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VOLLEYBALL
Undefeated Jayhawks defend home record
Senior outside hitter Karina Garlington spikes the ball at Horejsi Family Athletics Center on Tuesday. Garlington led the team with 10 kills.
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
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The volleyball team will put its 4-0 record up against Akron, Arkansas and UT-Chattanooga this weekend, in the Jayhawk Classic at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. The Jayhawks are carrying their best record since 2005, after sweeping the Creighton Bluejay Invitational last weekend in Omaha and winning one at home on Tuesday against UMKC.
"We're going to do some scouting here, but we've been focusing on the teams we've been playing in the past," said junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield.
Of the three teams, current KU players have only gone up against Arkansas, whom they played and defeated last year. Mayfield said having won against Arkansas before gives the team confidence going into this game. Arkansas is coming in with a record of 3-0, Akron with 2-1 and UT-Chattanooga 0-3.
"At this level, anybody can beat anybody. So, can't take a day off, can't play like it's going to be easy. This whole season it's about our side of the net, and we can scout them as much as we want, but we really have to focus on Kansas side," senior outside hitter Karina Garlington said.
Garlington said the team was going to focus on the game as a whole and having consistency
throughout. The first contact pass and serve is one of the most important aspects of the game. Keeping that consistent sets up the team's offense.
Freshmen Kara Wehrs, Brianne Riley and Caroline Jarmoc have all
started and seen significant playing time in the first four games of the season.
"I think Kara's going to step up and do a very good job," said Garlington. "Bri's been lights-out, just doing an amazing job, so I
think we're going to see a lot of those two. And then who knows, they're all capable, they're all really good players."
at 7 p.m. The match against UT-Chattanooga will be Saturday at 1 p.m.
The layhawks will play against Akron on today at noon and against Arkansas later that day
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FIBA
United States basketball team defeats winless Tunisia, 92-57
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ISTANBUL — With nothing to play for, the United States looked as if it didn't want to play.
Outworked and outhustled, the Americans led winless Tunisia by only four points early in the third quarter before turning the game into a rout over the final 15 minutes of a 92-57 victory Thursday.
"It happens" center Lamat Odom said. "These teams are pumped up to play against us. You're not going to always blow a team out in the first three or four minutes of a game."
Eric Gordon scored 21 points for the U.S., which had already clinched first place in its group and was more interested in getting through this one healthy — which it didn't do — than earning any style points.
That's often what's expected of the powerful U.S., though.
"It kind of like the Tour de France, except you have to win every stage," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "You have to look good in every stage."
The U.S. (5-0), seeded first in Group B, next plays on Monday against Angola, the No. 4 seed from Group A.
Reserve forward Rudy Gay sat
out the second half with what was called a slightly pulled right groin. He is expected to be OK for the next game.
The Americans misfired on nine of 10 3-point attempts in the first half and failed to show any sustained stretches of good
offense, an occasional problem for the team during the group stage. The Americans have time to clean it up, with three days off before playing their first elimination game.
"On these next few days, we have to get better," Krzyzewski said.
for the U.S. team and Stephen Curry had 13. Marouan Kechrid scored 15 points and Macram Ben Romdhane added 11 for Tunisia, which went 0-5 in its first appearance in the worlds.
"For our first participation, I am happy," Tunisia coach Adel
"It's kind of like the Tour de France, except you have to win every stage."
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 14 points
The U.S. opened with its three toughest opponents, then faced easy ones in Iran and Tunisia. Chauncey Billups, who earned the nickname "Mr. Big Shot" for his clutch play in big games, attributes the sloppiness the last two nights to the fact that little was at stake.
"It's kind of tough, but the good thing about it is those games are over now and every game is as big as the next one now," Billups said.
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI USA basketball coach
Tlatli said.
Krzyzewski played his starters the entire first quarter, which ended with the Americans up 19-13. The reserves went the whole second, and though they pushed the lead into double digits, Tunisia was
within two in the final minute before the Americans got the final two baskets for a 39-33 lead.
Clearly taking advantage of the Americans' lack of interest, Tunisia hustled to keep possessions alive, even ripping a couple of balls out of U.S. players' hands. But those extra possessions usually ended in missed shots. Tunisia hit 28 percent after entering the game at 36 percent for the tournament, second worst in the 24-team field.
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Leading the pack from left, Rebeka Stowe, Kathleen Thompson, Allie Margus and Kara Windisch charge up a hill after passing through the Oak Holler Bridge at last year's Bottmons Invitational meet at Rim Rock Farm. Kansas will compete at the meet again Saturday.
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Jayhawks prepare for season opener
Kansas has won the competition the last three years
On the men's side, coaches said they wanted new runners to get collegiate experience and find their tempos. With top runners possibly sitting out, eyes are on sophomores Josh Baden and Zach Zarda to set the pace.
BY LAUREN NEWMAN
The Bob Timmons Classic is the first time that fans, coaches and competition are able to evaluate teams' summer training. Both the men's and women's cross country teams are motivated to start their seasons out on a positive foot at the first meet.
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Key runners for the women's team are sophomores Natalie Becker and Tessa Turcotte. Turcotte said she personally hoped to do well in the first race and set a positive tone for the Jayahwack team. Coaches are also looking to junior newcomer Cori Christensen as a possible standout runner.
This Saturday the Kansas cross country team will finally be able to prove itself at the Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farm. This could be the fourth time that the liahawks sweep the competition.
The men's collegiate team will start a 6K race at 9 a.m. followed by the women's 5K race at 10 a.m. Kansas will host Colby Community College, Garden City Community College, Neosho Community College, Park University and Marysville.
Both the men's and women's teams have been practicing hard and preparing for the upcoming meet. Coach Stanley Redwine and assistant coach Michael Whittlesey
said they hoped that by sitting out top runners, younger runners would be able to prove themselves.
MLB
KC Royals extend Triple-A contract
OMAHA, Neb. — The Kansas City Royals have extended their contract with Triple-A Omaha through the 2014 season.
nounced the extension Thursday.
More than 700 of the nearly 1,000 players who have been part of the Omaha team over the years have gone on to play in the major leagues.
The Omaha Royals are moving into a new ballpark southwest of Omaha next season and the team could have a new name by then. Fans have been asked to submit name suggestions.
The Omaha club has been Kansas City's Triple-A affiliate since the Royals joined the American League in 1969 as an expansion team. The teams an-
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FIBA
Serbian national team tops Argentina
Teams face off in world basketball championship
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ERI. Turkey
KAYSERI, Turkey Aleksandar Rasic made four free throws in the last 11 seconds Thursday to help Serbia upset top-ranked Argentina 84-82 and win Group A at the basketball world championship.
Argentina captain and Houston Rockets forward Luis Scola sank two free throws with 38 seconds left to make it 77-77, but Serbia's Dusko Savanovic hit a 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining.
Scola had 32 points, his fourth straight game of 30 or more. He is Argentina's all-time leading scorer at the worlds with 357 points. Ernesto "Finito" Gehrmann scored 331 points in the 1967 and 1974 events.
Savanovic led Serbia with 19 points and Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic added 18 points and eight rebounds. Krstic played his second game after a three-game suspension for a brawl against Greece.
"If we can beat Argentina, we can beat anyone," Savanovic said.
Both teams finished with 4-1 records.
Scola had 10 points in the fourth quarter, but Krstic and Savanovic combined for 22 while battling Argentina's top player. By bringing in Rasic near the end, Serbia made sure it had its strongest free-throw shooter on the floor.
Guard Milos Teodosic had the most playing time in the Serbian team, 28 minutes, and added 16 points. Serbia outrebounded Argentina 43-32.
"This was probably the best game so far," Serbia coach Dusan Ivkovic said. "We trailed 20-7 at the start and we came back to finish the first quarter only two behind."
Carlos Delfino of the Milwaukee Bucks played the entire 40 minutes and finished with 13 points, but none in the fourth quarter for Argentina. Scola played 35 minutes and made 12 of 19 shots.
Argentina coach Sergio Hernandez said "two of the best teams in the world showed great talent and big character and personality. It was a tough but fain game."
"We have learned a lot from Argentina in the last 10 years, especially their fighting spirit," Ivkovic said. "We also learned that you can't relax even for a second against Argentina and their veterans."
Hernandez waved away suggestions that the loss may benefit Argentina because its next game is not until Tuesday, while Serbia must play on Saturday.
"We don't care when we play, we don't care whom we play and we want to win every game," Hernandez said.
Argentina guard Pablo Prigioni said the extra time would help the team recover and allow center Fabricio Oberto, who has yet to play, to recover fully from a gastric flu and fever.
"This is the positive thing we can take from this game," Prigioni said.
Ivkovic complained that the scheduling punished the top team in the group and said it would be tough to recover, especially with travel to Istanbul.
"The team that stays in Istanbul has a definite advantage" he said.