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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, January 22, 1991
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.Jordan, 'Hawks drop Tigers
By S. J. Bailey Kansan sportswriter
Men's Basketball
Kansas' Adonis Jordan might have been the smallest player on the floor in Saturday's game against Missouri, but no one played a larger role in the Jayhawks. 91-64 pounding of the Tiger in the five-foot 11-sophomore guard.
The Jahyawks, 11-4, improved their Big Eight Conference record to 1-2 behind Jordan's career-high 24 games, 15 of which came in the first half.
Kansas employed a ferocious defense and shot a blazing 69 percent from the field to drop Missouri to 10-5 and hand the Tigers their first conference loss of the year in front of freezied fans at Allen Field House.
Alonzo Jamison and Terry Brown trap Missouri guard Lamont Frazier.
Jordan was on fire from the opening tip, scoring 13 of Kansas' first 18 points and keying a 4-12 run that gave him a victory over eight minutes to play in the first half.
"Adonis gave us a big lift early," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "In the first part of the game they didn't put too much pressure on him, and he scored 13 points more than I more scoring in the first half than I in probably any game this year."
Jordan said he was surprised the Tigers chose to leave him virtually unguarded early in the game.
"They had two or three guys on Terry (Brown), and they were kind of shying away from me," he said. "I had some open shots and knocked them down most of the time. The meat, but I’m happier with the win."
The second half proved to be even more devastating to the Tigers, as the Jayhawks shot a blistering 85 percent from the field. Kansas hit 17 of 20 shots and exploded to a 29 point line with about 4 minutes left in the game.
Missouri
Senior forward Mike Maddox, who was listed as questionable after practicing about 15 minutes last week because of recurring back pain, started the game and gave Kansas an emotional lift. Maddox equaled his season high of 15 points and sparked the Jahayhs with his leadership.
"We've lost two games on the road in the Big Eight that we had right in the palms of our hands," Maddox said. "I'm a senior, and I thought we needed something to usk up and get us going. I wanted to win this game more than anything, and I just tried to go out and play that way."
Kansas 91
Missouri 64
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Crudup | 20 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Dugger, D | 25 | 1-14 | 1-9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Smith, D, M | 35 | 5-18 | 3-4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| Smith, D, M | 35 | 5-18 | 3-4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| Booker, D | 35 | 5-17 | 2-6 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Booker, D | 13 | 5-2 | 1-4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Coleman, I | 10 | 1-7 | 2-6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Horton, B | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Horton, B | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Helter, B | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Percentages: FG. 38.8, FT. 60.0. Three
thirds of the team were
Turnovers: (24, Peeper 1, M. 4, Booker,
Coleman, Frazier, Heller 2). Stails: 11 (Smith,
R. 4, Smith, D. 3, D. 2) Technicals:
1
Kansas
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Jamison | 30 | 2 | 5-5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Maddux | 30 | 7-1 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Randall | 37 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Jardin | 37 | 6-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Jordan | 27 | 8-10 | 7-9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| Richey | 15 | 7-1 | 2-9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Tunstail | 20 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Scott | 20 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Woodburn | 5 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Percentages: FG. 69, FG. 75, Threepoint goals: 6-10 (Brown, 4-6; Jordan, 1-2) Blocked Shots: 6 (Maddox, Richey 2; Jamiow, Woodberry). Turnovers: 20 (Jamison 6; Randall 5, Woodberry 3). Steals: 13 (Jiamison 4; Woodberry 4). Technicals: None.
Haltime: Kansas 39, Missouri 29. Officials:
Zetcher, Petro, Harvey.
No. 5, 200.
Maddox said the victory gave the Jayhawks a great amount of personal satisfaction.
"We haven't beaten Missouri, period, in two years," he said. "When you look at things we can do this year, it will be on the same day, year one of them, is heat, Missouri."
Randall also grabs four steals to ignite a swarming Kansas defense that limited Missouri center Doug Smith to 13 points and five of 18 shooting from the field. Smith came into the game averaging 23 points a game and shooting 50 percent from the field.
Senior guard Terry Brown scored 17 points for the Jayhaws, including four three-pointers, and senior forwards all added 10 points and 18 rebounds.
The Tigers, who came into the game shooting 48 percent from the field as a team, were held to 38.8 percent by a variety of defensive strategies.
Junior forward Alonzo Jamison. Junior added nine points and six steals, said the constant defensive changes frustrated the Tigers throughout the
game.
"In the first 10 minutes, I think our defense really bothered them," Jamison said. "We were in the passing lanes, and with the job we did on Doug inside, they really didn't have many outlets. We tried to keep the pressure on, and I think today we can say we played Kansas defense."
Williams also praised the team's defensive effort.
"We did want to give them different looks and we did want to change up our defense," Williams said. "It was one of those times that the things
you plan actually work well. But I don't want it to seem like I'm taking the credit, because it was the kids to go out and play the defenses.
"This may be as good as we've ever played since we've been here. Hopefully, we can improve on that that give kind of effort every time."
The Jayhawks will take on Wichita State tomorrow at home in a non-conference game before playing host to the Eagles in their next conference match-up.
Lack of practice doesn't hurt Maddox
By Ann Sommerlath
Sports editor
If 15 wasn't already Mike Madox's lucky number, he might consider adopting it after Saturday's game against Missouri.
After practicing only 15 minutes since the Jan. 12 game against Oklahoma State, Maddox scored 15 points in Saturday's game against Missouri, tying his season's best for the second time.
"No, I think the week off helped me. It gave me a week off from the pounding on my back and maybe what I needed to do a little better.
"That would be a great deal," Maddox joked of the influence the lack of practice had on his game. "Maybe Coach Williams would let me sit out of practice every day and then just come in and play in the game."
Apparently so. Despite the pain, Maddox started on Saturday and racked up enough minutes to be able to Mark Rindall in total playing time.
The senior forward did not play in Wednesday's game against Miami and saw limited practice time because his back pain began to flare after he took a charge in the game after Oklahoma Jan. 8.
He knew Friday after returning from the University of Kansas Medical Center that he would start against Missouri.
"Coach asked me how it felt and what I wanted to do, and I said, 'I want to play . . . and I want to start, and I can tell you that right now.' " Maddox said. "You only get to play Missouri once at home a year and
The Tigers used an unexpected starting lineup, substituting freshman guards Reggie Smith and Melvin书伯 for forward Jeff Warren and guard Jamal Coleman. It proved tough to beat, although it failed to comfort Maddox.
"He'd only practiced 15 minutes the entire week," Williams said. "He played his back off today."
"It didn't make me feel any better about playing Missouri," he said.
Coach Roy Williams called Mad dox one of the game's heroes.
Maddox found out Friday that regardless of whether he played or not, he would not further damage his back. Perhaps that helps explain his second-half jam with 15:48 left in the game that pulled the Jayhawks ahead by double digits and allowed them to never look back.
Maddox, who had been exchanging words with Missouri's Doug Smith and Anthony Peeler throughout the game, then became openly embroiled in an argument with Smith and Crudup at midcourt. Williams eventually walked over to the group and velled for Maddox to shut up.
Maddox's emotional feelings about the game became evident after an intentional foul was called on Missouri forward Jevon Crudup with 7:50 left. Crudup hammered Patrick Richey as Richey broke in for a layup. Richey was awarded two shots and Kansas was awarded the ball.
"I was just excited and nobody was guarding me." Maddox said. "It kind of took me by surprise, you know I’m not known for my ultra-hips."
"I just wanted them to quit mouthing and play basketball," Williams
said.
"He 'Doug Smith' told me not to get too excited because we'd have to come back to Columbia," Maddox said. "I told him we'd be there."
"I'm a senior and I think that was my role, to get everybody fired up and get everybody excited, and that's what I tried to do."
Maddox was seven for 11 in field goal attempts and one for three from the line. His own performance and victory were important to Maddox.
"It's my senior year; we played Missouri at home and we haven't beat them in two years," he said.
Maddox called the game crucial to the Big Eight Conference race as well.
"That's one thing that the team last year that was 30-5 did not do — we never beat Missouri," he said. "We needed a big win, and maybe this will give us the confidence to go on in the Big Eight. If you look how the race is going right now, nobody's winning on the road. There are a lot of good teams in the Big Eight, and it's going to be a struggle every night."
KU football hopes to grab local talent
Kansan sportswriter
By Mark Spencer
Although the Kansas football program continues to recruit nation wide, the Jayhawks have not forgot the talent located in their own state.
"We're recruiting in Kansas real
kansas recruiting coordinator
The Jayhawks signed players from seven different states last year and seem to be recruiting just as wide again this year.
Helt said the Jayhawks hoped to fill several positions by recruiting in Detroit, Ohio, Florida, Chicago, and California in addition to Kansas.
"We're after some secondary, linebacker depth and some offensive linemen," Helt said. "We're after plain speed, speed, speed."
National letters of intent, which bind players to their college choice, may be signed by high school seniors or junior college players starting Feb. 6.
NCAA regulations forbid Helt to comment on specific players, but the Jayhawks are recruiting several instate players, according to Allen Wallace of Super Prep Football magazine.
Those players include running back Don Davis, Olathe Line; lineman Mark Allison, Minneapolis; linebacker-running back Aaron Anderson, Washburn Rural; linebacker-red end Ron Morgan, Olathe North; and linebacker Dick Holt, Wichita Northwest.
Allison, 6-foot-5 and 260 pounds, is a Parade magazine All-American and a member of the Super Prep Football magazine All-America team.
Wallace said Allison was an outstanding. all-around football player
"The quality that stands out is his quickness," Wallace said. "He can play either side, though he prefers defense."
Wallace said the Jayhaws had a good chance to sign Allison.
"The last time we talked to Kansas was in the lead over Oklahoma and Colorado. He could go where he wanted to go," Wallace said.
Max Emfinger of the National High School Football Recruitment Service said the Jayhawks in-state prospects the start of a good recruiting class.
"They're awesome defensive players," Emtinger said. "There are five players that can play defense with anyone. If they can get them committed, they'll have a great recruiting class."
Emfinger said Anderson was the best linebacker of the Jayhawks' instate prospects.
"He has outstanding, unbelievable speed. He's considering Kansas, Nebraska, and a few others." Emfinger said.
Wallace, however, said the best linebacker in the group was Holt.
Wallace said Holt had narrowed his choices to Kansas, USC, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
"He is a horse of a different color." Wallace said. "We ranked him the 21st linebacker in the midlands and the 27th linebacker in the country."
Davis has orally committed to the Jayhawks, Wallace said.
Morgan was ranked as the 1st best player in the midlands by Super Prep magazine and has narrowed his goal to Oklahoma State. Wallace said.
Helt said it was difficult to determine at this point how the Jayhawks were doing in relation to last year
"Right now, I feel pretty good. We had a good weekend, but it's such an up and down roller coaster ride." Helt said. The Jayhawks are generating prominently on recruiting high school seniors to junior college players, Helt said.
'Number wise we're finally to the point where we have a large upper class and we want to keep replenishing it.' Helt said.
By Rick Honish Kansan sportswriter
Coach excited about track team potential
Track
Last Friday's performance by the Kansas men's and women's track teams in Anschutz Sports Pavilion left coach Gary Schwartz excited about the potential of the Jayhawk squads.
Schwartz said that although the Jayhawks performed well, he was pleased most by seeing what could be down the road for his young teams.
Although the event was not a scoring meet, it gave the coaches a good look at freshmen athletes who took on top teams from other colleges and Emporia State. Schwartz said,
One freshman who showed promise was Harun Hazim. He won the triple jump and the long jump with jumps of 48 feet and 24/3/4 feet.
Hazim said he was pleased with his long jump but less than satisfied with his high jump.
"It is coming along slowly," he said. "It will take some time to get the technique back up to the level I want."
Junior distance runner Cathy Palacios said she also has had a difficult time getting herself back up to the gym. She has been able to practice for a week
before the meet because of tendonitis in her ankle.
"I was afraid I would have burning lungs and a sore foot, but I didn't," she said. "I felt really good."
Palacios finished second in both the women's mile and 1,000-meter runs.
Schwartz said he was happy about *Palacios*' performance, as well as those of senior distance runner Donnie Anderson, freshman spinner Katrina Brooks and freshman spinner Kwanza Johnson.
Anderson won the men's 1,000-meter with a time of 2:29.98, and also won the men's mile with a time of 4:16.89.
In the women's 55-meter dash, Brooks won a close race with a time of 7.23, one-hundredth of a second faster than second-place finisher Mariyn Reynolds of Oklahoma.
After Friday's performances,
Schwartz said both teams were looking forward to Saturday's triangular meet with rivals Kansas State and Missouri at Anschutz.
Johnson finished second in the men's 600-yard run, one second behind Milton Johns of Oklahoma, with a time of 11.9.
"It is just like a conference meet, and prestige is on the line," Schwartz said.
Lady Jayhawks continue Missouri's losing streak
By Lana Smith Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's basketball team extended Missouri's losing streak to six games by beating 68-60 on Saturday in Columbia.
Mitch Shea, Kansas women's assistant coach, said the victory could be attributed, in large part, to junior forward Joshson Jones. He joined the Jayhawks with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Missouri's offense was dominated by junior center Ericka Fields, who led the Tigers with 27 points and seven rebounds. Fields also hit all nine of her free throw attempts.
Both teams took advantage of the other's mistakes. The Jayhawks scored 23 points on 32 Tiger turnovers. Missouri scored 20 points on 33 Kansas turnovers.
let her get her points and stop the rest so they won't get theirs. We let her get her points."
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"When you have a good player like that (Fields), there is nothing worse." "Use 'Sbaa said.' You can try to shut them down, or you can
Shea said the sloppy offense came because the Jayhawks were concentrated on building them, which paid off against Missouri.
"The turnovers were not even a factor in the game since there were so many," Shea said.
Kansas bettered its record to 11-5 and 2-2 in the Big Eight Conference after the victory Saturday. Missouri fell to 7-10 overall and 0-4 in the conference.
Brown player of week in spite of gulf worries
Kansas guard Terry Brown, who scored 43 points in two games for the Jayhawks last week, won Big Eight player-of-the-week honors under unusually stressful circumstances. He has a sister in the Army stationed in Saudi Arabia and a brother who just completed Army training and could be sent to the Persian Gulf from Germany.
"When all those things started happening in the Persian Gulf, it was hard for him to concentrate. We talked about it," said Kansas coach Roy Williams. "He really did a good job and knocked in some big shots for us. It was a struggle for him."
Against Missouri, Brown scored all of his 17 points in the second half.
"Everything that's going on over there is of great concern to Terry, as it is to all the American people." Williams said. "When you have loved ones over there, it's hard to concentrate on a basketball game."
Boston pitcher Clemens arrested in police brawl
HOUSTON — Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens maintains a weekend fracas with Houston police was the result of an unfortunate misunderstanding, according to his agent.
Clemens, 28, was arrested with his brother Gary, 39, at the Bayou Mama's nightclub on Houston's Westside early Saturday after the two allegedly became involved in a shouting match with other patrons.
Houston police representative Dan Turner said when off-duty Officer L.
Alan Hendricks, one of the two-time Cy Young Award winner's agents, said he believed the matter would be cleared up soon.
"Roger has always been a law-biding citizen with a number of close friends who happen to be police officers. In fact, he had a number of calls from officers on the Houston police force Saturday, all of whom railed behind him," Hendricks said in apparent statement over the weekend.
Missouri hoopster out for year with injury
Both men were arrested for aggravated assault on a police officer and released on $2,000 bond about 1 p.m. Saturday after an 11-hour stay in jail.
Oviedo, who was working as a club security guard, attempted to break up the fracas, the brothers allegedly got into a wrestling match with the
Turner said, according to reports,
Gary Clemens shoved the officer,
and when Oviedo tried to arrest him,
he fled. The police arrested his
back and started choking him.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jevon Crudup, Missouri's 6-foot-9 freshman, may be out for the year with a wrist injury that he apparently suffered in Saturday's loss at Kansas, Coach Norm Stewart said Monday.
"I think we've lost Crudup for the year with a broken wrist," Stewart said during the Big Eight coaches' weekly teleconference. "They've casted him, and it looks like he might be out for the remainder of the year."
Crudup, who is averaging 12 and seven rebounds a game, been having trouble with the former the Kansas game, he said.
"We had been taking X nothing had shown up," he said it showed up the other day "it happened in the game."
Montana to have surg will not play in Pro B
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jo tana will undergo surgery or broken hand later this week and game Feb. 3 in Honolulu.
The San Francisco quarterback will have two screws placed in the fifth metacarpal bone, above the little finger, in his passing hand.
He was injured in the fourth quarter of the 49ers' 15-13 loss to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game Sunday.
From The Associated Press