University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 18. 1991
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'Hawks use 'T' to spark 69-67 victory
Kansas struggles in first half, ends with 13-3 run
By S. J. Bailey
Kansan sportswriter
Were things not going well for the Kansas basketball team in the second half of Saturday's battle with intricate rival Kansas State.
The spark came in the form of a technical feal on K State coach DanAltman. The result: A 13-3 run that gave Wildcats the lead and defeat the Wildcats 68-67.
With 7:48 to play in the game, the Jayhawks were trailing the Wildcats 50-46 and struggling to find some type of catalyst to inspire their play.
Kansas, 19-4 overall and leading the Big Eight Conference at 8-2 needed the surge in momentum to lift the Knicks to capture its 10th consecutive victory.
Jamison was ready to play, as it was his steal on the baseline in front of the K-State bench that caused Altman to erupt.
"It was like someone switched on a light," said junior forward Alonzo Jamson of Alumni's technical. "At least it's a new school." Now I think we're ready to play."
After the technical, sophomore guard Adonis Jonkank both free throws and knotted the game at 50-50. Senior guard Terry Gurren's two free throws one minute later gave the Jayhawks a two point advantage at 52-50. For the last 5-40, the Wildcats would come no closer than two.
The Jayhawks struggled from the field in the first half, missing their first seven shots before senior forward Mark Randall scored Kansas' first bucket more than four minutes into the game. The Jayhawks ended the first half shooting a dismal 38 percent on the floor.
kansas coach Roy Williams said the Wildcats' defensive strategy, which was different than the one they employed when the two teams met in Manhattan, bothered the Jayhawks throughout the game.
"Over there, they used full, all-out pressure," Williams said. "Today they were mirroring us and keeping us in front of them. They played a lot harder than we did, and hands up when we were ready to shoot. We got some good shots early,
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but we didn't make them. Then I think we started pressing it a little bit more."
The strategy worked as the Wildcats sagged into the middle, daring starting guards Jordan and Brown to shoot. The two struggled, shooting a combined two for nine from the floor in the first half.
'Over there, they used full, all-out pressure. Today they were mirroring us and keeping us in front of them. They played a lot of position defense and got their hands up when we were ready to shoot. We got some good shots early, but we didn't snake them. Then I think we started pressing it a little bit more.'
Roy Williams Men's basketball coach
While the guards were having problems, the Jayhawks looked into K-State's saging zone and found a beacon in Randall. His outstanding play in the paint, 13 points on five-for-nine shooting in the first half, managed to keep Kansas in the game.
"They wanted to take away our inside game, but luckily, Mark played his tail off in the first half." Williams said. "He basically was our offense for a good portion of the half."
Although the Wildcats stayed in the game until the final buzzer, the tension was broken with just under one minute to play when Jordan fired a pinpint pass to teammate Mark Randall. The only problem was that
| | NW | NL | FT | R | A | F | A |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Amerson | 33 | 27 | 3·7 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Derouillere | 25 | 7·11 | 2·3 | 1 | 3 · 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Rettert | 32 | 1·2 | 1·2 | 1 | 7 · 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Wires | 38 | 5·16 | 2·2 | 5 | 5 · 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Howard | 15 | 1·27 | 2·2 | 2 | 5 · 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Brittain | 17 | 2·44 | 0·0 | 6 | 1 · 5 | 1 | 1 |
| King | 18 | 5·00 | 0·0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| King | 15 | 5·80 | 0·0 | 0 | 1 · 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shad | 6 | 0·00 | 0 | 0 | 0 · 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sams | 1 | 0·00 | 0 | 0 | 0 · 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas 69
Kansas State 67
Kansas State
Percentages: FG: 43.3 FT: 79.3
point goals: 5-10 (Dereoulite 4, Amerion
1; Fritz 1; Wires G2) Blocked Sheets:
2 (Amerion, Britton) Turnovers: 10 Wires
8; Dereoulite 3, Howard, Britton)
Streaker: 6 (Bertie, Wires)
Technicals: Bench
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Jamison | 28 | 26 | 3-8 | 6-8 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Maddux | 26 | 25 | 3-5 | 6-5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Bendall | 28 | 1-4 | 0-9 | 6-8 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Brandon | 21 | 8-1 | 6-9 | 6-8 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| Jordan | 33 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 6-4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Richey | 16 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-9 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Richey | 16 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-9 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Tunstal | 13 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott | 13 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wagner | 5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nash | 5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nash | 0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Percentages: Fu "42", F1 "3.1", G2 "9.9"
point goals: 3-12 (Brown), 6-10 (Black)
Shocked Sticks: 3 (Jamison, 2) Scott). Turnovers: 5 (Jamison 4),
Maddox, Brown, Jordan, Tustan 2, Richy
Scott, Nash). Steals: 5 (Jamison, Dardon,
2, Randall). Technicals: None.
Halftime: Kansas 30, Kansas State 27
Officials: Wulkow, Reynolds, Leimbach.
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"I saw him out of the corner of my eye and he was wide open," Jordan said. "It was a good mass right?"
Randall was standing at the scorers' table waiting to check in.
Randall led the offense for the Jayhawks with 22 points, including six of nine from the foul line, and added six rebounds. Brown also cashed in at the line, hitting six of eight and finishing with 16 points.
Jean Deroillère finished the game hitting three of four from three-point range and scoring 19 points in leading the Wildcats. Jeff Wires and Darryl King also scored in double figures with 12 and 10 points respectively.
Kansas forwards Alonze Jamison (left) and Kirk Wagner grab for a rebound above Kansas State forward Keith Amerson.
Seniors lead when going gets tough
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
Nearly four years of hard knocks and tough situations in college basketball appear to be paying off for the teams of the Kansas basketball team.
Trailing Kansas State by five points with 8:03 to go, Kansas seniors Mike Maddox, Mark Randall and Terry Brown stepped up their intensity as they led the Jayhawks to their 10th straight victory.
The play of the three seniors was a product of experience, Maddox said.
We heavily kept our comprise in the last several minutes." Maddox said, and I think we have to do that. Someone's got to step up and take control."
Randall, who led all scorers with 22 points, said the last minutes of the game were destined to be good for the Javhawks.
"We had not done anything all that well," Randall said, "At that point, something had to go right."
Randall, Maddox and Brown have been in situations similar to the end of the K-State game several times. Randall said.
"The seniors are going to lead this team by example," he said. "That means making key plays at key times."
Brown made four of six free throws in the last 35 seconds to give Kansas enough room to secure the victory.
Nine of his 10 points came during the critical last five minutes of the game.
Brown said K-State's defense made him alter his style of play throughout the game.
"Everywhere I went, they were right there with me when I turned around. Brown said, "I couldn't get it. I started setting a few more picks."
Jayhawks open season with sweep
Kansan sportswriter.
By Mark Spencer
The Kansas baseball team opened its 1991 season last weekend by sweeping two games from Hardin-Simmons University.
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On Friday, Kansas junior Curtis Schmidt walked six batters in five innings, but he allowed only four hits and eight runs. The Hawkeys defeated the Cowboys 13-6.
"I didn't have the control I would have like, but I'll take the win," he said.
In relief of Schmidt, Kansas freshman David Meyer and sophomore Joel Bacon allowed four runs in four games. None of the runs were earned.
Meyer said that his fastball was the key to his success during the weekend.
"My fastball had a lot of life in it," he said. "The thing that was getting hit was my changeup when it was high in the zone."
Meyer said the weekend had a positive atmosphere because a lot of players played in the lopsided victories
Also in Friday's victory, second baseman Jelbert Berlinder slammed a home run and first baseman Mike Snead took four RB in four trips to the plate.
The Jayhawks' bats were lively again at Saturday as junior catcher/designated hitter Mark Moore went four for five and drove in five runs and paced the Jayhawks to a 14-2 victory.
Moore and freshman Darryl Monroe each hit a home run for Kansas in the second half.
Moore said that he was pleased with his performance but that the Cowboys' pitchers had something to do with it.
"It was good for a lot of people to get a chance to play, especially the
"They weren't necessarily the hardest throwers I've seen," Moore said. "We'll see better as the season goes on."
younger guys." he said
Junior right hander Eric Stonecourt struck out three Hardin-Simmons batters in three innings en route to first pitching victory of the season.
Kansas received two strong innings apiece from relievers junior Rory Ramsdell, sophomore Jimmy Walker and freshman Chris Corn.
in the season-opening series, the
Jayhawks were 26 for 80 at bat, for a
325 team average. Kansas batters
only out four times in the two
games.
The Jayhawk pitchers also were impressive as they surrendered three earned runs in 18 innings for a 1.50 team ERA.
KU women swim to victory;men sink
By Rick C. Honish
Kansan sportswriter
The final dual meet for the Kansas men's and women's swim teams ended in a split decision Saturday.
The women were victorious, beating Southern Illinois University 158-36, but the men lost 127-105.
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said the problem that had plagued both teams all year still had not been cured.
"We were flat," he said. "I know everyone tried really hard, but emotionally we were not sharp."
"We knew we won but, win the whole team was unenthusiastic," she said. "It is scary to have this prob- lem. It's a week and a half before the game."
"I consider this team to be a top-20 team, and that means we have to swim like that at every meet," he said. "We haven't been doing that."
Sophomore Michelle Wilde, who placed second in the 100-yard freestyle, said Saturday's meet at Robinson Center was a hollow victory because the team had not come together as it needed to in order to win the Big Eight Conference championship.
Although Kempf was pleased with the women's success, he said they still had not lived up to their potential.
Wilde said that the team members had last year's championship loss to Nebraska embedded in their minds not to make mistakes and not to make the same mistakes.
"We went into conference last year very cocky, and we lost," she said.
"This year we haven't quite come together, but I think we will approach the conference with the right attitude."
Senior diver Kelley Kaularch won both the one-meter and three-meter dive events, and junior Kelly
Swimming
'I consider this team to be a top-20 team, and that means we have to swim like that at every meet. We haven't been doing that.'
Gary Kempf Swimming coach
The Jayhawk women also recorded first place finishes in the 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard backstroke and both relays.
Redden won the 500-yard freestyle and the 400-yard individual relay.
Kempf said sophomore Shawn Stevens performed well for the men's team.
"He approached the meet with an aggressive attitude, and it showed," be said.
Stevens won the 200-yard individual medley, the 200 breaststroke, and contributed to the men's 400-yard medley relay victory.
"Theare people toing the job," Kempf said, "but we just have not developed a total team concept yet. We had the chance going into the last relay to win the meet, and we were out-touched again."
Kempf said he would have to spend the two weeks before the men's conference championship trying to go in a way to prepare the team emotionally.
Kempf said senior Jeff Stout also continued to swim well, winning the 200-yard backstroke.
The men's team also won the 400 medley relay.
"I am going to have to make some changes that some might like and some might not," he said.
Mike Soderling checks his time in the men's 1,000-meter freestyle.
By Lana Smith
Lady'Hawks beat the Sooners 76-69
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Marian Washington was right. The Oklahoma Sooners looked to their outside game for a chance, but it was not there.
Oklahoma's outside game was not enough to keep control of a narrow second-half lead, and the Jayhawks won the game 76-69.
After Kansas trailed by one point at the half, the Jayhawks out-shot the Sooners 42.9 percent to 77.9 from the field during the second half.
Junior guard Kay Kay Hart was Kansas' leading scorer with 15 points.
Oklahoma's leading scorer was junior guard Carin Stites with 22 points.
Sites hit four of 13 three-point shots and broke the Big Eight Conference's record for three-point field goals in a season with 89.
Before the game, Washington said that one way for the Jayhawks to win the game would be to not turn over the ball.
However, the Jayhawks did not continue this turnover trend in the second half.
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In the first half, it looked like Kansas might not follow Washington's advice, as the Jayhawks turned over the ball ten times. Fortunately, the Sooners turned the ball over 12 times.
After the intermission, Kansas turned over the ball twice, and the Sooners gave away nine more.
Sophomore center Lisa Tate contributed to the Jayhawks' second-half turnaround. In the last seven games, she scored 10 points from the field.
Kansas junior forward Terrilyn Johnson led the Jayhawks in rebounding with 15.
The Jayhawks bettered their record to 15-9 overall and 6-6 in the conference after their victory against Oklahoma.
K-State Open lets KU fine-tune for the Big 8
By Rick C. Honish
Kansan sportswriter
Condensed versions of the Kansas men's and women's track teams were in Manhattan Saturday for the Kansas State Open.
Kansas Coach Gary Schwartz said he took a smaller group to K-State to prepare them for next weekend's Big 12 conference championships in Columbia.
"We took some people who needed a little extra preparation and another race to fine-tune before next weekend." he said.
Hassan Bailey ran a time of 48.77 in the 400-meter run and won first place.
Schwartz said that most of the athletes improved.
Freshman Dan Waters placed second in the 800-meter run, losing to senior Mike Macinco from Colorado. Schwartz said that Waters' time was good but that his race strategy needed improvement.
"Dan proved he could make up for early mistakes and still run a good race," he said.
Schwartz said he also was
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impressed with freshman pole vaulter John Bazzoni, who cleared 15 feet. 9-inches.
"He had a lot of clearance at 15-9 and just missed the next jump," he said.
Freshman sprinter Katrina Brooks placed fifth in the 55-meter run and third in the 200-meter run.
She said that she was disappointed with her results but that the meet was productive.
Brooks said her troubles were not monumental.
"I just need to practice my turns and get ready for next week," she said.
In other running events, sophmore Heather Ryan placed third in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:08.4.
Freshman Amy Rodehaver placed second in the 800 run, and freshman Cassie Bryant took second place in the 900 jump with a leap of 37 feet, 8/12 inches.