University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 19, 1990
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Jayhawks blast Cornhuskers
Freeman West is pressured by three Nebraska players, Carl Hayes, Kelly Lively and Ray Richardson.
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriters
Kansas may not totally have forgotten Tuesday's loss to Missouri when it hit the floor Saturday against Nebraska.
Kansas coach Roy Williams told his players at halftime that they needed to be more aggressive. The Jayhawks listened and came out of the locker room with a spark that was not extinguished until the scoreboard illuminated Kansas' 94-67 victory.
"I think this shows how much these kids care about what they are doing in their season because they were down after their loss against Missouri," Williams said. "Nebraska came in and tried to control the tempo. Defensively I wanted us to try everything we could to get them to turn the ball over. Our guys came out a little tentative at the start, but still give Nebraska at the credit."
Kansas is 25-2 overall and 8-2 in the Big Eight Conference. The loss kept Nebraska, 10-13 and 2-8, tied with a State for sixth place in the Big Eight.
Williams' defensive plan worked. Kansas converted 22 Nebraska turnovers into 37 points. Kansas turned the ball over 16 times.
Kansas and Nebraska exchanged the lead 11 times during the first half, but a three-point shot by Jayhawk guard Terry Brown left Kansas ahead 44-36 at halftime.
Brown's shot gave the Jayhawks their biggest lead of the half and laid the groundwork for the second half. He scored a scoring scoreer in the game with 19 points.
“In actuality our heads were down in the first half,” guard Kevin Pritchard said. “We didn't have the spark. We would we can come out and play well.”
Kansas started the second half with a 20-5 run and continued to extend the lead. The Jayhawks' biggest lead of the game was 92-59 with three minutes left. Nebraska shot from the field in the second half.
Pritchard, who injured his knee against Missouri, took charge early in the second half. He scored on three consecutive possessions in the first three minutes.
game," Williams said. "I guess on them in the second half. Richardson game day, those things kind of go had 13 points Saturday. away for you."
"I was really a little concerned about Rick. Maybe I ought to make him a little bit sick before every
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felt sick before the game but showed
no signs of illness once he set foot on
the court. He made 8 of 10 shots from
the field and sank his only three-point
attempt.
Kansas beat Nebraska for the second time this year and improved its series lead to 131-63. Kansas beat the Cornhousks, 98-93, in Lincoln Jan. 8.
Nebraska guard Ray Richardson, who led the Cornhuskers with 18 points when the teams met last month, said the Jayhawks confused
"They came out hustling, set all kinds of back picks and did all kinds of crazy stuff," he said. "It looked like they had 10 people out there."
Richardson wasn't entirely inaccurate. Kansas had some extra manpower on the floor at one point in the first half. There was confusion seven
Neither the coaches nor the officials realized the mistake.
"I wanted to try to get seven to be honest with you," Williams joked. "I wasn't aware. There were at least three other guys that weren't aware of it too."
Kansas shakes blahs against Nebraska
Kansan associate sports editor
Bv Paula Parrish
Kansas returned to the court after halftime Saturday at Allen Field House to trounce Nebraska 94-67, a first-after half performance that was slightly reminiscent of Tuesday's loss to Missouri.
"I talked at halftime about us being assertive and I wasn't just talking about physically, I meant mentally, because I thought we were too tentative," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "I think our guys passed up some shots that they probably should have taken in the first half."
Kansas bounced back from a season-low 43 percent field goal shooting against the Tigers, shocking the Cornhuskers with 55.1 percent from the field. In the first half, however, the Cornhuskers kept pace with the Jayhawks, dropping in 13 of 26, or 50 percent.
The Jayhawks improved from 19 of
36, 52.8 percent, from the field before
halftime to 19 of 33, 57.6 percent,
in the second half. Meanwhile, Nebraska dropped to 11 of 30, 36.7 percent, in the second half.
Nebraska led twice by a five-point margin in the first 14 minutes of the game. But Kansas rebounded in the
last five minutes of the first half, taking a 44-36 lead into the locker room.
"I think we had incentive to come out and shoot it well against Missour," guard Kevin Pritchard said. "The thing we didn't do tonight was force everything. We just let the game come to us."
Williams said Tuesday's loss, the Jayhawks' second of the season, probably still was lingering a little in the hands of his players during the first half.
more," Williams said. "It's over with. Let's put that out of our system, and I think we did with our performance today."
"I think it did bother them, but like I told them at halftime. I'm not going to talk about the Missouri game any
After Williams' speech at the half, the Jayhawks came back with a vengeful 16-4 run that put the team up 62-41 with 14:02 remaining in the game.
Pritchard scored six of his 16 points in the first three minutes of the second half.
"I really can't put my finger on it," he said. "At halftime, we all had our heads down. I never thought I'd say this, but we came out a little flat."
Women's basketball
By Brent Maycock
Kansas pulls out narrow victories
Kansan sportswriter
It was a week of nail-biting for the Kansas women's basketball coaching staff.
Last Wednesday, Kansas defeated Missouri on a last-second shot by guard Michelle Arnold. Saturday's game at Nebraska wasn't decided until guard Lisa Brady'd free throw in the third quarter of airtime secured Kansas. 70-99 victory
"In a close game, no one wants to know who scored the most or how many turnovers a team had," guard Jonny Lees said. "They just want to know who won."
Kansas, which has won its last five games, improved its record to 19-7. The Jayhawks are 8-4 in Big Eight Conference games and they moved into a third place tie with Oklahoma State and Colorado.
Nebraska dropped to 10-15 overall and 2-10 in the conference.
Although neither team was able to take control of the game, Truitt said in the Jahyhaws' endurance was a factor in the victory.
Nebraska led 34-33 at halftime. But the Jayhawks led on a 1-34 run to
"It gave us a boost of confidence to know we could go longer." Truttt said. "We thought we could go for quarter. It was a really great feeling."
open up their biggest lead of the game, 46-38, with 11:51 remaining in the second half. However, the Huskers scored the next nine points to retake the lead.
During the game, the lead changed 24 times.
After Nebraska tied the game at 61-61, Husker forward Sarah Muller made two free throws to give Nebraska a two-point lead with 12 seconds remaining in regulation. However, Kansas forward Terrilyn tipped the ball for Jump shot as time ran out to send the game over into overtime.
"We just wanted to get it to an open player," Johnson said. "Whoever got it was supposed to go up strong and concentrate on the shot."
Nebraska led 69-67 with 1:37 remaining in overtime. However, the Huskers never scored again and the Knicks throw to give Kansas the victory.
Braddy finished the game with a team-high 17 points, making 11 of her 14 free throw attempts.
Kansas' defensive pressure, which has been the team's strength during the current winning streak, forced 25 Nebraska turnovers.
KU cancels series with Notre Dame
"Defense was very important," Johnson said. "The free throws helped at the end, but we needed the defense all the way through."
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
Bob Frederick said that Notre Dame's decision to break from the College Football Association rubbed him the wrong way.
It took the Kansas athletic director just minutes to decide that he didn't want the University of Kansas to condone Notre Dame's move to sign its own television contract with NBC.
"When I first heard the statement about the new NBC contract I was stunned." Frederick said. "Then within a few minutes I was really upset about it. I felt like it came at a time when we were trying to consider proposals within the framework of the Big Eight Conference to share money from the new NCAA basketball television contract."
He noted that NCAA schools discussed how to distribute the $1 billion from the NCAA basketball tournament contract with CBS. The joint distribution would more than double the tournament revenue.
Notre Dame, one of 64 members in the CFA, signed its own $30 million television contract with NBC just two weeks after the CFA reached an agreement on a $210 million football TV package with ARC.
The move by Notre Dame caused a $50 million cut in the five-year deal with ABC and coasting each school about $150,000.
Within 24 hours, after talking to Chancellor Gene A. Budig and
basketball coach Roy Williams, Frederick took action. He canceled a two-game basketball series with the Irish that was scheduled for 1992 at Kansas and 1993 at Notre Dame.
Frederick said that Budig and Williams agreed wholeheartedly.
Williams said that he felt very strongly about the administration's actions.
"It was a way to show our unhappiness with it," he said. "We didn't believe that was right."
Williams said North Carolina coach Dean Smith told him that universities and colleges should lead society, not reflect it.
"That is just another way we are reflecting society, worrying about the almighty dollar and worrying just about yourself and your own case," he said. "It's Notre Dame's prerogative to do that. But it is our prerogative to make our statement."
Frederick said chances of other schools following Kansas' move were slim.
"We were speaking for ourselves and our purpose was not to have a snowball effect," he said. "It is an institutional matter as far as we're concerned. It is a way to say we don't want to do business. We do not gain or lose anything from this."
The decision by the Irish was made because they felt the CFA contract was constraining. Coverage was often limited to regions and as an independent team, they felt that their audience was larger, Frederick said.
K-State Open prepares track team for league
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas track coach Gary Schwartz said the Kansas State University Open proved to be a good chance for the team to sharpen its skills and its competitiveness.
Independent athletes and athletes from 22 universities and junior colleges competed in the U.S. Women's Division I entire team because of illnesses.
Pat Manson easily won the pole vault by leaping 18-4½, more than two feet higher than the second place finisher. He matched the required NCAA championship qualifying height of 17-7 during the second indoor meet of the season.
Schwartz the meet gave many of the athletes the confidence they needed for the Big Eight Conference meet next week.
“He competes against himself and his goals,” Schwartz said. “He just made four clearances and stopped.”
Stacey Smiedala, a junior distance runner, won the 800-meter run in 1 minute, 51.6 seconds, just
short of his career best, 1:50.5.
“It’s very rewarding for him,” Schwartz said. “He has been hampered by a bore foot and he’s going to Eight meet better than last year.”
Schwartz said spinner Sherlaandra Brooks, hepatheater KilmHutoefer-Busch and distance runner Patty Richard all had solid meets for Kansas.
Distance runner Tricia Brown ran her best mile of the year, posting a time of 4:56.4. Middle distance runner Julie Howerton also had a season best. She won the 800-meter run in 2:13.0.
Schwartz said he was proud of many of the performances because improvement was made.
For the men, Schwartz said shot putter Chris Reddent, distance runner Steve Heffernan and jumper Alec Jacob performed well. Heffernan placed second in the mille run, just 18 seconds behind the winner. He finished in 4:08.27.
"We went in and competed well," Schwartz said. "The meet wasn't pivotal, but it helped a little bit."
Baseball team opens spring with losses to Texas Christian
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
The Jayhawks began their spring season on a sour note, suffering two one-run defeats. Kansas was swept in the two-game series, losing 5-4 on Saturday and 4-3 yesterday.
Cloudy skies and a hungry Texas Christian ballclub served as unfriendly hosts for the Kansas baseball team during the weekend in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Horned Frogs scored three runs in the second inning to break a scoreless tie. Kansas tied the game with one run in the fifth and two in the seventh.
Texas Christian snapped a seven-game losing streak and improved its record to 4-7. Kansas is 0-2.
The Jayhawks began Saturday's game by jumping out to a 3-9 lead, with two runs in the first inning and another in the second. However, TCU started to come back, scoring a run in each of the third and fourth innings. The Horned Frogs scored twice in the fifth to lead 4-3.
In the seventh inning Kansas
loaded the bases, but Texas Christian's Travis Barr struck out pinch hitter Jeff Spencer to end the inning.
Barr also ran into trouble in the ninth. With the Horned Frogs leading 5-4, Kansas had runners on first and third with two out. Barr struck out right fielder Denard Stewart to end the game.
the game. The key hit for Texas Christian came in the seventh inning when third baseman Paul Gonzalez hit a
Yesterday, TCU second baseman Darren Thorpe hit into a fielder's choice, scoring the winning run from third base in the bottom of the 10th inning.
solo home run to put TCU ahead 5-3.
Sports briefs
WOMEN'S TENNIS LOSES TWO:
The Kansas women's tennis team might have been the underdog, but the nationally-ranked Texas favorites were the winners last weekend during the Jayhawks four-day, three-match stay in the Lone Star State.
The Jayhawks, 0-5, lost Friday to
o. 17, Jayhawks, -2, and were blanked
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Kansas' match yesterday against Texas A&M was rained out.
"These teams were strong all the way through." Kansas coach Michael Center said. "They just took it to us. We need to concentrate and be more aggressive to win our points."
Eveline Hamers, a sophomore and Kansas' No. 1 singles player,
recorded the team's only singles victory against Trinity, Hamers, the 18th-ranked tennis player in the Volvo/ ITCA individual poll, defeated Trinity's Katrina Crawford, 1-6, 7-6, 3-1.
Hamers teamed with sophomore Paige Goins in the No.1 doubles spot to defeat Trinity's Robin Cifaldi and Mary Lovell Marquardt. 6-2, 6-4, 6-0.
None of the doubles matches went to a third set.
Against Texas, Hamers was the only singles player to take her Longhorn opponent to three sets. The sophomore was ahead 8-1 in the third set against Susan Gilchrist but dropped the set and match, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6.
SOFTBALL TEAM ELIMINATED:
The Kansas softball team reached
the final 16-team round of the Arizona
Softball College at Tucson.
The Jayhawks, 2-5 overall, were eliminated in the first single-elimination round Saturday. Long Beach State defeated Kansas 5-3 in nine innings.
Kansas won two of its six play-play games. Play pool results determined the 16 teams who advanced to the single-elimination finals.
The Forty-Niners won with a three-run rally in the top of the ninth innning. Kansas retaliated with a run-scoring double by sophomore Camille Spitaleri, but Long Beach State pitcher Mary LeTourneau retired the Jayhawks, ending the game.
The Jayhawks defeated the University of Toledo 5-1 and New Mexico
Sophomore Shelley Sack and senior Roanna Brazier were the losing pitchers.
State 9-5 on Friday. The Jayhawks also lost 5-4 to Utah on Saturday in the last pool play contest.
Sack rebounded from the loss and improved her record to 1-1 with a four-hitter Friday in the 5-1 victory against Toledo.
Brazer won her first game Friday against New Mexico State. Sophomores Christy Arterburn and Jennifer Frost had doubles in the 9-5 victory.
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However, Kansas committed four errors and stranded 10 runners in a 5-4 loss to Utah on Saturday. Freshman pitcher Jill Bailey lost her season opener.