University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 15, 1988
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Craig Sandv KANSAN
Kansas forward Danny Manning outmaneuvers Iowa State guard Terry Woods.
Manning's 39 points eclipses JV player's 40-second debut
Kansan sports editor
It was only 40 seconds, and it did come after Kansas forward Danny Manning had scored 39 points, but for one Jayhawk basketball player it was 40 seconds he'll never forget.
life."
That was the amount of time promoted junior varsity player Marvin Mattox spent in the Kansas-Iowa State game Saturday. In the foreground was Manning establishing his record against assists and six steals. In the background was Mattox making his first varsity appearance.
"It was a thrill. You walk in and your heart goes to your toes. In football, there are a lot of people, but they don't see your face because of your helmet," said Mattox, who has played football for Kansas for four years. "I've wanted to do this all my
By Anne Luscombe
He almost got a piece of the action, too. An inbounds pass was headed his direction, but Mattox couldn't get a hold on it.
"That last one bounced in, that was to me. But that's part of the game," he said of the miss. "It would have felt so good to shoot. But I'm not asking for 35 minutes a game or anything. I just want to help the team.
"My job is to rebound, the scoring is all Danny's. Danny, Kevin (Pritchard) and Milt (Newton), they can all score."
Mattox became encouraged as Kansas' lead grew, but each shot the Cyclones made in retaliation lessened his chance of stepping onto the court.
Oh Danny, Boy! Manning hits 3 season highs
"I was kind of expecting it when we up to about 20 points ahead," he
The big story Saturday afternoon was All-American Danny Manning.
By Elaine Sung
said. "But when we were down to 12 or 13, I thought 'Oh god.'"
Kansan sports writer
Not an unusual story, perhaps, but after weeks of doubts about his standing as one of the nation's best players, his performance that included a season-high 39 points, seven assists and six steals erased any questions.
"Danny played great," Kansas coach Larry Brown said. "He scored a lot but I was most encouraged by what he did. That's what's the thing that's most important."
Manning shrugged off his best performance of the season, saying that he had a good game, but not an excellent one.
"I have to rebound better and play better defense," he said. "I put in the points and got my teammates the ball."
Brown has not discounted the possibility that Normore might take over the point guard position, especially after Normore's performance Saturday.
Boosted by double-digit performances by sophomore guards Jeff Gueldner and Kevin Pritchard, the Jayhawks defeated Iowa State 82-72 Saturday afternoon in Allen Field House.
The experience left him "at a loss for words", an affection seldom befalling the 6-foot-4 Pomona, Calif., senior who still wears his Garey High School letter jacket with "Marvelous Marvin" scrawled across the back above a design of a basketball player going for the slam dunk, Suddenly, Mattox has found modesty.
The victory improved Kansas's record to 15-9 overall and 4-4 in the Big Eight Conference for a fourth place standing in the conference.
The Cyclones, however, dropped to the midfield and 2-7 in the conference (or A. Lailani).
The Jayhawks took control early on, building a 14-point lead over the Cyclones with 14 minutes to play.
Iowa State's Mike Born started a seven-point comeback with a three-point shot at 13:53, but Kansas guard Clint Normore answered with a three-pointer of his own, his first basket in the game.
Normore, a 6-foot junior who also plays free safety on the Kansas football team, scored a personal best in three games against face in the Kansas rotation of guards.
"We got a great performance out of Clint," Brown said. "He's earned the right to play. He doesn't pout and he appreciates the opportunity to play. Clint's getting better every day. It hasn't been easy for him, but he's going to get more time."
Normore said, "I'm more comfortable playing the game. I've been working hard, and if you work hard, you get rewarded."
"I was glad to get the chance," Gueldner said. "Nothing against any other player, but I think Coach Brown is just trying to shake up the line-up a little. He's trying to change the rituals and get us turned in the right direction."
His first start came against Oklahoma State last week. The move was apparently another part of Brown's record that has been crippled with injuries.
Only seven games are left in regular-season play, and concerns are turning toward post-season play. They Big Eight and NCAA tournaments.
In his second collegiate start he
titled season-high of 10 points and
two rebounds.
Gueldner started a six-point run of his own, making two free throws with 12 minutes left in the game.
Normore, however, doubted the
player he would start a game
any time soon.
The score stood at 66-66 when Gueldner took a pass from Normore off a fast break and made a layup that extended the lead to 12 points again.
Guelner played a play in preventing an Iowa State comeback. With 2 minutes left in the game, the Hawks were making a run at the Jayhawks.
"We did a good job," said forward Mike Maddox, who finished with two points and two rebounds. "We're looking to win every game now. All you can do is play as well as you can and look forward to the tournament."
"I think we're pulling together. We've got more confidence in one another now," Normore said. "That helps us shake off a run."
Brown now has to deal with the question of Kansas' chances for qualifying for the NCAA tournament, something he does not like to respond to.
Well, maybe not.
"I don't even worry about where we are. I just want us to show improvement after each game," he
"I always liked basketball. I was really good at it in high school. Everybody thought I was coming to college." He added, "I'd know a better chance at football."
So is football going to become just a hobby for Mattto now that he has had his taste of Kansas basketball?
his layup with over 4 minutes left in the half extended Kansas' lead to 14, and his free throws in the last minute of the game helped the Jayhawks finish with a 10-point lead.
said. "As far as the conference is concerned, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas State are in a class by themselves."
"Yea, just call me Marvin 'Bo Mattox,' he said grinning.
Iowa State started off in that class, but has only won two of its conference games and dropped seven straight.
"Grayer is great. But they really miss Tompkins. He's a great defender and such a good leader," Brown said.
The Cyclones also had problems with their other top scorers. Forward Lafester Rhodes, who averages 22 points a game, did not make an impact until the second half, when he came charging out to score 12 of his total 14 points in the first six minutes.
Grayer, who had trouble from the free-throw line in the first half, bed Iowa State with 30 points.
Kansas 82 Iowa State 72
Kansas
Manning 33 13-18 1F FT 7 R A 7 F TP
Piper 34 18 3-2 2.2 7 T 7 3 4
Miller 31 7 0 2.7 7 1 3 8
Livingston 3-7 0-0 2.1 7 1 4 0
Pritchard 37 5-10 0-0 2.4 7 4 10
Barry 3 4-10 0-1 2.2 4 1 20
Massuci 3 0-0 0-4 2.4 0 0 00
Guelner 2.4 4.6 0-4 2.4 0 1 10
Halls 16 16 1-2 0-0 2.0 10
Maddox 7 1-2 0-0 2.0 1 20
Normore 23 1-2 2.3 2.3 1 2 17
Mattot 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Team 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
26 20-20 20-22 33 18 18 80
Iowa State
Percentages: FG, 545, FT, 741. Three point goals: 2-6 (Normale 11, Manning 1-1). Blocked shots: 2 (Paper 1. Harris 1). Turnovers: 3 (Manning 1), Steak 11. (Manning 1). Technicals: None.
| | M | FG | FT | R | T | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Grayer | 40 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 30 | |
| Rhodes | 25 | 6-17 | 8-12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |
| Jenkins | 11 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Urquhart | 19 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Woods | 23 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Born | 23 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
|born | 18 | 1-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
Alexander | 10 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
Baugh | 14 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Johnson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | 20-20 | | | | | | | |
Percentages: FG, 403, FT, 807. Three-point goals: 1-(Born 1-2) Blacked Shots: 4 (Robinson 2) Turnovers: 19 (Rhodes 7) Steals: 8 (Owerfield 2, Woods 2) Technicals:
Olympic skater to continue despite death of his sister
Half: Kansas 44-34 Officials: Hightower
Turlington, Eichhorst
A-500
The Associated Press
CALGARY, Alberta — Dan Jansen was determined to turn tragedy to triumph for the sister who died hours before the race he had dedicated to her. But tragedy wasn't through with him.
Now Jane was gone, and so was the race he had wanted so badly to win for her.
After getting some heartbreaking news, he took a heartbreaking fall.
Skating in the 500-meter sprint, in which he was the world champion, Jansen lost his edge going into the first turn. He slipped onto his left side, desperately tried to get up, slipped again and slid across the ice, knocking down the other skater and slamming into the mats along the right wall.
“As soon as he fell, my heart sank,” said Erik Heniksen, the U.S. team captain. “I’m not used to seeing so many bad things happen in a short period of time, at a
"I wasn't gripping the ice really well," he said. "I felt I could not push off as hard as I wanted. My first 100 wasn't normal for me. It felt like it shipped out from under me and the next thing I knew I was in the mats."
Bouncing up, he threw his arms into air in disbelief, slapped his thighs in disgust and buried his head in his hands in dismay.
For the past year, Dan had dedicated his life to speed skating, and his speed skating to his sister, Jane Beres,
"I felt the best I ever lost the last two weeks," he said later. "Maybe it just wasn't meant to be."
"I was not healthy and I was having my problems on the ice," Jansen said. "But I didn't care because I was so concerned about my sister."
time that's supposed to be as wonderful as the Olympics."
At the time, her youngest brother was ill himself with mononucleosis, which came on the heels of his second-place finish at the 1986 World Sprint Championships. His strength sapped, the second half of last year's season was
Jane Beres, 27, mother of three, sister of eight, died in a Wisconsin hospital yesterday morning. Jansen stayed in Canada, intent on racing, instead of going home.
Jane once competed herself. Then she became a nurse, like her mother, and had three daughters. The youngest was born a year ago, about the time Jane's leukemia was diagnosed.
"It was up to Dan," said Jansen's father, Harry, who went home Saturday when Jane took a turn for the worse. "He was told he wasn't doing it for us. If he was skating, he was doing it for Jane and for himself."
The Jansens are a large and close-knit family; Jane, the youngest of the five sisters at 27, and Dan, at 22 the baby of the family, were especially close, their father said. They all grew up on the ice in Wisconsin, where children learn to skate as soon as they can walk. Dan started at 4.
"I'd always planned on staying because that's what Jane would have wanted." Dap said.
KU women defeat ISU
Kansan sports writer
Bv Keith Stroker
For a half, it looked like the game earlier this season.
Kansas, losing 75-59 on Jan. 16 in Ames, Iowa, trailed 45-29 to the Iowa State Cyclones at halftime Saturday. Like the first game, the Jayhawks were outscored at the free-throw line, this time 17-6.
But guard Lisa Braddy scored 14 of her 26 points in the second half, and forward Sandy Shaw added 16 points, including four three-pointers, enabling Kansas to come back for a 74-72 victory.
Jayhawks coach Marian Washington said she had made some adjustments at halftime, telling the team to pass the ball to Braddy and Shaw.
"I told our team to never approach halftime with an attitude that we won't come back," Washington said. "We are making strides with mental toughness, improving with each game."
Kansas, 15-8 overall and 5-5 in the Big Eight Conference, won despite the efort of Iowa State junior center Carmen Jaspers. Jaspers scored 31 points, including 15 of 15 from the free-throw line, and added 14 rebounds.
The loss left Iowa State at 11-11 overall and 4-6 in the Big Eight.
Shaw led the Jayhawks with nine rebounds and six blocked shots.
Braddy's 26 points was a career high for the 5-foot-7 sophomore. Her previous high was 19 points on Jan. 20 in Boulder, Colo.
The victory gave Kansas a 17-3 series record against Iowa State, including a 9-0 mark in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks are three games behind the first-place Nebraska Cornhuskers. Kansas plays Nebraska at 7:30 Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas 74, Iowa State 72
Kanaya (14)
Brady 10-1-4, 5:10-10-6, Amold 2-0-4,
Brady 10-1-4, Doughty 3-8-4, Brougter 4-
8-4, Page 2-1-5, Nelson 0-2-2, Jason 2-1-5
Total 315-16-8-47
lowe Kansas 10, Coyote 40, Coyle 4-7, AJPS 12, Bismarck 8, 15-15, 31, Horvatsch 24, Burns 6, Burns 3, Ward 2, 9-4, Lorenzen 0.0, Jenkins 0.0, O'Bear 0, 0-8, Decker 1 0-6, Decker 1 0-6, Total food Iowa - lowe Kansas 18, Kansas 23, Fouled out - Kansas - Richardson - rebounds - Iowa State 44 (AJPS) 14, Coyley 9, Kansas 38 (Shaw) 9, awake - Iowa State 9, Kansas 12, Bridges 6, Technicolor - None.
Kansas guard Lisa Braddy drives in for two of her 26 points.