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Monday. February 14, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Wildcats defeat KU technically
By GARY VICE
Sports Editor
Heck, the Big Eight basketball championship doesn't mean much anyway. After all, each a postseason tournament to represent it presents the conference in the NCAA playoff.
Right? Well, sour grapes are at least palatable to stauk CHU supporters who can't stomach the thought of their Jayhawks losing. But you agree with the verdict. Minnesota Kansas State University Saturday afternoon in Allen Field House, 86-83.
K-State is going about the Big Eight basketball战 the right way. KU is not.
The Wildcats, although not endowed with superior height or superstars, are winning. And they're winning on the road again for the top contenders for the conference title.
OR, AGAINST teams once considered top contenders, as the Jayhawks are now fifth in the Big Eight with a 6-5 record having lost
their last two games to K-State and Missouri. The Tigers, who lost to Nebraska in Lincoln on the weekend, 60,45 are tied for first with K-State with 8-3 records. The Cornhuskers and Oklahoma are tied for third at 7-4.
Sports
The demise of the failling 'Hawks this time has become known as the god, . . . er . . . the mental error of one of the nation's most intelligent players.
With 33 seconds left in the game and the score失锁ed at 83-8, junior co-captain Ken Koenigs for a time out when he hit the ball in bounds against a Wildcat press.
ALTOUGH NORMALLY a smart thing to do when in that situation, it wasn't this time as KU already had its four allotted hours and the hawks were charged with a technical foul.
K-State's Curtis Redding then pocketed the free throw for his 34th point, and the Wildcats had the ball and the game under control.
Chances are, however, that Koenigs' error would never have mattered if the 'Hawks hadn't blown three consecutive layups with less than three minutes to play and 79/74 lead. Had the under-the-basket feeds been more accurate or not bobbled, the Jayhaws might have been able to put the Wildcats away.
"IF WE HADN'T dropped those three dead open layups," Owens said, "it wouldn't have been a close contest. We were just a little bit nervous."
Owens, sensing questions about Koenig's fateful time out call, said, "I've been here 17
years and there's never been a kid I've had more admiration for than Ken Koenigs.
"If there's anyone to blame, it's me for not having a time out left."
He then explained a situation where he had called what he termed an unnecessary time out for a substitution when Redding was shooting from the foul line.
"IF YOU'RE going to print anything about Ken Koenig, "Owens added, "then print he had a ball of a bulgame. If you're going to print that there's a goat, then print
Keenigs, who had tied the game at 83-43 by sinking two free throws, scored 18 points in the game equaling his season high, shooting 7-of-11 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line. He also pulled down 15 rebounds to equal the best rebounding performance of any KU basketball player this season.
Clint Johnson led the hot shooting Hawks, who hit 59 per cent from the field, with a career-high 21 points. John Douglas scored 19, and Herb Nobles 14.
JOHNSON, WHOSE 15-foot jump shot at 8:16 gave KU its largest lead on the game at 68-98, said. "I watched the films from our KU-KState) games before, and when they're in a zone they leave a couple spots open. So I just moved to them and hit. I knew they wouldn't be expecting me to shoot much."
KU's leading offensive threat, Douglas, fouled out of the game on a charging violation with 51 seconds remaining. Douglas was attempting to move around Scott Langton when Langton tumbled to the floor.
DOUGLAS DIDN'T think he charged and Owens also voiced his doubts on the call.
"When it comes down to the wire it comes down to marginal calls too," Owens said. "Did Douglas charge or did Llangon have position? Do you know?"
In the end, it could be noted that the 'Hawks had dropped the rubber game of the season with the Wildcats and that center Paul Mantle had played a period from a manacle wicket was extended.
The Wildcats, who committed only four turnovers in Saturday's game, defeated KU, 80-63, in Manhattan, 81-75 at the pre-season tour in Kansas City. Mo.
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BANKS (D)
| | FT | Ft | R | Pf | Pt |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Johnson | 9-13 | 9-14 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| Nobles | 7-13 | 7-14 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Houston | 7-11 | 4-14 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| Houton | 7-11 | 4-12 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
| Iowa | 10-15 | 7-17 | 5 | 19 | 19 |
| VanMoore | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Gilbert | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| McKinnon | 34-44 | 15-19 | 32 | 22 | 18 |
| | F15 | F24 | R1 | R2 | P15 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Beckington | 10.5 | 19.7 | T | PF | Pts |
| Danestone | 10.5 | 16.4 | T | 3 | 32 |
| Lanzaion | 8.8 | 14.1 | T | 1 | 15 |
| Lemaion | 8.8 | 3.4 | T | 1 | 13 |
| Leavon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lingwu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 34.78 | 19.85 | 30 | 17 | 86 |
| KRANNAN SCALE | | | 43 | 43 | 86 |
| KRANNAN SCALE | | | 43 | 43 | 86 |
K-State's Curtis Redding raised early victory salute following technical foul charged against Kansas
Unlucky gymnasts third in Big 8
By DAN BOWERMAN
KANSAS STATE
Attendance: 16,138
Associate Sports Editor not being prior to Ken Snow
Fate is not being nice to Ken Snow
First, most of his women's gymnasms have
experienced injury in the Big Eight Championships in
Ampas, Iowa, Friday tapped it off.
just past the Kansas border, a radiator hose burst in the team's car. In the ensuing struggle to get the car to a service station, he got two. He got two and one half hours traveling time.
Because of the lost time, Kansas arrived at the meet 15 minutes before it was to start. Meet officials allowed KU an extra 15 minutes warm-up, but snow said, it was hardly busy.
meet of the year, but four they managed to take third in the four-team meet. Iowa State University won it with 123.05; University of Nebraska was second at 116.2; KU was third at 108.9, and Oklahoma State University was fourth at 104.85.
THE JAYHAWKS didn't have their best
"We had very little warm-up," Snow said yesterday. "We really didn't have too bad a meadow, though. If we wouldn't have had to walk all the way down to clooseto Nebraska, which we did not expect."
Four Jayhawk gymnasts advanced to Saturday's individual finals, including all-around performer Karen Mundy, who made finals on all four events.
MUNDY WAS 32nd in the all-around competition with 30.50 of 40 possible. She won the silver medal.
of 10 possible points preliminary score and a
7.85 final score. Mundy was third on the uneven parallel bars with a 7.8 in
the preliminaries and 8.05 in the finals.
She was seventh in floor exercise and vaulting. On the floor, Laurie Props took second place with 8.3 in preliminaries and third place with 8.35 in preliminaries and finals.
made finals for Kansas. Murphy placed
seventh on the beam. And Thompson was
seventh on the beam.
Iowa State's all-around gymnast Margie Huddlson set the pace for the rest of the gymnasts. She won first in the vaulting. Another Iowa State competitor won the unevens.
Pegeen Murphy and Sue Thompson also
KU's next competition will be here against Wichita State Friday at Robinson
Wiley ties world mark; KU wins USTFF
By ROB RAINS
Snorts Writer
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OLKAHOMA CITY—The Kansas Jayhaws used two record-tying performances by Cliff Wiley to come from behind and wilt the United States Track
Wiley tied the world record in the 300- yard dash, blazing to a 29.8 seconds clocking on the board-banked wooden track. He tied the school record in the 60
and Field Federation (USTFF) Indoor Championships here Saturday night.
Staff photo by JAY KOELZER
Wiley hits tape equaling world record in 300
with a time of 6.0, finishing second.
IT WAS the running of Garrison and his Oklahoma teammates that paced them to an early lead. "Hawks" beat the Oklahoma team on the night and recorded a 45-38% decision.
Anthony Coleman, who was expected to challenge for the title in the 60-yard high hurdles, hit the third hurdle and didn't finish the race. The two-mile relay team suffered through a dropped baton and a stumbling finish, but didn't
Earlier in the day, in preliminary competition, the mile relay team had failed to qualify for the finals when Gary Hirschfield was injured and to stop after suffering a pulled muscle.
In the 60, Wiley and first-place finisher John Garrison of Oklahoma were credited with the same time but Garrison was awarded the win.
Oklahoma built an early 17-1 lead over KU after four events, and coach Bob Timmons had reason to wonder what was happening to his squad.
IF THAT wasn't enough bad luck, things weren't going well for the 'Hawks during the early going of the night session either.
Also failing to advance to the finals were Keith Guinn in the high jump and Jesse Hunt in the long jump.
Jay Wagner started to turn things in Kansas' direction as he picked up its first title of the night, winning the 600 with a time of 1:10.4, one-tenth of a second off the qualifying time for the NCAA championship.
THEN IT WAS Rick Ensz and Glenn Harter's turn. They finished second and fourth in the 1,000 to give KU six points and move them closer to the Sooners.
It looked as if Oklahoma was in a commanding stance. But then Wiley cut off the blonde.
Tad Scales took second in the pole vault—four more points. He cleared 18-6 on his last attempt, qualifying him for the NCAA meet.
The high jump results came in this time, and again the news was good for Timmons, Steve Raimond and there were seven more points for the Jayhawks.
"We were scoring points but they kept on scoring more points." Timmons said.
THE MOMENTUM was starting to
SHIFT. Tommy McCall took second in the
880-yard run, running a 1:52.3 for another four points. He also missed qualifying for the NCAA meet by one-benth of a second.
"WEHAD thought that Missouri would have a chance to beat OU." Timmons said, "but we didn't think OSU was that strong."
"You could see from the start that he was going to run a very good race." Timmons said. "The 300 is his event. He ran a beautiful race."
"I didn't start sweating until I realized we were out of events," Timmons said. "When you have a chance to win on your own, that's not too bad. But when you have to pull for somebody else, well..."
Wiley, a junior, had plenty of help in pulling the Jayhawks out of OU's grasp, but his performance still rated the best of the evening.
Pull for somebody else they did—Missouri and Oklahoma State. If Oklahoma had won the mile relay, they would have beaten the 'Hawks by one-half point. They took third. Missouri won and Oklahoma State took second.
Oklahoma was still hanging strong, and the Jayhawks were coming at them hard and fast. If OU could hold on just a little longer, the Jayhawks chance for their second USTFY Indoor title might be over. KUT's first title came in 1975.
San Vanton took second for OU in the two-mile run, and appeared to have stalled the 'Hawks charge. Then came Wiley's world record, coupled with the fourth-place finish of Kevin Newell in the same event, and KU had eight points.
BUT THE Sooners weren't through, and the worst part—for Timmons anyway—was that the Jayhawks couldn't do anything about it. They didn't have any entries in the last two events, the mile run and the mile relay.
Assistant coach Stan Narewski also
raised Wiley's effort.
The Jayhawks have one more meet before the Big Eight Inout, against Oklahoma State and Wichita State Thursday night in Allen Field House.
"He's as good as he thinks he is, maybe even better," Narewski said.
KU women triumph despite poor showing
Reardon put together his best meet of in the indoor season. The freshman cleared 6-11 in the high jump and took fourth place in the long jump with a leap of 24-24%. He also reached the finals in the triple jump , but didn't place.
Sports Writer
By RICK BRYANT
Pathetic. Lethargic. Either of those words describes the KU women's basketball team's victory over Wichita State University this weekend.
Saturday night's game was poorly played and against many other teams KU might have lost. The Jayhawks were just plain fast in the 61-60 win over the Wheatstocks.
KU had to win against WSU to stay in the running for a berth in the Association of intercollegiate Athletics for Women post-season tournament. The Jaywhaws must now be Kansas State later this month in Allen Field House and in a playoff on a neutral court to be the Kansas representative in the AIAW tournament.
KU forward June Koleber made four free throws during the last two minutes of the game to clinch the win. She sank a pair with 1:51 left for KU give a knee point lead and 14 points. She scored a 58 lead before WSU's Peggy Clark made the scoring with a goal field.
"NO DOUBT this was a big win for us tonight," KU coach Marian Washington said, "I'm glad we had a bad game and won rather than play and lose. It was just plain stupid."
Women second in track meet
Off night was right. KU, 10-14, clung to leads ranging from one to three points during the last two minutes of the game, not being able to put WSU away.
The KU women's track team set three school records and took second place in the Kansas State Indoor Track Invitational Saturday.
The final team scores were: K-State 84,
KU 30, and Wichita State 25.
KU coach Tom Lonvale said after the meet the team looked better than last week.
Kubahua's time was good for a first place finish, while Bassa and Mordy both finished.
"Over all, the times were improved." "Over all," there were several nominal seats, but no election. "We were not yet."
Record times were turned in by Charmaine Kuhman in the 600-yard dash (1.38.3), by Bunny Crawford in the 600-yard dash (1.38.4) and by Marry Morley in the two mile with a 12.01.8.
Also taking a first place was Sheila
who ran the 80-yard dash in 7.0
seconds.
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THE 'HAWKS game-long lead was interrupted for only a few seconds when Clark put the Wheatshocks ahead, 28-27, with it and beat the first half. Kansas led at the half 33-32.
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KU had the ball with 32 seconds left in the game and took three shots while holding a one-point lead, 61-60, instead of running out the clock.
"I told the girls during that time-out with 32 seconds left to hold onto the ball, but they forgot," Washington said. "I'm thankful we didn't get beat on a last-second shot."
WSU's Bebt Epp forced a up shot with two seconds remaining that fell short as the
Forward Sue Berens led the KU scoring with 19 points followed by Coleber and Adrian Mitchell with 15 and 14 points respectively.
Marguerite Kell and Epp were the top scores with 18 and 16 points respectively.
SMU sinks Jayhawks
Senior co-captain Mike Alley broke the 10-minute barrier for the first time this year in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a winning time of 9:55.69.
Southern Methodist University's swim team provides stiff competition for just about anyone in the nation and KU swimmers. The team was named 81 to 32 decision to the Mustangs.
The Jayhawks won only two events in Saturday's dual meet against SMU, which was ranked eight in the nation in pre-season polls.
KU'S OTHER first came in the 200-yard butterfly by sophomore David Estes turned in a season's best time of 1:55.03 to win the event.
Dick Ream, Kansas head coach, was especially pleased with two swimmers who didn't win their events. Cocaptain Ben Wagner finished with two second places and freshman Doug Smith won a second and a third.
Wagner's seconds came in the 200 individual medley and the 200 breaststroke. Smith took second in the 500 freestyle and third in the 1,000 freestyle behind Alley.
"We're getting more consistent," Reason said. "But SMU is just awesome. They think they have a shot at secreting in USC. They'll definitely be in the top ten."