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Wildcats take down Longhorns on national television
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN — It's not just that they beat a Top 10 team for the first time in more than two years that had the Kansas State Wildcats so excited.
It's not that this was senior day and the final game of the regular season. It's not that they were playing on national television for the first time in five years.
It was all those things combined that made the Wildcats' 58-48 victory against No.10 Texas so exhilarating.
of fans and students who stormed the court.
Kansas State president Jon Wefalb was as caught up in the emotion as anyone else, even briefly joining the excited throng
Coach Jim Wooldridge, who was under fire from many fans for not making better
progress in his four years, beamed a big smile and did a slow victory walk around the court, holding his arms high in the air like a referee signaling a touchdown.
"I don't think we've had a bigger win," Wooldridge said. "We've had a group of students that have followed us, supported us, believed in us. They've been waiting for an opportunity to celebrate. Today
"I don't think we've had
a bigger win."
Jim Wooldridge Kansas State basketball coach
was their day."
The Longhorns (21-6, 12-4 Big 12) were coming off a loss to Oklahoma State that took them out of contention for the Big 12 title.
They were already guaranteed the No.2 seed in the Big 12 tournament, and may have been indifferent during the relatively unimportant road game.
But that did not stop coach Rick Barnes from being disgusted with his squad. Impatient and careless, Texas showed little desire to deal with Kansas State's 2-3 zone in any other way than standing back and firing away three point shots. They hit only nine of 32.
"We need our whole team to play." Barnes said. "Tonight we had about three or four guys that didn't do their job."
Kansas State played a zone the entire game.
"It's really hard to ask our guards to penetrate when they were as flat as they were in their zone." Barnes said.
Zone. Burns Tim Ellis hit six free throws in the final 52 seconds for Kansas State, which won despite setting an arena record of only 17 points
Since Bramlage Coliseum opened in 1988, no Kansas State team had scored fewer than 18 in a half.
in the first half.
"They asked me about a week ago, What's your best moment at K-State," senior guard Jarrett Hart said. "I couldn't answer. I can answer now. This is it."
Teammate Tyler Hughes was even more thrilled.
"We might as well have just won the NCAA championship," he said.
Texas, the No.1 rebounding team in the Big 12, was outrebounded 43-32.
"It might sound funny, but we were still feeling good at the half," said Jeremiah Massey, who
nailed the final two points and finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats. "We were playing great defense, but we just couldn't get shots to fall. But we knew sooner or later they would fall."
Even though they shot just 19 percent in the first half, the Wildcats still trailed only 22-17 because the Longhorns tied their season low for a half.
"I don't know," Texas guard Royal Ivey said when asked to pinpoint the Longhorns' problem. "It was just everything. We couldn't hit shots. We missed some tough shots and we took some tough shots, and they killed us on the boards. They played harder than us."
Maddux makes successful debut
The Associated Press
MESA, Ariz. — Greg Maddux's return to the Cubs was a successful one yesterday, as he gave up one hit in two scoreless innings in Chicago's 4-4 tie with the Kansas City Royals.
The teams agreed to end the game after nine innings.
Maddux, who last pitched for the Cubs in 1992, threw 23 pitches — 15 for strikes.
"It felt good," he said. "I saw good, and that was important. I saw the ball. I saw the strike zone good. I saw the ball coming off the bat. That's always a good sign."
The Cubs signed Maddux as a free agent last month after he spent 11 seasons with the Atlanta Braves.
Maddux gave up a single to the Royals' Desi Relaford leading off the game. Adrian Brown was called out on strikes before Matt Stairs lined to shortstop Alex Gonzalez, who tagged out Relaford for a double play.
In the second inning, Joe Randa led off with a flyout before Maddux struck out Kelly Stinnett and Aaron Guiel.
and Aalton. "He looked like Maddux," said Cubs manager Dusty Baker. "Had them off-balance, throwing strikes and mixing it up. This is how he pitches."
The Cubs gave Maddux all the offense he needed in the first. Tom Goodwin led with a triple., After Alex Gonzalez grounded out, Sammy Sosa walked.
The Royals scored an unearned run in the sixth inning and three in the seventh against Cubs reliever Francis Beltran.
SOFTBALL: Team wins 3 out of 4
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Ashley Frazer knocked in a clutch double to score Pfeiffer and increased Kansas' lead to 2-0.
With sophomore Serena Settiermier's solo home run in the top of the sixth inning, the Jayhawks were assured their second victory of the day.
Freshman pitcher Kassie Humphreys struck out 11 Cornhuskers, which included striking out all three batters in the bottom of the seventh inning. She allowed only one hit and earned her sixth win as the Jayhawks defeated Nebraska 3-0.
debuted Nebraska defeated Uttah 12-0 in Sunday's opening game as the Cornhuskers' pitched a no-hitter.
In Sunday's second game, Kansas again played Utah. Down 1-0 in the third inning, senior Dani May and sophomore Destiny Frankenstein had back-to-back hits, tying the score at one.
Arrocha Ballpark
The Jayhawks scored two more runs on an error by the Utes' centerfielder. Kansas defeated Utah
■ Kansas businesswoman Cheryl Womack donated $2 million for the field.
- It features a new playing surface, sunken dugouts and batting cages.
It has a new 36-foot electronic scoreboard.
2-1 after a game-ending double play in the seventh inning.
play in the seventh inning. Humphreys earned the win by holding the Utes to five hits and one run in seven innings. The streak was snapped as Kansas again faced Nebraska in the final game. The game proved to be a pitcher's duel as there were a total of six hits and one run between the two teams. Nebraska threw a shutout as they held the Jayhawks to two hits. Pierce allowed only four hits but walked five batters as Nebraska scored the game's only run on an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning.
- Edited by Joe Hartigan
BASEBALL: Weekend victory gives team series victory as well
ways to win games.
Sibley finished the game with three RBI, getting two of them on a home run in the bottom of the fifth.
Sibley appeared to be bunting, but pulled back and swung, taking the ball over the left field wall.
what good clubs do; they find ways to win games late."
"That slash play that he hit out of the ball park was pretty impressive," Price said. "I don't know if I have ever seen that before."
Starting pitcher junior Scott Sharpe got in trouble early, giving up two home runs in the first inning and putting the Jayhawks down 3-0.
"The two balls that they hit out in the first inning, I thought were just routine fly balls," Price said.
Sharpe went six innings, gave up four runs and had three strikeouts. Senior pitcher Chris Smart closed the game.
The Jayhawks were down in the late innings on Saturday as well,
but were unable to come back, losing 9-7. The loss snapped the team's six-game winning streak.
Baty and Sibley had chances to win the game on Saturday, but fell short. Both left runners in scoring position on base with their at bats on Saturday.
On Saturday,
"Yesterday I was in the same situation when I came up to bat, and I was just looking for a chance to redeem myself," Baty said.
After losing to the Jayhawks 22-6 on Friday in the first game of the series, the Panthers appeared composed in the final two games of the series.
"It felt like a Big 12 weekend when the series was over," Price said, "where every pitch decides if you win or lose. I tip my cap to them; they came in here and played us really close."
played The Jayhawks will take on Tabor College at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark
-Edited by Collin LaJoie
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