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Thursday, January 27, 1977
University Dally Kansan
Javhawks short on poise, points
BvGARYVICE
Sports Editor
LINCOLN, Neb. - With a little more poise and perhaps a little more desire, the Kansas Jayhawks might have avoided leaving the court here as losers last night.
But instead of victory, the young squad failed to emerge on top when it had its chances late in the game, losing to the Nebraska Cormuskers, 60-57.
In the closing minutes of play, the 'Hawks' brought the ball down counter two times after a long rush.
failed to get the job done. Instead, they were forced to toil to get to the ball back from the net.
Joe Cipriani's "Huskers escaped with the victory when forward Allen Holder jarred the ball loose from the hands of Domine Mc Moore with six seconds to play and NU, leading 59-57, as Von Moore started to the ball off the pitch after trying to regain control of the ball and Hitler hit the front end of a one-and-one for the game's final score.
and one for the game's next
Seconds before, forward Herb Nobles
missed firing from the baseline and KU's high scorer Hassan Houston had his driving layup attempt blocked by NU center Carl McPipe.
McPike, a 6-4 sophomore, had his best game in a Big Red uniform, exploiting for 28 points on a 12 of 19 shooting performance. His offensive fire power was all that kept UJ in the game, with 27 shots to keep the 'Huskers within one of the 'Hawks, who led, 28-27.
Sophomore measure, Brian Banks added his 15 points, 13 of which came in the second
Adrian Mitchell practices for the Jayhawks and the 1980 Olympics
Mitchell shoots for Olympic team.
Bv RICK BRYANT
Snorts Writer
Adrian Mitchell was named last week to the all-tournament team at the Big Eight Conference women's basketball tournament, and really wants to be selected another fellow.
"I felt real good about making the team,"
Mitchell, a sophomore forward from Kansas City, Ms. barely buried a berth on the 1978 Olympic team. Only her height held her in place would like a rematch for her 108 Olympics.
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Mitchell wants to maintain that edge for three reasons: she wants to make the All-America team; play in the Pan American games; and get another shot at the Olympic
she said yesterday, "I played my best games of the season in that tourney, and I hope to maintain that level of play the rest of the year."
After making the initial cut last summer, Mitchell missed the final cut for the summer team and was told it was because of her $9" frame.
"The people at the camp told me that I was too short to compete with the taller girls that we would play in the Olympics," she said. "But I could not understand that when I outbounded girls who were 6'5" on our team, that bothered me."
Mitchell, a physical education major and 1972 graduate of Central High School, never
played in an organized interscholastic girl's program at her school. She spent six years playing in a city parks and recreation district, where she also years ago with a basketball scholarship.
During the off season, Mitchell works out about four times a week by playing in pick-up games or shooting by herself. Most of her opponents in these games are males.
"I get a few smiles and snickers when I show up but most of the guys play hard against me and try to help me improve," she said. "I don't put pressure so hard they won't beeted by a girl."
On the court she moves smoothly, driving and grabbing rebounds and lifting the team mentally during hard times. But off the court Mitchell is shy and reserved.
the brown eyes avoid direct contact an
her responses come softly and quietly. Even beet
them when you want to talk.
If Mitchell has a bad game, she doesn't worry about it, but if the entire team hits as many as possible.
"I don't get down on myself for having a bad game if the others pick up the slack, but if the team does bad altogether then I feel that I've let the team down," she said. "When we go down coach says to forget it and keep going. The sun always rises."
An avid supporter of women's sports,
Mitchell disables playing home games
by shooting from behind.
"Iknow people would turn out to watch us if they attended a game. We have the talent to play and we're just as exciting as the men."
With the emergence of women's professional basketball recently, Mitchell casually considers a world of pro ball but only on one condition.
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The loss, KU's third in a row to Nebraska,
just might have struck out the Jayhawks in
the first game. But the score is the count is now 3-4. In Manhattan, the Missouri Tigers, 5-1, took over undisputed possession of first place with 66-60 victory over Kansas State. The Wildcats are now 4-
I would play pro ball if it got the same attention and support as men," she said. "I wouldn't want to play with any outfit that was considered second-class."
"This team has a good chance to make the regional tournament. Although we make a lot of mistakes, I think we can do real well in the season if we concentrate hard enough."
Right now Mitchell is nursing a sprained ankle suffered in Tuesday's loss to Kansas State, but her thoughts are headed toward post-season tournament play.
rait, to complete the other half of Nebraska's practically two-man team.
Coach Ted Owens, who will be returning his team to Allen Field House to face Colorado Saturday after two consecutive losses, said the seriousness of the Hawks position.
Mitchell and the rest of her teammates are gearing up for a post-season tournament appearance. But Mitchell is looking to improve his 1880 and a gold medal around her neck.
The 'Hawks could use some help from the other Big Eight teams if they expect to catch the Tigers, but Owens isn't too concerned with what they do.
"It was becoming critical and it's become more critical," Owens said. "The thing I'm most concerned about besides winning and losing is that we're not using all the resources we have, and aren't allowing ourselves to take advantage of the equipment we have."
"We don't need help from other people," he said. "We just need to help ourselves." Forward Herb Nobles agreed, saying, "Ain't nobody going to help us. We've got to go out and get it if we want it. Seems like we don't want it.
"If you could have seen us at our last two practices, you would have said KU's going to win this one. But we came out and did both, and I was part of it."
John Douglas, who scored 14 points against the "Huskers said," "We wanted to win so much that we had just tremendous practices coming into this game, but when we got into the game, well, we just couldn't get it going on the court."
Houston led KU in scoring with 16 points, including six-for-six from the foul line. In all, the 'Hawks were perfect from the line, netting 11-of-11, but almost allowed NU as much as they fooled 25 times to Nebraska's 13.
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KANSAK (37)
FG 1 FG 2 FG 3 FF 4 FF 5
Koreaig 2 1 1 2 4 13
Douglas 0 2 2 3 13 14
Houston 0 2 3 4 13 16
Von Moore 3 0 6 5 4 6
Von Moore 3 0 6 5 4 6
Von Moore 3 0 6 5 4 6
Anderson 0 0 1 0 0 0
Anderson 0 0 1 0 0 0
28 11 25 35 35
NEBIRASK (60)
| | FG | FT | R | PF | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Novak | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| McPipie | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 28 |
| McPipie | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Holder | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Holder | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Hedberg | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| KANAS | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
KANAS | FG | FT | R | PF | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| KANAS | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 13-97 |
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