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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 21, 1991
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Colorado snaps Jayhawk streak
The Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. — Stevie Wise scored 32 points, including six 3-pointers, in leading Colorado to a 79-71 last night in Big Eight Conference and an eight-
The Buffs (15-9 overall and 5-6 in conference) extended their winning streak to three while snapping the streak to two (8-3) and 8-3) winning streak at 10 games.
The game was a far cry from Kansas' 95-62 thrashing of the Buffs in their first meeting of the season Jan. 26
In the first half, Colorado forced nine turnovers, shot 56 percent from the field and outrebounded Kansas 22-9, taking a 45-31 lead. Kansas shot 42 percent in the half.
"At halftime I wasn't happy about our offense, defense, rebounding, coaching — I wasn't happy about anything. Kansas coach Roy Wililson."
Although Kansas tied the game three times in the second half — the last time at 62-62 with 6-39 remaining
— the Jayhawks never took the lead after halftime.
Colorado scored the next six points, including four from Shaun Vandiver, who scored 15 points, before the Jayhawks rallied with a 3-pointer from Steve Woodberry and a basket hit by John Scott, the gap to 64-62 with four minutes left.
Colorado then scored nine consecutive points, started by a basket from
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Vandiver. Wise then took a rebound, went the length of the court and hit a driving reverse layup, making the score 72-67 with 2:52 to go.
Wise subsequently hit four of five free throws, and Vandiver made a free throw with 31 seconds remaining, making the score 77-67.
The Jayhawks led only once in the game, at 10-9 with 14:40 to go in the first half. Colorado's James Hunter, who scored 23 points, sank a 3-pointer and Billy Law hit another 3-pointer, making the score 15-10 with 11:57 left.
Kansas closed to 35-29 on a basket by Mark Randall, before Colorado went on an 8-0 run — five of them by Wise and a 3-pointer from Hunter. The Bakers scored a Vander sank a basket at the buzzer for the 14-point halftime margin.
"I'm very disappointed in our play." Williams said. "I've said the last two and three games we haven't played as well as we've liked, but we've gotten by with the win. We weren't playing our best basketball again tonight, and that's got to change."
Adonis Jordan led Kansas with 10 points, followed by Randal's 13 and Bobby Crawford's 12.
With the loss, Kansas dropped to a tie with Oklahoma State for the top spot in the conference at 8-3.
- Kansas reporter S. J. Bailey contributed information to this story.
Tigers crunch 'Huskers 91-71
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Doug Smith scored 22 points and became Missouri's leading career rebounder last night as the Tigers beat No. 14 Nebraska 91-71 to foil the Cornelius and for a school-record 23rd victory.
Smith's point total of 2018 is 2 second on the Missouri list to the 2,590 points.
Missouri (14-9, 6-5) took command with a 10-2 spurt early in the first half, led 41-12 at halftime and never
Smith's five rebounds in the first half gave him 965, one more than Steve Stipanovich had in his four-year college career. Smith, a 6-10 senior and the Big Eight's player of the year last season, also became the second Missouri player to surpass 2,000 points.
led in the second half by fewer than 17 points while handing the "Huskers" to the Ravens.
Nebraska (22.5.7.4) which has won 22 games three times, most recently in the 1982-83 season, also failed to tie a school record with its 11th road victory. The 'Huskers, whose previous worst loss this year was 17 points at Colorado, did not get their first field goal until Clifford Scales hit from the baseline with 14:06 left in the first half.
Smith stole an inbounds pass and dunked at the start of the second half as Missouri; an 89-75 loser at Nebraska on Jan. 30, won for only the second time in six games. A basket by Chris Heller made it 45-29, then Anthony Peeler drilled a three-pointer to put the Tigers on top by 19.
Cyclones rally to beat Sooners
The Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — Victor Alexander scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half as Iowa State handed Oklahoma its fifth straight loss, 97-88, in Big Eight Conference game yesterday.
The Cyclones (10-17 overall, 47 in the Big Eight) were coached by assistant Jim Hallhann, who sat in Johnny Orr. Orr did not make the trip because of a back injury he suffered at his home Sunday.
Oklahoma (15-11,4-7) lost for the eighth time in nine games. The
Sooners had beaten Iowa State 12 straight times in Norman.
A three-pointer by Brent Price gave the Sooners a 60-54 lead with 16-10 remaining. Then Alexander got hot, scoring 13 points in a 26-11 Cyclone run that gave Iowa State an 80-71 lead.
The Sooners got as close as four points three times after that, the final 08-44 on a follow shot by Jeff Beynon, who led Oklahoma with 22 points.
But Oklahoma then missed shots on three consecutive possessions.
Lady'Hawks edge Lady Buffs 73-72
Truitt gives boost to lagging offense. Hart secures victory with free throws
Amv Mathern attempts to block Kansas forward Misti Chennault
By Lana Smith
Kansan sportswriter
It was touch and go for the last seven minutes of the game, but the Lady Jayhawks pulled through and Colorado Lady Buffs by one point 73-72.
The score was tied 67-47 with two minutes remaining in the game when Kansas took possession of the ball on a traveling call against Colorado.
Kansas sophomore guard Stacy Truitt took the ball to the basket seconds later and gave the Lady Javahays a 69-67 lead.
Kansas junior guard Kay Kay Hart said Truitt's move was a confidence booster.
"It gave the team the momentum we needed to go over the hill and win." Hart said.
At one point during the first half Kansas led by 17 points, but Colorado managed to narrow the margin to 10 (40-30) by the half.
Kansas coach Marian Washington said a pivotal point in the game came when Kansas turned the ball over to the executive times during the second half.
During the second half, Kansas began to lose its edge.
"The team got really rattled with about five minutes left on the clock." Washington said. "I called a time out to talk about it."
Colorado frustrated Kansas with a strategy that in part forced Truitt to commit.
"They really worked to keep the ball out of Kay Kay's hands," Washington said. "We had to get it back to Hart' to get our stability back."
When Hart got the ball, she carried it through. She was Kansas' leading scorer with 18 points, hitting eight of eight from the free-throw line.
The timing was right for Hart to shoot 100 percent from the charity stripe because Colorado sent her team charging the last 30 seconds of the game.
Hart said she tried not to think about how close the score was when
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'It was a great win for us.'
- Marian Washington Women's basketball coach
she went to the free-throw line
That strategy worked, and she buried all of her shots.
After Hart's success at the line gave Kansas a four-point lead, Colorado senior guard Ellen Bain took a shot from several feet outside the three-point line that brought Colo- rado to within one point as time ran out.
That effort wrapped up the foul plagued game
Kansas sophomore forward Martahe McCloud, who received one of the two technical fouls called against Kansas — Truitt received the other — fouled out of the game with six minutes left to play.
Colorado lost sophomore forward Amy Mather on fouls. Mather also was called for a technical foul.
"It was a great win for us," Washington said. "You can tell how talented Colorado is."
Washington also praised Hart's playing and said she had surfaced as one of the best guards in the Big Eight Conference.
Football beats baseball for popularity
Other leaders on the Kansas team in last night's game were sophomore center Lisa Lata. She who grabs 13 points, Colorado shats and scored 11 points.
Kansas junior forward Terrillry Johnson had nine rebounds and contributed 13 points to the Jayhawks victory.
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Colorado sophomore forward Sherwin King was the Buff's key force, scoring 20 points and hitting eight of nine free throws. He also led Colorado with six rebounds.
Major league baseball, traditionally dubbed "the national pastime," is less popular than pro football in every section of the country and in every age category except 50-years old and older.
A comparison of U.S. attitudes about baseball and football in a Sports Marketing Group survey released yesterday also shows that pro football boasts broader fan appeal at every income level.
Baseball is the favorite sport of 31 percent of the nation's adults, with support spread fairly evenly among all regions.
Pro football is regarded the same way by 39 percent of the country, but its appeal is strongest in the West, where 44 percent of the region's adults prefer football to baseball.
Younger fans nationwide prefer football over baseball by a 2-4 to 1 margin. Baseball is listed as the favorite by 28 percent of the 18-to 24-year-olds surveyed, while football is listed at 26 percent of those surveyed in that age group.
The Kansas improved its record to 16-9 overall and tied the Colorado's conference record of 7-6.
The more money people earn, the more they tend to prefer football. Thirty percent of those households with an income of $15,000 or less prefer pro football, while 27 percent root for baseball. At income levels of $40,000 and over, pro football beats out baseball, 45 percent to 31 percent.
The difference narrows gradually with age, with both sports drawing the same support - 34 percent - among fans 50 and older.
Among women, baseball gets a slight edge. Overall, three of five men and one of five women say that pro football is their favorite sport, as
compared with two of five men and one of five women who cheer for baseball.
"Baseball might still have good attendance figures, but it's losing its popularity," said Ney Laville, chairperson of the Dallas-based Sports Marketing Group. "Baseball became 'America's favorite pastime' because that exactly what it was, a pleasant way to pass the time. I don't think people go to the ballpark just for the game, as they do for football.
"The baseball park was someplace to go out, have a hot dog, sit out in center field with your girlfriend or family, have a couple of beers and watch the game. What baseball is hurting from is all these dome stadiums and night games. They've taken away the pastime element, the tradition. The ambience that made it so popular is being destroyed."
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Kansas shortstop David Soult tags Kansas leftfielder John Wuycheck during a practice game in preparation for this weekend's double-header against the Razorbacks.
'Hawks readying for weekend match with Arkansas
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas baseball team, 2-0 for the first time under coach Dave Bingham, will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend for three games with the highly touted Arkansas Razerbacks.
The Razorbacks, 4-1, are currently ranked seventh by Collegiate Baseball magazine and 15th by Baseball
"They're a very veteran team," Bingham said. "They have a relatively experienced team staff with very experienced team on the field."
"From his first year to now, KU has had tremendous growth."
"They might have some personnel problems there, but the next guy in line will be very good as well." he said. "And you can go down there, but the game doesn't."
America.
Arkansas coach Norm Debryin said he had a lot of respect for the improvement Kansas had shown under Bingham's leadership.
Bingham said Arkansas was solid at every position except catcher, where the team had experienced some injury problems.
D Bryein said. "Last year was their best team I've seen, and they're returning a lot of those players. We'll definitely have our hands full."
DeyBryin said the two teams originally were scheduled to play two games but would now play three.
"I talked to Coach Brigham this morning, and we're going to play Friday, Saturday and Sunday as long as it doesn't rain," he said. "In return, we're going to try to go up there next year."
Bingham said he planned to start junior pitchers Eric Stonecipher and Curtis Schmidt in two of the weekend
games.
"We would like to go with just four guys for two games, maybe go six innings with them and three with others," he said. "If we have to shorten up a starter, we'll probably stick a guy in between."
Bingham said the rest of the lineup would depend upon whether the Razorbacks throw a right-handed or left-handed pitcher.
"The rests of the lineup is fairly set," he said. "There are three or four positions where we're going to play, and they depend on their starting pitching."
"We never had control of that game even though we had a big lead."
"Last year, we beat them 9-6, and we were up in that game very early," he said. "They kept the pressure on us all the way to the bases loaded, tying run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The Jayhawks' home owner will be against Washburn at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
The key for the Jayhawks this weekend will be to compete for nine solid innings. Bingham said.
Sports briefs
Irish shut out 'Hawks in tennis tournament
The Kansas men's tennis team was shut out by Notre Dame, 0-6, in the first round of the USTA/ITC Tournament yesterday in Louisville.
Because the team score was decided, the doubles matches were suspended after the singles competition.
Kansas junior Patrick Han was the only Jayhawk to win a set against the 13th-ranked Fighting Irish.
With the loss, the best the Jayhawks can finish is 13th in the 32-team tournament.
Depending on the outcome of other matches, the Jayhawks, 5-2, play either North Carolina, Utah, Pepperell, Arizona, or Kentucky today.
Security tightened after death threat to Jordan
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls have increased security at their home stadium after NIA superstar Eric Garner was shot, threat team officials said yesterday.
Director of Media Services Tim Hallam said he did not know the details of the threat, which was called to in the Bulls' offices Monday.
"Any time you get a bomb threat or a death threat, you take extra precautions, and that's what the Bulls did." Hallam said.
The threat apparently did not bother Jordan, who scored 40 points in the Bulls' 118-113 victory Tuesday over the Washington Bullets.
"You can't ignore it," Jordan said after the game. "And I'm not going to let it bother me. I've got a job to do, but I don't know now. I'll just home and relax."
It was not the first time Jordan had received such a threat, Bulls officials said.
Colorado's Hagan recovering from injury
BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado quarterback Darian Hagan, barely a week into rehabilitation after surgery for a tended in rupture in his left knee, will be able to play this fall. But Colorado trainer Dave Burton said he was unsure how effective Hagan will be.
Hagan underwent surgery last month to repair the tendon he ruptured in the Buffs' Orange Bowl victory over Notre Dame.
From staff and wire reports