she was on the phone yesterday calling everyone she knew to spread the news.
"In the last three weeks Karen has been showing some improvement everyday," Mrs. Dione said. "Last night when she whispered those words we were elated that she had said something."
Last week, the only form of communication Dionne's parents had with their daughter was through a
game called Speak and Spell. They are helping their daughter relearn simple words. Dionne can punch in yes and no for her answers.
With an emotion-filled voice Mrs. Dionne said, "At first we thought — we can communicate. We think back to seven or eight weeks ago, and we are just so thankful."
Mrs. Dionne said head swimming coach Gary Kempf had been in consolation.
Karen Dionne
"Karen is one of our family," Kempf said. "She is everybody's friend. The better she does, the better we feel."
Dionne spends three hours a day in occupational, physical and recreational therapy. In physical therapy, her doctors are working on improving her spontaneous reactions, and doctors are standing on her feet with support around her hips.
Mrs. Dionne said the purpose of the therapy sessions was to work on Dionne's coordination and speech.
Monday, Dionne moved her right pinkie. Later that night, Mrs. Dionne and her husband asked Dionne to move her pinkie again, and she did. She also moved her right index finger.
Dionne has undergone three CAT scans. Immediately after the accident, the doctors performed the scan and exploratory surgery. The first scan indicated a bruise on her brain. Exploratory surgery also found a collapsed lung, and doctors performed a tracheotomy. When the second scan was done, hemorrhaging of the brain was discovered.
On the third scan, Mrs. Dionne said doctors found no structural brain damage but there was still a bruise on the brain.
Cards from well-wishers, pictures of her swimming days and stuffed animals decorate the hospital room walls, Mrs. Dionne said.
To add to her card collection seven team members personally delivered a poster-sized card that had the swim team picture saying "We love Karen."
Jayhawks to face 3rd tough game of week
By a Kansan sports writer
The Kansas Jayhawks face their third tough game in five days as the Louisville Cardinals, one of the country's most tradition-laden basketball
Louisville
11:5 overall
12:05 p.m. Saturday
(106FM, 1320AM, channels 4 and 27)
at Lawrence
teams, invade Allen Field House in a network televised contest at 12:05 p.m. tomorrow.
A Jayhawk victory would tie the Allen Field House winning streak record at 28.
Kansas, 18-2, comes into the game with a six-game winning streak. Kansas won its four straight big Eight game last night at Missouri 81-77. The Missouri game is just the latest in a string of four tough contests that also included a win over Oklahoma on Tuesday 98-92 at home. After Louisville, the Jayhawks will have just two days to prepare for Iowa State in Ames. Kansas lost in Ames last season 75-59.
The Cardinals, 11-5 and ranked 15th in the United Press International poll, feature All-American senior guard Milt Wagner, the Cardinal leading scorer, who is averaging 14.9 points per game.
Louisville's entire front line averages in double figures with forwards Herbert Crook (11.0 points per
game) and Billy Thompson (13.8)
and center Pervis Ellison (11.8), which
is considered one of the country's top
freshmen.
Probable Starters
Kansas
F 25 Danny Manning (6-11)
F 44 Ron Kellogg (6-5)
C 30 Greg Drilling (7-1)
G 35 Cilvin Thompson (6-6)
G 22 Cedric Hunger (6-0)
Louisville
F 41 Herbert Crook (6-7)
F 55 Billy Thompson (6-7)
C 43 Pervis Eilson (6-9)
G 20 Milt Wagner (6-5)
G 24 Jeff Hall (6-4)
Former Jayhawk Fairchild ready to play in Super Bowl
Bv Jim Suhr
During his career as a Kansas off-
ensive lineman, Paul Fairchild
never got a chance to play in the big
game.
Sports writer
On Sunday, however, Fairchild will play in the biggest one of them all — Super Bowl XX.
Fairchild, who started three games in only his second season with the New England Patriots, has seen his share of warfare in the National Football League as he has defended Patriot quarterbacks from charging defensive linemen.
But, even though he won't start for the Patriots against the 17-1 Chicago Bears at New Orleans, Fairchild could face his biggest test of the season in a battle with 308-pound Chicago defensive lineman William "Refrigerator" Perry.
"I'd like to say it's just another game, but it's not," he said from New Orleans Wednesday night. "It's the biggest one there is, and I'm excited about it. I am ready."
It's a matter he said he would not take lightly.
Although he would like to be an offensive starter in Sunday's game, Fairchild, picked by the Patriots in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL draft, knows the adjustment from college to professional football is not an easy one. He said he hoped to be a starter within the next four years.
Fairchild, who will start on the Patriots' special teams unit, said the game was like a dream-come-true.
FAIRCHILD PROFILE
"Everything in the pros is speeded up a notch," he said. "Every athlete is quicker and stronger, and everyone is a great football player. It will take time to adjust."
Paul Fairchild
Hometown: Glidden, Iowa Age: 24'
Family: fiancee Michele Compton, 1985 KU graduate with a degree in occupational therapy.
Education: Graduated from the University of Kansas in 1984 with a degree in personnel administration.
Background: He was a two-year captain at KU after transferring from Ellsworth Junior College. A fifth-round draft choice of the New England Patriots in 1984. He is currently a reserve on the offensive line and a starter on special teams.
To beat the Bears, he said, the Patriots had to cut down on penalties and turnovers.
It won't be an easy task for Fairchild and the rest of the Patriot offensive line. In a 20-7 loss to the Bears earlier in this season, New England quarterback Tony Eason was sacked
"We're just going to go with what has gotten us here, both offensively and defensively," he said. "Chicago has a great team, and they've been everyone's Super Bowl pick all season. We'll just have to take care of business Sunday."
Fairchild said the Patriots, who had been labeled the Cinderella team of this season's playoffs, had made no special preparations for the "Monsters of the Midway." He added that the Patriots had only made a few minor adjustments which Chicago had not seen.
six times. The Bear's defense has also dumped New York Giant quarterback Phil Simms six times and Los Angeles Ram Dietier Brock three times in their two playoff games. Both games were shutouts.
Fairchild, a 6-foot-1, 270-pound guard, said the intensity level and media hype had increased each day since the team arrived in New Orleans this week but had not affected them.
Eight of his family and friends will be at the game.
Fairchild said that although he missed Kansas football, he still had the opportunity to see some of his old Jayhawk teammates on opposing teams in the NFL, including New York Giants wide receiver Bobby Johnson and defensive back Elvis Patterson.