Sports University Daily Kansan / Monday, March 4, 1991 11 KU shares title despite defeat by Cornhuskers By Mark Spencer By Mark Spencer Kansas tumbles to Nebraska Kansan sportswriter LINCOLN, Neb. - Despite yesterday's 85-75 loss to Nebraska, the Kansas basketball team is a Big Ten champion for the first time since 1986. Sharing the crown with co-champion Oklahoma State, however, is not what the Jawhacks had in mind. “It’s a lot of difference to me.” Kansas coach Roy Williams said. “It doesn’t lessen the significance of what this team has accomplished, but I’m greedy. That’s the best way to put it.” Williams said that after Oklahoma State's 68-67 loss to Iowa State on Saturday, he was excited about the chance to win the title outright. "It does say co-champion down there, though," he said. "There are six other teams that would love to change places with us." Junior forward Alonzo Jamison said the Jayhawks' title hopes might have put them under too much pressure. Kansas forward Mark Randall said that it did not matter to him whether the Jayhays shared the Big Eight title or if they won it outright. "I guess we thought about it too much." he said. "The conference means nothing to me right now," he said. "All that really matters is that we lost the ball game." Kansas forward Mike Maddox said sharing the conference championship was better than not being a part of it at all. Kansas' Alonzo Jamison drives past Nebraska's Keliv Livelv. LINCOLN, Neb. — Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams and his players knew Saturday night that they had the opportunity to become kings of the Big Eight Conference hill. By S. J. Bailey Kansan sportswriter Oklahoma State, who had been tied with Kansas for the league lead going into the weekend, lost to Iowa State Saturday, leaving the conference crown to the Jayhawks for the taking. "We thought about it all Saturday night," junior forward Alonzo Jamison said. But yesterday, the Jayhaws saw an outright conference championship slip through their fingers as they were defeated by Arkansas Carnibakers 85-75 in Lincoln. The first half was a disaster for the Jayhaws, who committed 20 overovers and found themselves at one time trailing by 13 points. After the game, Williams and his players could not put a finger on what caused the comedy of errors during the first 29 minutes of play. "We didn't do a very good job of taking care of the basketball early." Williams said. "I've never had a team have 20 turnovers in a half, and I think may have been a little too tight and wanted it too badly." Sophomore guard Adonis Jordan also had trouble explaining the Jayhawks' tentiveness. "I really don't know what it was," he said. "For some reason, we just couldn't hold on to the ball. We played good defense, but every time our defense got us the ball, we gave it right back to them." 16 Nebraska turovers in the first half, and a late scoring surge by senior guard Terry Brown and freshman forward Richard Scott were all that kept the Jayhawks from being bown out in the first half. At the intermission, the Jayhawks trailed by nine, 40-31. In the second half, the Jayhawks committed only six turnovers but never could get the game's momentum to fully swing to their side. Kansas pulled to within one point at the 11-25 mark when senior forward Mark Randall was fouled while driving to the hoop and was credited with a basket after a Nebraska player scored. The Lakers free throw made the score 55-54. But that was as close as the Jayhawks would get as they made only two of 10 to fire throws during the last quarter, including eight consecutive misses. Men's Basketball The Kansas defense, which forced “That’s pretty doggie big.” Williams said. “We had opportunities to make a lot of layups as well as free shots, but we did not make them either.” Randall led the Jayhawks offensively with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan and Scott chipped in 12 points each. Kansas, 21-6 overall, finished the regular season as Big Eight champions with Oklahoma State, each ending with league records of Tony Farmer was the high scorer for the Cornishers with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Rich King and Clifford Scales added 14 point each. However, the Cowboys will receive Kansas 75 Nebraska 85 Nebraska | M | FG | FT | RA | F | A | TP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Lively | 3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Reid | 32 | 3-10 | 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Moody | 22 | 1-0 | 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | | Scales | 33 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | Ramsey | 34 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | Harper | 31 | 6-0 | 6-7 | 13 | 1 | 18 | | Hayes | 19 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | | Pitkowski | 18 | 4-8 | 5-7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | | Owens | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Crosswell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Percentages: FG. 48.3, FT. 74.3 point goals: 1-6 (Scales. 1-1, Reid. 0-1, Pawkiew. 0-1) Blocked Shots: (King. 3 King. 2) Turnovers: (2 King. 6 King. 4 Rams. 4) Streams: (2 Streams. 5 Streams. 1) Steals: (16 Rams. 4 Scales. Hayes. 2, Reid. Moyer, Farmer 2) Technicals: None Kansas M M FG FT FT R A F Tl Jamison 27 5.6 1.3 1.3 2 A 2 11 Maddox 21 2.5 0.4 1.4 1 5 3 4 Bendall 21 2.7 1.4 1.3 1 5 3 17 Bendall 21 2.7 1.4 1.3 1 5 3 17 Jordan 32 4.1 3.3 3.3 2 5 4 12 Richey 12 1.1 0.0 0.0 2 5 4 16 Wagner 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 1 2 Woodberry 1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0 1 1 2 Scott 1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0 1 1 2 Tunstal 10 1.1 1.0 0.0 0 0 2 3 Johanning 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 3 Percentages: FG. 52.9 FT. 53.6 Three-point goals: (Jordan) 18 (Matthew) 4 Blacked Stoles: 1 (Liamsham) Turnovers: 26 (Jamison 6, Randall 5, Brown 4, Maddox, Jordan, Scott Johanning 2, Richey, Woodbury, Turrall) Steals: 13 (Richie, Woodbury, Turrall) None, Richie, Richie, Scott) Techniques: None Halttime: Kansas 31, Nebraska 40 Officials: Tanco, Lembach, Greene. A. A. HALSTED the No. 1 seed in the Big Lots- tournament Friday because they swept Nebraska this season while Kansas split its two games with the Cornhuskers. The Jayhawks will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament. Ramsdell earns victory over Golden Gophers The Kansas baseball team defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers 3-2 yesterday in the final game of a three-game series at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. Kansas junior Rory Ramsdell picked up the victory for the Jayhawks in relief of junior Mike Massey. Kansas junior Chris Moore and sophomore Jeff Niermeier went two for four at the plate, and one for six. The home run to pace the dawjahs. In his first pitching performance of the season, Massey gave up no runs and one hit in four innings. Yesterday's victory was the only Kansas triumph of the weekend as the Gophers defeated Oklahoma 11-11 on Friday and 9-3 on Saturday. The Jayhawks, 4-5, will play host to Creighton at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Hogland-Munton Stadium. No. 6 Syracuse trips ailing Hovas 62-58 These were a couple of distinctions Georgetown coach John Thompson could just as well have done without. The Hoyas not only lost four straight Big East Conference games for the first time, but they had to do it in front of the largest on campus crowd in NCAA his team the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. Sixth-ranked Syracuse won 62-58, but they did so in an unexpected manner yesterday. The Hoyas led 50-42 with 8:17 play, only to be outscored 12-2 and fall behind 54-52 with 4:27 left when Billy Owens hit a three-pointer for the Orangemen. And the Hoyas had something to gain, too. Syracuse (26-4) already had clinched the Big East regular-season title. Pistons beat Clippers Manning scores 31 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Joe Dumars scored 14 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter yesterday as the Detroit Fists ended their longest loss streak in five years with a win against the Los Angeles Clippers. Danny Manning scored 31 points for Los Angeles, the NBA's third worst road team with a 52 record, or for the Clippers had more than 14. The Pistons outscored the Clippers 29-18 in the third quarter and owned an 82-69 lead into the final period. Manning then scored 11 points during a 16-4 run that pulled the Clippers to an 86-85 deficit with 8:18 left From staff and wire reports Cornhusker women edge past Jayhawks win conference title Bv Rick C. Honish Kansan sportswriter Last week, Nebraska swim coach Ray Huppert said that the Cornhuskers would have to swim their best in every race if they were going to have chance to beat Kansas for the title. He Eight Conference championship, A full-house crowd of Kansas and Nebraska swim fans saw the Huskers do just that Saturday in Robinson Natatorium during the final session of the Big Eight championship meet. Nebraska won five of seven events and their second straight conference title with a score of 671.5 to Kansas' 646. Iowa State finished the meet with 359 points, and Missouri had 225.5. Michelle Butcher heard the roar of the Nebraska faithful three times when she won the 1.650 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle and the 400 yard individual medley. She was the most valuable player for the meet. Kansas senior and co-captain Lauri Hill said that nerves might have been a factor in Kansas' second-place finish. "We wanted to win so bad in front of our home crowd and in our own Swimming pool," she said. "I think everyone gave all they could, but I know some of us were a little nervous about everything." Hill, in addition to Michele Riffel, Heather McKoberts and Krista Corda son won the 400 freestyle relay and the 320 freestyle. They both took a 3,25,76 in the last race of the meet. Cordsen said that by that time the team knew it could not win the meet but that it wanted to go out strong by winning the relay. She said the Jayhawks lost key races that could have made the difference in the meet's outcome. "I think our attitude and enthusiasm was there for the meet," she said. "We kept our class. We just didn't swim up to our full potential." Cordsen said she was already looking forward to the NCAA meet. "We will have more individuals and more relay teams at nationalals than Nebraska, and I think we will meet with all of them at that meet." she said. Hill said that the disappointment of losing the conference meet was difficult to bear but that the team remained strong. Kelley Kauzlarich, Liberty, Mo. senior, practices her diving. Kansas' Terrilyn Johnson shoots over two Colorado players. Julie Jacobson/KANSAN Lady 'Hawks move to Big-8 final Play OSU tonight By Lana Smith Kansan sportswriter When Kansas sophomore center Lisa Tate approached the free-throw line, Colorado sophomore Mindy looked up at the clock and stared. When Henry looked back to the board, an odd, blank gaze covered her eyes. Only five minutes and 47 seconds were left in the game, and the Kansas Jayhawks were on fire. Kansas was leading by 12, and for the rest of the game, Colorado would not come any closer. After defeating Nebraska 58-33 Saturday and Colorado 76-56 last night in Salina, 10-11, secured its first win over Biggie. Big Eight Conference tournament. Trailing 34-30 at the half, Kansas came back during the second half and out-shot the Colorado Lady Buffs 57 to 37 percent from the field. While Kansas went to the boards 44 times, Colorado grabbed only 23 rebounds. Colorado coach Coach Barry said junior guard Kay Hart Hart and sophomore guard Stacy Truft were injured during staff tries to, but could not contain. "They (Hart and Trutl) had a quickness advantage on our guards," Barry said. "They were able to penetrate and score off of their first Women's Basketball shots.' Hart was Kansas' power scorer. She went two of two from the three-point range, four of five from the two-point range. In 11 shots from the field for 22 points. Truitt led the Jayhawks in rebounding with nine boards and also chalked up 22 points. Barry said that Kansas did not use any surprise strategy and that the Jayhawks did not play differently than the Nuggets. James Colorado could not get an edge. "Our defense really was the key for us," Kansas coach Marian Washington said. "Their front line is very big, very tough. We had to compensate. We've been working hard all year to block out and go to the boards." Washington said that the team had been doing this more often than not. No player for Colorado retrieved more than five rebounds during the game. Washington attributed her team's victory to the fact that the players The first half of the semifinal game was touch and go for both teams. Probable Starters for Women's Basketball Colorado gained the same lead during the second half but lost it within the first two minutes of play. With three minutes left to play before halftime, the Buffs saw the biggest lead they would have over the Jayhawks for the entire game. | Kansas | Pos. | Ht. | PPG | RPG | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Terrilyn Johnson | F | 5-11 | 9.9 | 9.6 | | Tanya Bonham | F | 5-8 | 5.6 | 1.9 | | Marthea McCloud | C | 5-10 | 6.1 | 5.3 | | Stacy Truitt | G | 5-8 | 10.2 | 3.9 | | Kay Kay Hart | G | 5-7 | 9.6 | 3.4 | Oklahoma State Jodi Fisher F 6-1 11.5 5.7 Shea Jackson F 6-1 5.6 5.1 Lisa McGill C 5-11 14.0 8.4 Althea Cox G 5-7 9.7 2.5 Liz Brown G 5-5 11.0 3.6 "She knows where she wants to go," Washington said. "And she gets there." Melissa Unterberg/KANSAN "We just tried to relax," Truitt said. "I told everyone to have fun." now have a better understanding of what they are capable of doing than they used to. One Colorado player who tried to prevent the Jayhawks from having too much fun was freshman forward Jamillah Lang. Lang was the Buffs' leading scorer with 18 points, and with 20 seconds left in the game, he was one of two players to foul out. Henry was the other The Jayhawks will challenge the Oklahoma State Cowgirls for the conference title at 7 p.m. tonight in Salina. Kansas and Oklahoma State also battled for the title last year. Oklahoma State won 66-65. If the Jayhawks should win, Kansas would advance automatically to the NCAA tournament at the University's championship competition for the national championship. Oklahoma State defeated Missouri 84-76 Saturday in Salina during the first round of games and the Cowboys victory over Kansas State yesterday.