Sports
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 30, 1989
13
Kansas Basketball GAME 5
GAME 5
KANSAS JAYHAWKS
IDAHO VANDALS
Coach: Roy Williams Record: 4-0
PROBABLE STARTERS
Player Ht. PPG RPG
G-Kevin Pritchard 6-3 14.0 3.5
G-Jeff Gueldner 6-5 12.3 4.3
C-Pekka Markkanen 6-10 5.0 2.5
F-Rick Calloway 6-6 10.0 5.3
F-Mark Randall 6-9 19.5 6.8
Player Ht. PPG RPG
G-Ottie Livingston 6-0 2.0 5.0
G-Ceaser Prelow 6-2 12.0 3.0
C-Riley Smith 6-8 33.0 14.0
F-Ricardo Boyd 6-5 6.0 9.0
F-Sammle Freeman 6-6 ------- 11.0
Game Notes: The last time Kansas played idaho was in 1946, when the Jahwynhays had 42-28 in Lawrence. Tip-off at 7:35 am, Sunflower Cablevision will delay the broadcast. Radio broadcasts include KJHK (90.7 FM) and KMBZ (980 AM).
Annette Stenner/KANSAN
KU's ranking on line this time No.4 Kansas will take on Idaho, ex-Jayhawk player
By Dan Perkins
Kansas sportwriter
Pekka Markkanen shoots during an intrasquad scrimmage
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas Jayhawks will be reunited with a familiar face at Allen Field House tonight, but former KU guard Ols Livington won't be wearing the crimson and blue.
Livingston, who played in 28 games during the 1987-88 season, is now a member of the Idaho team that will attempt to upset the No. 4-ranked Jayhawks tonight. The game will be Kansas' first since gaining that ranking Monday afternoon.
Guard Kevin Pritchard said he liked Livingston, now a senior, but former Kansas coach Larry Brown and Livingston did not get along.
"I liked Otis," Pritchard said. "He was a good player and a really good competitor, but he and Coach Brown just didn't see eye to eye."
Livingston had transferred to Kansas from El Camino (Calif.) Junior College and spent much of the early 1978-88 season starting at point guard.
After Livingston left the team, Kansas went on to win the national championship, but Pritchard said he believed Livingston was still a part of that team.
"I do feel sorry for him," Pritchard said. "I wish he could have been a part of it, but I think he was. He put in his dues. He put in his practice time. that's for sure."
The Vandals won the Big Sky Conference tournament a year ago and were named to the NCAA tournament with a 25-6 record. They are 1-0 this season in their history. Simon Fraser (British Columbia, Canada) on Nov. 19.
Idaho's leading scorer in that game was Riley Smith, a 6-foot-8 center, with 33 points and 14 rebounds.
Two other Vandal starters averaged in double figures, led by Clifford Martin's 16 points. Ceaser Prelow, a 6-2 guard, scored 12.
However, Idaho coach Kermit Davis announced yesterday that he had suspended Martin for disciplinary reasons yesterday and said the 6-9 forward would not play against Kansas.
Davis said Martin "didn't handle his punishment like he should have" after he was ordered to do extra work, which required minutes late to last Fridays' practice.
"He made a small situation into a big deal," Davies said.
David, 29, is the youngest head coach in Division I history. He was also the youngest head coach at the junior college level when at 24 he took the job at Southwest Mississippi Junior College in 1984.
son practice after a disagreement with Davis, and Davis said a decision of Martin's future with the team could be made after the Kansas zame.
Kansas enters the game with five players averaging in double figures
Forward Mark Randall leads the attack with an average of 19.5 points per game. Randall also leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per game.
stormed out of a presea
Randall was named the most valuable player of the Dodge National Invitation Tournament for his performance in Kansas' four-game sweep of the tournament, and he also received the Big Eight Conference player-of-the-week award and was ESPN's-Windex player-of the week
Pritchard said the reason for Randa's success had been the influence of her husband.
"I think Coach Williams was the best thing that ever happened to Mark," Pritchard said. "He's really blossomed, obviously. Coach Brown
just demanded so much of him."
"The biggest thing this year is he has so much more confidence," Williams said. "He more than anyone on our team has been able to grasp the style we want to play."
Williams said the difference had been Randall's rising confidence level
Also averaging in double figures for the Jayhawks are forward Mike Maddox, 14.3 ppg., coming off the bench; Pritchard, 14 points; guard Jeff Guelder, 12.3 points; and forward Rick Calloway, 10 points.
John MacLeod was fired eight hours before the game after the Mavs stumbled to a 5-6 start.
Kansas shot 54.3 percent from the field despite hitting just 41.7 percent of its shots in the championship victory against St. John's.
DAVIS OUT: Oklahoma State point guard Chucky Davis will miss the next five to six weeks because of a broken right hand, Coach Leonard Hamilton said yesterday.
Davis broke a bone in his hand Tuesday night during the Cowboy's season-opening victory against North Texas. The 6-foot senior is scheduled to undergo surgery this morning.
MACLEOE FIRED: Rolando Blackman scored 22 points in Dallas' first game under interim head coach Richie Adubato, and the Mavericks defeated the Charlotte Hornets 102-83 last night.
After the Idaho contest, Kansas will play host to Maryland-Baltimore County at 1:35 p.m. Saturday. The Retrievers are a NCAA Division I independent that went 17-11 last season.
The leading scorer for the Retrievers, Larry Simmons, was a grade school teammate of Pritchard. Simmons scored 25 points in the team's 73-71 victory against Florida International.
One important key to Kansas' tournament title was its射击 percent-
OU scores 97 points in one half Sooners set NCAA record
Davis, who also had 18 rebounds, scored 20 points in the first half when the Sooners piled up a 97-45 lead. That broke the mark of 94 scored last season by Loyola-Marymont — also against U.S. International, a San Diego college.
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma missed four chances at college basketball's first 100-point half before settling for a record 97, and the 17th-ranked Sooners got a career-high 31 points from William Davis in crushing U.S. International 173-101 last night.
The Sooners also set an NCAA record for shots in a game with 147, surpassing the 132 by Illinois against Colgate on Dec. 30, 1948. The 173 points were eight of the NCAA record set by Loyola-Marymount against last year's 181-150 victory. It was a 16-point eclipse the mark of 152 the Sooners scored against Oral Roberts last season.
Oklahoma failed to connect on four three-point shots in the final minute of the first half in an attempt to reach 100 by the intermission. The Sooners used their press for the entire first half and forced 28 turnovers, setting up numerous easy baskets.
The Associated Press
Then it was off to the record books. In the first half, Oklahoma took 90 shots and made 42, grabbed 50 rebounds and made 12 steals. All four were Big Eight one-half records. The Sooners forced 42 turnovers and wound up with a Big Eight-record 86 rebounds.
Oklahoma actually started slowly, taking a 20-10 lead with 13-19 left in the half. But then they began to press furiously, and the result was a 24-0 run in the span of 2:25, with 18 points coming off turnovers.
Tony Martin and Skeeter Henry each scored 20 points in the first half and finished with 24 and 27, respectively. Jackie Jones added 20 points.
"In the spring, I think I'm going to play for a league team that actually plays the Kansas volleyball team," Oelschlager said.
Sport briefs
Oelschlager named to Big 8 second team
Oelschlager said she already missed volleyball but planned to continue playing competitively.
U. S. International, 2-1, got 28 points from Steve Smith, 26 from Kevin Bradshaw and 20 from Demetrius Laffitte.
Manning scores 21 in return from injury; Clippers lose
"It does surprise me that I finished that high," Oelschlager said, "but I got to play a lot when I was a freshman and sophomore. I wasn't in the battles, but I think it helped just being in there as a freshman."
"I am surprised, but I felt really honored," Olschlager said. "There was a lot of pressure in Colorado players named to the first team, so I felt honored to be named."
"My dad had told me all along that you get the confidence in your senior season, and then in this season. And you are a senior, you just forget about things that go wrong."
Jodi Oelschlager, who led the Kansas volleyball team with 348 kills this season, was named to the all-Big Eight Conference second team last week.
By a Kansan reporter
That attitude helped Oelschlagher lead Kansas to a 13-17 record this season after last year's dismal 5-24 season. Her 890 career killers place her second on the all-time Kansas list behind Judy Desch with 1.146.
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The arduous comeback of Danny Manning had another milestone last night when he returned to uniform with the Los Clippers for his first game in 11 months.
Manning, the College Player of the Year in 1988 when he led the Kansas Jayhawks to the
NCAA championship, last played on Jan. 4, when he injured his right knee against Milwaukee and subsequently underwent reconstructive surgery.
He connected on his first six shots and went seven of 10 for the game, equalling Ken Norman's 21 points for the Clippers.
The Milwaukee Bucks, however, spoiled the return with a 117-103 victory.
Sitting to the right of head coach Done Casey at the start of the game, Manning came off the bench with 1:57 left in the first quarter and the Clippers trailing Milwaukee 23-20.
Guarded by Fred Roberts and then Tony Brown, he made his first three shots. The first two were 18-foot jumpers from the baseline, and his third, a layup, put the Clippers ahead 31-29 with 8:54 left in the half. Manning's first
shift lasted 5:31.
When the No. 1 pick in the 1988 NBA draft jogged onto the court following a timeout, he was greeted with a standing ovation by a sparse crowd at the Sports Arena and a sea of waving towels proclaiming "Welcome back Danny!" The towels were given to fans by Clippers management as they entered the arena.
Washington remains upbeat about 'Hawks
By Paula Parrish
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's basketball team returned Tuesday from the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu with a 1-2 record, but Coach Marian Washington wasn't disappointed with her squad's performance.
Kansas beat Toledo 49-15 in the first round of the tournament Friday night and was led by forward Misti Chenwau with 13 points. Center Lynn Page contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds. Kansas scored on Saturday night to the tournament's eventual champion, Haverford. Haverford. Hail, 72-62.
"Every team that we played was a nationally-ranked team, all ranked higher than us," she said. "We had a chance to win all three, and we played in spots very, very well."
Guard Lisa Bradley was the star that night, leading the team with 17 points and eight assists. Shannon Cummings, including three three-pointers,
"Hawaii just shot more free throws than we did." Washington said. "They scored 28 points from the free throw line."
Hawaii went on to beat 15th-ranked Virginia 88-78 for the tournament title. Hawaii, unranked last week, is ranked 25th this week.
The Jayhawks lost their bid for third place Sunday night to Vanderbilt 70-64. Vanderbilt night dropped a
place to the No. 23 spot this week.
Braddy said, "I stole the ball, and I went to the hole and crossed in front of her. He said I walked, but my pivot foot was still in the air. I think that was the turning point because Shannon stole the ball and came back down and hit three."
"The lead changed at least a couple of times," Washington said. "In the last few minutes, Braddy made a beautiful move to the basket, and they called it off. She made a really nice passover move, and they she shuffled. It would have put us within one point of Vanderbilt. It was probably the turning point in the game."
Guard Liz Roark passes off the ball as guard Lisa Braddy sets the defense during practice.
Although disgruntled with the officiating, Bloxom, who led against Vanderbilt with 19 points, was exuberant about the team's performance.
"I think we played really well," she said. "In our last game, against Vanderbilt, we only had 18 turnovers compared to their 31. We defense played really well; it's our offense we need to work on."
Washington agreed with the assessment.
"I thought we were the best defensive team there," she said. "I think that in the long haul, we're going to make a lot more improvements than some of the teams that were there."
The Jayhawks came away from the close match with some battle-
scarred players.
Bloxom is suffering back spauses, and Page was hit with a tremendous blow to the jaw. Coaches at first thought it was fractured, but X-rays ruled that out. She has a severe bruise.
"It was a very physical game," Washington said. "There was a lot of pushing and shoving on,
but they were very consistent. Vanderbilt's front line was 6-foot-4 6-3 and 6-1."
Guard Kay Kay Hart was thought to have suffered a fractured wrist during the match, but X-rays of the injury were negative. She, like Page, is also suffering from a severe bruise.
All of the injured players are
expected to recover in time for this weekend's Lady Jayhawk Dial Classic at Allen Field House. Kansas will take on the Radford Law Highlanders in the first round of the tournament tomorrow night.
"I think that we should have some very good games coming up, and I'm really looking forward to this weekend," she said.