University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 5, 1988
Sports
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Jayhawks hope to end nightmare
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sports writer
Some of the things that have happened to the Kansas men's basketball team are a coach's worst nightmare.
The team has been hit by injuries, by the loss of two players to academic ineligibility and by a four-game losing streak.
The Jayhawks need to turn things around if they have any intentions of going to the NCAA tournament. Tomorrow afternoon's game might be the chance Kansas has been waiting for.
The Jayhawks will play Colorado at 3:10 in Allen Field House. The Buffaloes are 4-14 overall and 0-5 in the Big Eight Conference.
The Jayhawks, 12-8, have dropped four games in a row, their longest losing streak since the 1962-83 season. But Kansas' immediate concerns are situated in the Big Eight, where the Jayhawks are now in seventh place with a 1-4 conference record.
"We've got to win," said forward Chris Piper after the Kansas-Oklahoma game. "We have to get back into it." We have to realize that, get out and win."
Game 21
Kansas
Jayhawks
COACH: Larry Brown
Record: 12-8 (1-4)
The Jayhawks' slide started with their game against Notre Dame and continued with losses to Nebraska.
Colorado Buffaloes
COACH: Tom Miller
Record: 4-14 (0-5)
PROBABLE STARTERS
F-24 Chris Piper 6'8" 4PG
F-21 Mitten Newton 6'4" 8.1
F-21 Danny Manning 6'10" 23.4
G-11 Lincoln Minor 6'3" 3.5
G-14 Kevin Prichard 6'3" 10.9
F-22 Dan Becker 6"* 8.0
F-23 Brian Robinson 6"* 9.2
F-54 Scott Wilke 6"* 10.2
G-12 Steve Wise 6"* 4.9
G-4 Torrence Chapman 6"* 5.8
COVERAGE: Game Time 3:10 Tomorrow Feb. 6 at Allen Fieldhouse. The contest will be broadcast along the KSN-TV Network Channel 27 in Topeka and KMBC-TV Channel 9.
Radio: KLZR105.9, KJHK 91 FM.
KANSAN graphic
Kansas State and Oklahoma
What Brown and the players hope
is to learn from their mistakes
and improve.
"We're playing hard, but we're missing something," guard Scooter Barry said. "Once we find that, we'll do all right."
One of those missing ingredients may be the lack of a big man to help Danny Manning, Piper, a 6-foot-8 forward, is suffering from a groin pull; $6\cdot 1/2$ Archie Marshall was injured in a December game against St. John's, Sean Alvarado, a $6\cdot 1/2$ center, and Mark Randall, a $6\cdot 1/2$
forward, were redshirted this season,
and 6-10½ Marvin Branch was declared
academically ineligible earlier this
semester.
Kansas coach Larry Brown has had to use nine different starting lineups this season. Freshman forward Mike Masucci was the newest starter, but he was injured in the second half of Wednesday's game against Oklahoma.
Masucci suffered a concussion after being elbowed in the head by Manning and was kept overnight for observation at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Masucci was released last night from the hospital.
The Buffaloes are having problems of their own, sitting in last place in the Big Eight. Colorado is coming off a 30-point blowout against Missouri and will be seeking their first conference victory.
Colorado's biggest weapon is center Scott Wilke, a 6-10 senior. Wilke is the sixth-leading scorer in the Big Eight, averaging more than 21 points and eight rebounds a game.
Colorado also has had trouble rebounding, ranking seventh in the conference in percentage. The Buffaloes shoot only .452 from field-goal range and are slightly better than Kansas from three-point range, shooting 40 for 121.
Stanford puts end to Arizona streak
The Associated Press
STANFORD, Calif. — Todd Lichti scored 23 points and Howard Wright scored 22 as Stanford scored the final 10 points of the game last night, upsetting No. 1 Arizona 82-74 and ending the Wildcats' eight-game winning streak.
Stanford, which trailed by nine points in the first half, shut out Arizona by taking control of the backboards in the final 5 minutes. Sean Elliott led the Wildcats with 20 points but couldn't score after making a short jumper that put Arizona ahead for the last time at 74-72.
Lichten it hit a 15-foot bank shot to start Stanford's 10-0 streak, and he ended it with a pair of free throws.
Arizona, 20-2 overall, still has a comfortable lead in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 9-1 record. The Wildcats hadn't lost since a defeat Jan. 2 at New Mexico. Stanford is 14-7 overall and 6-4 in the Pac-10.
Elliott scored nine of Arizona's 14 points in the final 7 minutes of the first half, giving the Wildcats a 43-40 halftime lead after Stanford had fought back from a 24-15 deficit.
Wright, who scored 12 points in the
first half, hit a layup with 12:22 left in the period, giving Stanford a 33-32 lead it enjoyed in part from capitalizing on a big advantage at the free throw line.
Stanford hit 14 of 20 free throws in the first half to Arizona's seven of 10, but the Wildcats outshot the Cardinals 4-2 from three-point range and had four more two-point baskets.
Arizona, which has lost at Stanford each of the last four years, led 58-52 early in the second half before Wright's layup started a 6-minute stretch in which the teams traded baskets.
Tennis team off to Ohio
Arizona showed more speed and displayed some dazzling dunks during the game but couldn't cope with Stanford's steady play and strong rebounding. The Cardinal outbounded the Wildcats 32-26 and worked the ball around to 18 assists to 13 for Arizona.
The big difference in scoring, however, came at the free-throw line. For the fourth straight year, Arizona ran into foul trouble at Maple's Pavilion. Stanford hit 22 of 30 free throws; Arizona hit 11 of 16.
By a Kansan reporter
Kansas women's tennis coach Eric Hayes will get a good reading on his team this weekend.
The women's team travels to Cincinnati to take on Purdue today, Ohio University tomorrow and Miami of Ohio on Sunday. These are the first road matches for the Jayhawks this season.
"We were playing in own backyard against Edwardsville," Hayes said, referring to last week's home victory over Southern Illinois at Edwardsville on weekend should give us a chance to see how we stick together as a team."
The matches away from home will provide a good learning experience
for three Kansas freshmen, Hayes said. Freshmen Michele Balsom, Mindy Pelz and Stacy Stotts will play on the road for the first time since they started playing for the Jayhawks.
Kansas' lineup in singles will be senior Tracy Treps, junior Jeanette Jonsson, senior Marie Hibbard, junior Susie Berglund, Balsom and Pelz.
In doubles, Treps will team with
Ironman and with Pelz and
Berglund with Stotts.
"This will be a real test," Hayes said. "Miami of Ohio is one of the best teams in the East, and the other two squads are very good."
KU hopes to keep Lady Buffs asleep
Kansan sports writer
By Keith Stroker
Colorado is like a sleeping giant ready to awaken.
Kansas women's basketball coach
Marian Washington hopes the Lady
Buffs remain a sleep tomorrow
"Colorado is having some problems right now, but we have to be really careful of them," Washington said. "They are a very capable ball club with an outstanding perimeter game."
PROBARLE STARTERS
PROBABLE STARTERS
Kansas Jayhaws
Coach: Marian Washington PPG
F-2 Memphis Brougher 58' 10"
F-22 Lila Baker 51'11 6"
C-23 Sandy Shaw 60' 12"
C-12 Lisa Bradby 52' 9"
G-11 Cheryl Jackson 57' 4"
Culledge Lady Buffalo 12-8,2-5
Coach: Coal Barry PPG
F-55 Rosland Starks 60' 3"
F-42 Tracy Tripp 51'10 2"
C-34 Crystal Ford 62' 11"
C-34 Erin Carson 60' 19"
G-24 Bridget Turner 58' 13"
Kansas plays Colorado at noon tomorrow in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks lead the series 10-4, including a 72-71 victory this season in Boulder.
Colorado, 12-8 overall and 2-5 in the Big Eight Conference, has struggled in conference play, but Washington knows how good they can be.
Washington said the season was not over yet but that Kansas, 14-6 overall and 4-3 in the Big Eight, was physically ready and that the players were working on its mental endurance and concentration.
On Jan. 6, the Lady Buffs played at No. 2 ranked Louisiana Tech, losing by just seven points, 66-59.
The Jayhawks, coming off a 71-68 victory against Oklahoma in Norman, are in third place in the conference, two games behind first-place Nebraska. Washington said winning the conference would be nice but that her main goal was for Kansas to be playing well going into the Big Eight tournament.
"We have seven games left before the tournament in Salina," Washington said. "The winner of the Big Eight tournament gets an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. The most important thing, I hope they realize that. It is important for our team to be playing well at the end of the season."
Profit for Tyson vs. Spinks could be almost $40 million
Center Deborah Richardson blocked five shots in the second half of the Kansas-Oklahoma game, a Big Eight record for one half. Richardson has 44 blocked shots for the season, just 12 behind the Kansas record.
Washington said forward Sandy shaw played a great game against Ohio State and was a big factor in the Jayhawks' 22 scored 20 points against the Sooners
Butch Bulex made that estimate Wednesday after negotiations were completed. He called the bout "the one everyone wanted to see."
NEW YORK — Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks figure to gross as much as $70 million when Tyson defends his disputed heavylweight title in June. Spinks' adviser said.
The Associated Press
Lewis figured that the fight would get a profit of nearly $40 million.
"We've agreed verbally," Lewis said, ending months of often bitter negotiations. "We're now having the contract reduced to writing" and a signing is expected early next week.
The bout between the unbeaten fighters will be shown on closed-circuit television, but no site or date has been chosen. Lewis said.
Atlantic City and Las Vegas were thought to be the leading contenders
"We're very interested in the fight," said Jack Burkam, vice president of marketing at the Las Vegas Hilton. "We've hosted most of Tyson's championship fights and we've hosted Spinks fights in the past. They were very successful for us."
as the site.
The fee to host the fight could be the biggest ever, topping the reported $7 million that Caesar's Palace paid as host to the Marvelous Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard middleweight title fight in April.
"It's clearly in that neighborhood," said Burkam. "This is a big, big fight. It is a fight we think would be a major, major attraction."
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas was another potential site.
Burkam said the Hilton would build an outdoor arena for the fight if it were successful.
"The courts are full anytime there aren't classes," Carol Lear, Robinson Service Center employee said.
If the doors of Robinson Center are unlocked, the raquetball courts probably are booked.
By a Kansan reporter
Racquetball fills Robinson to the walls
Frank Shudy, Kansas City. Mo,
minor, and Bobby Waldman Overland
Park senior, said they played
four times a week.
"We just play for fun," Shudy said. "We work out the beer and whatever else we did the night before."
Although racquetball is a fun sport, some care needs to be taken when playing.
"I swear I saw the ball coming right at me." Shudy said after being hit in the face by the ball. "It was like it was in slow motion coming off your racquet right toward my nose, but I couldn't move. I just had to stand there and let it hit me in the nose."
Photos by Craig Sands and Joe Wilkins HUFANISAM
and Joe Willems III KANSAK
Right, Frank Shudy, Kansas City, Mo. junior, sips a little refreshment between games.
Far right, Shudy and Bobby Waldman, Overland Park senior, play on one of the 15 racquetball courts in Robinson Center. Bottom, Waldman laughs after winning a point and watching Shudy topple.