Sports
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, January 25, 1990
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Free-throw tale upsets Jayhawks
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
The game was decided at the free throw line.
Kansas' women's basketball team converted only 8 of its 15 free throw attempts, 53.3 percent, while Iowa State made 17 of 20 from the line for 85 percent, allowing the Cyclones the margin they needed for a 79-72 victory against the Jayhawks last night in Ames, Iowa.
The loss dropped the Jayhawks to 14-5 overall and 3-2 in the Big Eight Conference. Iowa State improved to 16-2 and 2-3.
Kansas was tied for second in the Big Eight with Oklahoma State and Colorado before the game. Missouri defeated Colorado last night in Columbia, 64-52. Oklahoma played Oklahoma State last in Nose-
Senior forward Shelly Coyle led the way for the Cyclones with 24 points. Laurie Decker added 14 points, and junior center Lynne Lorne had 10.
The Jayhawks suffered only their second loss in their last ten games. However, it is the third straight game Kansas has lost to Iowa State
Freshman forward Misti Chenault tied her career high of 19 on Sunday against Missouri. Sophomore forward Danielle Shareef had 12 of her
14 points in the second half and was the only other Jayhawk in double figures.
Iowa State led Kansas 41-35 at halftime. The Jayhawks fought back from the deficit and took the lead, 83-52, on a Chennault lay-up with 11 minutes left in the game. Coyle put the Cyclones up for good with 10:04 remaining on a short jumper from the left side. During the next three minutes, Iowa State outscored Kansas 7-2 and was in control for the rest of the game.
Sophomore forward Terrilyn Johnson and Shareef each picked up three fouls early in the first half and had to go to the bench.
The Jayhawks made 31 of 66, 47 percent, field goal attempts, but the Cyclones were slightly better, converting 30 of 61 field goals for 49.2 percent. Iowa State made 50 percent, 4 of 8, of its three-point shots compared to Kansas, which made only 2 of 7, 28.6 percent.
The Cyclones outbounded the Jayhawks, the Big Eight leaders in rebounding, 40 to 35, 13 below their conference average of 48 per game. Senior center Lynn Page was the rebounding leader for Kansas with 7. Coyle also had 7 rebounds to lead Iowa State.
Kansas will meet Kansas State at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at Allen Field House.
Washburn athletics suspended by NAIA
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics dealt a severe blow to Washburn University when it lost to Northwestern State. Teams at the university Tuesday.
Wally Schwartz, the lawyer who is handling the case for the NAIA, was not available for comment. However, NAIA spokesman Robert Rhoads said Washburn violated the organization's eligibility rules and regulations.
"They played two players who, by NAIA rules, were ineligible," Rhoads said of Washburn.
Ken Hackler, Washburn's legal counsel, said that because Washburn was a member of both the NAIA and the NCAA, problems arose concerning which hardship rule applied.
The NAIA's ruling stems from a incident concerning Washburn senior running back Phillip Brooks and senior linebacker Wade Dennis. Both Brooks and Dennis were injured in the third game of the 1987 season and were not able to play for the remainder of the season. The two players proceeded to apply for another year of eligibility under the hardship rule.
Under NAIA rules, Rhoads said a player might be granted eligibility if he has played in only two games. Thus, by NAIA standards, Dennis and Brooks did not qualify.
However, the NCAA hardship rule grants eligibility to a player who has played in only 20 percent of his team's games, in this case three since Washburn played a total of 10 games. Brooks and Dennis qualified under these standards and obtained a court injunction requiring the university to allow them to play.
Hackler said that he was surprised by the NAIA's decision to take action against Washburn.
"The two young men played only because they had a court injunction." Hacker said. "Now the NAIA is saying (Washburn) played ineligible players and are requiring us to do certain things."
Rhoads said Washburn must forfeit all the football games that Brooks and/or Dennis played in this past season. Dennis could not be reached
last night; however, Brooks said during a brief telephone conversation that he played in all 10 of the Ichabods' games last year. Washburn compiled a record of 3-7.
In addition, any record or honor involving Brooks or Dennis must also be forfeited. Brooks was named to the all-conference second team.
Since the university has yet to comply with these sanctions, the NAIA suspended the men's athletic programs. The sports affected by the ruling are football, men's basketball, golf and men's tennis.
Rhoads said the suspension prevented the teams from competing in post-season tournaments and achieving divisional and national rankings. However, Rhoads said that the penalty was not necessarily one that would be given to another school committing the same violations.
"Each case is taken on an individual basis," he said. "The committee looked at all kinds of factors."
Rhoeds said that some of the factors determining the severity of the penalty were the fragrance of the fire, whether the violation was habitual.
Hackler said that he had never heard of Washburn committing any other infractions.
Eric Montgomery/KANSAN
"If there have been any, I've never heard of them," he said.
Hackler also said the problem was Washburn's dual membership in the NCAA and the NAIA. Washburn applied to enter the NCAA two years ago. Washburn was required to serve the mandatorium as an embeDED to become an official member of the NCAA last fall.
Hackler said the suspension has been appealed, but did not know how long the process would take.
However, an error involving eligibility, which Hacker called "paperwork," prevented Washburn from officially entering the NCAA and now the university must remain on probation. The university will become an official member of the NCAA, Washburn will drop its membership in the NAIA.
"If the error had never occurred, (Washburn) would be fully eligible under the NCAA." Hacker said.
Senior Gueldner is shooting well, earning respect
Kansas senior guard Jeff Guelder takes a defensive stance during yesterday's practice at Allen Field House.
By Paul Augerl
Kansas guard improves
Kansan sportswriter
Jeff Gueldner has steadily climbed the ranks of Kansas' offense, and his three-point shooting proves it.
Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams knows that. Williams said he installed Gueldner as a potential three-point threat in the Jayhawks' lineup. Gueldner fulfilled Williams' expectations and has become an integral player at both ends of the floor.
The senior from Charleston, Ill., has improved dramatically in scoring and shooting percentages, averaging 11.9 points a game and 56.2 percent from the field through 20 games. These numbers are up from 4.9 points and a 53.9 percentage at the end of last year.
The 6-foot-5 guard started alongside senior guard Kevin Pritchard on the 1988 national championship team. He has taken on an even larger role with this year's 19-1 Jayhawks, starting in all 20 games.
Gueldern is ranked sixth nationally in three-point field goal percentage. He is shooting 53.8 percent from three-point range (43-80), and trails only Oklahoma guard Terrence Mullins in three-point percentage in the Big Eight Conference.
"It's been more so with confidence than with working on my game," Gueldner said. "Coach Williams is confident in my shot and gives me the green light. I've made a much more conscious effort to shoot the ball."
Gueldner said he appreciated the fact that Williams has boosted his confidence level.
C coincidentally, Williams said Guelder's confidence rubbed on on the second-year head coach himself.
Guelderon achieved double figures in 14 of the Jayhawks' 20 games. His 19-point, 14-rebound
"When he gets his feet set, I'm confident that ball's going in." Williams said. "Jeff does a lot of little things only coaches see. But since he's scoring more, everybody has been able to see (the improvement)."
But even if he misses, he said he didn't have to worry about being taken out.
Guelderne said he was more of a role player his first three years with the team. Now he is looked more for the three-point shot.
"One of the things is Coach Williams doesn't say at you; he lets you learn from your mistakes," Guelderna said. "Then I don't have to look back at the bench when I mess up during a game to see who's going to come in for me."
output against Kentucky was his career best at Kansas and first double-double. He has attempted almost three times as he did last year, and has made almost four times as many.
Gueldern's performance, however, isn't one-sided. Pritchard said his defensive game was just as valuable.
"I hate playing against him in practice," Pritchard said. "He never stops moving and plays smart and hard."
"Jeff is a great shooter," Pritchard said. "One thing he does so well is help out a lot on defense. Jeff is more overlooked than any other player. He brings so much to this team."
Pritchard once likened Guelder to "a little Larry Bird." He said Guelder remained worthy of that comparison.
Guelder averaged 17.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists a game as a senior at Charleston High School. However, former Kansas coach Larry Brown the same season when he visited the school in 1986.
"Iremember I got film from the high school coach when he was showing us a younger player." Brown said. "But I just kept looking at this other kid (Gueldner) who impressed me. We never did recruit that (voucher) kid."
Brown said Gueldner's game instincts and court prowess caught his eve immediately.
"He looked like he knew how to handle the ball and was very unselfish," Brown said. "I knew, when stronger, he would get better
Brown said Gueldner was not a disappointment.
"he played for us a lot sooner than I anticipated," he said. "I was thinking of reshifting him, but it wasn't until we were short-handed."
Gueldner said he believed he had overachieved as a player during his four year stay at Kansas.
"As an individual, I've achieved more than anybody thought I ever would," Guelder said. "I've improved and have proved to people that I can play at this level."
Brown said that the seniors on the 1988 team were key ingredients for their success, and players like Gueldner also were important to the team's success.
"When you have seniors like Jeff, chances are you're going to have a great season," he said. "He hasn't been given enough credit. Jeff is a good basketball player."
Big Eight Roundup
The Associated Press
Oklahoma St. 71.Colorado 68
Oklahoma St. 71, Colorado 85
BOULDER, Colo. — John Potter
hit a three-point basket at the buzzer
and gave Oklahoma State a Big Eight
Conference victory against Colorado
last night.
The result raised Oklahoma State's records to 11-6 overall and 2-3 in the Big Eight. Colorado dropped to 9-8 and 1-3.
Potter, who finished with 15 points, capped a rally by Oklahoma State that began with 3:52 left in the game with Colorado leading 64-55.
Corey Williams hit a three-pointer and two free throws and cut the deficit to 64-60. After a field goal from Shaun Divergave with the Buffaloes a six-point edge with 3:08 to go, Oklahoma State scored eight unanswered
the scoring spree included a dunk by Byron Houston, who was Oklahoma State's leading scorer with 16 points.
points to take the lead.
Steve Wise led CU scoring with 18 and Vandiver had 12. Reggie Morton added 11 for Colorado.
Oklahoma 107, 164 St. 98
NORMAN, Okla. — Damon Patterson and Skeeter Henry sparked a late 10-3 run that finally gave ninth-ranked Oklahoma control of the game.
Henry scored the first four points in the run, then Patterson added the next four as the Sooners stretched a 91-90 lead to 99-93 with 2:20 remaining. Iowa State got no closer than three after that.
Big Eight) had no success with their usual pressure defense and were able to gain control only after going to a zone in the second half. Iowa State (6-9, 1-2), led by as many as five in the second half but couldn't hold on.
Patterson, who scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half, had four in a 10-0 run earlier in the half that gave the Sooners an 83-77力. Two free throws by Patterson gave Oklahoma an 89-22 lead with 7:48 remaining.
The Sooners (13-2 overall, 2-1 in the
But Iowa State, behind Victor Alexander and Kirk Baker, scored eight straight to make it 90-81, setting up the Sooners' final drive.
MANHATTAN, Kansas  Jean Dourillère had 19 points and Jeff Wires 15 last night as Kansas State romped past the University of Akron.
Kansas St. 84. Akron 60
Overland Park junior works to keep game ticket prices low
Kapsan sportwriter
Rv Molly Reid
As a student representative on the Kansas University Athletic Corporation board, Warren discusses pertinent athletic department issues with Bob Frederick, athletic director, and Del Brinkman, vice chancellor of academic affairs, as well as with the 16 other vice presidents and students that make up the board.
"I think we definitely question
Pat Warren's interest in inter-collegiate athletics has him sitting with the big wins.
Warren, an Overland Park junior, said his main job on the board was to represent the students and their concerns.
As a member of the KUAC finance committee, Warren said he was very concerned about making sure the student was not cheated by ticket prices. The KUAC finance committee meets once every two or three weeks, and Warren said he spent about two to three hours a week on his duties.
He said he was working to present a request to the board that would ask that the price of student all-sports tickets never exceed 25 percent of the public ticket prices. Student tickets, which included all sports games and a three-day pass to the Kansas Rebelz, cost $79 this season.
problems as a student would," Warren said. "There is always potential to overlook the student."
Warren said he liked to know what the students were paying for when an athletic department asked for a price increase and students were affected by the change.
"That's the type of things we do," he said. "When a committee requests an increase in student numbers, we question what students get."
son. For the public, a season football ticket was $90 and a season basketball ticket was $192.
Warren, like the other two student positions occupied by Sheila Colaw, Salina junior, and Darby Bilter, Wichita Irishman, was applauded to his post by the student body president.
Warren said he knew the position existed and set up an interview with B.- Jake White, the student body president. Warren is also a member of the Student Senate and works on its finance committee.
Frederick said that the student representatives would have more input than ever before because this year marked the expansion of their terms to two years rather than the previous one year term. The terms will also be staggered. Warren and Ritter have three semesters left, but Colaw will step down at the end of this year.
"It takes a year to understand the financial complexities," Frederick said. "The second year they will be more able to contribute."
from his experience on the board.
Warren said he had gained a lot
I'll have to say, "It gives you an insight into intercollegiate athletics that you wouldn't have otherwise," he said. "Normally (a student) wouldn't hear things dealing with the budget. It makes you appreciate the cost of tickets."
Frederick said the KUAC had been fortunate with its student representatives.
Warren said he enjoyed his job and was happy to see how concerned department was.
The next KUAC board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 13.
"Pat is sharp," he said. "He has a good feel for what is going on with the students in relation to the KUAC, and he speaks freely, confidently and knowledgeably."
Big Eight fails to get any respect
Despite the pills, the records and the media blitz surrounding last Saturday's meeting of the giants at Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo., the Big Eight Conference exemplifies Rodney Dangerfield's trademark lament, "I don't get no respect."
The Big Eight has been endlessly left out of the conversation or quickly dismissed when discussion turns to talent, tournament candidates or longevity. The conference has shown against nationally ranked opponents this year that it is again a force to be reckoned with.
Paula Parrish
Associate
sports
editor
Unfortunately, it seems inevitable that as the NCAA tournament draws closer, media attention will again shift to the East.
Missouri, 18-1, takes over the top spot in the Associated Press poll after ending the Jayhawks' two-week reign. Oklahoma's surprising losses to Kansas State and Arizona dropped them from third to ninth.
A third of the way into conference play, three Big Eight teams rank among the top 10 in the country this week. Second-ranked Georgetown's loss last week to unranked Connecticut, this season's giant killer who earlier defeated top-tailed Syracuse, dropped Kansas only to second after Saturday's loss.
Kansas discovered this phenomenon when, in its first game as No. 1, Nebraska shook the Jayhawks in Lincoln.
In the first game after attaining its new ranking, Missouri went down to the wire in Tuesday night's nerve-racking 89-85 victory against up and coming Rutgers. Mizzou jumped from then on to the energy and effort the opposition will bring to the court when they're playing the No. 1 team in the country.
Maybe the officiating for both sides will improve by then as the officials, I hope, gain knowledge and experience.
If Kansas and Missouri continue winning until their next meeting Feb. 13 at Allen Field House, both teams will again become media darlings, unless the pollsters have a fickle change of heart. And Mizzou will have to deal with the Allen Field House student section and leave the Antlers at home, where they belong.
Although Kansas and Missouri are at the top of the polls, analysts are already looking toward the end of the season and raining compliments on the heads of others, implying that their rankings are a fluke. Dick Vitale, that basketball man many people love to hate, was quick to praise the Big Eight after Saturday's game, but even quicker to call four lower ranked but higher profile teams, Georgetown, Louisville, Michigan and UNLV, his favorites for this year's Final Four.
Vitale still isn't convinced Missouri or Kansas can hack it on a neutral court. Both schools' alleged cream puff schedules, which have helped them to dominate the rankings, may have blurred his memory. He must have forgotten Kansas' performance in the Dodge NIT or Missouri's victories against Arkansas, Louisville, and Memphis State on their home courts or against North Carolina in the Maui Classic. Apparently the losses Nevada-Las Vegas suffered to Oklahoma and Kansas must have slipped his mind.
As for 13-2 Oklahoma, Vitalhe has chosen Mr. Sportsmanship, Sooner coach Billy Tubs, as a Coach of the Year candidate. Tubber's nonchalant statement issued after Oklahoma guard Skeeter Henry spit on K-State guard Jean Deroille proved that his sportsmanship is outclassed only by his ego. His handling of the incident was only the latest in his never-ending series of insults to the game.
But insults aside, Tubbs' abilities this season as a coach are admirable because his team has less talent than usual.
It is unfortunate to note that neither Missouri nor Kansas may maintain their positions in the polls for long. As the Big Eight teams play each other, it is more than likely all three may drop, leaving the conference closer to the middle of the rankings at the end of the season, unless Missouri can take its winning touch on the road.
The final polls may be a poor representation of the quality of the results.
Whether the polls show it or not, the Big Eight has some of the best teams in the country.
- Paula Partah is a Betton, Mo. Junior majoring in journalism.
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