Sports
University Daily Kansan / Monday, December 7, 1987
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Jayhawks outscore St. John's 63-54
By DARRIN STINEMAN
Staff writer
It's no secret. If you can keep Danny Manning under control, you can keep the Kansas Jayhawks under control.
For a while, anyway. Saturday night at Allen Field House, the St. John's Redmen were able to do both. Manning was held scoreless until almost 11 minutes into the first half, but he and the Jayhawks came alive for the rest of the game in a close finish, their first defeat of the season, 63-8.
Kansas increased the Big Eight Conference record and longest current NCAA Division I home winning streak to 50 games, improving its record to 4-2.
The St. John's 1-3-1 zone defense kept Manning from getting the ball in the lane, where he and his jump-hook normally wreck havoc on KU opponents, for much of the first half. The Redmens trailed 17-15 when guard Michael Porter scored one of their many second-chance baskets with 9:44 remaining in the first half.
From that point it was enter The Man, exit the Redmen, at least temporarily.
Manning scored on the Jawhaws' next possession with a six-foot jump-hook to lead by four points, and then went on to score 12
points in the final nine minutes of the half to put the score at 33-24.
Unable to get the ball inside early in the game, Manning forced some shots and was taken out of the game by Kansas coach Larry Brown.
"I thought he took some quick shots." Brown said. "We've got to move the ball around offensively, and I just wanted to let him know on the bench that we've got to do that and he's got to set an example. He was phenomonal the rest of the half."
He was nearly phenomenal in defending Shelton Jones, a 6-foot-9 forward averaging 20 points a game for the Redmen this season. He also a senior from Amityville N.Y., had only three half-points.
But Jones and the Redmen were back on the warpath late in the second half. After Kansas increased its lead to 50-34 on a one-handed fast break slam dunk by Manning, St. John's went on a 12-2 run, making the Jayhawk lead 52-46 with 5:23 in the game. Two of Jones' 14 second-half points came with 4:17 remaining when he side-steped Manning and drove the baseline for a reverse slam dunk to keep the Kansas lead at six. 54-48
The Kansas guards put the game
away in the final minutes. With the shot clock winding down, Lincoln Minor hit a 12-foot jump to give Kansas a 58-48 lead with 1:40 to go, and Otis Livingston made three free throws in with 1:02 left to put the game out of reach.
"The guards were excellent," Brown said. "I think if you look at tonight, the reason we won was the play of our backcourt."
Livingston, who came off the bench and played 20 minutes at point guard, led both teams with five assists. Off-guard Kevin Pritchard had 17 points on eight-for-11 shooting.
Minor, the starting point guard, guarded Gregg "Boo" Harvey, who is averaging 16.7 points a game.
"From the beginning I tried to get myself mentally prepared to play good defense," said Minor, who held Harvey to six points. "In the heat of the game it just came together."
Although Kansas' guard play improved Saturday, its rebounding didn't. Despite the fact that the Jayhawks have two 6-10 front-line players in Manning and center defense, they have been struggling on the boards and continued to do so against the Redmen. They were out-rebounded 30-23 and gave up 14 offensive rebounds.
"If we would have rebounded, (St. John's) would've scored in the 48s." Brown said.
Keith Harris, a sophomore forward who was benched in Kansas' first five games as a disciplinary action, entered the game with 7:12 remaining in the first half and plaved two minutes.
"I was very surprised," said Harris, whose two free throws with no time remaining defeated St. John's 6-26 at Madison Square Garden in the year." I was really working hard it was very, very happy get in."
Brown said Harris' status as an active member of the team was tentative.
"Every day is an exciting experience with him in class," Brown said. "Until we get a negative report, he's back in good graces."
Mannaning 9 × 15 × 32 matrix, $M = \textbf{Mat}(3, 15, 32)$
$B = \textbf{Mat}(1, 9, 32)$
$G = \textbf{Mat}(1, 9, 32)$
$B \times G = \textbf{Mat}(3, 15, 32) \times \textbf{Mat}(1, 9, 32) = \textbf{Mat}(4, 15, 32)$
$T = \textbf{Mat}(1, 9, 32) \times \textbf{Mat}(3, 15, 32)$
$L = \textbf{Vicinity} \times \textbf{Orientation} \times \textbf{Scale}$
$T \times L = \textbf{Torqu
Jane 7-14 4.3 17, Brust 0-3 2.2 22, Bald 3-4 4.6,
Harvie 3-4 1.9 4, Porter 4-0 4.8, Williams 5-1
1.9 11, Llewis 1-3 0.02, Muto 1-1 0.02, Totals 24-
6.6 9.4.
Halfmeet Kanaas 33 S. John 10; S. John 42 poured out
of the A-100. John 42 poured out of Bebesands 10 S. John 10; John 10; Manning, Marshall 3; Assists. S. John's
daughter Marjorie Manning. Livingston 5.
Technical Ptrachid A.-15, 800
Kansas forward Danny Manning moves around two St. John's players to pass the ball. The Jayhawks defeated the Redmen 63-54 Saturday in Allen Field House.
Lisa Jones/KANSAN
Brown pleased with KU backcourt's play
By DAVID BOYCE
Assistant sports editor
Even though Kansas coach Larry Brown ran on the court once during Saturday's game to yell at Lincoln Minor for a poor pass, Brown had nothing but praise after the game for the Kansas guards
Sometimes I couldn't sleep at night. Every time I made a mistake I was looking over my shoulder, and that's not the way to play.'
Otis Livingston Kansas guard
He said the overall play of the backcourt was the key to the 63-54 Kansas victory over the St. John's Redmen.
points.
Sophomore guard Kevin Pritchard scored 17 points and ignited the crowd several times with dunks. And although Minor scored just four points and Otis Livingston scored three, both played solid defense against the St. John's guards, holding Greg Harvey and Marian Porter to a combined 14
So far this season, Brown has been tough on junior college transfers Minor and Livingston. In practice and at the games, Brown has spent much of this season velling at the two for mistakes.
Livingston said after Saturday's game that such verbal abuse had once affected him, but now he had grown accustomed to it.
"I had a coach in junior college who was a lot like Brown," Livingston said.
But even with that experience, Livingston said that in the beginning. Brown's criticism got him down.
"Sometimes I couldn't sleep at night," Livingston said. "Every time I made a mistake I was hurt, and that's the way it was play."
"Brown told me not to listen to the tone but to what he was saying."
Pritchard, Minor and Livingston committed a combined six turnovers.
Against St. John's, though,
Livingston said he thought the
guards played well. It was Living-
ton who hit two free throws down
the stretch to seal the victory for KI!
St. John's forward Shelton Jones tries to find a way past Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard. Jones was St. John's leading scorer with 17 points
Women's basketball team loses two in Ohio tournament
By a Kansan reporter
Playing away from Allen Field House for the first time this season, the Kansas women's basketball team lost its first two games of the season during the weekend in the Ohio State Buckeye Invitational.
The Jayhawks, 3-2, lost to Loyola of Chicago, 57-
47, in the first round Friday and to Boston College,
69-60, in the consolation game Saturday.
The Jayhawks went more than seven minutes without scoring and Loyola took a 29-25 halftime
Guard Lisa Dougherty was the only Kansas player in double figures Friday, scoring 20 points. One of her baskets gave Kansas a 39-38 lead with 7:14 to go in the game, but Loyola regained the lead and maintained it the rest of the game.
Against Boston College, Kansas forward Mesho
Strugghter, who scored no points against Loyola, tied a career-high with 18 points, leading the Javhaws.
Boston College led 38-32 at halftime, but the Jayhawks rallied to tie the game. 40-40. Boston College's Ann Odoy then hit a three-point field goal, goal the Eagles the lead.
The next game for Kansas is at 5 p.m. today
ahead against Drake at Allen Field House.
KU women fifth, men seventh in swim meet
By ROBERT WHITMAN
Staff writer
The women's team defeated Southern Illinois, 86-33, in a dual meet yesterday, in the fifth-place dual tournament, tournament, tournament format invitational.
The Kansas women's swimming team placed fifth and the men's team was seventh during the weekend at the Championship Dual Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
| The Jayhawks lost Friday to Harvard, 86-54, putting them into the
The men's team lost Friday to Alabama 73.5-39.5 in its first dual meet. The Jayhawks narrowly lost to Harvard 71-69 Saturday, but defeated Southern Methodist 69-44 and finished seventh.
The women's team won only four individual events Friday. Barbara Ann Smith won both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyles and Gina Brown won both the 100- and 200-yard butter-
consolation bracket. Kansas defeated Arkansas, 86-54, Saturday and advanced to the fifth-place meet.
Swin won the same events Satur-
day in the victory against Arkansas,
a team the Jayhawks lost to in a dual
meet Nov. 21 in Fayetteville, Ark.
Brown won the 100-yard butterfly,
and Sue Spry won the 50- and 100-
yard breaststroke. Browns won the
three-meter diving.
Susan Bloomfield won the 100-yard
backstroke. Erin Easton won the
100-yard breast stroke. Blanca Castillo won the 200-yard butterfly. Jenny Fisher won the 200-yard backs
flies.
stroke.
Against Southern Illinois yesterday, Kauzlarich was the only Jayhawk to win two events, winning the one and three-meter diving. Seven different Kansas swimmers won individual events, and the Jayhawks won both the 400-yard medley and freestyle relays.
The next meet for the men's and women's teams is the U.S. Open Invitational Meet Dec. 20-22 in Orlando, Fla.
Bengals sink Chiefs with kick in overtime
The Associated Press
CINCINNATI — Jim Breech's 32-yard field goal, his third field goal in the game, atoned for an earlier blocked kick and gave the Cincinnati Bengals a 30-27 overtime victory yesterday over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Breech's kick with 5:16 to play in the extra period snapped a streak of losses at home for the Bengals, 4-8, who had failed to win at Riverfront Stadium this year in either the one-on-one or in the six regular games.
Breech's field goal also prevented another loss due to failures by the
The Chies, 2-10, took their first lead of the game, 24-20, with seven minutes left when Bill Maas batted down a field goal try by Breech, and Kevin Ross returned it 65 yards for a touchdown. It was Cincinnati's fourth
blocked field goal attempt this season. It came one week after the New York Jets beat Cincinnati on a return to the Nets with less than two minutes to play.
But, yesterday, the Bengals responded with a touchdown. Boomer Esiason scrambled and found James Brooks open for a short pass that the running back turned into an 24-yard score with 4:51 to play. Brooks, playing for the first time in four weeks because of a sprained ankle, sprinted through the Chiefs' secondary and into the end zone.
Bill Kenney completed five of nine passes in a 79-yard drive to the tying field goal, with the Chiefs converting four third-down plays. Nick Lowery's 33-yard kick as the clock ran out sent the game into overtime at 27-27.
Esiason completed 28 of 44 passes for
368 yards without an interception.
Despite success, Brown has problems with recruiting
By MIKE CONSIDINE
"Maintaining a "margin of excellence" isn't solely the concern of academic programs at the University of Kansas. The men's basketball team approaches recruiting with the same goal in mind.
Staff writer
Kansas has won 22 or more games and was selected for National College Athletic Association tournament appearances in each of Coach Larry Brown's first four years here. Brown's team ranked seventh in the Associated Press preseason poll and is currently ranked 16th.
Despite having the credentials to bring in some of the nation's top talent, Kansas had no signees in the Nov. 11-18 early signing period for
"We could have signed some players," assistant coach Alvin Gentry said, "but if we're going to remain at the same level, we've got to go out and sign players that can compete with (top twenty) schools."
the 1988-89 season
In a Nov. 11 press conference, Brown said some prospects were being scared off by rumors he would soon leave Kansas for another coaching job.
"We were recruiting a great player who narrowed his choices down to five schools," Brown said, "and he said 'Coach, I don't think I can come. You're not going to be there.'"
The impending departure of All-American Danny Manning was another drawback, although Gentry
said it wouldn't significantly alter Kansas's style of play.
"When a guy like Danny graduates, a lot of people feel the program does work in him, he said, that we convince them they need to have good players in the program now."
Seniors in their final year of eligibility are Manning, Archie Marshall, Chris Piper and Sean Alvarado, who Brown plans to redshift.
"I think you're kidding yourself to say you're going to replace a player of Danny's caliber," Gentry said. "We have to find players who have the ability and can fit into our system."
In essence, the first 1988-89 recruit is 6-foot-7 junior college transfer Joe
cally ineligible this year.
only make Young, a transfer from Dodge City Community College, became ineligible when a transcript check showed him seven credits short of eligibility requirements.
Gentry said the staff wanted to add three more players from this year's recruiting crop: an agile power forward, a point guard who can learn the system as a freshman and start as a sophomore and an athletic 6-6 or 6-7 player.
One top high school player Kansas is recruiting is 6-9, 195-pound forward-center Chris Lovelace of Fort Wayne, Ind. Lovelace is ranked 24th among the nation's top centers by Van Coleman's National Recruiter's Cage Letter.
Kansas also is trying to land several in-state junior college players led by 6-8, 240-pound Maurice Brittain of Hutchinson Community College. Others include 6-9 Tony Manuel of Highland Community College; 6-7 Rodney McKoy of Butler County Community College; and 6-10 Omar Roland of Garden City Community College.
The Jayhawks are also in the running for a pair of 6-3 off-guards. Dexter Boney of Wilmington, Del., and Sean Tunstall of St. Louis. A pair of longshots ranked by All-Star Publications among the nation's top twenty players are 6-10 forward-center Don MacLean of Simi Valley, Calif., and 6-0 point guard Litterial Green of Moss Point, Miss.
Out-of-state juco recruiting prospects include 6-8 forward Gilbert Johnson from Lees McRae (N.C.) and Stephen Murphy from Midland (Tegas). Junior College.
Basketball Times writer Rick Ball ranks Brittain fourth, Manuel 27th and Johnson 30th nationally.
Kansas lost several top high school players in recruiting battles this year. The biggest loss was 6-4 guard Anthony Peeler of Kansas City, Mo., who chose Big Eight Conference player Luke Wilson. The National Recruiter's Cage Letter ranked Peeler as the nation's top off-guard.
"I think we've gotten a lot of kids to
See RECRUITING, p. 16, col. 1