rssday, Jan. 16, 1986
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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Unfair Advantage
Eugene Soap, 2428 Rosebud Lane, uses his height advantage to shoot over his son, Kenny, 5. The two were playing basketball yesterday evening at Robinson Center.
Big 8 Roundup
ISU beats K-State in close game
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jeff Hornacek scored 21 points and Jeff Grayer added 20 as Iowa State held off a late rally to defeat Kansas State 77-73 last night.
Kansas State, playing in its conference opener, trailed 75-69 with 44 seconds remaining when Benny Green and Joe Wright scored back-to-back jump shots to bring the Wildcats within two points.
Iowa State's Gary Thompkins gained two free throws when Norris Coleman was called for an intentional foul with 15 seconds to go, but the Cyclones guard missed both shots. Wright then missed 36-foot jumper and Elmer Robinson was fouled while rebounding a missed shot.
Robinson sank two free throws with four seconds remaining to secure the victory, which raised
Iowa State's season mark to 11-4 and conference record to 2-0. The Wildcats fell to 12-4 for the season
Coleman poured in a career-high 32 points for the Wildcats, including 16 in the final 10 minutes. Missouri 55. Okla. State 51.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Dan Bingenheimer scored 16 points and Jeff Strong added 15 to lead Missouri to a 55-1 victory over Oklahoma State Tuesday night.
Strong, a senior guard who missed the first 10 games of the season with an injury, keyed a second-half rally as the Tigers came back from a 32-27 halftime deficit.
Terry Faggins poured in 24 points of Oklahoma State.
The Tigers, 14-5, evened their Big Eight record at 1-1 while the Cowboys, 9-5, lost their league opener.
Jayhawks top NU 81-70
Manning scores 21 in win
The Associated Press
Trailing 37-32 at halftime, Kansas went on a 17-5 tear at the start of the second half to take a 49-12 lead. The spurt was keyed by guard Cedric Hunter, who scored three straight layups to give the Jayhawks a 43-14 lead. Kansas led the rest of the wav.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Danny Manning scored 21 points to lead eighthranked Kansas to a come-from-behind 81-70 victory over Nebraska in college basketball last night in the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The victory raised the Jayhawks' season record to 15-2 while the Cornhuskers dropped to 10-4. It was the Big Eight Conference opener for both teams.
Center Greg Dreiling had 16 points for Kansas, and Hunter and Ron Kellogg each added 14.
Trailing 30-29, Nebraska reeled on eight straight points to take a 37-30 lead with 20 seconds left in the half. The spurt came after a technical foul was called on Kansas head coach Larry Brown.
Center Dave Hoppen led Nebraska with 25 points.
The first half was a seesaw affair, with the lead changing hands 12 times.
The technical foul cost Kansas two points, but Manning said it also sparked the second-half rally.
"We just came out and had a real
Kansas trailed 37-32 at halftime after Nebraska reeled off eight straight points late in the first half. The technical on Brown, for coming out on the floor to protest a call, led to two free throws by Nebraska guard Brian Carr during the spurt.
good half," Manning said. "I think that tech kind of got us thought."
But Kansas went on a 17-5 tear at the start of the second half to take a lead they held the rest of the way. The spurt was keyed by guard Cedric Hunter, who stole the ball twice and scored three straight layups to give the Jayhawks a 43-41 lead with 15:43 left in the game.
Carr scored 13 points for the Cornhuskers, Chris Logan added 12 and Harvey Marshall had 10.
Kansas returns home to play Oklahoma State at 1:05 p.m. Saturday.
Kansas shot a torrid 74 percent from the field in the second half while outscoring the Cornhuskers 49-33
NOTES — Nebraska's loss was the first time the Cornhuskers had lost a Big Eight opener at home. . . Kansas now leads the series with Nebraska 125-60, and the Jayhawks have won six straight games over the Cornhuskers. . . Kansas is now 4-8 in the Bob Devaney Sports Center, including two victories in the 1984 NCAA subregional tournament. Kansas head coach Larry Brown has
used the same starting lineup since the first game of the season . . . Kansas has blocked 73 of its opponents' shots while the opposition has blocked only 39 of the Jayhawks' shots.
Kansas
Kansas 81
Nebraska 70
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Manganese | 35 | 10-14 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Kellogg | 33 | 3-8 | 8-9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Dreiling | 33 | 7-10 | 8-9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Piggery | 29 | 7-10 | 8-9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Thompson | 33 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Marshall | 19 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Turgeon | 5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tornado | 11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 13-42 | 15-22 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
Nebraska
Percentages: FG: 63, FT: 881, Blocked Shots: 1 (Dreiling 1): Turnovers 15 (Thompson 5). Steels: 10 (Hunter 5). Technicals: Kansas head coach Larry Brown.
M  MG FG FT R A F T P
Day 36 3-6 2-3 2-3 4-3 19
Matzke 14 1-0 0-1 2 0 2 0
Hoppen 40 8-13 9-12 5 2 0 2
Marshall 34 5-11 0-1 4 5 4 10
Carr 34 3-7 7-7 1 4 5 13
Brown 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Balloon 7 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2
Logan 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2
Jackman 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26-48 18-22 23-18 21 70
Half: Nebraska 37-32. Officials: Vetcher, Reynolds, Tate.
A: 14-29.
Percentages: FG. 542, FG. 818, Blinkeo
Shots: 0 Turnovers: 18, (Clar 68) Steals: 7
Cups: 39
Brown sees balance in Big 8
By Matt Tidwell
Even though Brown wasn't ready
"I think all the coaches felt the conference would be tough," he said. "There are more potential top-20 teams this year."
Sports writer
Although the Kansas basketball team continued its best season since 1971 by opening the Big Eight Conference schedule with a 81-70 victory at Nebraska, it's unlikely that the Jayhawks are ready to allow any space to be cleared in the Allen Field House rafters for a new championship banner.
Brown said that during his first two seasons in the Big Eight, dominance by Oklahoma left Kansas and the other first-division schools to battle for second place. This year, however, there is parity among the teams.
which is to win the conference championship."
Brown said that Kansas' tough nonconference schedule, which included Duke, Louisville, Kentucky, Memphis State and North Carolina State, will help them in the conference race
"I think this will be the most balanced year, top to bottom, in our conference since I've been here. I think all the coaches felt the conference would be tough. There are more potential top-20 teams this year." Head Coach Larry Brown.
to predict what would be Kansas' 38th conference title, he said the Jayhawks, 15-2 and ranked eighth in the Associated Press and United Press International polls, did have momentum going into the race.
"I'm happy with the way our kids are playing," he said. "I'm really proud of what they've accomplished and we're ready for our next goal.
"You try to use the preseason to get an understanding of how to play your best game," he said. "And when you meet good teams in non-conference play, they tend to exploit your weaknesses."
"I think this will be the most balanced year, top to bottom, in our conference since I've been here," Larry Brown, Kansas' third-year head coach said Tuesday.
"I think there are six teams capable of winning the conference and while I don't think Oklahoma State and Colorado are ready to win, I think they could finish in the first division," he said.
Some Jayhawk players said that the tough non-conference competition made the anticipation for the Big Eight season even greater.
Reserve forward Archie Marshall is a newcomer to Big Eight battles, having transferred last January to Kansas from Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma.
"I'm glad to get it started," said center Greg Dreiling. "We've played against some tough opposition this year, which has really helped us get ready."
"I got here about this same time last year and I could tell Big Eight play was by far the most important part of the season," Marshall said. "It's definitely more difficult. This is what we work all season for and the competition will continue to get tougher."
Steals help Kansas win Big 8 game
By Mike Reillev
Special to the Kansan
LINCOLN, Neb. — When the Nebraska men's basketball team built leads against No. 8 Kansas, Jayhawk guard Cedric Hunter stole them back.
Hunter, playing just 60 miles from his home town of Omaha, Neb., scored 14 points and made five steals to lift Kansas to an 81-70 victory over the Cornhuskers last night in the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
"I don't want to come up here and sound like I'm rubbing it in," Kansas head coach Larry Brown said. "I just glad we've got Hunter. This was one of his better ball games."
Forward Danny Manning scored 21 points and center Greg Drewling added 16 to lead the Jayhawks, but it was Hunter's steals and layups that brought the team back from a 37-32 halftime deficit.
Kansas chipped away at Nebraska's early 7-3 lead and pulled to within one when Manning dunked a lob pass from Dreiling with 10:35 left in the first half.
Hunter then took over. He had three steals, two layups and a free throw in the following 3:04 to put the Jayhawks ahead 20-18.
Disaster struck the Jayhawks with 1:03 left in the first half. A 31-30 Nebraska lead turned to 37-30 after Dreiling picked up his third foul and Brown was slapped with a technical foul.
"It was a bad call," Brown said. "I just jumped up and the official said I was on the court. It wasn't anything I said."
Hunter erased Nebraska's halftime lead with another scoring spurt. He followed his own mism shot to bring Kansas to within 41-39 on 17:07 left. His steal and layup one minute later tied the score. The Jayhawks grabs the lead for good at 15:43 on another steal and layup by Hunter.
Hunter said he was happy to return to his home state so that his family and friends could watch him play.
"I thought I turned the ball over too many times and wasn't really that aggressive," Hunter said.
Kansas hit 20 of 27 shots in the second half. Brown said it was one of the finest halves the Jayhawks had played.
"We've become a much better defensive team," Brown said. "We made up 17 points on them in the second half."
Nebraska center Dave Hoppen led all scorers with 25 points. Dreiling, who guarded Hoppen, fouled out with 5:15 remaining in the game.
Brown said he had confidence in the 6-foot-11 Manning, who was Dreiling's defensive replacement on Hoppen.
Allen's banner year leads to MVP
United Press International
NEW YORK — Marcus Ahen understands how it must feel playing quarterback against the Chicago Bears. He understands better than most. He nearly had to do it once.
The Los Angeles Raiders running back yesterday recalled a sequence that nearly found him dodging the ferocious Bears blitz. It came last season in a 17-6 loss in Chicago.
"It hurts me to say this but the Bears just destroyed us that day." Allen said after he was selected the Most Valuable Player by the Pro Football Writers of America. "We had quarterbacks going down left and right.
Marc Wilson started and he went
down. David Humm was his replacement. Ray Gay, the punter, didn't want to go in. Then it was me. Lord knows what excuse I would have made. Thank goodness Wilson was eventually able to go back in."
The Bears collected nine sacks that day, including $4 \frac{1}{2}$ by defensive end Richard Dent.
"Yet we were still in position to win the game," Allen said. "We knew they would be tough. That was the first year that 4-6 defense came out."
This year, Allen will not face the Bears, though he undoubtedly would have enjoyed the opportunity. The Raiders lost their chance in a 27-20 decision to the New England Patriots in the AFC semifinal.
that the wild-card Patriots won on the road on the way to their Super Bowl date on Jan. 26 against the Bears in New Orleans.
"The key to the Patriots is that they ran the ball against their three opponents and they did it very well." Allen said. "I don't think anyone has run against the Bears that well."
Allran ran well against the NFL this year, even if his campaign did end a bit prematurely. He led the Raiders to a 12-4 record, setting an NFL record for most combined yards from scrimmage.
That game marked one of three
He rushed for 1,759 yards and caught 67 passes for 555 more. He rushed for 100 or more yards in each of his last nine games, tying
Chicago's Waier Payton for the NFL record.
"The key is both quarterbacks, and how well 'Tony Eason can handle the pass rush or how well the New England line does," he said. Eason is New England's quarterback.
Allen said despite the presence of Payton, quarterbacks and not running backs should prove most important in the Super Bowl.
Allen played in the Super Bowl two years ago, gaining 191 yards in a 38-9 rout of the Washington Redskins.
"We thought we had a much better team than Washington," he said. "We went in as underdogs, which was fine with us."
2nd knee injury benches Stoecker
By Jim Suhr
The word rebounding has taken on a new meaning for KU basketball player, Sherri Stoecker.
Stoecker, a junior guard, rebounded from a left-knee injury that forced her to redshirt her freshman year. Last year, she sophomore season, she started 24 of 29 games, was second on the team in assists and third in steals. She averaged 1.5 points per game last season.
STOECKER PROFILE
Sports writer
Stoecker, who leads the team in assists this year, once again must bounce back after an injury to her right knee in a Jan. 9 game at Creighton that ended her season. The injury left her disappointed but hopeful.
Sherri Stoecker
Background: An All-State player in high school, she also received honorable mention All-America by USA Today. Last year, she finished second on the KU squad with 70 assists. She also had 42 steals. She was a member of the Big Eight All-Academic team with a 4.0 grade point average.
"It's hard to understand how this could happen," Stoecker said yesterday. "It is really disappointing after coming back from one injury already."
Stoecker underwent three operations on her left knee during her freshman year, one to repair torn carriage and two others to remove scar tissue. She is scheduled for surgery Jan. 20 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to repair torn
Family: Parents, Larry and Joyce Stoecker.
Class: Junior
Hometown: Lindsborg, Kan.
Age: 20
ligaments in her right knee.
Class: Junior
"After surgery, there's something to look forward to — getting better," she said.
Stoecker will undergo the same rehabilitation that she went through her freshman year, including light weightlifting and bicycle riding.
Her recent injury, however, has not and will not keep her away from the court, she said. Stoecker still goes
to practice and travels with the team.
Although she is confined to the sidelines for the rest of the season, she said she still had something to offer the team and herself.
"These girls are special to me," she said, "so it's fun to be able to encourage them and cheer for them when you're wholeheartedly behind them. I want to give them inspiration."
"If there was ever a person who always gave 100 percent, it was Sherri." Washington said. "We will miss her."
Marian Washington, Kansas' head coach, said Stoecker would be missed on the team, but would be an inspiration even from the sidelines.
Lisa Dougherty, sophomore forward, said Stoecker's knowledge of the game allowed her to see things from the bench that players were unable to see from the floor.
Stoecker, who was named to the Big Eight All-Academic team last year, said that by watching from the bench, she learned which parts of her game needed improvement.
"I really want to play next year, but I don't know what the circumstances will be," she said. "I'll just keep trusting in the Lord. He's got everything in his control."
Although Stoeker will remain on the team as a vocal supporter, she is optimistic that she will wear a uniform next season.
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Four's a crowd
KU guard Monte Mathis is surrounded by three Baker defenders as he goes up for a layup in the junior varsity's 90-62 win Tuesday night at Allen Field House. Center Jerry Johnson led the Jayhawks with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Guard Scooter Barry added 16 points. Kansas led 41-23 at halftime and cruised to its fourth victory, bringing its record to 4-2. The junior varsity plays Empona State at 7 tonight at the field house.