University Daily Kansan / Monday, March 2, 1987
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YU beats Huskers in Big 8 tourney
Bv DAVID BOYCF
Staff writer
Once again the women's basketball team built a lead that it almost let get away.
The Jayhawks led Nebraska by 10 points midway through the second half yesterday in Salina, then let the Cornhuskers battle back late in the game.
But Kansas was able to hang on and win 74.73. The victory earned the Jayhawks the right to play Kansas State in the Big Eight Conference Championship at 7 p.m. today in the Bicentennial Center.
Kansas now has won seven consecutive games and has an 12-8 overall
In five of the seven games, Kansas amassed double-digit leads in the second half, then let its opponents back into the games in the closing
Women's Basketball minutes.
Yesterday's game was no different. At times, Kansas appeared to have the victor wrapped up. Other times, he left the Jawhawks would lose the lead.
With Kansas up 72-69 and 54 seconds remaining in the game, Kansas center Sandy Shaw scored two of her three touchdowns that would be the winning basket.
After Shaw's field goal, Nebraska forward Stacy Imming scored, reducing Kansas' lead to three points with 20 seconds left.
On the ensuing inbounds play, KU guard Evelette Ott was fouled and had a chance to put the game out of reach. The opposing team broke and break an 4-for-5 streak from the
Ot missed, but Kansas guard Lisa Braddy grabbed the rebound and Kansas had the chance to run out the clock.
line in tournament play.
Kansas held their biggest lead at 63-52 with 8 minutes left in the game.
Kansas led by five points at halftime and held the lead throughout the second half.
But Kansas forward Jackie Martin attempted a shot that was blocked and Cornhusker forward Stacy Block scored the game's final basket.
Kansas shot 38 percent from the
The Jayhawks outscored Nebraska from the free-throw line, hitting 16 of 25 to the Cornhuskers' 15 of 27. The Jayhawks are 7-0 in games in which they have outscored their opponents from the line.
field to Nebraska's 50 percent and the Cornhuskers in other statistics
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Nebraska, normally a fine free-throw team, hit 55 percent from the line, well below their 72 percent season average.
Kansas' defense forced 26 turnovers. The Jayhawks lost the ball only 14 times.
The Kansas defense also held Nebraska's forward Amy Stevens to only two points.
Stevens was fourth in Big Eight scoring this season, averaging 19 points a game. In the Cornhuskers' first tournament game, she scored 26 points against Oklahoma State.
Kansas maintained their season's balanced score. Four players had double figure scores. Shaw scored 14 and McGraw scored 10. Martin scored 11 and Ott scored 10.
Waters scored all her points in the first half. Both she and Martin were in foul trouble in the second half, which limited their playing time.
Martin picked up her third foul with 17:30 left in the second half and sat on the bench for 12 minutes. Waters picked up her third foul with 15:12.
iowa State center Carmen Jaspers fouls Kansas forward Lisa Dougherty during the first round of the women's Big Eight Conference Postseason basketball Tournament in Salina. Kansas knocked off Iowa State 73-67 on Saturday
Block 7-18 | 7-19 | 7-20 | 7-19 | 7-20 | 7-19 | 7-20 | 7-19 | 7-20 | 7-19 | 7-20 | 7-19 | 7-20 |
Berkshire 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 5-5 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 8-8 | 9-9 | 10-10 | 11-11 | 12-12 | 13-13 |
Plane 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 5-5 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 8-8 | 9-9 | 10-10 | 11-11 | 12-12 |
Plane 15-15 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 | 15-16 |
Martin 3-8 5-11 8-11 Waters 5-10 3-4 11. Swain 6-15 2-12
Braddy 2-14. Oktavil 0-15. Oktavil 1-10. Dovun 0-0 0-0. Oktavil
0-15. Page 0-0 0-0. Oktavil 29-7 16-56 7-44
Oktavil 0-0 0-0. Oktavil 29-7 16-56 7-44
Kansas 22 Fouled out - Nedrastaa - Bolk. Kansas - Bobra
Waters Rebounds - Nedrastaa 42 (bill) 11 Kansas
Waters Rebounds - Nedrastaa 42 (mming 3)
Kansas 8 (off 4) Techniques - Martin
Kansas 73. Iowa State 67
Kansas earned the right to play Nebraska with a first-round victory Saturday against Iowa State 73-67.
KU's forward Lisa Baker came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points to lead the Jayhawks. Braddy and Ott added 12 points each.
The game-high honors belonged to Cyclone forward Lisa Greiner, who scored 19 points.
Kansas' victory over Iowa
marked its third Cyclone defeat the
month.
Last season, Kansas was knocked out in the first round by K-State, a team the Jayhawks had defeated twice during regular season.
'Hawks to face K-State in championship
Staff writer
Last year, the Jayhawks lost to the Wildcats 69-65 in the first round of the tournament after defeating the 'Cats twice during the regular season.
The women's basketball team will face archrival Kansas State in the women's Big Eight post-season tournament finals at 7 p.m. today at the Bicentennial Center in Salina.
Kansas' 74-73 victory over Nebraska and K-State's 78-61 victory over
Missouri earned each team a chance to play for the title.
The winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Kansas has never been to the NCAA playoffs. The Jayhawks have played in the playoffs, but the Big Eagle switched to affiliation during the 1981-82 season.
The Big Eight post-season tournament began after the following season and Missouri won all four championships until this season.
By DAVID BOYCE
In that game, Lynn Page came off the bench and scored five key points late in the game and helped to hold off a K-State rally.
In the last meeting between Kansas and S-State on Feb. 21, Kansas won 68-63 in Allen Field House.
Washington was not as pleased, though, after the first meeting of the season between the Jayhawks and the Wildcats.
After the game, Washington said it had been a great game and a great win.
KU coach Marian Washington said the key to that victory was the box-and-one defense the Jayhawks played against K-State center Sue Leiding, who scored 14 of her 20 points in the second half.
In that game, Kansas lost 71-65 in overtime. Washington said she thought her team had received some poor calls from the officials.
Since that defeat, Kansas has compiled a 9-2 record.
Sooners stumble lose to Kentucky
United Press International
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new inbounds play helped Kentucky yesterday, lifting the Wildcats to a 75-74 victory over No. 12 Oklahoma.
"That's a new inbounds play we've been working on." Chapman said. "It's a real good play because they're thinking a lob to Ed (Davender) and Richard busts down low. I just had to wait for the play to develop and he was open."
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Richard Madison took an inbounds pass from Rex Chapman and drove the baseline for a layup with 8 seconds left, sending the Sooners to their third consecutive narrow defeat.
Oklahoma's Ricky Grace then raced downcourt but missed a 12-foot. David Johnson grabbed the rebound and made a short shot, but the officials ruled that the basket came after time expired.
Chapman scored 20 points and Madison finished with 12 for Kentucky, 18-9.
"The clock turned out to be our own worst enemy," Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs said. "It's just a matter of time. We can't moan and goad about it."
Darryl Kennedy scored 18 points, Johnson added 14 and Grace chipped in 13 for Oklahoma. 21-8. Earlier in the week, Oklahoma played Conference play to Iowa State, 86-84, and Kansas State, 90-89.
The lead changed 17 times during the game.
Illini knock Indiana from Big Ten lead
From Kansan wires
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Ken Norman scored 24 points and Jens Kujawa scored four of his six points in the final 2 minutes yesterday and led Illinois past Indiana 69-67. The loss knocked the Hoosiers out of first place in the Big Ten Conference.
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Alford, who finished with 17 points, missed a baseline shot that would have tied the game with 5 seconds left.
Indiana tied the game at 65 with 2:36 to play on Steve Allford's jumper, but Kujawa followed with his second hook shot of the game and sank two free throws after being foaled after a rebound.
Indiana, which never led in the second half, fell to 23-4 overall and 14-3 in the league, one-half game behind Purdue.
Keith Smart led Indiana with 19 points and Dean Garrett also had 17.
Doug Altenberger, who sank six three-point shots, added 20 points for Illinois, 21-7 and 11-5.
A record 16,793 people attended the game, breaking the previous Assembly Hall mark of 16,768 team when Indiana beat Illinois 44-33.
North Carolina 92
Georgia Tech 76
ATLANTA — Ranzino Smith scored 10 points and Kenny Smith had nine during a 19-10 burst late in the first half that helped North Carolina crush Georgia Tech 92-76 yesterday, completing a perfect record in Atlantic Coast Conference regular season play.
The Tar Heels, 27-2 overall and 14-0 in the ACC, became only the seventen team to go through the
conference schedule unbeaten. This is the third time the Tar Heels have accomplished an unbeaten conference record.
Georgia Tech, 16-11 and 7-7,
made several brief runs and cut
the margin to 14 in the second half
and eventually pulled in 86-76
on Ferrell's three-pointer with just
under a minute left.
Kenny Smith mitted North Carolina with 20 points. J.R. Reid and Joe Wolf had 15 each and Ranzino Smith and Jeff Lebo each added Carlrell led Georgia Tech with 23 point, white Tom Hammonds added 19.
UNLV 70
Fresno State 59
FRESO, Calif — Arronm Gilliam scored a game-high 21 points and added seven rebounds yesterday, pacing No. 1 ranked Nevada at 38-40 in Fresno State in a Pacific Coast Athletic Conference game.
The Runnin' Rebels improved to 30-1 and 18-0 in the PCAA. Fresno State fell to 8-20, 3-14.
Freddie Banks had 19 points for the Rebels and guard Mark Wade earned 12 assists and increased his season mark to 328, tying the NCAA record set last year by St. John's guard Mark Jackson.
Other Top 20 results
Temple 77, George Washington 69
Auburn 100, LSU 62
Saturday's Top 20 result:
Purdue 87, Ohio State 73
Iowa 95, Michigan 86
Georgeton 90, Providence 79
St. John 76, Pittsburgh 74
Alabama 86, Florida 84 (OT)
Syracuse 87, Boston College 63
D.C. University 59
CUR 85, CPU 89
Nebraska 83, Kansas 81 (OT)
New Orleans 81, Lamar 65
Sports Briefs
Soggy fields postpone baseball season opener
The Kansas baseball team's season opener against Missouri Southern at Quigley Field, scheduled for today, has been postponed until March 9 because of wet fields.
The double-header would have been the first time the Jayahawks had played a game at the restructured
Kansas' next game will be a double-header at 1 p.m.
Friday against William Jewell at Quigley Field.
SMU reportedly knew of payoffs
School officials are considering cancelling the 1988 season as well, because the NCAA probation will allow the school only seven road games and no home games. The school is also considering making 15 scholarship players before that season begins.
The NCAI suspended SMU's football program for the 1987 season because of repeated recruiting violations, most of them dealing with cash payments made to players.
DALLAS — Former Southern Methodist University athletic director Bob Hitch knew since 1981 that football boosters were paying players, the Dallas Morning News reported in yesterday's editions.
The newspaper that Hitch was involved in the decision to continue the payoffs even after SMU was placed on a three-year probation in 1985. Because violations continued after SMU was placed on probation, the NCAA made first use of its so-called "death penalty," and suspended the football program.
"I haven't said anything since Dec. 5, and I don't know why I would start now," Hitch said after hearing the allegations against him. "It's not going to do me any good to answer one way or the other."
Hitch resigned Dec. 5 along with football coach Bobby Collins. When they left the school, bothsigned contracts that forbid them from revealing any information about the NCAA investigations.
A source told the paper that Hitch knew in fall of 1981 that a slush fund had been set up to pay players.
White returns after best season
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Second baseman Frank White, coming off of his best Major League season in 13 years, was among 50 players at the Kansas City Royals first full-squad workout yesterday.
White hit 22 home runs and drove in 84 runs last season while winning his seventh Gold Glove. He was the first player to win both the No. 1 and No. 2.
It was the first chance for new manager Billy Gardner to look at the entire team. He put the club, which included 35 players on the roster plus 15 invited to camp, through a $2^{1/2}$-hour workout.
"The team has changed a lot managerial-wise." White said. "We've gone to a lot of youth so therefore everybody pretty much does the same thing in spring training."
"I got a break today." White said after the workout outdoor over skies. "I've been seeing where the weather has been 82 degrees and on up, but today it was real nice and real wind."
Wadkins wins Doral tournev
Wadkins claimed the 10th victory of his 17-year PGA Tour career with a 277 total, 11 shots under par on the windswet Blue Monster course at the Doral Country Club.
MIAMI — Lanny Wadkins scored an eagle-2 during a front-running round of 70 that provided him a 3-stroke victory yesterday in the Doral Open Golf Tournament.
Wadkins' first triumph since 1985 was worth $180,000 from the total purse of $1 million and boosted Wadkins'
The 37-year-old veteran held a 2-shot lead when the day's play began in 25-mph winds, and increased the margin to four when he holed out a wedge shot from the fifth fairway for an eagle-2.
He led by five at the turn, but was put under pressure by the late charge of Seve Ballesteros of Spain.
Ballesteros, twice a Masters champion and a two-tot winner of the British Open, closed to within three strokes of the lead with birdies on the 15th and 16th holes.
From staff and wire reports.
Spring football begins today
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
It's in the air again. Not just spring, but also spring training.
At 3:30 p.m. today, the Kansas football team will officially kick off its spring training schedule, which game April 11 at Memorial Stadium.
The Jayhawks will practice Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons, excluding spring break.
Junior wide receiver Tony Harvey said the team began running and lifting weights four times a week at the beginning of second semester. He also said players were required to have perfect class attendance.
Harvey said that if team members did not follow these guidelines, they
were required to attend a 5 a.m
workout of 500 sit-ups and 500
pushups or a 5-11 a.m. study hall.
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"It's stricter this year, and we have had good attendance." Harvey say.
Harvey said the workout atmosphere was relaxed last year, but that had changed because the team was willing to work harder this year.
"Some people say, 'Why do we have to do this?' " Harvey said. "But the general response is 'Hey, we have bowl rings on our fingers.'"
Sophomore punter and wide receiver John Brehm said the work was bringing the team closer together, something the team needed after last
Forty lettermen and 15 starters are returning to spring practices from last year's roster. Seven of the starters are on offense and eight are on defense. One or more starter will be returning at every position except center and free safety.
Junior Mike Orth and freshman Kelly Donohoe will compete for the position. Orth started the first eight games last season and passed for 46. Donohoe started three games and completed 48 of 67 passes for 432 yards.
Ten freshmen who redshirted last season will join the Jayhawks this season.
One of Coach Bob Valesente's most important goals for spring training is to decide who will be the team's starting quarterback.
Tennis teams win outdoor matches
year's 3-8 season.
Bv ROB KNAPP
Staff writer
The Kansas men's and women's tennis teams enjoyed the fresh air as both squads won big victories in their first outdoor matches of the year.
The men's team split its two matches in Monroe, La., this weekend, but its 5-4 victory yesterday over Northeast Louisiana ended the Indians' six-year, 59-match home winning streak.
In Springfield, Mo., the women's team swept matches from Southwest Missouri State and Arkansas-Little Rock with identical scores of 9-0.
Scott Perelman, Kansas men's and women's tennis coach, said Northeast Louisiana, one of the top 25 teams in the country in a preseasonoll, was the highest-ranked team the men had beaten.
"We're very capable but have been inconsistent." Perelman said.
The Kansas men's team lost a 5-4 match to Arkansas Little Rock on Saturday after rain washed out on their Friday match with McNeese State.
The men's team consistently has kept its matches close. It now has played four consecutive 5-4 matches.
The men played without Mike Wolf, who regularly fills the No. 1 singles and one-half the No. 1 doubles slots. Wolf did not make the trip because of personal reasons.
Junior Darin Herman's return; from a shoulder injury produced; more switches in the lineup. Freshman Craig Wildey, usually in the No. 3 singles slot, moved to the No. 12 position and Sven Groeneveld stayed; at No. 2.
The rest of the regulars moved up one position and Herman stepped into the No. 6 spot. In doubles, Wildey and Chris Walker teamed up in the No. slot. Herman and Groeneveld teamed up. Curtis and Kevin Bryden paired up at No. 3.
Pascal won both days in singles and Herman and Groeneveld scored two victories in No. 2 doubles.