12 Wednesdav. February 14. 1990 / University Daily Kansan Sports Tigers drop No.1'Hawks again, 77-71 By Molly Reid Kansan sportswriter Everything went as planned. The crowd roared as expected. The teams warmed up as expected. And Dick entered the pregame entertainment as expected. One sports line had the Jayhawks as a six-point favorite. But when the buzzer sounded to end the game, the unexpected happened. Missouri beat Kansas at home, 77-71. One sports line had the Jayhawks Kansas coach Roy Williams made no excuses for the Jayhawks' second loss to Missouri in the 24-2 season. The kids played as hard as they could play," he said. "Give Missouri credit. They're a very talented team that also worked extremely hard." The Tigers, 23-2 overall and 9-1 in the Big Eight Conference, made that painfully clear to the newly crowned No. 1 Jayhawks. Kansas, 7-2 in the conference, reclaimed the top national ranking from Missouri on Monday after los- to the Tigers three weeks earlier Two back-to-back shots by forward Rick Calloway tied the game at 64-all with 5:26 left to play. The baskets capped an 11-1 Kansas run but did not allow the Jayhawks to recapture the lead. Kansas held the lead for the last time at 2:03 in the first half. After Callaway's run, Kansas went dry. The Jayhawks turned the ball over, and then made just one of five field goal attempts during the next four minutes. The only score came on a goaltending call. Pritchard made two free throws and his only three-point shot of the night to spark Kansas. The Jayhawks were within one basket, 73-71, but the Tigers put out 4 out on free throw in Travis Ford and sophomore Anthony Peeler. Guard Kevin Pritchard, who hit just four of 15 shots, ended the drought at 1:42, but it was too late. Pritchard missed two desperate outside shots in the final six seconds. "We didn't play well there or here," he said. "They hit a couple of key shots and that was the game. Down the stretch we did everything we possibly could to win the game and just missed a couple of shots." Pritchard said he hadn't seen such a poor shooting game out of the Jayhawks since the Kansas State game during his sophomore year. Kansas shot 44 percent on Jan. 30, 1988. Pritchard was 3 for 21 from the field. Last night, Kansas shooting was worse than that, hitting just 43.9 percent and only 50 percent of its free throws. Missouri made almost 80 percent from the line and outshot Dallas from the field with 55.1 percent. Missouri also scored all but three of its baskets from inside the paint in the second half and only attempted five from outside ten feet. "In Columbia they only made three outside shots," Williams said. "They hurt us outside, but they're so athletic inside. That's where they really hurt us." The concentration lapse that Williams said Kansas had to avoid to beat Missouri hit the Jayhawks early in the second half. Kansas missed six consecutive baskets, two free throws and turned the ball over twice in five possessions, allowing the lead to grow to 49-41. Missouri expanded the lead to 10 with 11:02 to play before Kansas rallied. Missouri led 39-17 at halftime, hitting 16 of 27 shots (59 percent) to Kansas' 14 of 30 shots (46.7 percent). Kansas held only a 35-34 rebounding end in the game, but led the Tigers 18-13 at the half. "Down the stretch, it was their offensive rebounding that was a big key," Williams said. "Their last goals were goals off offensive rebounds." "We didn't play well at all," said Calloway, who had 10 points and six rebounds. "The difference was we didn't hit our free throws. We went down on offense and tried to rush things. And defensively we were too slow. We just have to come back tomorrow and work hard at practice." Although Williams said rebounding was a key for Missouri, he and his team agreed that the poor shooting is locked the door on the Jayhawks. Five Kansas players scored in double figures. Mark Randall led the Jayhawks with 15 points and a game-high eight rebounds. The Kansas defense kept Peeler and forward Doug Smith from accu- mutating 40-point games like they had previously in the season, but could not keep them from contributing to the victory. Peeler, who scored a game-high 22 points, did consistent damage to Kansas' offense and defense. He was six for six from the line, pulled down six rebounds and led the Tigers with six assists. Smith scored 11 points and had five rebounds. Pritchard said he was disappointed about losing in front of the sold out crowd at Allen Field House. "Any time you lose at home, it's really tough because our crowd was really into it. I feel bad for them because they get so excited," Pritchard said. "It's a long season and there will be other chances. We proved that a couple of years ago." Missouri 77 Kansas 71 Missouri MISSUO Bundin M FG FT R A T 1 F 216 Dunlop 35 8-4 7-8 R 7 A 1 P 16 Smith 29 3-7 5-6 5 0 2 11 McIntyre 30 5-10 2-6 5 0 2 15 Coward 28 3-8 1-4 2 1 2 7 Peeler 48 3-14 1-4 2 1 7 27 Ford 22 1-1 2-3 3 3 4 4 Warmen 12 1-1 0-0 3 3 4 2 Team 200 27-48 19-24 35 14 27 lt point goals: 4-13 (Mentryne C. 2-Wed, 14. Peeler 0-2), Blocked Shots: 1 (Smith), Turnovers: 1 (Peeler 5, Smith). Bike: 3 (Smith). M MG FG FT FA R A B FTP Randall 35 7-9 1-4 1-4 8 3 3 2 T5 Calloway 30 4-12 2-2 2-2 6 1 4 10 Markkanen 15 1-4 2-2 0-2 6 1 4 10 Guelneter 31 1-4 2-2 0-2 6 1 4 10 Maddox 37 4-15 2-2 0-2 1.7 1.1 4.11 Brown 13 4-9 2-2 1-2 1.0 0.213 West 4 0-1 1-2 0-1 1.0 0.213 Jamison 12 0-1 0-1 0-1 2.2 1.0 Jamison 9 0-0 1-3 1.3 0 1.0 Team 6 Totals 20, 99-68 8-16 35 18 20 71 Percentages: F49; 437 F9, 300 three-point goals: 5-17 (Brown 3-7, Guedel 1-3, Pirtich 1-4, Calway 0-1, Maddox 0-0, Morgan 0-0, Hurwitz 0-0) nourvers: 14 (Callaway 5), Staels: 11 (Maddox 3). Technicals: None. Halftime: Missouri 39, Kansas 37. Officials: Bain, Hall, Freund. A: 15,800 MU outshoots KU from the field Dick Vitale was wrong. By Paula Parrish kansan associate sports editor "I think Kansas has to win here at home with their Rock Chalk Jayhawk fans." Vitale said before Kansas lost 77-11 to Missouri last night at Allen Field House. "It's their home court and they give a great team effort." All the effort and all the fans in the field house didn't help the Jayhawks' shooting ability as they made only 29 of their 66 field goal attempts (43.9 percent.) The Tigers outshot Kansas, sinking 27 of 49 field goals (55.1 percent.) "We weren't as sharp as we needed to be, and the ball didn't go into the basket," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. " give them credit defensively, they play good defense and try to get a hand in your face and try to make you work for all of your shots." Williams said Missouri denied Kansas easy scoring opportunities. "Very seldom are you going to be able to drive to the basket and lay it up against Missouri," he said. "They play good position defense, not necessarily to harass you, but they try to stay between you and the basket." then make you work for everything that you can get." Kansas' shooting woes continued at the free-throw line as the Jayhawks only could drop in 8 of 16 attempts (50 percent), compared to Missouri's whopping 19 of 24 (72.9 percent). Guard Anthony Peeler led the Tigers with six of six foul shooting and game-high 22 points. "It was a tough night for us," Coach Roy Williams said. "We didn't make 'em and we needed to. We work on it some in practice, we work on it sometimes a lot. But I don't think you can say that lost the basketball game. "If we'd have made some of our three-point shots, it would have been a different game. But still if you're shooting the three-pointer, you're not going to get to the free-throw line as much." Forward Rick Calloway said the team didn't play as well as it should have to beat the Tigers. He said he was disappointed in the Jayhawks' shooting. "We just can't beat teams like that with performances like that," said Calloway, who had 10 points and six Pritchard, who made four of 15 from the field, went two for two from the line. Both free throws came in the final two minutes of the game and were made by both players that left Kansas trailing 73-71, but Pritchard's efforts weren't enough. rebounds. "But the bright thing about that is that you have statistics like that, but you only lose the game by six. You know a bucket here, a bucket there, you win the game." However, the point guard said he wasn't worried that last night's poor shooting performance would continue. "I think we're a good free-throw shooting team. I think we didn't (shoot well) tonight, but that's just one game," Pritchard said. "I have confidence every time I step up there and I have confidence in my team-mates. I didn't think we shot well and I think that was a big key in the game." Warm welcome Kansas men's basketball recruit Chris Lindley of Raytown, Mo., receives an ovation from the standing room only crowd before the start of the Kansas-Missouri game. It was Lindley's first appearance at KU since he lost his right foot in an accident. Kansas forward Mike Maddox tries to defend against Missouri guard Anthony Peeler Bleacher Bums raid Columbia By Rob Wheat SpeCIAL to the Kansan Your assignment should you choose to accept it: A midnight ride to Columbia to promote school spirit and pay back the University of Missouri's Antler Club for calling your group a bunch of "young, inexperienced, wimps from Kansas" in a newspaper article. Activities will include putting bumper stickers on windows of school buildings, tacking 20 KU posters around campus that say "Jayhawks — above the Norm" and pinning two banners made of Queen sized bed sheets to Hearnes Center and the columns in the middle of campus. The Bleacher Bums, the University of Kansas' newest spirit club, accepted this mission impossible Monday night. The organization, which arrived in Columbia about 2 a.m. yesterday, didn't return until 7 a.m. Rich Detmer, a member of the Antlers, said his group discovered the prank at 4 a.m. He said the Antlers had taken all of the signs within the next hour. Nonetheless, the Bleacher Bums' actions may have won a measure of respect from the archrival Antlers. "The Antlers were really impressed." Detner said. "We all "Tell the Bleacher Bums better luck next time, but keep it up." think it's great. People in the Big Eight need more intense fan groups. It makes it more fun for everybody. The raid was designed to take Missouri students by surprise. But it didn't surprise the MU police department, which had been notified of the Bleacher Bums arrival by KU police an hour after they left Lawrence, said Steve Schoenekase, Honolulu junior. Schoenekase, president of the Bleacher Bums, said he still was surprised by the eight police cars which surrounded them when they got to MU. "They said as long as we didn't vandalize or write obscenities, we could go around campus and have fun," Schoenekase said. The Bleacher Bums were planning to follow the Missouri men's basketball bus from Columbia to Lawrence with 26 cars, but their plans were canceled when the players found out and chartered a plane. "We hung a banner right in the middle of campus which said, 'You can fly to the field house, but you can can't hide.' " Schoenekase said. Derek Forbes, Salina junior, said the main idea that the Bleacher Bums wanted to get across was that a fan does not have to be obscene to make fun of the opposing team "None of our signs had any cuss words on them," Forbes said. "My favorite sign was 'Orange Peeler and Nutin' Buntin — the MU Fruitakes.'" The Bleacher Bums now have 26 members and the numbers are growing. They try to support all athletic sports clubs such as soccer and lacrosse. "I wanted to leave something that I could come back to see 10 years from now." Schoenekase said. "I want to start a new tradition of class." Though the club was formed in November, Elaine Brady, spirit squad coordinator, said they were a positive influence the first time she saw them. "At the KU-K-State women's basketball game there were more K-State fans than KU fans. I was devastated," Brady said. "I gave them a couple of megaphones because they were making more noise than the cheerleaders. They were great." Brady said they helped make signs and sell spirit club sponsored T-shirts at the Missouri game last night. Forbes said they were ready for Anter retaliation, but hoped they would remember the spirit in which the war was intended: good, but clean, fun. Game makes scalpers winners By Steve Bailey Kansan staff writer The Missouri Tigers were not the only big winners in last night's showdown for No. 1. Ticket scalpers also were ecstatic about the prospect of a nationally televised game between the No. 1 Jayhawks and the No. 2 Tigers. Jan Burke, Lawrence officer, said laws in Kansas prohibited scalping tickets. However, she did not know how often these laws were People selling tickets could be seen around Allen Field House throughout the afternoon, waiting for fans desperate to find last minute tickets. KU police would not comment. Most of the tickets sold were student tickets that came as part of the all-sports tickets. These tickets commonly were sold for about $20. The all-sports tickets, which include tickets for home football games, home basketball games and the Kansas Relays, cost $70. "I think the others will go very fast now that we are getting close," he said. Reserved tickets with a face value of $12 were being sold for about $40. However, some fans had heard rumors of tickets being sold for much more. some guy next to us got $150 for a pair of reserved seats in the upper rafters on the Missouri side," he Brad said he also knew of others who had sold reserved tickets for a large profit. Brad said he had little invested in the 16 student tickets because he and a few friends had collected them around residence halls. One student, named Brad, said he began the afternoon with 16 student tickets. He sold them for $20 apiece, and with about 45 minutes left before tinoff, he had sold nine. said. Brad said the highest amount he had heard paid for tickets for yesterday's game was $2,000 for a set of four reserved seats by the court. Another student thought he would be able to get at least $25 for his student ticket. "There's going to be a lot of people who will be begging to get their hands on a ticket," he said. One group of students from Missouri said they drove here with the intention of paying big bucks for tickets. One student, who asked that she not be identified, said she would pay up to $50 for a student ticket. "This is going to be the biggest game of the season," she said. "I would pay just about anything to see this game."