Tuesday, December 12, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page
9
Men's Basketball
KANSAS LEADERS
**Scoring**
| | Points | PPG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Gregory | 125 | 17.9 |
| Gooden | 128 | 16.0 |
| Chenowith | 95 | 11.9 |
**Field Goals**
| Made | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Gregory | 55 | 86 | 64.0 |
| Gooden | 50 | 85 | 58.8 |
| Hinrich | 25 | 40 | 57.5 |
**Three point shots**
| Treys | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Ballard | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| Hinrich | 15 | 23 | 65.2 |
| Axtell | 8 | 19 | 42.1 |
**Free Throws**
| Made | Att. | %age |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kinsey | 8 | 8 | 100 |
| Boschee | 12 | 14 | 85.7 |
| Hinrich | 23 | 27 | 85.2 |
Rebounds
Rebounds
Off. Def. Total Avg/G
Chenowith 21 48 69 9.9
Gooden 18 39 57 8.1
Gregory 22 32 54 7.7
Steals
Steals SPG
Boschee 15 1.9
Hinrich 10 1.3
Gregory 8 1.1
Assists
Assists APG
Hinrich 60 7.5
Boschee 36 4.5
Gregory 16 2.3
Blocks
Blocks BPG
Collison 14 1.75
Chenowith 13 1.6
Gooden 9 1.1
No. 10 Kansas (71, 1.0) at DePaul (43,
0.0) 8 tonight at United Center, Chicago
Rankings in the Big 12
Kansas
**Scoring:** 4th (87.3 points per game)
**Shooting Percentage:** 3rd (53.6 percent)
**Three-point Shooting Percentage:** 2nd (41.6percent)
**Free-throw Shooting Percentage:** 9th (61.5 percent)
**Rebounds:** 4th (44.9 per game)
**Steals:** 6th (7.75 per game)
**Assists:** 1st (22.6 per game)
**Blocks:** 3rd (5.5 per game)
Coaches: Blue Demon coach Pat Kennedy is a great recruiter but has a reputation for not being a great game-day coach. Sounds kind of like Roy Williams.
Advantage: Kansas
Center: Just when you thought Eric Chenwish was back, he puts out just one point at Wake Forest. But he should rebound, both literally and figuratively, against the Blue Demons.
Advantage: Kansas
The Blue Demons struggled to a 78-69 win against Division II Chicago State on Saturday. The win snapped a two game losing streak, led by Rashon Burno and Imari Sawyer's 15 points each.
Intangibles: Kansas looked like last year's team when it folded on the road against the Demon Deacons. Now, the Jayhawks will prove how well they bounce back from a loss with a eight point win in the Windy City.
Advantage: Kansas
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Scoring Points PPG
Simmons 117 16.7
Williams 103 14.7
Hunter 91 13.0
Field Goals
No. Pos. Name Ht. Year
44 C Josh Shoemaker 6-9 senior
5 F Josh Howard 6-6 senior
25 F Darius Songalla 6-9 senior
3 G Broderick Hicks 6-1 senior
4 G Robert O'Kelly 6-1 senior
Field goals Made Att. %age Hunter 39 64 .609 Burno 25 49 .510 Sawyer 34 73 .466 Three-point shots
Made Att. %age
Sawyer 14 17 .824
Simmons 45 55 .818
Cashin 6 8 .750
Point shoots
Treys Att. %age
Burno 11 25 .440
Cashin 3 8 .375
Simmons 10 29 .345
Free Throws
Rebounds
| | Off. | Def. | Total | Avg/G |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Simmons | 22 | 43 | 65 | 9.3 |
| Williams | 19 | 30 | 49 | 7.0 |
| Hunter | 16 | 23 | 39 | 5.6 |
Steals
| | | Steals | SPG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Sawyer | | 12 | 1.7 |
| Burno | | 8 | 1.1 |
| Simmons | | 5 | 0.7 |
Assists
| | Assists | APG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Sawyer | | 54 | 7.7 |
| Burno | | 24 | 3.4 |
| Simmons | | 23 | 3.3 |
Blocks
| | Blocks | BPG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Hunter | | 12 | 1.7 |
| Brown | | 4 | 0.6 |
| Williams | | 3 | 0.4 |
Blue Demons not prepared for Kansas
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Although DePaul's mascot is the Blue Demon, it is debatable whether the team is more dangerous to itself or its opponents.
The Blue Demons began the season ranked No. 21 but immediately stumbled from the national rankings after losses to unranked Syracuse and Missouri and No. 8 Florida.
DePaul now stands 4-3 as it heads into its game at 8 tonight against No. 10 Kansas, and DePaul coach Pat Kennedy said he wasn't sure if his team would be able to recover its damaged pride.
"It's been a really tough stretch for us," Kennedy said. "We've been playing a really tough schedule and with that and the lack of preparation time we've had, it makes things very difficult for us."
difficult for us. Tonight's game will be more difficult because DePaul will be playing its fourth game in 10 days and its third against a difficult team. Kennedy
said fatigue might make playing hard for the entire game against Kansas difficult.
"At the end of the Missouri game we didn't have much left in the tank," Kennedy said. "For the last five or six minutes we were all out of gas and fell apart."
Junior forward Lance Williams said the Blue Demons would all have to step up their games in order to stop costing them wins.
"Our big men have to start playing harder, our guards, our 'small forwards, everybody,' Williams said. "It's up to us to go to someone and say, 'You ain't playing hard. Step up.' If we do that, I think everything will be OK, but we have to start putting it on the floor."
Kennedy said he was counting on his big men to answer the challenge of Kansas' tallest players. Williams (6-foot-9), sophomore forward Jon Oden (6-8), junior forward Bobby Simmons (6-7) and sophomore center Steve Hunter (7-0) will try to respond to senior center Eric Chenowith and sophomore forwards Nick Collison and Drew Gooden.
"They've got a lot of big players who can sure handle the ball well," Kennedy said, "But we've got a lot of big players, too. And offense has been our strength. We haven't had any trouble putting points on the board."
Playing defense has been another story, though. DePaul has struggled against nationally respected teams, and two of the Blue Demons' four wins came against Division II teams.
cattle against DL-Sevien. "We've really been struggling defensively," Kennedy said. "Defensively, we're just not stopping anybody. We need just to tone up our defense and start making some stops." DePaul basketball notes.
Simmons is DePaul's leading scorer, averaging 16.7 points and 9.4 rebound per game. Freshman guard Imari Sawyer leads the team with 7.7 assists per game.
- The Blue Demons are averaging 83.1 points per game but give up almost 62 to their opponents.
- DePaul turns the ball over 17.1 times per game, compared with Kansas' average of 18.1.
Edited by Erin Adamson
Kansas cyclists to compete in national event
By Matt Merkel-Hess writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Mud, snow, gravel, obstacles to lump and..bikes?
Jump Racer
Cycle cross, the steeplechase of the biking world, comes to Overland Park this weekend with the National Cyclo-Cross Championships sponsored by the United States Cycling Federation.
Some Kansas cyclists also will participate in the event, which is being held in the Midwest for the first time since 1989.
Cyclo-cross, or 'cross, combines elements of road- and mountainbiking on a short course with obstacles that require skillful dismounts and some running. It was started in Europe as a way for road
racers to stay in shape during the winter. 'Cross bikes are similar to road bikes but with different brakes and knobby tires to accommodate a variety of conditions.
it's like riding your road bike through the mud," said Jed Schneider, an Albuquerque, N.M., graduate student who will compete this weekend. "It combines cross-country running and a mountain-bike race."
Schneider, who placed second in this fall's collegiate national mountain biking championship, said he would compete in the collegiate race on Friday, the elite race on Saturday and the supercup on Sunday. He said there was an 85 percent chance that he would bring home the collegiate national jersey
for the University of Kansas.
Schneider said 'cross was defined by the skill of the riders who approach low obstacles at 25 miles per hour, dismount, bound over the obstacle and get back on without losing much speed.
loving human species. "It's the most spectacular cycling event to watch in that respect," he said. "It's hard physically; it's hard technically. The energy output and toll it takes on your body is probably harder than mountain biking."
In Kansas, there is an active cross season from October until February, and there will be five more local races after the national event, said Mark Thomas, race promoter for the national race. Thomas said that spectators would be able to see the entire two-mile loop from one spot.
There also will be heated facilities and an expo tent with bike products. There is no charge to attend.
Adam Mills, Topeka junior, races cyclo-cross locally and said the sport had gained a lot of popularity during the last three years. Mills said he would attend the championships.
knows another event of national caliber," he said. "And it's a whole lot of fun." The National Cyclo-Cross Championships will take place Friday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stoll Park, at 119th St. and Quivail Road in Overland Park. For more information go to the race promoter's web site at: http://members.aol.com/silsonendgrossen/ — Edited by Melissa Cooley
"Mostly, because it's local and who " knows when Kansas is going to host another event of national caliber," he said. "And it's a whole lot of fun."
Lawrence new site for rodeo event finals
By Michael ouainaire sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
Lawrence turned into Kansas' biggest cowtown Saturday night when thirty Heartland Bull Riders Association cowboys competed in the circuit's final event for $1,175 and a gold buckle at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Indoor Arena, at 19th and Harper streets.
The Ottawa-based rodeo circuit known as the Heartland Bull Riders Association came to Lawrence after a discussion between the association's president and founder Jim Steadman and Roger Florie of the Douglas County Fair Commission. Steadman said he was pleased with the indoor rodeo facility.
"This is the nicest arena I've ever been in," said Steadman. "From the setup at the entrance to the air control, it is great."
Steadman said the association's seven-state circuit of Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, and Oklahoma would expand into the Midwest and South but would hold its final event in Lawrence for at least the next three years.
While the majority of the association's riders have jobs during the week, they realize the commitment necessary for the rodeo circuit.
"Bull Riding is not a hobby," said Quentin Piveral, a bull rider from East Lynne, Mo. "If you did this part-time, you wouldn't be any good at it."
Ironically, the winner of this
weekend's finals event was Ron Shanks of Eudora, a 31-year-old picture-frame manufacturer who had not competed in a rodeo for the past three years.
In fact, Shanks did not plan on entering this weekend's event until one of the other participants withdrew at the last minute. He said he was encouraged by the opportunity to ride in front of the home crowd
"I've never been bucked off a bull in Lawrence," said Shanks, who began competing in rodeos at the age of 10. "I probably have more family in the stands than anyone out there."
The bull riders are awarded points by the judges based on the degree of difficulty and the skill of the rider. In order to gain a significant amount of points, the bull rider must stay on for eight seconds.
While Shanks won the championship event, Adam Gasche and crowd favorite Ronnie Smith tied for the circuit's point championship.
Smith gained support from the crowd during Saturday's event because of a courageous comeback effort. In Friday night's first round, a bull stepped on Smith, knocking him unconscious for nearly five minutes. On Saturday, Smith successfully rode bulls named Devils Advocate and Lionheart. While he did not win the event, Smith said he wasn't disappointed.
"Bull Riding is a lot like poker," said Smith. "You never know which bull you're going to draw."
Edited by Clay McCuistion
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