University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 6, 1987
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Kansas readies for weekend double-header
'Hawks start second round of Big 8
8v DAVID BOYCE
Staff writer
The Kansas Jayhawks, coming off an emotional double-overtime victory against Kansas State, will not have a mental downfall against Oklahoma State tomorrow, said KU guard Cedric Hunter.
KU vs. Okla.State
Tipoff: 1:10 p.m. tomorrow
Allen Field House
TV: Channel 9 and 27
Radio: KLZR-FM, KJHK-FM, KLWN-AM
Probable Starters
Probable Starters
"I don't think there will be a letdown," he said. "We are just trying to get better and play hard every game."
**Kansas (16-5)**
F Danny Manning (6-11), 20.6 pg.
F Chris Piper (6-8), 7.1 pg.
C Mark Pellock (6-8), 3.9 pg.
G Kevin Pritchard (6-3), 10.4 pg.
G Cedric Hunter (6-0), 12.0 pg.
The Cowboys also were victorious Wednesday, beating Colorado 68-57 in
Just three days after a draining 80-75 win in Manhattan, the Jayhawks face the Cowboys at 1:10 p.m. tomorrow in Allen Field House.
Kansas, 16-5 overall, is starting the second round of Big Eight Conference play, having finished the first seven games with a 6-1 record. Oklahoma State is 2-5 in the conference and 6-14 overall.
At the time, the Jayhawks were struggling on the road, and the narrow victory seemed a continuation of the trend
But KU coach Larry Brown said after the game that Oklahoma State had played a very good game and was happy with his team's performance there.
At the first meeting of the two teams in January, the Jayhawks defeated the Cowboys 66-63 in Stillwater.
The Jayhawks were down by three points with 3 minutes left to play. The Kansas defense then tightened up allowing Oklahoma State no points the remainder of the game. Mark Turgeon and Hunter each made field
goals during that span
Freshman guard Kevin Pritchard finished the scoring by converting two free throws, ensuring the victory.
One of the players who helped the Cowboys against Kansas was guard Todd Christian, who had 26 points, shooting 9-for-10 from the field including 4-for-4 from the three-point range.
"He was unconscious," Pritchard said after the contest, "but it was umbeable."
Even though the Cowboy guards
played well against the Jayhawks. the starting guards for Kansas also played well.
Pritchard hit all four of his three-point attempts and scored 18 points while Hunter added 15.
Oklahoma State will try to end Kansas' 44-game home winning streak, which began against the Cowboys on March 3. 1984. In that game, the Jayhawks defeated Oklahoma State 91-70.
Kansas leads the series 72-41, and Kansas has won seven in a row.
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, and that's what the Kansas Jayhawks could use.
By ROB KNAPP
Staff writer
But the Jayhawks find only more work ahead of them. One day after playing Oklahoma State and four days after playing a grueling double-overtime game with cross-state rival Kansas State, Kansas faces a tough non-conference opponent.
The Jayhawks take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sunday afternoon in Allen Field House.
ABC-TV will televisie the game with Keith Jackson and Dick Vitale calling the action. Tipoff is set for 1:10 p.m.
Kansas is 3-0 against nonconference opponents on network television this year. The Hawks beat Miami 82-47 in Lawrence and North Carolina State 74-60 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. They also defeated the Louisville Cardinals 62-58 at Louisville.
The Jayhawks enter the weekend with a 16-5 record, Kansas, 6-1 in the Big Eight Conference, is 10-4 on the against non-conference opponents.
KU vs. Notre Dame
One of those victories came over No. 8-ranked Temple in the field house. KU defeated the Owls 67-64 Jan. 8.
Tipooff 1:10 p.m. Sunday
Allen Field House
TV: Channels 9 and 49
Radio: KLZR-FM, KJHK-FM, KLWN-AM
Notre Dame attracted attention
Kentucky was the last non-conference team to beat Kansas in Allen Field House, defeating the Jayhawks 72-50 early in the 1983-84 season. That was the only game that Kansas coach Tom O'Neill had at home to a non-Bug Eight opponent.
Probable Starters
Kansas (16-5)
F Danny Manning (6-11), 20.6 pg
F Chri Pipei (6-8), 7.1 pg
C Mark Pellock (6-9), 3.0 pg
G Kevin Pritchard (6-3), 10.4 pg
G Cedric Hunter (6-0), 12.0 pg
Probable Starters
Notre Dame (13-5)
F Mark Stevens (6-6), 9.8 pp.
F Donald Roy (6-8), 13.7 pp.
C Gary Voice (6-9), 4.2 pp.
G Scott Hicks (6-3), 10.4 pp.
G David Rivers (6-3), 14.6 pp.
last Sunday when it knocked off No. 1 north Carolina 60-58 in South Bend, Ind. The Irish trailed by as many as 16 points early in the game, but guard David Rivers' 14 second-half points spurred a Notre Dame rally.
Center Gary Voce hit two foul shots with 5 seconds, securing the game for them.
Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps has been at the school 16 years. North Carolina was the fifth No. 1 team unset by the Irish in his tenure
The Irish hold a commanding 8-2 lead in the KU-Notre Dame series
and have won the last five games.
When the teams last met in December
1975, Notre Dame beat the Jay-
hawks 72-64 in Lawrence.
Phelps is 5-1 lifetime against the Jayhawks. His only loss in the series was an 88-72 loss in Lawrence·
Phelps is 313-143 at Notre Dame for a .686 winning percentage. Brown has a personal two-game winning streak against Phelps and the Irish. As coach at UCLA, Brown lost both games against Notre Dame in the 1979-80 season but came back to win both meetings the next year.
Rick Barry one of five honored
United Press International
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Rick Barry, Walt Frazier and Maraibach, three of the most dynamic players of the 1970s, were among five players elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday.
Bob Houbregs, 1953 National College Athletic Association Player of the Year, and Bobby Wanzer, a sixtime All-Star with the former Rochester Royals of the NBA, also were chosen.
The five will be inducted during ceremonies May 5 at the Springfield Civic Center, boosting the Hall of Fame's roster to 16. Nominees must receive 18 votes from a 24-member Honors Committee to be chosen.
A product of the University of Miami, he played four years in the old American Basketball Association and 10 years in the NBA with San Francisco, Golden State and Houston.
Barry, the father of Jayhawk guard Scooter Barry, was one of the NBA's finest shooting and passing forwards. Known for his unorthodox, but extraordinaire accurately scored shots, Barry was a six-time NBA champion and led the Golden State Warriors to a league championship in 1975.
Barry was voted Rookie of the Year in 1966 and Most Valuable Player in the 1975 championship series.
Frazier, a dazzlingly quick guard, starred for 10 seasons with the New York Knicks and is the seventh player from the 1973 Knicks' championship squad to be elected to the Hall.
Maravich rewrote NCAA record books at Louisiana State, where he was known for his drooping socks and for taking dozens of shots each game, many from long range.
Frazier was named to six All-Star squads and was considered one of the best defensive guards to play professional basketball. He also was a member of the Knicks' 1970 championship team and played three years with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
A three-time All-America, Maravich holds the college record for points in one season and was the country's top scorer for three years. He led the NBA in scoring in 1977 and was named to four NBA All-Star leams.
He later played in seasons in the NBA with Atlanta, New Orleans, Toronto.
Houbregs still holds nine season scoring records at the University of Washington and he played five years in the NBA with Milwaukee, Baltimore, Boston, Fort Wayne (Ind.) and Detroit.
Wanzer helped the Royals end the Minneapolis Lakers' three-year reign as NBA champions in 1951. He played for the Royals from 1947 to 1955 and coached the team for three years.
The Hall of Fame originally was located at Springfield College.
Danny Ray/KANSAN
Mike Wolf, left, and Larry Pascal practice earlier this week at Alvamar Country Club. The two competed yesterday in the Rolex National Indoor Intercollegiate Tennis Championships in Richmond, Va., which continues through Sunday. Wolf, who is unseeded, won his singles match against No. 7 seed Johan Donar of Miami, Fla., 7-6, 6-2. Today, Wolf faces Ken Thorne of Georgia Tech. Results were not available from the team's doubles match yesterday.
57 teams to compete in meet
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
Nearly 1,000 track and field athletes from six states will participate here today and tomorrow in what KU coaches are calling one of the most competitive indoor track meets in the country.
Twenty-nine men's teams and 28 women's teams will compete in the Jayhawk Invitational at Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
"This is just the time of the season that people are really geared up for Big Eights," Rovetto said. "The good, competitive field will make for good competition, and that is what we need right now."
The two-day meet and strong competition will be important to the progress of the Kansas track teams, the University ofelo, women's assistant track coach.
Among the groups that will compete are the National Collegiate Athletic Association All-Ameicans, the current qualifiers for the NCAA indoor championships March 13-14 in Oklahoma City, and the recent
Teams attending include the defending NAIA champions, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, Texas, and four Big Eight Conference teams, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas State and Oklahoma State.
Rovello said the structure and the competition of the meet would be identical to the Big Eight Indoor basketball games which are Feb. 28 in Lincoln, Neb.
national junior college champions.
"I look at this meet as a test because we will see who is capable of performing well under this format." Rovelteo said "If an athlete can win this weekend, we can pretty much expect that they will at Big Eights."
Steve Kueffer, assistant men's coach, said athletes would compete in preliminaries today and, if they quality, for the finals tomorrow.
The meet this weekend will include a strong field of sprinters, triple jumpers and pole vaulters, the coaches said.
Kansas high hurdler Courtney Hawkins, who has gone undefeated in the 60-yard high hurdles this indoor season, will face Damon Polk of Oklahoma State, last year's Big Eight Conference Indoor champions.
"This type of meet is very demanding," Kuefer said. "For example, our sprinter, Orrin Gaines, will have to run five races this weekend. No doubt, it's a test to see where we are as far as conditioning is concerned."
Rovelto said, "If we have a weakness, which is what we want to see, the results will show it because the field is so competitive."
Coaches from both squads said the teams would be competing with their probable Big Eight lineups in both the relay and individual events.
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Hawkins has the best 60-yard high hurdles time in the Big Eight Conference this season with a 7.36-second clocking. NCAA qualifying time is
Kansas triple jumper Cynthe Rhodes will compete against Nebraska's Renaite Robinson, who was the California State Junior College champion last year, and Kansas carpenter, an All-America last year.
Robinson already has qualified for the NCAA meet. Rhodes' season best is 5 inches short of the 40-foot-8 qualifying mark.
The pole vaulting field will be particularly strong this weekend even though KU's All-America Scott Huffman and freshman Pat Manson will not compete. Huffman is recovering from surgery on his right ankle, and Manson, the top high school vaulter in the country last year, is recovering from a tricep injury.
Assistant men's coach Rick Attig said Jeff Buckingham, a former Kansas All-America and indoor U.S. record-holder, will compete this weekend in the 14th est vault is 18 feet, 8 inches, practiced with the Javahaws this week.
Attig said KU's other All-America pole vaulter Chris Bohanan had performed well in practice this week as the competition from Buckingham.
Track events begin at 5 p.m. today, and the finals start at 5:40 p.m. tomorrow. Long jump, shot-put and pole vault begin at 5 p.m. today, and triple jump and high jump begin at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
By DAVID BOYCE
'Hawks face OSU in tight Big 8 race
Parity has hit women's basketball in the Big Eight Conference.
After eight games in conference play, only one game separates seven of the eight teams.
Nebraska, Kansas State, Missouri and Oklahoma State share first place with 5-3 conference records while Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma are in second with 4-4 records.
"It has gotten tougher," Kansas coach Marian Washington said yesterday. She said that last year nobody knew who was going to win the conference entering the last quarter of the season, and season was shaping up the same way.
Kansas, 11-11 overall, will play Oklahoma State, 14-7 overall, at 10:10 tomorrow in Allen Field House.
It will be the third time this season the Jayhawks have faced a conference opponent that entered the contest either in first place or had a share of the lead. In the two previous games, KU defeated Missouri and Nebraska.
The game starts early because the women will play before the men's game against Oklahoma State, which starts at 1:10 p.m.
"Psychologically, I found it's not good to play after the men's game," Washington said.
She said the early game time meant the players would have to wake up by 8 a.m. and be in the field house at 9 a.m.
"It means no pregame meal." KU guard said. "But a bad game is not too bad."
Earlier this season, Kansas beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, 67-61. The Jayhawks have beaten the Cowgirls the last five times they've met.
"We did some things defensively to stop them in the first game," Washington said. "But they are on a team that is going to play even better defense to win."
"We have to be ready," Washington said. "They are a fine ball club."
In the first match-up, the key players for the Cowgirls were guard Jamie Siess, who scored 16 points, and Clinte Jordan, who scored 10. For the season, Jordan is averaging 20.7 points a game and Siess is averaging 15.9.
The Cowgirls converted only 16 of 52 shots.
"They are two good players," Washington said of Seiss and Jordan. "But Hebner also did a good job against us."
Cowgirl center Jennifer Hepner scored 12 in the first meeting.
A balanced scoring attack helped the Jayhawks in the first game, with Jackie Martin, Lisa Braddy and Evette Ott each scoring 13 points. Martin also pulled down 10 rebounds.
Defensively, the Jayhawks were ready in the first meeting, holding the Cowgirls to 30.8 percent shooting from the field.
Tipoff: 10:10 a.m. tomorrow
Allen Field House
Radio: KJH-KFM
Oklahoma State stayed close with solid free-throw shooting, converting 29-35. Kansas hit 13 of 18
Probable Starters
Kansas (1-1-1)
F Shawna Waters (5-9), 9.0 pp
F Jackie Martin (5-11), 9.9 pp
C Sandy Shaw (6-0), 7.5 pp
G Lisa Bradley (5-7), 9.2 pp
G Evelette Oft (5-7), 10.1 pp
Oklahoma State (14-7)
F Cinette Jordan (6-0), 20.7 pg
F Stai Foucats (5-11), 4.7 pg
C Jennifer Hepner (6-2), 5.8 pg
G Alisa Duncan (5-7), 4.3 pg
G Jamie Siexon (6-1), 15.9 pg
Rebs bomb Utah St.
From Kansan wires
UNLV 113
Utah State 78
LOGAN, Utah — Armon Gilliam scored 22 points last night, leading No. 1 Nevada-Las Vegas to a 113-78 rout of Utah State in a Pacific Coast Athletic Association game.
Jarvis Basnin scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half and helped UNL take a 107-62 lead with 4:41 left.
With UNLV ahead 9-8 with 17:33
Gary Graham added 19 points, Gerald Paddio 18 and Freddie Banks 16 for UNLV, 22-1 overall and 10-0 in the PCAA. Kevin Nixon led Utah State, 11-12 overall and 4-7 in the conference, with 15 points, and Danny Conway added 13.
A basket by Gilliam with 10-27 left in the first half gave UNLV a 31-19 lead. The Rummi Rebels stretched it to 31 and were never threatened again.
left in the first half, the Rebels scored 14 straight points to lead 23-8. Utah State pulled to 25-19 with 12:40 remaining in the half, before the Rebels slowly surged ahead.
North Carolina 96
N.C. State 79
RALEIGH N.C. — Joe Wolf and Kenny Smith scored 21 points apiece last night pacing third-ranked North Carolina to a 96-79 rout of North Carolina State in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
The Tar Heels, the country's leader in team goal-goal percentage, hit 39 of 60 shots, and improved to 19-2 overall and 8-0 in the ACC. The Wolfpack dropped to 12-9 and 4-4 with its fifth straight loss, despite a game-high 26 points from sophomore center Shachkleford.
North Carolina, which hit 18 of 28 first-half shots, started the second
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