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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, December 5, 1989
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Jayhawks rout Tennessee-Martin 103-48 victory is ninth to hit century mark under Williams
By Dan Perkins
Kansan sportswriter
One of Coach Roy Williams' favorite sayings is, "If you want to have depth, you have to play it."
The second-ranked Jayhawks proved they have depth in last night's 103-48 rout of Division II Tennessee-Martin at Allen Field House. The victory margin of 55 points was the seventh largest in the 70 points, set as last season in Kansas' victory against Brown. 115-45.
With the victory, Kansas, 7-0, is off to its best start since the 1957-58 season, when the Jayhawks started 10-0.
The No. 2 ranking is the highest the Jayhawks have been ranked since the 1985-86 season when Kansas held the ranking in the final poll of the season.
Every Jayhawk who suited up last night played at least 10 minutes, except forward Maddox who sat out the game with a sore thigh he suffered in Saturday's victory against Maryland-Baltimore County.
The only Jayhawk who failed to score in the game was Macolm Nash, but he added four rebounds to the Jayhawk 64-47 edge on the boards.
Guard Adonis Jordan said the hard work in practice paid off last night.
"Everybody's working hard in this
chance to contribute," Jordan said.
Another freshman guard, Todd Alexander, added five points and two
assists in 10 minutes of playing time.
"I'm just glad for the opportunity to play," Alexander said. "I wasn't surprised because shot holes in the first half, because I was trying to push too hard.
Guard Terry Brown scored 21 points, including 5-for-10 from three-point line, and forward Mark Ranahan scored five from bounds, leading the Jayhawks offense.
But the key to the Jayhawks vict-
tory was defense.
"Defense is our constant," Williams said, "as long as we have effort and I know with these kids we'll give the effort."
The offense was a different story, though, as Kansas again struggled.
"Once again, we still weren't clicking offensively like I think we can, but our defense is consistent every night," Williams said. "We did an amazing job in the first 12 minutes of the second half on defense. At times it looked like it was swarming out there."
The Jayhawks "swarming" defense created 20 turnovers and allowed the Pacers two just assists.
Kansas had 25 assists and only eight turnovers.
Kansas began the second half with a 34-4 scoring spree turning an 84-33 runway at 10:30 halftime lead into a 84-33 runaway with 8:35 remaining.
During that stretch, Kansas hit 15-24 shots, including eight of their last nine. Randall led the Jayhawks in the stretch with 10 points.
Kansas hit the 100-point mark with 2:20 left in the game with a three-point shot by Jordan.
Jordan, who scored a season-high nine points, said he didn't even realize what the score was until he heard the crowd.
Kansas has now tapped the 100-point mark 29 times in its history.
"I knew we were getting close, but I thought we only had 96," Jordan said. "When Todd passed me the ball, I just shot it and when the crowd got really loud, I looked up and said, 'Wow, that's 100.'"
Despite the lopsided final, the Pacers kept the game close for most of the season.
Kansas led just 33-25 with 6:15 remaining in the half, when Darren Lawer scored two of his team-high 13 points.
The Jayhawks responded by outscoring the Pacers 17-4 the rest of the way for a comfortable 50-29 halftime edge. The advantage could have been greater if the Jayhawks had not issued 9-16 from the free-throw line.
Williams has changed his tune regarding the Jayhawks free-throw shooting woes.
"I've said all along that I wasn't concerned about our free-throw shooting," Williams said, "but I am concerned about the duggym free throws now. We've got to start making them. You've got to make free throws to be a great basketball team."
Kansas
Kansas 103 Tennessee-Martin 48
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Randall | 28 | 8-16 | 3-8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Calloway | 21 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Pitcherhill | 24 | 5-11 | -1-3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Pitcherhill | 24 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Guelphner | 26 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Jordan | 16 | 7-7 | -2-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Jordan | 16 | 7-7 | -2-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Wagner | 10 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| West | 17 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Alexander | 12 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Alexander | 12 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 200 | 43/8-11 | 17-2/8-24 | 65/8-12 | 17 | 103 |
Percentages: FG: 489, FT. 407, Three-three point goals: 6-15 (Brown 5-10, Jordan 1-1). Bloch: 2-11, Dushaw: 5 (Nash 2), Turnovers: 0.2. Staeheli: 2, Stefan: 8 (Randall 2, Prichard 2). Techniques: None.
Tennessee-Martin
| | M | FQ | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Redmon | 28 | 1-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Wyatt | 29 | 0-6 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Benton | 20 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nelson | 13 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bradley | 34 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hardy | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawer | 14 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawer | 18 | 4-17 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| Jonasson | 10 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington | 1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 18-55 | 7-15 | 4/17 | 2 | 4/8 | 28 |
Percentages: FG; 277, FF; 467. Three-point goals: 5-22 (Lawrie 3-10, Nelson 2-3), Turnovers: 20 (Bradley 9, Gillies) (Melanie 1, Jonsson 1). Technicalities: None.
Hawk, Kansas 50-29. Officials: Cornwell,
Wulkow, McMullen.
Kansas' Kirk Wagner battles with Tennessee-Martin's Mike Werts.
Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard and Tennessee-Martin's Stan Bradley scramble for a loose ball
Williams, players credit victory to consistent and tough defense
Bv Gene King
Kansan sportswriter
The No. 2 ranked Kansas basketball team scored 103 points in its sixth consecutive victory last night against Tennessee-Martin, and it was the Kansas defense that enabled the Jayhawks to reach the century mark for the second time this season.
"We're not clicking quite like we would like to on offense," Coach Roy Williams said. "The defense is concerned night as long as you have the effort.
"Our defense was just swarming out there." Williams said.
Tennessee-Martin shot seven of 36, or 19.4 percent, in the second half. For the game, the Pacers lored airball after airball, making only 18 shots from the field of 47 shots. Tennessee-Martin's 27.7 shooting
The Tennessee-Martin Pacers scored just four points from the opening of the second half until forward Shannon Redmond tipped in a missed shot with 7:45 remaining in the game.
percentage was the lowest percentage of any Kansas opponent this season. The Pacers' 48 points was also the lowest score for a Jayhawk opponent this year.
"Our defense was just amazing during the first 12 minutes of the second half," Williams said.
Kansas forward Mark Randall stressed the importance of the Kansas defense.
'We're not clicking quite like we would like to on offense. The defense is constant every night as long as you have the effort. Our defense was just swarming out there.'
"It is something this team is going to pride itself on," Randall said.
"The defense is going to be our offense. If we can force the other team to turn it over, that gives us that many more opportunities at the basket on the offensive end."
The Kansas defense forced Tennessee-Martin to commit 20 turnovers resulting in basket after basket for
Coach Roy Williams
the Javhawks.
Kansas also converted several of its eight steals into points.
"Defense is the main thing," guard Adonis Jordan said. "If you play defense, you'll play he (Williams) and you'll play hard and play with a lot of intensity.
"The offense will come, but we really stress defense a lot," he said. Leading 73-33 with 11-22 remaining, three consecutive Pacers' shots
were blocked by 6-foot-1 guard Terry Brown, 6-6 forward Rick Calloway and 6-9 forward Mark Randall, respectively. Then Randall was fouled by Pacer forward Mike Wertz.
Calloway said that the intensity level was so high that when he came out of the game with 14:53 remaining, he did not realize the Jayhawks were up by 32 points, 59-27.
"You can jump on a team from the start, and that puts them in a hole," Calloway said. "If we put pressure on them, then they are tentative for the rest of the game."
Even when they were ahead by 40 points, the Jayhawks could not help but play tough on the defensive end of the court, Calloway said.
Swimmer sets record at meet in Arkansas
By Andres Cavelier Kansan sportswriter
All-American junior Jeff Stout was the first Jayhawk to qualify for the NCAA championships next March, and he will play in Arkansas Invitational last week.
Swim coach Gary Kempf said he was pleased with Stout's perform- ment and that he was two freshmen who won races at the invitation in Fayetteville, Ark.
"We had a good meet," Kempf said. "It was good preparation for future meets. We faced some really good competition. We are starting to get a lot of contribution from a lot of people."
Freshmen Zhawn Stevens and Troy Reynolds, who are roommates in Oliver Hall, were the only Jayhawks to win races during the weekend's invitational, which was the Jayhawks' most important meet because of the competition.
The Kansas men's side, ranked 29th in nation, took second place in the NCAA college football season.
Individual medley racer Stevens, who also swims the breaststroke, is a high school individual medley He is a high school All-American from Enid, Okla.
Kempf, who called Stevens and Reynolds outstanding, said, "They are as talented as I have ever seen."
He swam for Enid High School and for the Aquatic Club of Enid. He was Oklahoma's state champion in the 200 medley and the 100-yard breaststroke. He was a Senior Nationals qualifier in the individual medley and the breaststroke.
Stevens said that no one, not even himself, expected him to win the 200. He broke a personal record in 1:51.48 in the 200.
"I was really happy to go two seconds faster at this time of the season." Stevens said.
Stevens defeated swimmers from seven nationally top-ranked schools in the finals. He had previously beat 30 others in a four-heat qualifier.
Stout, who swam four events before qualifying, said he wished he would have qualified earlier in the meet.
Kempf said the team's team, which finished third behind 18th-ranked Arkansas and 9th-ranked Georgia, also increased their speed.
Freestyle Reynolds, who won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:47.62, is from Wichita and swam for the Wichita Swim Club.
He was a Junior National finalist in the 200 freestyle and champion in the 200 butterfly.
Freestyle and butterfly swimmer Pranger finished second in the 200-yard butterfly behind Paige Wilson of Georgia.
Rounding out the women's side,
Redden took third in the 400-yard
individual medley while Brown took
fourth in the 100-yard butterfly.
He said that freshman Marnee Dietrich, sophomore Barb Pranger, junior Hill and Gina Brown and senior K. Redden all had a good invitational.
Hill finished fifth in the 200-yard backtrack behind sophomore Keri Doyle.
Dietrich finished third in the 200- yard breaststroke.
Tigers beat Creighton 86-79
The Associated Press
Freshman Travis Ford made three three-pointers as Missouri closed the first half with a 32-9 run last night, and the fourth-ranked Tigers beat Creighton 86-79.
Creighton's leading scorer, Chad Gallagher, committed his third foul at 5:16 in the first half. Ford's three-pointer gave the Tigers their first lead at 33-32 and Missouri capitalized on the absence of the 6-foot-10 Gallagher, outscoring the Jays 22-5.
Missouri, 5-0, trailed 28-20 with 8:16 remaining in the half after Matt Roggenbuck made three straight 3-pointers. Nathan Buntin then made a 7-foot hook shot, starting the run.
The Tigers led 52-37 at halftime and Creighton, 1-2, pulled no closer than seven points after that.
Anthony Peeler led Missouri with 21 points while Doug Smith had 18. Ford, who finished with 15 points, had three assists and two
steals during the decisive streak.
Creighton was led by Gallagher with 22 points. Creighton's Darin Plauz made three three-pointers and scored 18. Jays to 55-48. But the Tigers sank 15 of 16 free throws in the half, maintaining command.
Oklahoma
NORMAN, Oklahoma. — Oklahoma scored 31 consecutive points in the first half Monday night and the second in Sunday. State, San Angelo, Texas. 130-62.
Oklahoma, 3-0; is averaging 149 points per game and has won by an average margin of 78.3 points. The Sooners' 68-point victory over the Division II Rams was their smallest this season.
William Davis scored 10 of his game-high 22 points during the run. Davis, a senior forward who has been Oklahoma's leading scorer in each of its games, also had a game-high 13 rebounds. He
Kansas State
is averaging 25.7 points and 13.7 rebounds.
WACO, Texas — Tony Masson scored 15 points and pulled down 12 rebounds and teammate Jeff Wires added 13 points as the Kansas State Wildcats defeated Baylor 60-83 last night.
The Wildcats, 3-2, held Baylor, 4-2, to only four points in the first eight minutes of the second half with the biggest lead of the game at 51-40.
Smokey McCovery scored 21 points for the Sooners. Terry Evans added 17, Jackie Jones 15, Tony Martin 14 and Skeeter Henry 12.
The Bears were led by Kelvin Chalmers' 16 points and eight rebounds.
The Wildcats led 13-6 in the opening minutes of the game, but Baylor's Julius Denton hit a 12-four with six minutes left in the first half.
The Associated Press
Seattle's long bombs batter Bills
SEATTLE — Dave Krieg and John Williams combined on Seattle's longest play of the season, a 51-yard touchdown pass with 5:38 remaining last night, lifting the Seahawks past the sputtering Buffalo Bills 17-16.
Krieg, making his first start after being benched for two games, avoided a heavy rush and lobbed the ball over linebacker Ray Bentley.
Williams grabbed it at the 35, ran down the right sideline, got a block from Brian Blades and ran over Nate Odomes into the end zone.
Earlier, Krieg hit rookie tight end Travis McNeal on a similar play for 40 yards, the team's biggest play of 1989 until the game-winner.
8-5, still lead the AFC East by one game over Miami.
Earlier, defensive end Art Still made the first interception of his career to set up a field goal.
Buffalo had taken a 6-10 lead on field goals of 32, 40 and 43 yards by Scott Norwood. He missed from 48 yards just before Krieg hit Williams.
Seattle, S-8, clinched the victory when M.L. Johnson recovered a fumble by Larry Kinnebrew.
The victory snapped Seattle's four game losing streak and damaged Buffalo's chances of catching Denver for the best record in the AFC. The Bills.
AP TOP 25
BASKETBALL POLL
'Hawks No.2 in AP Top 25
Rec. Previous
1. Syracuse (38) 4-0 1
2. Kansas (17) 6-0 4
3. Georgetown (5) 3-0 3
4. Miausce (1) 4-0 5
5. UNLV 3-1 6
6. Duke 3-0 7
7. Illinois 2-0 8
8. Michigan 3-1 10
9. LSU 2-1 9
10. Arkansas (2) 3-1 11
11. Louisville 3-1 13
12. Oklahoma 2-0 17
13. UCLA 3-0 15
14. Indiana 3-1 14
15. St. John's 4-0 20
16. Memphis State 3-0 22
17. North Carolina 4-2 12
18. Georgia Tech 2-0 21
19. N. Carolina St. 4-1 25
20. Arizona 1-2 2
21. Alabama 4-0 -
22. Pittsburgh 2-1 18
23. Temple 2-1 16
24. Oregon St. 3-0 -
25. Florida 1-0 - 24
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 156, La Salle 153, Oklahoma State 138, Michigan State 117, Ark-Little Rock 46, Texas 41, Texas-El Paso 41, Clemson 38, Loyola-Marymount 33.
*First place votes in parentheses