University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, January 24, 1990
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Jayhawks perch at 3-1 in Big Eight
Washington calls season start the women's best since 1985
By Brent Maycock Kansas sportswriter
The women's basketball team is coming off one of its biggest victories of the year, and coach Marian Washington doesn't see any signs of the team letting up.
The Jayhawks' 3-1 start in the Big Eight Conference is the team's best since 1985-86.
"I think this team has very high goals," Washington said. "They've put everything behind them and
continue to build on the next game."
Kansas plays Iowa State at 7 tonight in Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks have lost the last two meetings in Ames. The Cyclones defeated Kansas 68-60 in Ames last year.
The Jahywaks enter the game with a 14-4 record, winning eight of their last nine games. The Cyclones, 11-6, have lost two consecutive Big Eight games and have fallen to 1-3 in conference play.
The Cowboys will play Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., and the Buffaloes will travel to Columbia, Mo., to meet Missouri tonight.
Kansas is trying to keep pace with Oklahoma State and Colorado. The three teams are locked in a tie for second place in the Big Eight.
Kansas had its finest defensive performance of the year Jan. 20 against Missouri, Washington said. The Jayhawks shut down the Tigers' offense, stealing the ball 21 times and forcing them to commit 27 turnovers.
half. The leading scorers for Missouri, Lisa Sandbothe (13.6 points per game) and Marcia Brooks (13.3 points per game), were held to 8 and 3, respectively.
Missouri entered the game converting 45.4 percent of its field goals. The team scored 32 (37.2 percent) field goal shots, including 4 of 22 (18.2 percent) in the first
Iowa State is led by a talented front court tandem of senior forwards Shelly Coyle and Vanessa Ward, Washington said.
"Coyle is their mainstay and stabilizer." Washington said. "We are going to try and make it tough for her to catch the ball."
Coyle leads the Cyclones in both scoring (17.4 points per game) and rebounding (8.3 rebounds per game). Ward is the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 14.9 points per game.
"Ward is most effective if permitted to go to her right," Washington said. "We're going to force her to go to her left."
Washington said that sophomore Shannon Bloxom would not suit up for the game. The 5-foot-10 forward is suffering from a bad back, which limited her to 14 minutes and eight innings. Bloxom scored the second Bloxom is the Jayawates 'second-leading scorer, averaging 11.7 points per game.
Despite Bloxom's absence, Washington is optimistic about Kansas' chances of defeating the Cyclones.
"They like an up-tempo game and that makes it easier for us," she said.
Sports clinic helps those KU students on injured reserve
By Steve Bailey
Kansas sportswriter
Recent unseasonally warm weather has many students outdoors engaged in increased physi- activity copies the risk of injury.
Students looking for relief from those painful injuries need look no further than the sports medicine center at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
The clinic is open to all students, and no fee is charged to see a physician, said Larry Magee, director of the clinic.
Magee said most students didn't know they had a place to go after being hurt during recreation.
being that our student recertifies?
"We think students will find they get excellent care here, just as they would at a hospital."
The clinic was started in Fall 1985 because of an increased interest in sports-related injuries, Magee said. Since then, the clinic has seen more than 4,000 students with injuries ranging from concussions to handle sprains. Sports related ailments are treated as well
"We see music, dance and physical education majors who injured themselves during that physical activity." Maeze said.
He said the clinic had two doctors, including himself, and two physical therapists who assisted in ionization and treatment of patients.
Although sports medicine is a broadening field, there it not yet an American Board of Medical Professionals certification for sports medicine specialists. Magee said his board certification was in fainting and the other is in sports medicine. The American College of Sports Medicine, a fellowship of physicians and health professionals who are interested in sports medicine
Magee is also one of the physicians for KU athletic teams and sees varsity athletes in the training room and at the clinic
The clinic treats about 12 patients a day, 25 percent of whom are intramural athletes, he said. According to clinic statistics,
'We want to give students more reasons to use student health services.'
- Larry Magee
director of the sports medicine
clinic
nearly 50 percent of its patients are injured playing basketball or running. Last spring, 125 basket-ball-related and 49 running-related injuries were treated.
Jeff Bragg, Meriden sophomore, suffered a knee injury last week playing basketball. He said although his first visit to the clinic produced only marginal results, he also said he felt that help helped reduce some of the pain.
"I'm being treated for torn cartilage in my knee," he said. "I went in last Friday for therapy and I was very happy to be able to be pleased with the treatment."
Other patients have been treated for injuries incurred from other recreational activities, such as horseback riding or martial arts.
Mike Chapman, physical therapist at Watkins, said that in addition to helping with evaluation and treatment of patients, the clinic tried to teach strength and stretching exercises for rehabilitation purposes.
"Traditional medicine said to just rest an injury until it was better," he said. "We hope to be theitative help to prevent reintubation.
"One thing that is nice is that people are treated equally important here," he said. "We can treat any student, club athlete or varsity athlete the same way with the same care."
Physical therapist Karen Loudon, measures the leg motion of Jeff Bragg, Meriden sophomore.
Perles dumps Jets for Michigan State Coach also will be athletic director
The Associated Press
EAST LANSING, Mich. — George Perles, under consideration for a multimillion-dollar contract to coach the New York Jets, decided to stay at Michigan State after its trustees sweetened his head coaching job yesterday by naming him as the successor to retiring athletic director Doug Weaver.
"I am very confident in my ability to do both jobs," Perles said in a statement. "Of course, you don't run a department by yourself. A strong, competent staff is essential to any organization. I have a plan that I hope to develop."
The board of trustees' 5-3 vote brought mostly hisses, but some applause, from about 300 people at a packed emergency board meeting.
Peries emerged as Jets general manager Dick Steinberg's top choice during the weekend. After the two met on Monday, Peries said he would have to go back and talk to Michigan State officials.
Pierles, who did not attend the meeting, said his immediate plans were to take care of football recruiting, which ends with national signing day on Feb. 14.
"He turned pale and his eyes got glassy," Steinberg said of Perle's conversation with Michigan State officials on Monday. "He acted extremely shocked. He didn't seem to know where to go from there."
Board Chairman Larry Owen said yesterday that Perley's decision to stay at Michigan State shows how loyal he is to his alma mater.
"He's brought us back to respecta bility," Owen said, referring to the school's long losing record before Perles took over seven years ago.
Perles, who will assume his new job on July 1, will have a one-year trial with no extra salary. The board then will review his performance and decide whether one person can handle both jobs.
Not everyone wanted Perles to have the AD job, including Michigan State President John Dibiaglo and board member Dean Pridgeon, who voted against giving Perles the position.
Mizzou slips by Rutgers Scarlet Knights stay close to No.1 team in the nation
"By not having the recommendation of the president, that makes him accountable only to the board," Pridgeon said. "If he wants to exercise it, that puts him on par with the president."
Since taking over the Spartans, the 55-year-old coach has compiled a 46-33 record.
"An offer in the range of $5 million to $6 million was available from the Jets." Owen said.
The Associated Press
The agreement sends a signal to the Jets, with whom Perles had spent all day Monday negotiating, to search elsewhere for a head coach to replace the ousted Joe Walton.
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- John McIntyre and Doug Smith hit baskets in the final 1:42, and Travis Ford made two free throws with six seconds left, giving top-ranked Missouri a shaky 89-84 victory against Rutgers yesterday night.
Each time the favored Tigers appeared to be pulling away, the Scarlet Knights — the same team that lost by five to Princeton and 17 to Hawaii — regained the momentum to stay close.
Rutgers, a 15-point underdog,
bolted to a 10-point lead in the opening minutes and stayed with the Tigers the rest of the game.
Missouri (18-1) led 82-79 when McIntyre made a three-pointer from the corner with 1:42 left. But Rutgers' Scarlet Duncan, who led the Scarlet Knights with 28 points.
With 6:40 left, the Scarlet Knights tied it at 75 on two free throws by Carter. The Tigers then reeled off a 7-0 spurt, capped by Peeler's 3-pointer for an 82-75 advantage at the 4:30 mark. But Duncan responded with a short bucket, and Daryl Smith's follow shot then made it 82-79 with 2:53 to play.
responded with a three-pointer on his own to make it 85-92 at the 1:20 mark.
Rutgers (8-10) rebounced Doug Smith's miss with 24 seconds left, but Keith Hughes, who had 27 points, was unable to try that would have tied the score.
With 38 seconds left, Doug Smith worked inside and banked home a bucket that made it 87-82 until he arrived. Mary Smith connected on a 10-footer.
Ford, fouled instantly, made both ends of the one-and-one to seal the victory, Missouri's first as a No. 1 team in almost eight years, and the Tigers 27th straight victory at home.
McIntyre finished with a career-high 25 points.
KU diver psyched for meet
Bv Moliv Reid
Flower and his teammates will compete against Iowa State at 1 p.m. Saturday in Ames, Iowa, the site of the Big Eight Conference championships.
Coach Don Fearon said he expected Flower to do well in the men'sdiving events Saturday against Iowa State. Flower said Fearon valued improving personal scores and reaching goals.
Senior Kansas diver Andy Flower said he had already discovered the competitive desire that he found in conference competition.
Fearon said he was confident because his team improved seven of its 12 personal-best scores at the Jan. 13 meet against Arkansas and Minnesota in a double dual meet. The statistics include both the one-meter and the three-meter diving boards.
Flower, who placed fourth in both one- and three-meter diving at last year's Big Eight Conference meet, said he got the boost he needed right after Christmas training.
He took first in the one-meter event and third in three-meter at a triangular meet with Arkansas. Both scores were season's best.
"It's a confidence level." Flower said. "There were times during the season I didn't feel ready to dive."
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"I don't think we'll have any problem with Iowa State," Fearon said.
"I can hopefully get two KU records," Flower said. "It doesn't necessarily matter if I win."
One diver who concerns Fearon and Flower is Cyclone senior Lee Jay Strifler.
Flower took second in last year's dual meet against Iowa State, but the Cyclones were without Strifler, covering from a shoulder injury.
"I'm getting pretty psyched. This year I'm a lot more focused than I have been. This is my chance to see how I'll do against him at (the conference meet)." Fearon said he had high expectations for his six-person diving sound.
"Lee Jay hasn't changed a lot since freshman year," Flower said. "He is a big competitor when it comes to big meets.
The men competing for the Jayhawks are freshmen Jeff Mix and Tony Friend, sophomore Mike Martz and Flower. Juniors Tricia Powell and Kelley Kauzlarch make up the women's team.
Kauzlarich won the Big Eight title as a freshman. Fearon said he expected a good performance Saturday from her.
"I find it easier to go into a meet and do the best I can for that day," she said. "I just want to go in there with you." So three big six dives like I know I can."
"I in a dual meet I think that we have two really strong divers who can score points for us, and we have scored on those two," Fearad said.
Kaurizalr said she was more confident while diving this season because she was enjoying herself.
Kauzlarich said she didn't like to make predictions for her performance.
Both the men and women will compete in the Southern Illinois Invitational Feb. 2-4. The男也 face Nebraska Feb. 10 before the Big Eight meet, Mar. 1-3.
"She is consistent," Fearon said. "She knows how to get vertical better than the average diver, better than most people I know."
After the Iowa State meet, the women have just one more competition before the Big Eight meet, Feb. 22-24.
Fearon said wins would come as the team improves and learns.
Track coach develops trophy, incentive
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
Generally a track coach is known as just that, a track coach.
But assistant track coach Gary England, who coaches the throwing events, is also a sculptor.
When the track coaches from Kansas State, Missouri and Kansas got together to create an annual triangular scoring track meet, they decided it would be important to add some incentive, a traveling trophy.
The first meet between the schools takes place Saturday at K-State
Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said one of the main goals of the team was to have competition with the intensity of a true rivalry. He said taking home a trophy would raise the level of intensity.
job of designing and sculpting the prize.
England, who graduated from Alabama with a bachelor's degree in fine arts, volunteered for the
England said he had designed only one other trophy, three years ago, but it blew out in casting and now sits in his house.
"I hadn't done a sculpture in a couple of years," he said. "I felt the urge, need to fill a void."
The trophy is not quite complete. The model, which is 75 percent done, will be shown at the meet. England said he had already invested 12 hours into the sculpture and still needed approximately eight hours to complete it.
"We didn't realize what all went into sculpting and casting it," England said.
The 18 to 20 inch trophy is six inches in diameter
England said they could have ordered a trophy, but it would not have had the uniqueness they were looking for.
and weigh approximately 20 pounds. Each of the schools' mascots is represented in the design
England described the unfinished piece as an abbreviated triangle with the mascots on each corner, separated by the names of the schools. Corn and wheat top the bronze trophy.
"This is a very unique meet," England said. "So, we wanted to come up with a very unique award."
we wanted to come up with a very big awards award. England's trophy will travel with the winner of the Kansas State triangular for at least the length of the three-year contract between the schools. Schwartz said he hoped this meet would go on for a leftover.
England said he would be proud to see his trophy sought after by the three Big Eight Conference schools.
"It will be one of a kind," he said. "No doubt about that."