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University Daily Kansan / Monday. January 22, 1990
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Tough defense lifts Kansas women to victory
Jayhawks stay in second place in tight Big 8 Conference race
Bv Brent Mavcock
Kansan sportswriter
Before the game, Kansas coach Marian Washington said her team needed to play good defense to beat Missouri. The Jayhawks exceeded Washington's expectations in an 82-59 victory over the Tigers Saturday at Allen Field House.
"It was one of the finest performances I've seen from any of my teams." Washington said.
Kansas amassed an incredible 2. steals and forced the Tigers to commit 27 turnovers. The Jayhawks stole the ball 15 times in the first half. Although Kansas applied full-court defensive pressure, many of them came on Missouri's end of the floor.
"You could tell which way they were going to pass the ball," Johnson said. "I'd just go straight for it."
Sophomore forward Terrilyn Johnson collected six of her game-high eight steals in the first half.
The victory boosted Kansas' record to 3-1 in the Big Eight Conference and 14-4 overall. The Jayhawks are tied for second place in the conference with Colorado and Oklahoma State.
Missouri dropped to 11-6 overall and are in fifth place in the conference with a 2:2 record.
In the second half, Kansas maintained its full-court press and defensive intensity and never gave the Tigers a chance to climb back into the game.
The Jayhawks limited the Tigers to 17 of 52 (32.7 percent) field goal shooting. Kansas 'man-to-man defense held the Tigers to four of 22 shooting (18.2 percent) in the first half.
Missouri's leading scorers, Lisa Sandbette (13.6) and Marcia Brooks (13.3) were held to eight and three points respectively.
Freshman forward Misti Chen-naud scored a career-high 19 points on perfect 5 of 5 shooting from the field, to lead the Jayhawks. Her previous high had been 15 points against Oklahoma City earlier this season.
Senior guard Michelle Arnold made her first start of the season in place of Shannon Bloxom, who was suffering from a bad back. Bloxom had eight points before fouling out with 21:16 left in the game.
Lisa Brady came off the bench for the second straight game to score 15 points and nine assists. Johnson added 10 points and 12 rebounds.
"I come through when I have the opportunities and today I had several chances," Chennault said. "The role needed to be filled."
"I'm pleased with the way the team has played together," Washington said. "We're doing a better job of shooting the ball, but more importantly, a better job of communicating."
Before the game, freshman guard JoJo Witherspoon was declared academically ineligible for the spring semester by coach Marian Washington. The coach said Witherspoon failed to meet the NCAA academic standards for recertification. She will remain at Kansas and will practice with the team.
Leading 5-4, Kansas turned up the defensive pressure and went on a 10-0 spurt. After trading baskets for the next seven minutes, the Jayhawks finished the half with a 17-4 run and built a 39-19 halftime lead.
The Jayhawks continued to improve their shooting, hitting 30 of 60 field goals (50 percent). Washington was happy with the shooting percentage, but said that other factors were more important.
Witherspoon played in 15 games and averaged 1.5 points a game,
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Kay Kay Hart, Kansas guard, keeps the ball away from Missouri's Nancy Hoover.
Invitational meet gives coach chance to evaluate track team
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
were ready to compete.
"A meet like this is not a scoring meet," he said. "We need to do well, but we don't want to shoot all of our bullets.
Although this year's team is young, many veteran athletes showed they
"We want to see what kind of shape their in and where their technique is at this stage in the season. We're also evaluating their preparedness. A lot of these kids are new and we haven't had the chance to see them under meet conditions."
Senior pole vaulter Pat Manson, who finished second in the nation last year, qualified for the NCAA championships and won the pole vault competition by gliding over 17 feet, 7 inches on his first attempt. The official height to qualify for the NCAA championships, which takes place March 10-11, was 17 feet, 5 inches.
Cam Miller, a Kansas graduate,
also cleared 17-7 on his second
attempt. Miller, who placed third
nationally last year, is now competing
unattached.
One of the Big Eight Conference's top 400-meter dash runners led the women's team, Junior Sherlanda Brooks, who placed third in the Big
Eight last year, won the 400 meters in 58.57 seconds.
"This first meet I am basically trying to see where I am at this time of the year and to see where I need to be for the next meet," Brooks said. "I'm not very happy with my time, but the competition wants it even better. It's harder to paint yourself. I know what I have to do from here on out."
Schwartz said he expects to see good performances throughout the season from Manson, sophomore shot putter Chris Redden, junior middle distance runner Jason Teal and two Kansas football players, sophomore spiner-long jumper Tim Hill and freshman spinner Hassan Bailey.
Junior middle distance runner Amy Hadley, senior heptathlete Kim HutoheeBusch, senior middle distance runner Julie Howerton,senior distance runner Tricia Brown and Brooks are expected to do well for the women. Schwartz said.
Schwartz said that the increase in the size of the women's team, now approximately 25, will mean a more successful season.
"The women can do nothing but improve," he said. "This year we have some real quality people."
In eight of 16 track and field events Saturday, the women placed in the top three.
Freshman Jennil Schmitz won the 25-pound weight throw. Brown won the mile run in 5:10.34 and finished
second in the 800-meter run.
Kansas also won the mile relay.
The Jayhawk team of Brooks, Hadley,
Howerton and freshman Margaret
Sullivan finished in 3.58:87.
Howerton dominated the 600-yard run, winning in 1:25.85. Freshman Heather Ryun, running unattached, placed second in 1:33.16.
The men, who placed in the top three in 12 of the 17 events, made efforts to live up to the winning tradition that precedes them. The men's team finished fourth in the NCAA meet last year.
Because of the team's inexperience, the men may not finish as high in the national standings, Schwartz said.
addition to the pole vault.
Junior Steve Heffernan placed first in the 3,000-meter run in 8:20.38, senior Jon Joslin won the 1,000-meter run in 2:33.03 and Teal won the 800-meter in 1:55.76. Sophomore Donnie Anderson, junior Darin Brummey, Joslin and Teal led Kansas to a victory in the mile relay, finishing in 2:36.32.
The Jayhawks won five events in
Many of the Jayhawks' top athletes are have completed their indoor track eligibility. Eligibility differs for the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.
Brackins, competing unattached, won two of the three events he competed in. A 23-3/4 long jump put Brackins in first place ahead of Hill. Hill jumped 22-7/4.
The KU cheerleaders, who won the National College Cheerleading Championship, perform at the Elizabeth City State game.
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Cheerleaders take No.1 Kansas squad is victorious in national cheering competition
By Molly Reid
The Jayhawks were among 1,000 cheerleaders who competed Jan. 6 in Dallas.
Advisor and sponsor Elaine Brady said the squad improved greatly since its fourth-place finish last year. She said she expected the squad to continue to do well.
"We felt like after placing fourth last year that we had a good chance at one of the top two (places)," Traci Morgason, Olathe junior, said. "We knew we could win. It was like we wanted those practices four or five days a week for three hours."
The cheerleading squad, like the top-ranked men's basketball team, became number one as the decade changed. The squad won the National Cheerleaders Association-United Spirit Association collegiate national championships.
Kansan sportswriter
Being number one in the 1990s is already becoming a tradition at the University of Kansas.
As champions, the cheerleaders will travel to Tokyo, Japan, in March to perform at Disneyworld.
"they are young," she said. "They are going to be a threat if they continue to work as hard as they have."
The Crimson Girls placed seventh in the pom-dance division in Dallas. They finished second in last year's competition.
"I'm pleased both squads made it to the top," Brad said. "That is a
Brady also attributed much of the success to third-year cheerleading coach James Green.
high honor."
The only thing dampening the spiri
Oner Big Eight Conference squads to place in the Division I top 10 were Oklahoma State (second), Nebraska (fourth), Oklahoma (seventh) and Iowa State (10th).
We knew we could win.
- Traci Morgason
its of either Kansas squad was a budget reduction that cut this year's scholarship monies in half and limited travel to away games. Both squads held various fund-raising campaigns to pay the Dallas expenses.
Olathe junior
"I think the Athletic Department takes our expertise for granted," Brady said. "If we didn't show up for a game, we'd be missed. We are doing our best to help ourselves and (the championship) lifts our awareness."
The Crimson Girls and cheerleaders performed their routines at the halftime of the basketball game against Elizabeth City State on Thursday.
she said NCAA rules violations by Big Eight schools also contributed to the ruling by limiting money available for road trips. Big Eight cheer-leading squads can only perform at away games at their own expense.
The cheerleaders also performed Saturday at the Comets soccer match at Kemper Arena in Kansas City.
■ LAS VEGAS — A 13-year legal battle between University of Nevada-Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian and the NCAA, which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, may be nearing an end.
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Published reports said that the NCAA had agreed to a settlement which would call for Tarkanian paying a judgment of $21,000 and assuming his own legal fees — estimated at $430,000.
Jack Kitchin, a Kansas City, Mo., lawyer who represents the NCAA, said Friday an agreement was close to being reached that would resolve the issue with the association, Tarkanian and UNLV.
The resolution would involve only the legal battles dating back to 1977, and would not involve any future actions the NCAA might take, Kitchin said.
The NCAA placed UNLV on two years probation in 1977 for alleged recruiting violations and ordered Tarkanov suspended from coaching over 1968.
UNLV served the probation, but Tarkanian obtained a court order which allowed him to continue coaching. He then compiled the winningest record among the nation's active coaches.
without provoking.
Since that ruling, the NCAA has been trying to decide what action, if any, to take against Tarkian.
The same ruling said a university could not suspend a coach, however, without providing that due process.
The suspension issue went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in December 1988 that the NCAA had the right to order a coach suspended without due process.
Under the possible agreement with the NCAA, Tarkanian would have to accept the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to make him assume legal fees — approximately $340,000.
Tarkarian originally was awarded those fees in state District Court, but lost the issue in the U.S. Supreme Court.
CLEMSON, S.C. — Ken Hattifed is an Arkansas native who played for the Razorbacks and helped them claim the 1964 national championship. Six years ago, he became head coach at his alma mater.
Hattfield ended that seemingly perfect match Sunday when he was named the head coach at Clemson — a program as troubled as Arkansas is clean in a scandal-ridden Southwest Conference.
"Everybody thought when I came back to Arkansas this was the job I had dreamed of my whole life," Hatfield said. "That's not true. I've enjoyed 19 years of coaching when I was away before I ever came back to Arkansas. Nothing stays the same."
During a news conference yesterday, when he was formally introduced as the Tigers' new coach, Hatfield said he was not concerned about the NCAA investigation, the threatened boycott or the fans who continue to support former coach Danny Ford.
"I think more than anything else, each person in your time has to decide what's important to you," Hatfield said. "Sandy and I both felt right now this was the right thing to do to be part of the continued success of Clermson's fine tradition and heritage."
Hattief comes to a program under the cloud of an NCAA probe and a revolt by Clemson players and some fans, who were upset over Ford's resignation. Ford, 41, quit Thursday — less than two weeks after the NCAA told Clemson it had uncovered 14 alleged rule violations.