University Daily Kansan / Thursday, December 3, 1987
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KU coach unhappy about play of team in victory over WSU
Staff writer
By ROBERT WHITMAN Staff writer
Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said she was disappointed with the way her team played last night, despite its 63-36 victory over Wichita State at Allen Field House.
"I wasn't very happy, and I know the players can't be either," Washington said after the team's third victory in as many games. "I felt we were a step slow. Tonight, I thought our concentration was weak. From time to time, we didn't make the right decisions."
The two teams battled to a scoreless draw for nearly the first two minutes of the game. Kansas led 11-9 with 9-24 to go in the first half and outscored the Shockers 21-5 the rest of the half.
The defense was good enough to force 27 turnovers by the Shockers. But the Jayhawks turned the ball over 29 times.
"We did not look very sharp tonight on defense and some of our shots were not very good," said senior guard Lisa Dougherty.
Kansas dominated the boards, outrebounding Wichita State 60-35. The Jayhawks grabbed 40 defensive rebounds and gave up only 10 offensive rebounds by the backcrowks. Deborah Richie scored for the Jayhawks with 11 rebounds and six blocked shots to go along with her eight points.
"Tonight I felt a lot more confident," said Richardson, a junior college transfer. "We've been working on rebounding and moves at the
post position this week in practice."
Richardson said her regimen of weight training and including high-calorie liquids in her diet were starting to pay off in her play.
"I'm 155 pounds now. I was 140 when I came here. I can feel me getting stronger. The more I gain, the more aggressive I get," she said.
In the second half, Kansas took its 18-point lead and gradually increased it to 29 points before a layup by Wichita State's Janet Hund ended the scoring for the night. Crystal Westfield led Wichita State, 0-3, with 16 points. Lori Findahad added 10 points for the Shockers.
Lisa Bradley led Kansas with 16 points. Bradley also had eight rebounds and five assists. Sandy Shaw, a 6-0 senior, came off the bench, played 18 minutes and scored 12 points. Shaw hit only three of nine shots on the free-throw line and had one three-point field goal.
Kansas hit only 37 percent from the field, but the Shockers were even worse, 12 of 55 for 22 percent.
"I didn't think we looked very well tonight," Dougherty said. "With finals and all, a lot of us have been staying up late."
And didn't get any easier for the players after the game. They lifted weights in the weight room after the game and were scheduled to leave Lawrence at 6 this morning for Columbus, Ohio.
The Jayhawks will play at 6 p.m. tomorrow against Loyola of Chicago in the first round of the four-team Ohio State Buckeye Invitational.
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KU senior forward Mesho Stroughter prepares to take a shot over the outstretched arms of Wichita State center Kelley Parish. The Jayhawks beat the Shockers last night at Allen Field House 63-36.
Washington honored for her 250th victory
By DAVID BOYCE
Assistant sports editor
Assistant sports editor
Marian Washington said that five years ago, her achievement last night might have gone unnoticed.
Washington said that in past years the small ceremony after the death of the president stopped.
But with the increasing recognition women's basketball is generating, Washington did take center stage after the game when assistant athletic director Gary Hunter presented her with a basket of fruit.
With the Jayhawks easily winning against Wichita State, 63-36, in Allen Field House, Washington accomplished a feal that only 19 other division women's basketball coaches can claim. She won her 252nd game.
"I was real pleased with what Gary Hunter did after the game." Washington said. "It just makes me so happy that people can share this with me."
Washington, though, had the same sort of amnesia that the men suffered from Tuesday. Just as the men seemed unaware that they were setting a Big Eight Conference consequence Washington said she didn't realize she was on her way to winning game no. 250 until her staff mentioned it.
"Getting the 250th victory was not on my mind when the game started," she said. "I just waited."
Washington said no one game stood out for her in the 250 victories, but she was really proud of some certain Kansas teams.
But once the victory sunk in,
Washington said it was special to her.
loved the players after the game and they were a part of this." she said.
Marian Washington
"The 1978-81 teams helped us gain a lot of national respect, and this group of young kids has also made it a pleasure for me to coach," she said.
Reaching this milestone did not come easy for Washington. In her 14 years, she rarely has shied away from the hard schedule. She is proud that in her last 10 years she has played some of the nation's top women's teams such as Texas and Louisiana Tech.
"When I look at some of my very first years and I see we played teams like Baker and Haskell, I am happy to see that we have come far since
Last night's win was a struggle Although Kansas easily won. Washington was upset with the slug gish play.
The All-America wide receivers are Marc Zeno of Tulane, the NCAA
Sooners land five players on All-America football squad
The Associated Press
A record-tying five players from No. 1-ranked Oklahoma — including repeaters Keith Jackson at tight end, and guard Mark Hutson, plus three members of the nation's top-ranked defense — were named yesterday to the Associated Press 1987 All-America college football team.
Second-ranked Miami of Florida, No. 3 Florida State and No. 6 Auburn each had two players on the All-America team, which includes three other holdovers from 1986 — Ohio State linebacker Chris Spielman, Miami defensive back Bennie Blades and Notre Dame flanker-kick return-running back Tim Brown.
Brown, a wide receiver on the 1986 All-America team, made the 1987 squad as a return specialist, the first time the AP team has included such a
all-time leader in reception yardage, and Indiana's Ernie Jones, Player of the Year in the Big Ten.
The AP All-America team will be featured on Bob Hope's annual Christmas television show entitled "A Snow Job in Florida" on Saturday, Dec. 19 (NBC-TV, 8-9 p.m., EST).
The All-America team is selected by the AP's sports editor, college football editor and regional sports editors. A player must make his all-conference or all-sectional teams to be considered for the All-America first team.
position.
Brown's receptions were down from 45 in 1986 to 39 as opponents double-teamed him, and Notre Dame threw less and less after quarterback Terry Andrysiak suffered a broken collarbone in the fourth game of the season.
"The attention defenses pay to him dictates so much of what we do offensively." Coach Lou Holtz says.
Brown finished six nationally with an average of 167.55 all-purpose yards a game and a total of 1,843 yards: 144 rushing, 846 receiving, 401 on punt returns and 452 on kickoff returns. He scored 99 points with a leather with 2,493 reception yards and tied an NCAA record by returning two punts for touchdowns
against Michigan State
Purdue coach Fred Akers said,
"He's like trying to grab hold of a piece of electricity."
Oklahoma's defensive representatives are linebacker Dante Jones, Defensive Player of the Year in the Big Eight Conference; end Darrell Reed, a four-time All-Big Eight team, and free safety Rickey Dixon.
Since the AP released its first All-America team in 1925, only Army's 1945 national champions had five first-team players. The 1945 team consisted of only 11 players — there were no separate offensive and defensive units — and Army was represented by tackles Dewitt "Tex" Coulter and Al Nemetz, guard John
Green and backs Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard.
The 1867 All-America backfield includes Syracuse quarterback Don McPherson, who led the Orangemen to a best-ever 11-0 regular season, a Na 4 national ranking and a bethertown start in college. Ben Craig "Ironhead" Heyward of Pittsburgh and Thurman Thomas of Oklahoma State.
11nomas was the Big Eight's Offensive Player of the Year, and Heyward finished second nationally in rushing with 150.4 yards a game and became the eighth running back in major-college history to gain at least 100 yards — his low was 111 — in all 11 regular-season games.
try in rushing with 146.6 yards a game and set an Oklahoma State career mark of 4.847. He gained at least 108 yards in every game but one he was held to seven yards on midfield the season with 173 against Oklahoma, 202 against Kansas and a school record 293 against Iowa State.
McPherson not only led Syracuse to a perfect regular season and a shot at the national championship, but also was the national leader in passing efficiency. He completed 12 touchdowns and 22 touchdowns and is the Syracuse career leader in total offense, passes, completions, yardage and touchdown
Thomas finished third in the coun-
Game 2
Kansas Jayhawks Coach Larry Brown Record: 2-2
See ALL-AMERICA, p. 14, col. 1
Western Carolina Catamounts Coach Steve Cottrell Record: 1-0
Probable Starters:
G- Lincoln Minor, 6-3, 165, Jr.
G- Kevin Pritchard, 6-3, 170. So.
F- Archie Marshall, 6-6, 190, Sr.
F- Danny Manning, 6-10, 230, Sr.
C- Marvin Branch, 6-10, 225, Jr.
G-Kenny Brown, 5-11, Fr.
F-Robert Hill, 6-4, Jr.
F-Bennie Gooeltte, 6-5, Jr.
F-Robert Hutchison, 6-5, Sr
C-Andre Gault, 6-8, Sr.
**Game Notes:** Kansas leads the series 2-0, with both games being played in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence. In the last matchup, on Dic April 19, the Jayhawks Danny Manning scored 21 points as Kansas won 101-70. This season will mark the Jayhawks first appearance at 7,286 seat Ramsey Center. The Catamounts compiled a 5-9 record at home last season. Steve Cottrell, in his tenth season at the school, has a record of 145-113.
'Hawks to meet Western Carolina
Coverage: The KU-Western Carolina game will be carried over the Kansas Hawk Network. Local stations scheduled to carry the game are KLR 126 (FM) and KLWN 1320 (AM). The game will also be covered by KJKH 90.7 (FM). The game can be seen on the Jayhawk Sports Television Network. WIBW-Channel 13, in Topeka and KSHB-Channel 41 in Kansas City Mo. will teleserve the game. Tippo is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. at Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, N.C.
The Kansas Jayhawks will try to get their record back over the .500 mark for the season tonight in Cullowhee, N.C., when they play the Western Carolina Catamounts.
By DARRIN STINEMAN
Western Carolina, a Division I school with an enrollment of 6,200, had its first game Tuesday night at home. defeated Tuscaloose 99-72.
The Catamounts, 10-19 last season,
finished seventh in the Southern
Conference. Kansas leads the series.
2-0.
Staff writer
The Jayhawks have haugged so far this season, losing to Iowa and Illinois in the Maui Classic in Hawaii after defeating Chaminade, the host team, in the tournament's opening game.
Kansas pummedmellon Pomona-Pitzer, a Division III school based in Claremont, Calif., 94-38 Tuesday night, but Jayhawk coach Larry Brown was disappointed with his
Brown said he wasn't worried that his team would come out flat against its second-straight no-name opponent.
"Execution is the biggest thing, and that encompasses so many things," he said. "We're not defending ourselves selflessly. There are so many things you can point out; I don't see how you can sing one area."
Brown said there were several areas in which his team needed substantial improvement.
team's blase performance despite the lopsided victory.
"I'm not looking for excuses," he said. "We came back from Hawaii and didn't play well against Iowa and Illinois. To say we didn't get up against Pomona, and that's the reason we didn’t play well, isn’t right."
One of Brown's biggest problems has been settling on a main point guard, Junior Lincoln Minor, a transfer from Midland (Texas) Junior College, has started every game so the junior Otis Livingston, a transfer from El Camino Junior College in Torrence, Calif.
He also said he wasn't concerned that his team would look past the game at hand to its meeting with St. John's on Saturday at Allen Field
"I'm not thinking about it," he said. "That hasn't even entered my mind. We have a game (today), and that's what I'm thinking about."
House.
Senior forward Chris Piper, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Nov. 22, didn't practise yet on the patient's knee, but made possibility that he could play tonight.
The game will be televised by WIBW-TV 13 and KSBH-TV 41. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. in Western Carolina's Ramsey Center.
"I had hoped we could settle on someone from the first game," Riley said.
NCAA rule designed to limit some games
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The 10th edition of the Great Alaska Shootout was so great the earth moved.
However, the future of one of the most popular early season tournaments, and that of others in Hawaii as well, rests with a new rule designed to keep down the number of games played by Division I college basketball teams.
"I'm on the NCAA Council and at my first meeting I got very involved with the rule," Alaska-Anchorage Athletic Director Ron Petro told. "Nobody had ever asked us before. It came down from the Presidents' Commission."
The rule that has Petro worried went into effect this year. It says a team may play in Alaska, Hawaii, the Big Apple NIT or take a foreign tour only once every four years without the games counting against the school's allotment for the season. Previously, the rule has only been in force for the foreign tours.
"There was a very big study on many things, playing seasons, practice time, recruiting. A lot of the reaction came from a few schools abusing the rule, Mr. Puerto Rico, in all the same years and play 42, 43 games. The presidents see it and say that's too many games."
Without the game exemptions the Shootout might be trouble.
"Without the exemptions, the caliber of teams would decrease significantly." Petro said.
"If they don't get that rule changed in two, three years it's going to have some effect," said Alabama-Birmingham Coach Gene Bartow, wose team finished fourth in the eight-team field. "It's not a fair rule. The council should think about changing it."
The Shootout depends on a strong field, both for local support and the pull of a national cable television audience. This year, three ranked teams were in the tournament and records were set for one-game attendance — 5,885 for the championship game between No. 9 Arizona and No. Syracuse.
"We think we do the best job of any of the eight-tteam tournaments in the country," Petro said. "The community is involved, the fans are involved, they're knowledgeable, the TV coverage is good and that's why we get the good schools and coaches back, I think."
Of the seven visiting schools this year, two were back for their second visit - UAB and Arizona. Next year's field has four teams which already played in the Shoot-out.
Petro knows how hard it will be in the future for the Shootout to compete with the tournaments in Hawaii.
"There is no comparison for Alaska and Hawaii," Petro said.
The Associated Press
NFL players file motion concerning free agency
The union is seeking a court order that would absolve teams from having to give up draft choices as companies may sign free agents from other teams.
WASHINGTON — The NFL Players Association, conceding yesterday that its chances were not good, said it has filed a motion that would remove the major restraint to free agency when this season ends.
Attorneys for the union were not optimistic that Judge David Doty, who is presiding at its antitrust suit against the NFL, would issue a temporary restraining order forbidding use of compensation for the 527 players whose contracts expire Feb.
But union counsel Dick Berthelsen said that in "the best of all possible worlds," players whose contracts end on that date could immediately begin negotiating with all NPL teams for a new contract, without having their old club liable to provide compensation.
the union contends that the expiration of its basic contract with the owners nullified the agreement that had allowed the clubs to restrict players from switching teams. The agreement ran out before the start of the season.
The NFL Management Council agreed with the union's assessment that Doty was unlikely to knock out compensation.
Navy accuses Army cadets with goatlifting
The Associated Press
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Army may already have gotten Navy's goat, and the halloween rivals haven't even played Saturday's football game yet.
Navy's mascot, Bill XXII, is tied up, held against his will, in a barn somewhere on the outskirts of Philadelphia, according to team sources at the U.S. Military Academy who requested anonymity. The goat was abducted earlier this week, but there's been no word of ransom.
"Three cadets apparently went down to Annapolis," said Sgt. Hal Leathers, editor of the Pointer View, West Point's newspaper. "There are no details. They just grabbed the goat."
"I can neither deny nor confirm the kidnapping," said Jim Kiser, a Naval Academy spokesman. "All I can say is you will find out where the goats are when you watch the Army-Navy game Saturday.
Bill XXII, a goat with long, curved horns, was abducted from its barn stall in Anmaplas, Md.