SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, December 2,1993
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Allen turns into Temple of Doom
Owls' match-up zone kills Jayhawks' inside game
By Mark Button Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Roy Williams said he was not happy with his team before last night's 73-59 defeat against Temple. After the game, he said he was not happy with himself
"They were lethargic," Williams said of the Jayhawks' warm-up before the game, "Before the Cal game I thought we had a lot more fire; we were antsy. I didn't feel like we had that tonight."
"The best team won tonight — and the best coach," Williams said. "I didn't do a good job getting this team ready. We should have worked more on their zone."
What the Temple match-up zone did, and did well, was clog up the middle of the paint close to the basket, making it difficult to get the ball into the hands of Kansas' frontline players.
Later, after the Owls' defense had shut down the Jayhawks' offense and Temple senior forward Eddie Jones and senior guard Aaron McKie lit the Allen Field House nets on fire for 24 points a piece, Williams complimented his onposition.
Jayhawk senior forward Richard Scott and junior center Greg Ostertag shot a combined four for 13. Add in reserve freshmen center Scot Pollard and forward Nick Proud, who each came up empty in two field goal attempts, and the zone's effectiveness was apparent.
"They were sagging down on me," said Scott, who scored seven points and had four assists. "但它不 just我, they were sagging on Greg (Osterago), too. We've been effective in the past, but they executed their defense well."
Ostertag said when he did get the ball, he should have been more effective.
"We should have been stronger with the ball," he said.
"Instead we were kind of fumbling around with it."
But there was more to that pesky zone than just shutting down the inside game.
"It was frustrating." Ostertag said. "We started relying on the outside shot, and it just wasn't falling."
The Owls' defense forces teams to defeat them with a strong perimeter game.
Kansas senior guard Steve Woodberry had his best offensive showing of the year, dumping in 24 points on nine-of-14 shooting. Past Woodberry, though, the rest of the team was cold.
"Their guards up top were really quick," said Kansas sophomore guard Sean Pearson, who shot three for 10. His cohorts in the back court, senior Patrick Richey and juniors Greg Gurley and Calvin Rayford, shot a combined four for 12.
"They were strong and kept hitting our arms and making us change our pauses." Pearson said.
Williams said that even if Kansas had been successful at executing well, the game was not just the team's for the taking. He said that despite what many fans might have thought, Kansas was not a measuring stick and that it wasn't just that Kansas lost — it was that Temple won.
"I think a lot of coaches get hung up on that and don't give the other team enough credit," Williams said. "Temple's pretty dog-gone good."
William Alix / KANSAN
That might be an understatement.
Jones, McKie and Owl junior point guard Rick Brunson accounted for all but seven points, and they had plenty of time to get their points as each of them played the entire game.
Temple led 31-26 at the half and despite a few runs by Kansas in the second half, the Owls kept the 'Hawks at an arm length. After falling behind 43-32 early in the second half, Kansas never got back to within 10 points.
"They did a good job getting in the lanes on defense," said Richey, who scored seven points. "They made us take shots that they wanted us to shoot instead of us taking the shots that we wanted to take."
Temple senior forward Eddie Jones blocks Kansas sophomore guard Sean Pearson's shot. The Owls defeated the Jawhawks 76-59 last night at Allen Field House.
Owls guard key to victory
Kansan sportswriter
By Matt Doyle
Korean sportswriter
Temple coach John Chaney said that junior point guard Rick Brunson would be the key to any success that the No. 7 Owls have this season.
Owens will have this season.
"This will be his team in terms of leadership and decision-making." Chaney said.
Brunson lived up to his coach's words last night in Temple's 73-59 victory against No. 3 Kansas at Allen Field House. Brunson had 19 points and 5 assists to complement the game-high 24 points from both senior forward Eddie Jones and senior guard Aaron McKie.
The Owls' point guard played all 40 minutes against constant
defensive pressure from Kansas point guards freshman Jacque Vaughn and junior Calvin Rayford. Brunson said he was ready for the challenge of playing the entire game.
"I want to play as much as I can," Brunson said. "It is tough, but you have to be in shape, and I feel that I'm in good shape."
"We don't have anybody to replace Rick Brunson or our guards," Chaney said. "He is the keeper to what we believe in. Point guards are responsible for running our team, and I place my emphasis on Brum-
Chaney said that he had no choice but to play Brunson all 40 minutes against the Jayhawks.
son. When he doesn't do well, we are going to get kicked."
Brunson was the key contributor in kicking the Jayhawks around in the second half. He scored seven of Temple's first 12 points in the second half as the Owls extended their 31-26 halftime advantage to 43-32 with 15:7 left in the game.
"We wanted to play really confident and look like we were playing really confident, and I feel we showed that," Brunson said. "We were ready for the first challenge of the first game, and it was up to me to take control of the ball against Kansas."
The closest Kansas was able to close the deficit after that was 13 points, at 58-45 with 6:40 left.
Temple 73, Kansas 59
Player fm/fts fm/fts tp
Scott 3.8 7-5 10
Richey 3.6 0-0 7
Ostertag 1-5 0-0 2
Vaughn 2-3 0-0 5
Woodberry 9-14 2-2 24
Pollard 0-2 2-2 2
Rayford 0-3 0-1 0
Gurley 1-3 0-1 0
Williams 0-2 0-0 0
Pearson 3-10 0-0 8
Proud 0-2 2-2 2
Totals 22-58 7-12 59
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
Player fgm/fga fm/ta tp
Jones 8-15 8-8 24
Ivey 0-3 1-2 1
Battie 1-3 1-1 3
Brunson 7-15 1-4 19
McKie 8-16 5-7 24
Cunningham 1-1 0-3 2
Ozment 0-0 0-0 0
Van Velsen 0-0 0-0
Totals 25-53 17-25 73
Halftime Temple 31, Kansas 26
Temple
3-point goals Kansas 8-18 (Woodberry 4-7, Pearson 2-5, Vaughn 1-1, Richey 1-2, Rayford 0-1, Gurley 0-2), Temple 6-13 (McKie 3-4, Brunson 3-0)
The Kansas women's basketball team won on the road last night, defeating Wichita State 75-56 in what
**Inbounds** Kansas 37 (Osterag 10), Temple 38 (Ivey 10).
**Assists** Kansas 13 (Scott 4), Temple 9 (Brunson 5).
**Total fouls** Kansas 23, Temple 19.
**Attendance** 15,800.
Marian Washi n g t o n described as a good defensive effort by the Javhawks.
No.15 Kansas improved its record to 2-0 in the Shockers' first game of the season. In their first game last weekend, the Jayhawks defeated Creighton 74-68.
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"We played better defensively than against Creighton," Washington said. "We were able to score a lot of points from turnovers."
The Jayhawks forced 21 Shocker turnovers while committing 22 themselves. Kansas led 33-26 at the half but started on an 8-3 run to set the tone for the second half. The Shockers never again got closer than 10 points.
"We really struggled offensively, mainly because Wichita State pulled out a match-up zone defense" she said. "We hadn't seen that this year. New Zealand didn't do it and neither did Creighton."
Kansas junior guard/forward Angela Aycock shot nine for 16 from the field and ended with a team-high 20 points, 12 of which came in the second half.
Assisting in the Kansas effort was sophomore guard Charisse Sampson. She was only six for 14 from the field, but she made three three-pointers in the second half. She ended the game with 18 points and nine rebounds.
Washington said Wichita State caught Kansas off guard at the start the game.
The match-up zone defense is a combination of a zone and one-on-one defense. This can make it hard to run an offensive set if a team has not played against it before, like Kansas.
Sampson has now made six of 10 three-pointers this season, and Washington said she could see the improvement from last year.
"Charisse simply had to get more physical, more strong," she said. "The big difference between this year and ldst year is that she has become strong."
The Jayhawks played all four freshmen again last night, as they did in their two previous games.
Washington said that was good and bad for Kansas.
"The fact is that we have to depend on all four freshmen," she said.
"That's good down the line for the Big Eight race, but that also means that we'll struggle from time-to-time."
Kansas 75
Wichita State 56
Ransas
Player
fgm/tga
ftm/fta
to
Sampson 6-14 3-5 18
Aycock 9-16 2-6 20
Muncy 3-5 1.2 7
Leathers 0-1 0-0 0
Halbleib 4-9 0-0 9
Dixon 2-7 2-2 6
Canada 0-1 1-2 1
Trapp 2-2 2-2 6
Tate 3-4 2-4 8
Totals 29-59 13-23 75
Wichita State
Sanders 2-5 0-0 4
Evans 3-10 6-12 14
Lewis 3-6 0-0 6
Hollingsworth 1-10 2-3 4
Fliers 0-0 0-0 0
Stucky 3-8 5-5 13
Shaw 0-2 3-5 3
Alexander 1-1 0-0 2
Su.Wright 0-0 0-0 0
Se.Wright 1-2 0-0 2
Barnett 3-13 2-3 8
Totals 17-57 18-28 56
Halftime Kansas W3, Michailla State 2
3-point goals Kansas A-1-3 (Sampson
7. Leathers O 1, Habblet B-1. Dixon
8. Leathers E-1 (Evans 2-6,
Sturky 2. Schoeh 0.1)
Rebounds Kansas 45 (Sampson,
Aycock, Tate 9), Wichita State 37
(Sanders, Hollingsworth 7).
Assists Kansas 13 (Muncy, Dixon 3)
Wichita State 10 (Hollingsworth,
Strucky 3)
Total fouls Kansas 20, Wichita State 15. Attendance 1,577.
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Named to the offensive team for the second time were Nebraska running back Calvin Jones, Kansas guard John Jones, Missouri guard Mike Bedosky, Nebraska guard Zach Wiegert and Iowa State kick returner James McMillion.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State senior safety Jaime Mendez was named to the coaches All-Big Eight team. Mendez joins nine first team repeat selections on the team announced yesterday.
On defense, repeating with Mendez were Nebraska and Trev Alberts, Oklahoma State linebacker Keith Burns and Colorado defense back Chris Hudson.
Named to the first team on offense were Charles Johnson, wide receiver, Colorado; Rickey Brady, tight end, Oldhamia; Lance Lundberg, tackle, Nebraska; Ken Mehlin, guard, Nebraska; John Jones, guard, Kansas; Quentin Neujahr, center, Kansas State; Hessley Hempstead, guard, Kansas; Bedosky; Wiegert; Andre Coleman, wide receiver, Kansas; Chad May, quarterback, Kansas State; Rashaan Salaam, running back, Colorado; Calvin Jones; Ty Stewart, kicker, Iowa State; and McMillion.
Named to the first team on defense were Jason Gildon, end,
Jennifer Hays of Stillwater, Okla., signed a letter of intent with the Kansas women's golf team, making her Kansas' sole recruit to sign during the early signing period.
During her freshman year at Stillwater High School she was the Junior PGA player of the year. She won the class 5A Oklahoma Girls State Championship the next year. In 1992-93 Hays finished fifth in the seven-week Junior Ping Tour, which was played over a span of several months.
"I'm delighted to sign a lady of that quality," Kansas women's golf coach Jerry Waugh said. "She has demonstrated that she can play well under pressure as well as having a good swing."
Compiled by the Associated Press and Kansan sports writer Kent Hoffield.
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