SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Tuesdav. November 30. 1993
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Aussies defeat' Hawks after 2 OTs
Australia ends U.S. tour in Allen with 7-2 record
By Mark Button
Kansan sportswriter
The night began with the Australian National team receiving T-shirts and handshakes from the Kansas Jayhawks.
It ended, a 40-minute regulation and two five-minute overtakes later, with an Aussie player shouting and making obscene gestures at the Kansas crowd.
Aussie guard Shane Heal, at the end of both overtime periods, had some words with a few of the 13,200 fans that came to Allen Field House to watch the 93-82 double-overtime defeat of Kansas by the Aussies.
"The crowd was on us all game," Heal said.
"I just wanted them to know I heard them."
Heal's teammate, guard Andrew Gaze, was quick to defend him.
Although the game was an exhibition — Kansas' record is still 4-0 — the Jayhawks were upset with the outcome.
"Any time someone's keeping score and there are fans in the seats, it feels like a game, and we want to win," said Jayhawk senior forward Patrick Richey. "But this was just a glorified practice, it wasn't our best practice, though."
The Jayhawks made many errors in the game. Poor execution and missed free throws were some of them.
Kansas led the Aussies 53-42 with 7:32 remaining in regulation. Instead of the Jayhawks putting the game away, Australia scratched its way back into the game.
"We were in position to take care of the ball and salt the game away," said Kansas coach Roy Williams. "And we make mistakes and miss free throws and give them a chance to get back in it."
For Kansas, the free throws were anything but free.
The Jayhaws made just 10 of 25 charities, including splitting pairs of free throws three times in final two minutes of regulation and missing six consecutive in the first overtime.
Williams said that he used the exhibition to get his young players some experience in late-game situations. All 11 scholarship players saw more than 10 minutes of playing time, and each of the four freshman saw time in the overtime periods.
"Iplayed some people that I might not have played if it was a regulation game in certain situations," Williams said. "But those guys I
Australia 93, Kansas 82 (2 OTs)
RANKING Player fgm/fga ftm/fta tp Richey 4-4 0-0 8 Scott 5-13 1-5 11 Ostertag 11-16 4-6 26 Vaughn 0-3 0-4 0 Woodberry 7-19 4-8 18 Proud 2-5 0-0 4 Pollard 1-3 1-2 3 Pearson 1-6 0-0 2 Gurley 1-3 0-0 3 Rayford 3-5 0-0 7 Williams 0-3 0-0 0 Totals 35-80 10-25 82
AUSTRALIAN NATIONALS
Ronaldson 11-16 3-3 26
Vlahov 6-11 1-1 14
Borner 1-2 2-4 4
Gaze 10-19 2-4 23
Heal 4-9 2-2 14
Goodwin 1-2 0-0 2
Maher 1-4 0-0 2
McKay 0-2 0-0 0
Reidy 2-3 0-0 5
Hubbard 1-2 0-0 3
**Totals** **37-70** **10-14** **93**
Halftime Kansas 32. Australia 27
Rafftime Kansas 32', Australia 27'
Regulation Kansas 66, Australia 27'
Regulation Kansas 11, Australia 27'
3-point golf Kansas 2-13 (Gurley 1-3, Rayford 1-1,
Pearson 4-0, Woodberry 0-6), Australia 9-24
(Ronaldson 1.4, Vlahor 1-3, Gaze 1-6, Heal
4-8, Reidy 1-1, Hubbard 2-1). Rebounds
Kansas 44 (Scott and Pollard 8), Australia
41 (Ronaldson 13). Assists Kansas 19
(Reidy 1-1, Hubbard 2-1). Rebounds
kansas 17, Australia 22, Technical
foulte Kansas 17, Australia 22, Technical
foulte Australian bench. Attendance 13,200.
was playing have to play, too. It's not just Steve Woodberry and Richard Scott on this team, we got other guys that are wearing Kansas iersseys, and they have to get read."
However poor the Jayhawks did play, Kansas players said the Aussies deserved credit for their performance.
"They're a good team," said senior forward Richard Scott. "We had some break downs, and they capitalized on our mistakes like a good team would."
Offensively, the Aussies were led by forward Anthony Ronaldson, who scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Gaze added 23 points.
For Kansas, junior center Greg Ostertag dumped in 26 points, while blocking three shots. Woodberry scored 18, including seven in the first overtime.
With the loss, Kansas joins Kentucky, Nevada-Las Vegas, UCLA, Maryland, Long Beach State and North Carolina State as victims of the Aussies. Only Duke and Virginia have defeated the Australian Nationals, who finished their American tour with a 7-2 record.
Kansas junior center Greg Ostertag attempts to make a jump shot around Australia National's Andrew Gaze. Ostertag scored 26 points in the game, but Kansas lost 93-82 in double overtime.
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Kansas junior guard Greg Gurley and junior forward Sean Pearson defend against Andrew Vlahov of the Australia National Team.
Australia's height helps pull off double OT victory
Bv Kent Hohlfeld
Kansan sportswriter
The No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks lost to a big team last night. The Australian national team used their big players and a physical style of play to defeat Kansas 93-82 at Allen Field House.
Australia had six players taller than 6-foot-7, and only two of the team's 12 players weighed less than 190 pounds. The Australians used that height and weight advantage to hold Kansas to 43.8 percent shooting from the field.
Australian coach Barry Barnes said that the low number of foul shots, 14 for Australia, surprised him considering the physical style both teams played.
"I'm really pleased to come off our tour and be 7 and 2 against the caliber of teams that we've played," said Barnes.
He said that the defense Kansas played against his team was some of the best he had seen during the team's nine-game tour, which included Kentucky, UCLA and Nevada Las Vegas.
Barnes said that the size was a factor in
Kansas senior forward Patrick Richey said that Kansas would face similar physical teams later in the season.
the physical style of play that dominated the game.
Kansas tried to keep Australia from getting into a rhythm on offense by switching from a man-to-man defense to a 1-3-1 zone defense.
"It was physical out there, but we have to play some physical teams, so we have to get physical ourselves," Richey said.
"We saw a lot of tape and worked on it," Barnes said.
Guard Shane Heal said that the team got more confident as the game went into the second overtime. He said the fact that the team was made up of older, more experienced players helped during the overtimes.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said the Jayhawks would have to deal with physical teams in the Big Eight.
"They were physical, but we'll face some physical teams down the road," Williams said. "No one is more physical than Missouri."
AP Men's Basketball Top 25
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, record through Nov. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and pre season ranking:
rank team record pts. pr
1. Kentucky (30) 1-0 1,536 2
2. Arkansas (14) 0-0 1,478 3
**3. Kansas (13)** **4-0** **1,475** **6**
4. N. Carolina (2) 3-1 1,402 1
5. Michigan (3) 1-0 1,397 5
6. Duke (1) 1-0 1,364 4
7. Temple (1) 0-0 1,144 8
**8. Oklahoma St.** **2-0** **1,057** **10**
9. Massachusetts 4-1 982 18
10. UCLA (1) 1-0 915 14
11. Louisville 0-1 889 7
12. Virginia 0-0 714 16
13. California 1-1 710 12
14. Purdue 3-0 671 21
15. Minnesota 2-2 625 9
16. Illinois 0-0 615 17
17. Georgia Tech 0-1 528 13
18. Syracuse 1-0 526 20
19. Arizona 0-0 436 19
20. Vanderbilt 1-0 353 24
21. Indiana 0-1 337 11
22. G. Washington 0-0 286 23
23. Cincinnati 1-1 249 22
24. Wisconsin 1-0 237 25
25. Georgetown 1-1 214 15
Others receiving votes: Marquette 39, Connecticut 99, Florida 90, Ohio 82, Bayer, Ohio 81, Boston College 79, Maryland 54, W. Kentucky 47, LSU 44, Memphis St. 43, Mlouisur 31, Penn 26, Tulane 62, Leavenworth 22, Commonwealth 22, Nebraska 21, Seton Hall 21, Alabama 18, New Mexico St. 18, Pepperdine 14, New Orleans 12, Washington St. 11, Texas 10, Buttere 6, Georgia 6, West Virginia 5, Tennessee St. 4, Arizona St. 3, Oklahoma 3, Brigham Young 2, Coppin St. 1, Idaho 1, Oldham D, UNLV 1.
Source: The Associated Press
KANSAN
Cuban athletes seek asylum in Puerto Rico
By David Beard
The Associated Press
SANJUAN, Puerto Rico — In pairs, Cuban athletes evaded their security guards and informers to defect during regional championships. They sneaked out from the pool, from the playing field or from their beds.
Waiting outside Immigration and Naturalization Service offices to make their formal appeals for political asylum, eight athletes said yesterday they had each plotted with a best friend, sometimes months in advance, to escape return to their Communist homeland.
They didn't tell their families. One championship weightlifter, 23-year-old Emilio Lara, said he didn't even tip off big brother Pablo Lara, a world record-holding weightlifter, who had also been among the 900-some Cubans here for the competition.
"You can't trust anybody," Emilio Lara said, munching on potato chips from a vending machine. "We took the chance at night and left."
The Cubans have been melting away from the Central American and Caribbean Games in record numbers. Thirty-nine Cuban athletes and officials had departed as of yesterday, including top basketball player Andres Gibert; 25 had sought formal political asylum by midday, the Immigration and Naturalization Service reported.
Exiles and INS officials expect the total to climb before the competition ends late today.
Cuban exiles call the defections an embarrassment to President Fidel Castro and say the escapes are spurred on by political repression and Cuba's downward-spiraling economy. The defectors agree, but add that their decision took in a combination of circumstances, including being in a Spanish-speaking U.S. territory and a generous American immigration law.
A 1967 act of Congress grants residency to nearly every Cuban who makes it here, a status not given to any other nationality. Despite protests from others fleeing political persecution, including Haitians, there has been no attempt to change the law.
"If we were in some place like Oklahoma, I would not have gone," said roller skater Dany Garcia, 18, who left with a teammate after competing Friday night in the southern town of Salinas.
Antonio Perez, who with fellow water polo player Norge Blay took off after leaving the pool Friday night in nearby Ponce, said the two had been planning their escape since first discussing the subject months ago while walking on a Havana street.
"If he didn't make it, I wasn't going. And vice versa. It was all or nothing," said the 6-foot-3 Perez, dressed in a new white polo shirt and jeans bought by a Cuban exile group Sunday.
The 19-year-old said there was no future for Cuba's youth.
"I want to work, to study and to have what's mine," Perez said.
Colts continue losing ways
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts, moving the ball and threatening a first-quarter touchdown, decided to get cute.
Stanlev Richard wasn't fooled.
The Colts went from their own 25-yard line to the Chargers' 26 in seven plays on the opening drive of the game. Then Jeff George handed off to running back Anthony Johnson, who hurled an under thrown pass to Jessie Hester.
"The trick play didn't work for them," the San Diego safety said of his interception that ended the only Indianapolis scoring threat in last night's 31-10 loss to the Chargers.
Richard stepped in front of Hester and picked off the ball at the San Diego 3.
"They drove down the field and came up with no points," said
That's nothing new for the Colts, whose offense has not scored a touchdown in the first quarter of any game this season. The pass from Johnson was the closest the Colts came to scoring in the entire game.
The Colts were getting good yardage early from the pass. Jeff George hit his first four attempts, including an 18-yarder to Hester on the play before Richard's interception.
Richard.
Johnson, who rushed only twice for a net minus-1 yard, left the game on the Colts' second possession with a sprained right ankle.
The interception set the tone for the struggling Colts, who also lost the ball twice on fumbles in the second half.
The Colts have seenawed from 1-15 in 1991 to 7-9 last year and 3-8 this season with seven losses in the past eight games.
Stull relieved of coaching duties
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A solemn Bob Stull was relieved of his football coaching duties at Missouri on Monday and was named assistant athletic director.
Athletic director Dan Devine said the decision was reached mutually between himself, Stull and Missouri Chancellor Charles Kiesler.
Both Devine and Kiesler took pains to praise Stull's integrity, but it was clear that the bottom line was winning at once-proud Missouri. The Tigers completed their 10th consecutive losing season Nov. 25
by losing in a shut out to traditional rival Kansas, 28-0.
"While it was a very difficult decision to make the coaching change, the chancellor, Coach Stull and I felt it was necessary in response to the negativity that surrounded the program for the last half of the season and the serious limitations such an atmosphere placed on us for next year," said Devine.
stances," he said. "We've done the best we could."
"We really believe we did what we thought was best under the circum-
Stull, who had gone on the defensive as criticism of his program mounted, said he believed he had built a solid foundation at Missouri.
Devine said Stull's coaching staff would remain until a nationwide search for a new coach is completed. A decision likely would come quickly because recruiting officially begins Dec. 1.
Still, 48, was 15-38-2 in his five seasons at Missouri. He was considered a wunderkind among coaches
Former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vince Tobin and Oklahoma assistant Merv Johnson have been mentioned as candidates. Each played at Missouri and coached for Devine.
after performing miracules at Massachusetts and Texas-El Paso.
Stull started 2-3, but his best season of 4-7 in 1990, but his last three years were 3-7-1, 3-8, and 3-7-1.
Missouri has had a potent offense, but made only slight improvement this year on a defense that was horrendous last year.
The losses this year included a 73-0 embarrassment at the hands of Texas A&M in the second game.
Skull's defense of the program included the traditionally tough schedule that Missouri plays, inadequate facilities and high academic standards.
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