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JAYHAWK
KANSAS
27-1, 13-1
RANKED NO. 1
78
KANSAS STATE
9-15, 2-12
UNRANKED
U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
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BASKETBALL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1997
SECTION B
Kansas 78, Kansas State 58
KANSAS (27-1)
Williams    1-2   0   FT   TP
LaFrentz    0-4   0   4   4
Pearson     2-2   3-5   8   6
Vaughn     2-9   2-2   8   6
Haase      6-13   3-7   16   3
Robertson   1-4   0   4   4
Neiss      0-4   0   0   4
Thomas     1-6   0   0   3
Branstrom   1-1   1-4   0   2
Bradford    1-4   1-4   0   2
McGarth    0-1   0   0   0
Pugh       0-0   0   0   0
Plerce     5-12   3-1   14   2
Ransom     1-2   1-2   0   2
-30-72  78-12  78-12
KANSASTATE (9-15) FG FT TP 2
Dies ... 1-4 0-1 1
Young ... 5-10 0-0 12
Rhodes ... 0-4 2-2 12
May ... 4-11 2-4 11
Swartzendruber ... 1-3 4-4 7
Griffin ... 1-3 0-0 1
Reid ... 1-1 0-0 2
Marsh ... 0-0 0-0 0
Jones ... 0-0 0-0 0
Elsaker ... 6-11 0-2 12
McCollough ... 4-6 0-0 8
Totals ... 23-53 8-13 58
Haltime: Kansas State 31, Kansas State 30. Three-pointer goal: Kansas State 4-29 (Pollard 1-1, Pierce 1-2, Hasea 1-4, Thomas 1-6, Noonor 1-0, McGrath 0-1, O'Connor 1-1, O'Connor 1-1, O'Connor 1-1, Young 2-0) Mey. May 1-2, Zuckerburd 1-3, Rhodes 0-1, Griffin 0-1). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Kansas State 40 (LaFrentz 11), Kansas State 42 (Ekwer 9). Assists: Kansas State 11 (Vugui 8), Kansas State 15, Kansas State 14, Ak. 16,300.
Big 12 Conference Men's Standings
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="3">Conference</th><th colspan="3">All Games</th></tr><tr><th>W</th><th>L</th><td>Pct.</th><th>W</th><th>L</th><td>Pct.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Kansas</td><td>13</td><td>1</td><td>.929</td><td>27</td><td>1</td><td>.964</td></tr><tr><td>Colorado</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td>.714</td><td>19</td><td>1</td><td>.731</td></tr><tr><td>Iowa State</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>.643</td><td>18</td><td>6</td><td>.750</td></tr><tr><td>Nebraska</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>.429</td><td>15</td><td>12</td><td>.556</td></tr><tr><td>Missouri</td><td>5</td><td>9</td><td>.357</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>.481</td></tr><tr><td>Kansas State</td><td>2</td><td>12</td><td>.143</td><td>13</td><td>15</td><td>.375</td></tr></tbody></table>
Texas 9 8 5.843 15 9 8.625
Oklahoma 9 8 6.571 16 9 8.657
Texas Tech 8 6 5.711 16 8 6.678
Oklahoma State 6 8 4.829 14 12 8.638
Baylor 5 9 3.577 17 10 6.350
Texas A&M 5 11 2.141 9 15 1.375
Kansas Men's Basketball Notes
- Kansas has won six conference title in the last seven years
"I've got the best staff in America...I've got the best kids in America."—Roy Williams
The Jayhawks won their 44th consecutive home victory, the longest home winning streak in the nation.
Kansas' one-point halftime deficit against the Wildcats marks the fifth time this year the Jayhawks have trailed at the half. Kansas has won each time it has been behind at intermission.
Kansas forward Raef LaFrentz made his 93rd consecral start.
WOMEN
Kansas 62. Kansas State 46
KANSAS (21-4)
Pride  2-6  1-2  T  12
Riverdale  2-6  1-1  P  5
Sanford  2-2  0-2  4
Habitatelle  3-6  0-2  10
Washington  9-17  11-17
Grayer  1-1  0-0  2
Raymont  0-2  1-2  0
Canada  1-2  0-4  0
Reed  0-0  0-0  0
Scott  0-0  0-0  0
22-41 18-22 85
KANSAS STATE (15-9)  FG  FT  PT
Jones  6-16  5-15  17
Ramage  1-4  0-0  3
Heater  3-6  0-2  6
Coastal  2-6  0-6  4
Decker  2-6  2-6  4
Fiction  1-1  2-6  2
Fiction  1-1  2-6  2
Jacobson  3-14  2-3  8
Larson  1-2  0-0  2
Munson  1-2  0-0  2
Totals  18-54  9-10  48
Haltime: Kansas 31, Kansas State 22. Three-point goal: Kansas 2-4 (Haliburton 2-4), Kansas State 2-3 (Haliburton 2-3), Kansas State 0-1, Coatlan 0-4, Jacobson 0-5). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Kansas 29 (Garrett 9), Kansas State 30 (Coalison 7), Aebersolei: Kansas 11 (Dillon 6), Aebersolei: Kansas 15 (Kendrick 18), A. 9,796.
Big 12 Conference Women's Standings
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="3">Conference</th><th colspan="3">All Games</th></tr><tr><th>W</th><th>L</th><td>Pct.</th><th>W</th><th>L</th><td>Pct.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Kansas</td><td>12</td><td>2</td><td>.857</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>.840</td></tr><tr><td>Colorado</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>.714</td><td>15</td><td>8</td><td>.652</td></tr><tr><td>Nebraska</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>.615</td><td>18</td><td>5</td><td>.783</td></tr><tr><td>Kansas State</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>.571</td><td>15</td><td>9</td><td>.625</td></tr><tr><td>Iowa State</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>.538</td><td>14</td><td>9</td><td>.609</td></tr><tr><td>Missouri</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>.231</td><td>10</td><td>16</td><td>.385</td></tr></tbody></table>
NORTH
Texas 11 3 7,86 19 7 7,92
Texas Tech 9 5 6,43 19 7 7,08
Okahama State 5 8 3,85 13 10 5,65
Baylor 5 9 3,57 12 15 5,00
Texas A&M 3 11 2,14 9 15 3,75
Oklahoma 11 0.77 9 15 2,17
Tuler Wirken / KANSAN
que Vaughn and Roy Williams embrace after Vaughn spoke to the sold-out crowd in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks capped Senior Day by beating Kansas State and clinching the Big 12 title
Jayhawks win Big 12 title
Kansas clobbers 'Cats, celebrates Senior Day game
By Bill Petulla
Sentiment was especially high for seniors Joel Branstrom, Jerod
Despite trailing by one point at the half, Kansas defeated K-State 78-58, winning the first Big 12 Conference title on the final game in Allen Field House for six Jayhawk seniors.
Hollywood ending doesn't even begin to describe Saturday's Kansas-Kansas State game.
Kansan sportswriter
For some, the challenge will be putting aside the emotion and focusing on the Sooners.
saturday's circus atmosphere, which began with the seniors standing at center court surrounded by
Kansas got out to a more auspicious start in the second half, shooting 47 percent from the floor.
Despite shooting a gloomy 25 percent from beyond the three-point arc, Kansas took control of the boards, out-rebounding the Wildcats 21 to 14.
Once the flowers were cleared from the court, Kansas came out and shot a dismal 35 percent from the floor, including 1 of 9 shooting from the three-point line. The Wildcats also out-rebounded Kansas in the first half by a margin of 28 to 19.
Haase, Scot Pollard, Steve Ransom, Jacque Vaughn and B.J. Williams, who played their last game at the field house.
"After the first half got out of the way, we came out to play," said Kansas forward Paul Pierce. "We knew we didn't play like we wanted to in the first half, but in the second half we were on a mission."
After the half, the Jayhawks forced 25 nurnovers.
"In the second half there was a six to eight minute stretch where they were sensational," Williams said. "Defense was the story in that stretched."
kansas, however, will have to bottle its emotion for now. The Jayhawks will travel to Norman, Okla., to play Oklahoma at 8:35 tonight. Kansas has not beaten the Sooners at Oklahoma since March 6, 1994, when Pollard, Williams and Vaughn were freshmen.
"This day and the Big 12 title will be extremely memorable for me," Haase said.
Haase scored 16 points for the Jayhawks. Kansas State was paced by center Gerald Eaker, who netted 12
"I think I had us ready for honoring the seniors and all the fun, but I don't think I had us ready to play," said Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams. "I was more concerned about this game than any other senior game we've had since I've been here."
points and grabbed nine rebounds.
After the game, each senior thanked those people who have been important to their basketball careers. Most commonly recognized were fans, parents and the Kansas coaching staff, especially Row Williams.
flowers, nearly caused the Jayhawks to lose sight of their main objective.
"Words can't describe what he's meant to me over the last four years," B.J. Williams said. "I'm a better person for having known you."
Following the senior speeches, long-time Kansas basketball radio personality Max Falkenstein asked an already choked-up Roy Williams to saw a few words.
"I'm the most blessed coach in America," Williams said. "I've got the best staff in America. I've got the best kids in America."
Jayhawks drill Wildcats, dominate match-up 62-46
By Tommy Gallagher
Kansan sportswriter
The No.12 Kansas women's basketball team moved one game closer to a Big 12 Conference championship by dominating Kansas State 62-46 Saturday night in Manhattan.
The Jayhawks played suffocating defense, holding K-State to 33.3 percent shooting from the floor. The Wildcats were 1-for-15 behind from the three-point line.
"This is a team that really shoots well from the three-point line," Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said. "They took a lot of three-point shots and were only 1-for-7 at the half. We brought that to our team's attention and tried very hard to stay with that pressure in the second half."
The Wildcats wilted when Kansas increased the defensive pressure in the second half.
K-State forward Andria Jones scored five consecutive points early in the second half, trimming a 14-point Kansas lead to 42-33
with 13:47 left to play in the game.
K-State never got any closer.
"We played a very passive game on the offensive end of the floor," K-State women's basketball coach Deb Patterson said. "We were very indecisive, and that leads to a lot of problems when you play a great team like Kansas."
K-State (15-9 overall, 8-6 in the Big 12) lost its first game at Bramplate Coliseum this season, leaving Kansas (21-4 overall, 12-2 in the Big 12) as the only team in the Big 12 with a perfect home record.
The Wildcats went more than nine minutes without scoring, and more than 10 minutes without recording a field goal. During that time, Kansas outscored the Wildcats 17-4 and extended its lead to as many as 22 points.
Leading Kansas past its in-state rival was co-captain and guard Tamecka Dixon.
Dixon scored seven consecutive points and added two assists during the decisive second-half run. The Jayhawks began to pull away
Geoff Krieger / KANSAN
Dixon led Kansas with 27 points, six rebounds and five assists. Guard Angie Halbleib had 10 points and four rebounds, while forward Lynn Pride had five points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists.
when K-State switched from playing a zone defense to a straight man-to-man defense.
"I didn't think they'd ever go man," Dixon said. "As soon as I saw them go man, my eyes got big. At that point I decided it was time for me to take the ball to the basket."
Forward Patience Grayer and guard Tamecka Dixon try to block a shot by Kansas State's Miss Decker. Kansas beat K-State on Saturday, 62-46.
Pride, who starts at small forward, also played the power forward position. She switched throughout the game to defend against the Wildcats' top scorer, Jones.
"I just wanted to play good defense and contain Jones or whoever I was defending," Pride said. "Playing on the road, we had to match their intensity and not lose focus. We did what we had to do, and we got the win."
Jones was 6-for-16 from the floor and finished with a team-
high 17 points. She added five rebounds.
The Jayhawks play host to Nebraska and Oklahoma in their last
two regular season games this week. Kansas has a one-game advantage over No. 9 Texas in the Big 12 standings.
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