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University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 15, 1988
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Hampton coach is ready for Kansas test
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sports writer
Hampton coach Malcom "Zeke" Avery is treating his team's game tomorrow night against the Jayhawks as any other game.
Not Danny Manning, not Allen Field House, not even "The Streak."
None of the things that Kansas is known for fazes him.
"They're ready and they're out to win," he said of his players. They know the popularity of Kobe Bryant is excited to come out and play.
"We know the tradition that Kansas has and what the home court has done for them," Avery said. "All we can do is give it our best effort.
Hampton, an NCAA Division II team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, plays in a building with a capacity of 3,800. They will face the Jayhawks in Allen Field House, which seats 15,800.
Avery also knows about The Streak, now at 54 games, and the determination Kansas has in keeping the home winning streak alive.
"Everything may be larger there, but I think our kids will come around, even with the noisy background," he said. "We should just prepare mentally."
"We'll have to stop him from reaching the triple threat: rebounds, scoring and assists." Avery said. "Hopefully, we can control the tempo and keep them from their running game."
Hampton will be led by 6-foot-6 forward Peltre Williams, who averages more than 15 points and eight rebounds a game.
And then there's the challenge named Dannv Manning.
Game 15
"We had our chances," he said.
"In the second half, we tried to get things right, but then we turned the ball over."
Kansas
Jayhawks
COACH: Larry Brown
Record: 11-3
Kansas coach Larry Brown, in the meantime, spent yesterday watching films from the Iowa State game, which Kansas lost 88-78.
Hampton Pirates
COACH:Mcalm Ave
F-25 Danny Manning 6'10" 22.5
F-21 Milton Newton 6'4" 6.2
C-24 Chris Piper 6'8" 8.4
G-12 Ols Livingston 6'0" 3.6
G-14 Kevin Pritchard 6'3" 11.0
PROBABLE STARTERS
COACH:Malcolm Aver
Record: 6-3
F-40 Sylvester Hartford 6'5" 5.7
F-42 Peltei Williams 6'6" 8.3
C-50 Derrick Dunson 6'8" 7.4
G-10 Raymond Lee 6'0" 1.8
G-33 Stacy Clark 6'0" 5.0
Kansas had a better game in terms of rebounds, but the Cyclones forced 25 turnovers, which prevented the Jayhawks from getting any closer than six points in the second half.
Despite the loss, Brown was pleased with the Jayhawks' overall performance, considering the loss of starting center Marvin Branch, who was declared highly ineligible on Wednesday.
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"It's hard to evaluate; our team's changed so much," he said. "We just started adjusting after losing Marshall."
Kansas lost the services of Marshall after he injured his left knee
last month
Starting in place of Branch is Chris Piper, who is suffering from a pulled groin muscle. Piper played 28 minutes against Iowa State, scoring five points and grabbing six rebounds.
about it. I want to try to forget it.
There's nothing I can do about it."
Another player who nas,
Brown's eyes, improved enough to
deserve more time is sophomore Keith Harris, who played 19 against Iowa State and contributed six points and two rebounds.
"I felt good at the game. I don't think about it anymore." Piper said of his injury, which requires surgery in order to heal completely. "That's why I don't like to talk
"It was nothing exceptional," Harris said. "It has to be better. Give me two more weeks."
Washington says rebounds are the key to defeating Iowa State on home court
Kansan sports writer
By Keith Stroker
The Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team looks to bounce back from its five-point loss to Missouri when they face the Iowa State Cyclones tomorrow in Ames, Iowa. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.
Jayhawk coach Marian Washington said the key to success in the game will be rebounding, something the Jayhawks did not do well against and 0-1 in the Big Eight Conference, was outbounded by Missouri 52-39.
"If we control the boards and play our games, we have a good opportunity to win."
Washington said the Cyclones, 8-4 overall and 0-0 in the conference, had a strong perimeter game and liked to run. Senior guard Etta Burns leads the Cyclone fast break with an average of 12.6 points a game.
"Burns is an outstanding point guard," Washington said. "Because
of her, they like to play an up-tempo game."
IOstate Iowa lost a great player in center Stephanie Smith, who graduated last year as a first team all-Big Eight performer. Washington said the Cyclones had a couple of quality players to take her place in junior forward Lisa Greiner and junior center Carmen Jaspers.
Greiner equalled her career high in points with 23 against Kansas on Feb. 28 last season in the Big Eight postseason tournament in Salina. Jaspers had a career high 14 rebounds against the Jayhawks on Jan. 28 last season in Lawrence.
Last season, Kansas faced Iowa State three times, winning all three by scores of 79-64, 75-68 and 73-67.
The Jayhawks have a 16-2 overall record against Iowa State, including a 7-1 mark at Iowa's Hilton Coliseum. Kansas' only loss at Ames came on Feb. 4, 1986, by a score of 68-60. The only other time the
PROBABLE STARTERS
Kansas 10-4
Coach: Pam Wetting PPG
F-33 Lisa Dougherty 5'9" 13.9
F-30 Lisa Baker 5'11" 6.2
C-55 DebraRichardson 6'1" 10.4
G-34 Mesho Stroughter 5'9" 7.9
G-24 Etta Burns 5'9" 9.2
lowa State Cyclones 8-4
Coach: Marian Washington PPG
F-40 Shelly Coyle 6'1" 8.0
F-30 Lisa Greiner 6'1" 10.4
F-44 Garmen Jason 6'3" 15.0
G-15 Tracvay Horns 5'8" 7.2
G-24 Etta Burns 5'8" 12.6
Cyclones have beaten the Jayhawks was in the opening round of the 1982 Big Eight Postseason Tournament, by a score of 66-64.
The Cyclones also feature 6-foot2 freshman forward Lymen Lorenzen, who won the 1987 Naismith Award as the national women's prep basketball Player of the year. Featured last
year on the CBS Evening News, Lorenzen scored 6.736 points during her four years at Ventura High School in Clear Lake, Iowa, the most points scored by an amateur — man or woman — in college or high school.
Last week, Jayhawks senior reserve forward Sandy Shaw received the Big Eight Player of the week award for her performances against Oral Roberts University and Missouri-Kansas City.
Shaw, the 6-10 Topeka High School graduate, averaged 18.7 points and 8.3 rebounds in the two games, including 7 of 9 three-point shots. It is the first time she has received the award and the first time a Kansas player has been honored this season.
"At first, I really didn't think about it and I kept playing the best I could." Shaw said. "It is a nice award, but something that I can't get to my head. I need to press on and keep playing hard."
Ex-Packer coach takes SMU post
The Associated Press
DALLAS — Forrest Gregg left his coaching job with the Green Bay Packers and returned to his alma mater yesterday to start anew the scandal-rocked football program at Southern Methodist University.
"It's a distinct honor for us at SMU today to announce the selection and appointment of our new head football coach — Forrest Gregg." SMU Athletic Director Doug Single said at a news conference.
Gregg, who was the SMU football captain in 1955, now has the job of restoring a program tainted in a play-for-pay scandal that blotted out the school's 1987 and 1988 seasons.
"I am really pleased to be home," said Gregg, who has never coached college football but took the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl in 1982. "I've been doing a lot of things — the National Football League for a long time — and I always thought that somewhere along the line . . . I'd like to be here."
Gregg was expected to get a four-year contract with a one-year option at SMU's choice and was expected to take a two-thirds pay cut from the $300,000 he was going to earn with the Packers this year.
SMU originally offered the job to Colorado Coach Bill McCartney, who at first accepted and then declined. Former Ohio State Coach Earle Bruce and high school coach Tim Edwards of L.D. Bell were other top candidates.
The Mustangs have not had a coach since Bobby Collins and Athletic Director Bob Hitch left the school after improper payments to SMU football players were made public during the 1966 season.
The NCAA banned football at SMU for the 1987 season. It was the first application of the NCAA's death penalty for a football program. The team won't start playing until the 1989 season.
Gregg, 54, was a pro football Hall of Fame tackle with the Packers during their championship seasons in the 1960s. The late Vince Lombardi called him "my best player."
Gregg coached the 1981 Bengals into the Super Bowl, where they lost to San Francisco. He also coached at Cleveland in the NFL.
Gregg, 5-9-1 last year and 25-3-1 overall at Green Bay, had one year left on a five-year contract that provided for between $250,000 and $300,000 a year.
"Forrest would probably have to be here five years to equal one year of the package he had in Green Bay," Single said. "But he didn't leave to avoid the ack there. He could have
'I've been doing a lot of things . . . and I always thought that somewhere along the line . . . I'd like to be here.'
Forrest Gregg
Southern Methodist football coach had a front-office job. He just wants to rebuild this program.
"Forrest will be great in helping rebuild the foundation of our program. He's a man of great integrity."
Gregg's decision, climaxing a 10-day courtship by Single and SMU President A. Kenneth Pye, was made complete by Gregg's telephone call of resignation Wednesday night to Packers President Robert Parins.
"I had a long visit with the coach last night," Parins said yesterday in Green Bay. "He has agreed to take the job. I have agreed to release him."
Parins said he did not try to induce Gregg to stay with a contract extension or a raise.
"I told him if that he what he wants to do, it is his decision, that I was sorry to see him go because of the position of the team at the present time," Parins said. "But I told him it might not come again."
Gregg, a native of Birthright, Texas, was an All-Southwest Conference tackle at SMU, which both of his children also attended.
Gregg will be able to hire five full-time assistant coaches until Aug. 1, 1989. SMU can resume practicing this spring and can sign 15 scholarship athletes on Feb. 10.
The Mustangs will play their normal SWC schedule when football returns in 1989. SMU had scheduled intersectional games against Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Boston College, but there is some question whether those non-conference games will be plaved.
"We're obligated to play Notre Dame, but Oklahoma and Boston College want out of their commitment," Single said. "We will probably let them out and not play somebody as physical. It will take us some time to get back on our feet."
The school decided not to field a team for the 1988 season, although the NCAA said it could play seven Southwest Conference games on the
SMU received $250,000 bowl and television receipts from the SWC for the 1987 season but will receive no money this year.
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Lisa Baker struggles for the basketball against Missouri's Tonya Jorgenson, KU women's basketball coach Marian Washington said it
would take that sort of tenacious play if the Jayhawks hoped to win tomorrow in Ames, Iowa, against the Cyclones.
Second-half burst ignites Tar Heels
The Associated Press
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Sophomore center J.R. Reid scored 16 of his 24 points in the second half as second-ranked North Carolina beat Maryland 71-65 last night in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener, extending its winning streak to eight games.
After the Terrapins pulled within 34-29 just after halftime, Reid scored two inside baskets and converted a three-point play that put the Tar Heels in front 41-29 with 18:05 remaining.
With the Tar Heels leading 50-41, Reid converted another three-point play for a 12-point North Carolina edge with 13:34 to play.
Maryland then got a 3-point basket from junior-college transfer guard Rudy Archer and a basket by Derrick Lewis to pull back within seven, 53-46.
North Carolina then outscored Maryland 8-0 in a little over a 2-minute span, getting baskets from three points. They free throws from Steve Bunkall and free throws from Steve Bunkall and
maryand could get no closer than the final margin in losing at home in Cole Field House for the first time this season. The Terrapins fell to 2-1 in the ACC and 9 overall.
a layup by Pete Chilcutt for a 61-46 lead with 4:40 to play.
Lebo scored 17 points for North Carolina, which defeated Maryland for the 13th time in 15 games and improved its record to 12-1.
Steve Hood and Lewis each scored 13 points to lead Maryland. Tony Massenburg, who was averaging 15.8 points a game, was in foul trouble most of the game and scored only two points.
North Carolina outscored Maryland 9-0 over a 5:38 span in the first half to open a 16-14 lead.
After senior guard Keith Gatin hit two of the four free throws that the Terrapins managed in 13 attempts in the game, Reid scored on a baseline fadeaway and a jump hook to give the Tar Heels a 20-6 advantage with 9:05 to play in the first half. North Carolina led 34-26 at the half.
China going to Summer Olympics
The Associated Press
BEJIING — China announced yesterday that it will send a team to the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
The Chinese decision to wait until only two days before the Jan. 17 deadline for accepting an invitation to the Games, following decisions by the Soviet Union and other socialist nations earlier this week to participate, was seen as a gesture to North Korea, a close ally.
China fought alongside North Korea in the 1950-62 Korean War and has been a stanunch supporter of the Pyongyang government in its policies toward U.S.-backed South Korea.
China also stood behind North Korea in its demands to be named the Olympic co-host, at the risk of leading a boycott.
But China, while maintaining no diplomatic ties with South Korea, has steadily expanded its unofficial relations, particularly in the areas of indirect trade and sports exchanges.
China sent 385 athletes to the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul and came home with 94 of the 270 gold medals. There was little doubt, despite official support of North Korea, that the Chinese would take part in the Seoul Games.
Beijing is scheduled to stage the next Asian Games in 1990 and has indicated its interest in hosting the
Olympics in the year 2000. Passing up Seoul would have effectively eliminated Beijing from the running for the 2000 Games.
Chinese athletes captured 15 gold medals at the Los Angeles Summer Games in 1964, a total of 23 wins. Romania and West Germany.
A gold in men's free pistol shooting won by Xu Haifeng on the first day of the 1984 competition was China's first ever in the Olympics. After sending a small team in 1952, China boycotted the Olympics from 1956-76 because of the participation of its rival, Taiwan. It boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
KU swimmers to meet Arkansas
By Tom Stinson
Kansan sports writer
Kansas' men's and women's swimming teams finally get to take on a tough Arkansas squad in familiar territory at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Robinson Natatorium.
ney in the 50-yard freestyle
This meeting will be the third for the women's teams this season, and each squad has one victory. The Arkansas women beat the Jayhawks 120-97 on Nov. 21 in Fayetteville, Ark., but Kansas evened the score Dec. 5 in the Alabama Championship Dual Invitational, 86-54.
"They beat us by one point in their pool," junior Glenn Tramml said. "So we're looking forward to getting them in our pool."
The Razorback men barely defeated the Jayhawks 57-56 in the November meet. Kansas coach Gary Kempf said the meeting between the men included a disputed judges' decision involving junior Allan Che
Kempf said the Arkansas men were strong in every event and the women's team was the best Arkansas team he had ever seen.
"Their men have a couple of great swimmers in spinner Mike Neuhofel and backstroker Dave McCraley, and their women have two or three good swimmers in every event," he said. "Their women's coach, Martin Smith, has done an excellent job."
The Razorback women are led by spinner Nancy Duncan and by
Kempf said juniors Barbara Ann Smith and Jennifer Fisher were swimming well for the Jayhawks. For the men, Trammel, sophomore Pat McCool and junior Bobby Kelley have been performing well and providing the team with excellent leadership. Kempf said.
"Bobby Kelley just recovered from mononucleosis and is doing great." Kempf said. "And Jenny Fisher has made a world of difference between this year and last year."
Trammel, nationally ranked in the 100-yard backstroke, and McCrarey have already met twice this season. McCrarey won the first meeting in November before Trammel beat him in the U.S. Open Invitational in December.
"With their men beating us by one point and the women trading victories, this meet will be like a playoff," said Kempf.