University Daily Kansan / Monday, January 25, 1988
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Irish spoil Jayhawks' trip
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sports writer
Kansas coach Larry Brown said he thought forward Danny Manning did not see the ball enough on Saturday afternoon.
And Notre Dame's guard David Rivers saw too much of it.
"We talked about denying the ball to Rivers and getting the ball to Danny, but then our guards shoot a 28 or 18-footer after only one pass," Brown said.
Rivers was indeed denied the ball in the field, shooting only seven for 16. But when it went down to the last minute, it was Rivers' 14-for-15 free throw shooting that gave Notre Dame its 80.76 victory over Kansas.
The Jayhawks had a chance to tie the game with 15 seconds left in the game when Manning went to the line. But he missed the front end of a one-and-one and the rebound was kicked out-of-bounds by forward Chris Pipi
Rivers returned the favor by binking both his free throws with 12 seconds left, giving the Irish a four-point advantage. 78-74.
Guard Lincoln Minor's jump shot with 6 seconds left pulled the Jayhawks back within two, and Brown was on a timeout to regroup the top men.
Kansas' only hope was to foul a Notre Dame player, preferably a poor free-throw shooter, regain possession and tie the game with a two-
point basket or win with a three-point shot.
But Rivers was fouled again, this time by guard Kevin Pritchard, and capped the victory with two more flawless free throws.
"We felt going in, we could beat Kansas," Rivers said. "Even when they took an early lead we didn't back down."
The Jayhawks are now 12-5 and reenter their Big Eight schedule with an away game on Wednesday against Nebraska.
Kansas went into Saturday's game as a slight underdog, but the Jayhawks surprised the more than 11,000 Irish fans at the Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center by piling in six unanswered points to open the game.
Notre Dame's first points came with a three-pointer from Rivers, hereday to the fans with a shower of shots that stopped the game temporarily.
The Irish had some problems early on, trailing the Jayhawks the entire first half. They were unable to connect on field goals and were shooting just over 30 percent in the first 10 minutes.
Notre Dame improved on that by halftime, shooting 46 percent, but also committed three times as many turnovers as Kansas in the first half.
The statistics turned against the Jayhawks in the second half, however. Kansas was outbounded 26-22, yet the tell-tale sign of defeat was in
the fouls column, where the Jayhawks committed 24 to Notre Dame's 14.
Forward Milt Newton turned in another excellent performance, sinking three out of four three-point shots, finishing with a total of 15 points and seven rebounds.
Manning, who led the Jayhawks with 22 points and nine rebounds, was double-teamed much of the time, leaving forward Keith Harris open to take a few shots.
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Harris, finishing with seven points,
scored several key baskets to extend
their lead.
But it took the Irish only 7 minutes to climb up, soewhat 19 points and hold in place.
That lead was extended to 11 early in the second half with Manning's drive inside to make the score 55-44.
Sophomore guard Jamere Jackson's three-point play signaled Notre Dame's comeback, cutting the lead to 58-53. Piper sank his jump shot but Manning missed and ended of a score from Irish tools control to score six consecutively.
Center Gary Voe tied it all at 61, and gave Notre Dame its first lead of the game when he completed his three-point play with more than 8 minutes left.
Kevin Pritchard, Kansas guard, fouls David Rivers, Notre Dame guard, in the closing seconds of the game. Rivers sank the two ensuing free throws that assured the victory.
Neither team could establish a definite lead. Kansas tied the game again at 65 with an alley-oop play by Manning, and Newton's jump shot gave the Jayhawks a two-point advantage.
The Irish got their biggest lead in the game with 2:16 left in the second half when Rivers completed both of their one-and-one, putting the score at 72-69.
Pritchard chuck his three-pointer to tie the game back up, and Voce's baseline jump shot gave the Irish what turned out to be their final lead.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
Kansas 76
Notre Dame 80
Kansas
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | I | F |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Manning | 40 | 9-13 | 4-6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| Piper | 30 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Newton | 30 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Livingston | 26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Pritchard | 26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Minor | 20 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Barry | 6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Measucci | 4 | 4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Harris | 15 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | | 31-57 | 9-14 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 76 |
point goals 5-9 (Newton 3)- Blocked Shots:
04 (Manning 3) Turnovers 10 (Mins 3)
15 (Bishop 3) Turnovers 15 (Mins 3)
| | M | FG | FT | A | R | F | T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Stevenson | 36 | 7-9 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| Kenyon | 39 | 9-0 | 3-8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| Padock | 8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| Rivers | 38 | 7-16 | 1-4 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 21 |
| Jackson | 31 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Jackson | 31 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Singleton | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robinson | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 27:48 | 25:32 | 16:12 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
Percentages: FG: 551, FT: 781. Three-point goals: 1-(Rivers 4) Turnovers: 13 (Stevenson 6) Steals: 6 (Robinson 3) Technician Moon
Half: Kansas 41-36. Officials: Leimbach, Reynolds, Eichhorst.
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Notre Dame forward Keith Robinson is surrounded by Kansas players Danning Manning, foward; Milt Newton, forward; and Otis Livingston, guard. The Irish defeated the Jayhawks, 80-76.
Jayhawk men's tennis team has successful season opener
By Tom Stinson
Kansan sports writer
The Kansas men's tennis team opened its spring season this weekend with two impressive victories at Alavar Maracq Club.
Kansas, playing in team competition for the first time this season, defeated Ball State 5-4 on Friday and led Minnesota 6-3 on Saturday.
"This is the first time we've beaten Minnesota since I've been here," said head coach Scott Perelman. "This is also one of the few times we've ever beaten a ranked team.
"To play these two matches back-to-back is a really good showing. This gives us good momentum for next weekend."
The Jayhawks' doubles play highlighted the victory over Minnesota with Kansas sweeping all three doubles matches. The squads split the six singles matches
Walker and Craig Wildey, John Falbo and Larry Pascal, and Jim Secrest and Jeff Gross each won for the Javhawks.
In singles play, Walker defeated Casey Merickle in two sets and Wildey defeated Anthony Cruz 4-6, 7-6. However, it was Secrest's victory over Mathias Olsson 4-6, 6-4 in the second round, which was the key to the team's victory.
"He was just great." Perelman said. "That match swung the whole meet our way."
The doubles teams of Chris
Secrest came back to win the final set of the match in a tiebreaker after trailing 5-2.
In other singles play, Falbo lost to Jonas Svensson, Pascal lost to Jason Hall and Gross was defeated by Kevin Werwie.
Against Ball State, Kansas relied on a victory in the number- three doubles match to seal the victory. Secrest and Gross defeated Todd Kafka and Brian DeVirgilio 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in the night's final match.
Also winning against Ball State was Falbo, Secrest, Pascal and Gross. Only Falbo's match against Tod Hershey went three sets.
"We played better tonight as a team." Perelman said Saturday. "We were very fortunate to win Friday. They gave us all we could handle. We came out scared and tentative against Ball State, but against Minnesota we played with more confidence, which showed in the results."
Perleman said playing with three newcomers was one of the reasons the Jayhawks came out tentative. Freshmen Falbo and Gross were playing in their first college matches, and Secrest had been little used in his first two years.
"We learned a lot," Wildey said.
"We could've played better against Ball State, but we still dug it out. And against Minnesota, we jumped on them right away and got the momentum going for us."
KU women fall 80-64 to Cornhuskers
By Keith Stroker
Kansan sports writer
Things don't seem to be getting any easier for the Kansas women's basketball team.
This phrase summed up how coach Marian Washington felt shortly after the Jayhawks' game Saturday with the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Allen Field House. Washington and Kansas forward Lisa Baker received technical fouls when they questioned several calls by the officials.
Outscored 20-7 at the free-throw line, Kansas, now 11-6 overall and 1-3 in the Big Eight Conference, lost for 28 points at home, falling to Nebraska 84-64.
The Jayhawks face the Oklahoma State Cowgirls at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the field house. The Cowgirls are tied for second place in the conference with the Missouri Tigers at 3-1, and then the Dallas Cowboys, howtough the road ahead will be.
Washington was referring to the loss of two key players to injury. Jackie Martin, plagued by injuries all season, ruptured her achilles tendon Wednesday at Colorado and is out for the season. The senior forward finished her Kansas career as the fifth best rebounder in school history with 713 and third best in steals with 158. She also ranks high in many other categories.
Deborah Richardson is still out of the Jayhawks lineup after injuring her knee in practice a week and a half ago. The junior center had arthroscopic surgery a week ago and should return to play soon. She leads the Big Eight with 34 blocked shots.
"Last year, through the first nine games of the Big Eight, we were 4-5." Washington said. "I don't want to be in that position again. We'll just work to work with the personnel we have and try and turn this thing around."
Nebraska, 14-2 overall and 4-0 in the conference, won for only the second time in 11 games at Kansas. Their previous win came Jan. 17, 1976, when they defeated the Jayhawks 50-45.
In an 82-72 victory over Kansas State last Wednesday night, Ivy scored 25 points and became the leading scorer in Nebraska women's basketball history with 1,880 points, passing Debra Powell's 1,843 career time.
The Cornhuskers were led by reserves Sabrinia Brooks, with 20 points, and Ann Halsey with 16. Guard Amy Stephens also added 16 points for Nebraska. Senior forward Maurice Ivy was held to just 13 points, 14 below her conference average.
"This game was a momentum builder for us," Ivy said. "This was the beginning of a three-game road that required us to get us off to a good start."
"We executed well today and played as a team," Beck said. "But the race isn't over yet. There is not a poor team in the conference."
4. 10, Strengthen 3. 0/6; Bend 2. 0/4; Load 2. 0/4
Bend 2. 0/4; Bend 2. 0/4; Bend 2. 0/4; Bend 2. 0/4;
Strengthen 3. 0/6; Bend 2. 0/4; Load 2. 0/4; Load 2. 0/
4;
The Jayhawks were led by Sandy Shaw, Lynn Page, and Lisa Dougherty, with 10 points apiece.
Nebraska 80, Kansas 64
Stephene 12-6-13 Horns 04-4-4, Bolt 4-1-2, Buffalo 0-6-0,
George 5-6-4, Kahine 14-6-1, Tieke 7-3-2, Brooks 8-6-7, Hubert 8-2-2, Fline 9-0.0, Smith 0-0.0, Wilson 0-0,
Totals 31-20 21-70
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Michelle Arnold, Kansas guard, is pressured by Maurice Ivy, Nebraska guard, during second period action.
Wilander beats Cash in Australian Open
In a 4½-hour match delayed twice by rain, Wilander 23, rallied from two sets to one in his fifth Grand Slam title.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Mats Wilander of Sweden captured his third Australian Open title Sunday with a 6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-1, 8-6 victory over Pete Kang, who was trying to become the first native to win the championship since 1976.
The match was watched by a sellout crowd 15,000 at the new $800 king box.
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The players were on court for 4 hours and 28 minutes. Rain stoppages accounted for another 52 minutes.
Wilander, who won the Australian
open in 1893 and 1894 collected
$200,000.
Wilander ended a run of defeats in his last three Grand Slam finals.
Cash was beaten in the final for the second successive year. Last year, he lost to Sweden's Stefan Edberg in five sets.
Swedish players have won the last five men's singles titles at the Australian Open. Edberg won the two titles and Gilles Simon toptowers the two years prior to that.
Wilander, the third seed, collected the 27th Grand Prix singles title of his career. He was playing in his ninth Grand Slam final.
In the Swede broke Cash's serve in
"It was a great match," Wilander said. "Pat showed great sportsman-
Wilander, who was cheered by hundreds of Swedish fans, many with their faces painted in the colors of the band. A group set, set, but Cash came back to lead 3.
His persistence, poise and placement proved more than a match for her.
the 13th game of the decisive set, then held serve at love to clinch the victory.
Cash, the fourth seed and ranked seventh in the world, was seeking the sixth singles title of his career and his second Grand Slam title. He won Wimbledon last year and was seeking to become the first Australian to win the title here since Mark Edmondson in 1976.
The serve-and-volleyer, playing in front of his hometown crowd, defeated the world's top player, Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia in the semifinals, while Wilander downed Edberg.
Steffi Graf won the women's title on Saturday, capturing her second Grand Slam crown with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Chris Evert.
It was the first step on the road to capturing tennis' four major tournaments.
Wilander won the men's title with steady, conservative play.
He got 76 percent of his first serves in, compared to 60 percent for Cash, who had 48 unforced errors to 21 for Wilander.
Wilander double-faulted only twice, but Cash had nine double-faults. Cash forced the five sets by charging the net, winning 85 points there to 38 for Wilander.
Gusty winds and the two rain delays made conditions difficult for birds.
Wilander led by a set and 4-1 at the first enforced break and had two points for 5-1 after the resumption, but the momentum swung Cash's way.