University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 16. 1987
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Amazing Grace stops Jayhawk comeback
By NICOLE SAUZEK
Associate sports editor
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma's Ricky Grace blocked a jumper by KU's Mark Turgeon in the final seconds of play last night, preserving the Sooners' 76-74 win over the Jay-hawks.
Kansas' last-second attempt was cleanly batted away in an amazing effort by Grace after Turtleon dribbed Tim McCallis' UIM McCallis' and put up the three-point shot.
McCalister
"I just got the ball and looked for the three-point shot," Turgeon said. "I faked McCalister and shot, I never saw the guy who blocked my shot."
McCalister, who led Oklahoma with 21 points, had scored with 9 seconds left in the game on a long jumper that put the Sooners up by two.
Kansas Coach Larry Brown was pleased with the shot Torum took, but said he thought the game would come down to a last-second shot.
Oklahoma evened its record to 1-1 in the Big Eight Conference and went to 11-3 overall. Kansas dropped to 2-1 in the conference and 9-5 overall.
The Jayhawks trailed most of the game and by as many as six in the top four. The Hawks finished off
"We came to win and we should have," said Danny Manning, who finished with a team-high of 21 points. "We had the opportunity, but we didn't get the loose balls, and we didn't rebound when it counted."
The Jayhawks had taken a five-point lead with 6:50 remaining in the game, and the crowd in Lloyd Noble Arena went silent. The Sooners patiently came back and tied the game at the five-minute mark.
The game then saw-saw until Oklahoma gained control of the ball with just more than a minute left.
The Sooners missed several shots but rebounded those misses and gained new life with a restarted 45-second shot clock.
The Sooners held the ball and took a shot as time ran down.
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Disappointment showed on the faces of the Jayhawks in the locker- room following the game. The team lost, but had followed Brown's game plan to perfection.
KU ran a deliberate offense, winding down the clock shot before taking a shot and making the Sooners play as much defense as possible. OU was averaging 91 points a game going into last night.
Brown said he wanted to slow the tempo and take time off the clock so his players would not get into foul trouble.
However, forward Chris Piper and center Mark Pellock both fouled out
"I think playing slow put them to sleep," said Pellock, who played one of his best games of the season. "We didn't make the big plays at the end."
at about four minutes.
In addition to Jayhawk mistakes, including 22 turnovers, Brown said events the team couldn't control contributed to the loss.
"Tough things are going to happen out there to help make you lose," Brown said. "We should have won. a technical foul should have been called when Johnson fouled Pellock out of bounds, but it wasn't."
With close to 6 and a half minutes left in the game, David Johnson was called for an intentional foul when he shoved Pellock while he was taking the ball in bounds.
Pellock shot two free-throws with Kansas leading, 61-59. Pellock had four free-throws but brown argued that KU should have then taken the ball out of bounds.
Brown also was upset that a foul was not called when Cedric Hunter
went up for a layup with 1:10 left.
"Johnson had his arms around both of thecid's legs." Brown said. "wish those people I woul watch films like I do."
Although not satisfied with merely a good showing rather than a win, Brown was pleased with the play of his team.
"What can you say? We played good and didn't win." Brown said. "The guys played with courage and character."
Although the Sooners must ready themselves to meet top-ranked UNLV tommorrow, Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs wanted his team to enjoy the win.
"That was a big win for us," Tubbs said. "We haven't won one like this for a long time."
KU beat Oklahoma three times last year and ended the Sooner's 48-game winning streak in Lloyd Noble, beating them 87-80 on Feb. 24, 1986.
Hoosiers post easy win
BLOOMINGTON, IN  — Steve Alford scored 21 points, hitting 7 of 8 from the 3-point range, leading a balanced offensive attack last night as No. 4 Indiana defeated Wisconsin 103-65.
Indiana jumped to a 12-10 lead two minutes, 42 seconds into the game on
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consecutive 3-pointers by Alford. Wisconsin narrowed the lead to 12-9, but the Hoosiers stretched the edge to 23-13 after two straight 3-pointers by Keith Smart.
After the Badgers cut the lead to 23-19, the Hoosiers pulled out to a 31-21 lead with 9:25 left in the half after Steve Elyl sank two free throws. Indiana led by at least 10 points the rest of the way.
Indiana, which won its 14th straight game over the Badgers, improved to 13-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten. Wisconsin fell to 10-8 and 0-5.
CHICAGO — Dallas Comegys scored 23 points and Kevin Edwards added 21 points last night to lead the undefeated sevent-ranked DePaul Blue Demons to an 84-65 victory over Lovola.
It was the 13th victory for the Blue
Demons and the 1,000th in the school's history. Loyola record dropped to 7-7.
PHILADELPHIA — Howard Evans scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half last night leading No. 11 Detroit to a win over Penn State in an Atlantic city game.
Bernard Jackson and Andre Moore had 18 points each for Lovola.
Temple jumped to a 6-10 lead before the Nittany Lions hit their first field goal with 16:06 left in the first half. Penn State had its only lead of the game at 16:14 with 9:12 left in the half, but Temple pulled out to a 26-22 advantage at halftime.
Temple led by as many as 22 during the second half.
| | M | FG | FT | A | R | A | T | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kennedy | 39 | 5-15 | 5-7 | 13 | A | 1 | 13 | |
| Grant | 38 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Grant | 18 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Grace | 37 | 1-10 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| McCalister | 40 | 8-20 | 2-2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Johnson | 16 | 4-6 | 3-7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Sieger | 15 | 2.5 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Sieger | 15 | 1.2 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Sieger | 22 | 28.8 | 16-10 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 16 | |
The Owls dominated the second half. Evans scored nine straight points over 2:29 span.
Tim Perry added 13 points for Temple, 15-2 overall and 5-0 in the conference. Penn State, paced by Paul Murphy's 12 points, dropped to 8-4 and 2-2.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jim Farmer scored 19 points and Michael Ansley grabbed 16 rebounds last night leading No. 15 Alabama to a 69-65 Southeastern Conference victory over Louisiana State.
LSU, which trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half, rallied to take its first lead on two Jose Vargas
Percentages: FG, 397, FT, 577, 3-point
game: 7-19 (McCalla 3-8, Grace 2-7, Sieger
2-3) Blucked Shots: 3 (Grant, Grace, McCau-
ley), 4 (Steals, McCalla 2), 7 (McCalla 5)
McCalla 2), Steals: 1 (McCalla 5)
free throws with 11:04 left in the game.
But Alabama, which improved to 12-2 overall and 5-1 in the SEC with its ninth straight win, scored eight consecutive points and never trailed again. LSU closed within 65-62 with the remaining but couldn't cut the lead.
LSU, 9-8 and 1-5, was paced by Anthony Wilson's 14 points. Nikita Wilson added 12.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Bennie Bolton scored 14 of his game-high 18 points in the first half last night, leading No. 17 North Carolina State to a 75-67 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Wake Forest.
Derrick McKey had 15 points and Terry Coner added 14 for Alabama.
The Demon Deacons, 8-5 overall and 0-3 in the conference, have lost 17 consecutive regular-season ACC games. N.C. State, which led 42-29 at halftime, improved its record to 11-3 and 3-1.
Wake Forest was outscored 22-9 in the last 10 minutes of the first half and scored only 7 points in the first seven minutes of the second half. But the Deacons then mounted a charge, sparked by reserve guard Cal Boyd.
Boyd hit a three-3-point shots in the last 10 minutes of the game, including two in the final minute, as the Demon Deacons sliced the Wolfpack advantage.
'Hawks' home winning streak to be tested by the Hurricanes
Staff writer
By ROB KNAPP
The Hurricanes, however, have quickly built a competitive team as a major independent.
This year, Miami has an 8-7 record and is led by 7-foot-1 freshman center Tito Horford. The Hurricanes meet the Jayhawks at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Allen Field House. The game will
Oklahoma
Two years ago the Kansas men's basketball team was one of the top 20 teams in the country. Its opponent tomorrow, the University of Miami Hurricanes, didn't even field a team that season.
be one of three regional games broadcast by NBC-TV.
Manning 4 M FG FT R A 1 W 2 F Tp
Manning 40 9-12 34 11 0 3 12
Pelco 12 17
Pelco 29 3-5 0-2 4 5 6
Hunter 39 6-9 0-1 4 5 6
Hunter 19 2-1 0-1 4 5 12
Turgeon 11 1-2 0-1 2 2 13
Turgeon 10 1-2 0-1 2 2 13
Alvarado 40 0-1 4-0 2 3 16
Alvarado 40 0-1 4-0 2 3 16
Randall 41 1-1 2-2 0 0
Harris 41 1-1 2-2 0 0
Harris 30-46 15-14 11-17 21 74
Percentages: FG, 652, FT, 647, 3-point goals: 1-4 (Turgeon 1-2, Pitchard 0-2) 2-4 (Turgeon 1-2, Pitchard 1-1) 3-Manning 1) Triumphs: 22 (Manning 6) Steals: 6 (Pallet, Hunter 2) Techniques: Nigel
KU vs. Miami
KU will try to keep alive its home winning streak, which now stands at 40. The Jayhawks are 9-5 overall.
Tipoff: 1:30 p.m. Saturday
Allen Field House
TV/Radio: NBC-TV, KLZR-FM, KJHK-FM
Miami's basketball program, dropped after the 1970-71 season for financial reasons, was given new life by school officials last year.
The Hurricanes struggled to a 14-14 record last season, beating some smaller schools and losing to traditional powers such as Duke, UCLA and Notre Dame. But the arrival of the Ravens was something for a winning record and victories over some of college basketball's more established teams.
F Danny Manning (6-11), 20.2 ppg.
F Chris Piper (6-8), 6.5 ppg.
C Mark Pellock (6-8), 3.2 ppg.
C Gedric Hunter (6-0), 12.9 pgs.
G Kevin Pritchard (6-8), 11.5 pgs.
Record 9-5 Probable Starters
Kansas
MIAMI
Kansas
Hortford, one of the most highly recruited high school players in the country in 1985, originally signed a letter of intent to play basketball with the University of Houston. The Nassau Athletic Association ruled the signing印记. He ford moved to Louisiana State before finally deciding to attend Miami.
F Eric Brown (6-6), 15.4 pp.
F Tim Eisenberg (6-7), 13.1 pp.
C Tite Horford (7-1), 10.0 pp.
G Kevin Presto (5-11), 8.1 pp.
G Nikole Miblett (6-7), 4.2 pp.
MIAMI
Record 8-7
Probable Starters
Horford was still ineligible for Miami's first five games. Since his first game for the Hurricanes against Dartmouth on Dec. 20, Horford has averaged more than 10 points and nine rebounds a game. Miami is 7-3 since Horford became eligible.
Mike Tracy, Overland Park junior, tries to block a shot taken by Jeff Petillo, Chicago freshman. The two took advantage of Wednesday's warm weather to play a game of one-on-one behind Oliver Hall.
Miami
Playing it cool
Swimmers preparing for meet
By a Kansan reporter
The KU men's and women's swimming teams went through two-a-day practices until yesterday in preparation for their double-dual meet against Arkansas and Texas Christian at 2 p.m. Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.
Both KU teams are recovering from the flu that hit the squads over winter break and caused them to dual a meet at New Mexico Jan. 9.
Last year the women's swim team
kansas 72-41 while the
Bengals 86-40.
The women's team will be going into this meet still somewhat affected by the flu, Kemp said, but the squad is generally strong in all events.
"The Arkansas men's team is very good," said coach Gary Kempf. "They are one of the top twenty schools in the country."
Although neither team faced TCU last year. Kempf said he was expecting them to be tough competition.
Because of how points are awarded in dual meets, Kempf said, winning relays is very important.
"I look at TCU as being mirror of
them. They are a young, up-
and coming team."
Seven points are awarded for a relay victory. Five points are given for first place, three for second place and for third place in individual events.
Two-a-days help tennis teams prepare for weekend matches
Staff writer
Bv ROB KNAPP
The Kansas men's and women's tennis teams do not compete this weekend, but that doesn't mean Coach Scott Perelman is letting them off easy.
"This is the best time for us to work." Perelman said Wednesday. "When we start going out on the road every weekend, we won't have time to spend two, three, four hours working on doubles."
Perealm said that the men's and women's teams have practiced twice a day since last weekend and that he was pleased with their progress so far.
"We're playing a lot of doubles because that's what we need the work on. Perelman said. But "we're better than we can see us getting better every day."
Both the men's and women's teams will play Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at 5 p.m. Jan. 24 at Brookridge Rocket Club in Kansas City.
Senior Mike Wolf and sophomore Sven Groeneveld are playing especially well now. Perelman said.
Wolf played in the Citrus Bowl Invitational in Orlando, Fla., during semester break. The tournament field was limited to 32 top collegiate men's tennis players. Wolf, seeded sixth, beat Richard Castello of Maryland 6-1, 6-0, but he lost in the second round to Brett Greenwood of UCLA, 6-1, 6-4.
"Mike played real well in the first round but just fair in the second round," Perelman said. "But I really feel good about the way Mike's been playing. His intensity has been good beginning of the match to the end."
In early January, 11 KU players competed in the Milwaukee Tennis Classic. Wolf and Groeneveld each advanced to the round of 16.
Groeneveld beat Paul Koscielski of Texas, the third seed in the tournament. It was one of the biggest matches Groeneveld has won, Perelman said.
"We're a little banged up right here. Perelman said of the women's squad.
Perelman's main concern about the women's team is the recovery of junior Tracy Treps Treps, last year's Big Flight No. 1 singles champion, underwent shoulder surgery Nov. 19 and has not worked out with the team since.
"Her recovery has been a little slower than we expected," Perelman said. "The most important thing is not to rush her back into practicing."
The news is not all good, though. Several members of the women's team have missed practice time because of sickness or injury.
He said that Treps might hit some groundstrokes with the team this weekend, but that she wouldn't打 more shots and the team's more strain on her injured shoulder.
Other casualties on the women's team, Perelman said, included senior Barbara Inman and junior Susie Berglund. Both are recovering from the flu.
Track team ready to compete after its semester break
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
Coach Bob Timmons said Wednesday that the meet, sponsored by the Lawrence Track Club, would be an important way to relieve anxiety that the athletes might have about competing since their last meet, an intrasquade meet on Dec. 5.
The meet marks the official start of the indoor track season, which will conclude with the Big Eight Championships Feb. 28 at Nebraska and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships March 13-14 in Oklahoma City.
The Kansas men's track team will compete for the first time in a month Sunday at Anschutz Sports Pavilion in the Missouri Valley Age Group and Open Championships.
"I just want to find out where we are in terms of our conditioning level because we want to compete free of injury," Timmons said. "There will be a lot of pressure, but it will be a way to prepare for the important meets that are ahead."
The 67-member men's track team did not have any meets over the semester break, Timmons said, and might not have been able to train properly because the athletes were away from school.
Timmons said the team had been busy conditioning and filming technique this week, anxious to test their potential in the conference indoor season.
"We are concerned about the good athletes who are not in proper shape because they have pressure on them and are concerned with how they will
do," Timmons said. "It's awful for the athletes to have a month break before the indoor season, but there is nothing that we can do about it."
"We have not won an indoor conference title since 1983," Timmons said, "and we want to bring it back to KU in the worst way."
From 1965 to 1983, KU won the Big Eight Indoor Championship 12 out of 18 times. The Jayhawks finished their two lowest showings since 1965.
Timmons has been head coach of
Returnees who placed in last year's Big Eight meet include Craigi
To once again vie for the title, the Jayhawks must be beat Iowa State and Oklahoma, who finished first and second, respectively, at last year's conference meet. Kansas tied for fourth with Oklahoma State.
the team since 1966 and was an assistant in 1965.
Timmons will look to returning All-Americans Scott Huffman, a junior from Quinter, and Chris Bohan, a sophomore from Bishop, Texas, to improve the Jayhawks' conferral. The team finished fourth in the pole vault last season at the NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City.
"The quality of our team is tied up in the pole vault and in the decathlon, which is a new event this year, but we think we have a good chance in our relays this year as well." We missed it. We missed third in the conference meet last year, but we think it will move up."
Branstrom, a junior from Half Moon Bay, Calif., who finished first in the high jump; Gerald Harder, a senior from South Sioux City, Neb., who finished third in the 1000-meter run, and David Bond, a sophomore from Decatur, Ill. who posted a fourth-place finish in the triple jump.
would come from John Creighton,
a junior from Clinton, Iowa, and Orrin
and Ornette Gaines, sophomore twins from Oklahoma City.
Top freshmen recruits include high-school All-Americans Stacey Smiedala, from West High School in Billings, Mont., who will compete in the 800-meter run; Vince Labosky, from Holy Cross High School in Vincetown, N.J., who will compete in the javelin; and Pat Manson from Central High School in Aurora, Colo., who was the top high school pole vaulter in the country last year.
The entire team will compete Sunday except for those members with illnesses or injuries.
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