INSIDE SPORTS The Kansas softball team opened its spring season this weekend, finishing second in the Hall-of-Fame Tournament in Oklahoma City. Included in the Jayhawks' 4-2 performance was a victory against No. 10 Oklahoma. Page 7B JAYHAWK KANSAS 24-1, 11-1 RANKED NO. 1 COLORADO 17-7, 8-4 RANKED NO. 15 U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N WK BASKETBALL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1997 SECTION B Kansas 114. Colorado 74 KANSAS (24-1) Pierce 8-15 FT TP 18 LaFrentz 8-12 7-7 23 Williams 8-12 7-7 13 Hansen 5-11 5-8 18 Vaughn 1-5 0-0 2 Pugh 2-5 0-6 6 Thomas 4-10 0-0 12 Robinson 1-2 0-2 12 Bordroad 2-3 2-2 12 McGrah 1-1 0-0 2 Branstrom 0-0 0-0 0 Ranson 0-1 0-0 0 Nooner 3-3 0-0 9 41-76 19-27 114 COLORADD (Moore) 7-17 Moorie 4-10 3-4 TP 11 Edmondes 10-13 2-4 22 14 DeGray 6-8 2-4 14 Smith 6-8 0-4 10 Bluemus 3-14 3-5 10 Filler 1-3 0-0 3 Griffin 1-3 1-2 3 Hughes 1-3 3-4 6 Jensen 0-2 3-2 6 Molkin 1-2 0-0 2 Totals 27-62 17-24 74 Halftime: Kansas 55, Colorado 44. Three-point pointers: Kansas 20, Colorado 19. Two-Pointers: 2-Nosee 2-2, Robertson 1-2, Bradford 1-1. Vaughn 1-0, Pugh 0-1). Colorado 3-12 (Frier 6-7). Robertson 3-6 (Reynolds 3-5). Fouled out: None. Rebounded: Kansas 47 (Lafrenz 13), Colorado 27 (Billups 5). Aaslates: 8-7. Robertson 14, Colorado 13. Total fouls: Kansas 16, Colorado 21. A: 16,300. Kansas Basketball Notes Kansas has won 25 or more games in each of the last eight season. The Jayhawks are 13-0 at home this season and have the country's longest home-court winning streak at 42. Colorado now has lost 16 consecutive games to the Jayhawks and has not beaten Kansas at Allen Field House in 14 years. Ref LaFrentz scored in double figures for the 20th consecutive game. Kansas coach Roy Williams won his 238th career game. He is three victories away from tying legendary North Carolina State coach Everett Case for the most victories in the first nine years of a career. Williams is now 21-1 against the Buffaloes. The 114 points scored by the Jayhawks are the most Kansas has ever scored against Colorado. - The Jayhawks 13 three-point field goals ties for the most ever in a conference game. WOMEN Kansas 72, Colorado 60 Lions (19-4) FG FT TP Pride 3-6 5-6 0-6 Treep 3-6 6-1 16 Safton 1-3 0-0 2 Hablesh 1-3 0-0 2 Doon 1-2 6-7 31 Raymant 3-5 2-2 8 K. Scott 0-0 2-2 0 Reed 0-0 2-2 0 Canada 0-2 2-2 2 Grayer 0-2 2-2 2 N.Y. 38-54 15-17 72 COLORADO (15-7) FG FT TP 2 Weathers 1-4 0-0 2 Scholz 7-18 3-3 14 R Scott 6-11 2-3 17 Graham 3-9 0-0 6 Felts 5-9 0-0 15 Velocita 0-0 0-0 0 Clark 1-6 0-0 2 Bradford 1-1 0-0 2 Term 1-3 0-2 0 Total 25-51 5-6 20 Halftime: Colorado 36, Kansas 34. Three-point goal: Kansas 15 - (Dixon 13, Hallett 02), Colorado 5-12 (Fetze 5, Graham 0-4, Scholl 0-1) Fouled out: Foulone Rebounds 0, Clark 0-1) Kansas 10 (Dixon 5), Colorado 18 (Graham 8) Total fouls: Kansas 14, Colorado 15. A 5.275. Kansas Women's Basketball Notes Pam Dishman / KANSAN Reserve forward Patience Grayer has led Kansas in rebounding for the past two games. Forward Shelly Canada is perfect from the free throw line in conference play. She went 2 for 2 against Colorado and is now 12 for 12. Guard Tamecka Dixon scored 31 points against Colorado. It was the seventh time in her career that she has scored 30 or more points and the third time this season. Dixon now has 309 career assists, moving her into sixth place on the Jayhawks' all-time assist list. She is also sixth on the all-time scoring list with 1,531 points. Kansan staff report With two consecutive blow-out victories, the Kansas men's basketball team is pumped up to meet Missouri, which has handed Kansas its only loss this season. Tip-off is at 8:35 tonight. Geared up for the Tigers LaFrentz expecting grudge match tonight By Tommy Gallagher Kansan sportswriter When No. 1 Kansas lost at Missouri Feb. 4, college basketball fans everywhere found out how to defeat the top-ranked team in the nation. "Go into double overtime and foul everybody out, maybe," Kansas forward Rae LaFrentz said jokingly after Saturday's 114-74 victory against No. 15 Colorado. "I'm just kidding. It's going to be a grudge match. It seems like we bring out the best in them, but now we'll be playing on our home court and hopefully that'll bring us through." After scoring more than 100 points in consecutive conference games for the first time in school history, some Kansas players are optimistic that the outcome will be different tonight than it was the first time around. "We've become a much stronger team because we had to deal with injuries through much of the season." forward B.J. Williams said. "We had to prove to ourselves that we could win some of these games, and I think that we have." Even so, the loss at Missouri still gnaws at Kansas coaches, players and fans. The Jayhawks lost a 96-94 double-overtime game at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo. Williams, forward Paul Pierce and center T.J. Pugh struggled before fouling out during the overtime periods. LaFrentz has a double-double while recording game-highs for points (26) and rebounds (16). He scored 12 points in the overtime periods, although Kansas ran out of time and bodies in the second overtime. Kansas was forced to utilize a four-guard offense in the second overtime, with Jacque Vaughn, Ryan Robertson, Jerod Haase and Billy Thomas playing with LaFrentz at center. Haase scored 20 points, and Thomas had 17 points. The game marked Vaughn's return to All-America form, as he scored 19 points and had 10 assists. He has had 10 or more assists in three of the last four games. out. "It'll be a tough match for us. We will be fired up because they gave us our first loss, and I know the crowd will be into it, too." Pierce said that he hoped not to fall victim to the foul trouble that plagued him previously. 1 plan to play more than I did last time," said Pierce, who scored four points in 17 minutes before fouling Both Kansas and Missouri shot 45 percent from the field, although the Tigers ultimately won the game at the free-throw line. They were 30-of-34 from the free-throw line, 88.2 percent. Kansas was 23-of-31 from the line, 70 percent. The Tigers are led by forward Kelly Thames, who has team-high averages in points (13.3) and rebounds (5.7). He had 24 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas in the first meeting. Guard Jason Sutherland had 18 points, including several clutch shots during regulation and the overtime periods. "We're not unstoppable," LaFrentz said. "We just have to keep the ball rolling, concentrate Missouri v. Kansas Missouri Probable Starters G Dibi Ray 5-10 Jr. Jane Sutherland 6-1 Sr. F Corey Tate 6-4 Sr. F Kelly Thames 6-8 Jr. C Derek Grimm 6-10 Sr. Kansas Probable Starters G Jacque Vaughn 6-1 Sr. G Jerod Haase 6-3 Sr. F Paul Pierce 6-7 So. R Fael LaFrentz 6-11 Jr. C B.J. Williams 6-8 Sr. Time: 8:35 p.m. tonight Where: Allen Field House Where: Allen Field House TV/Radio: ESPN, KJHK-FM 90.7 and play to the best of our abilities like Coach always wants us to do. I love playing here in front of this crowd, so I'm looking forward to Monday." Kansas' shooting rouses Allen Field House, fans Colorado can't handle stampeding Jayhawks loses by 40 points By Tommy Gallagher Kansan sportswriter Top-ranked Kansas hit a season-high 13 three-point shots in its 114-74 lambasting of No. 15 Colorado Saturday night. "We had a great time out there tonight," Haase said. "Even though we shot the ball well, we want to get the ball inside more. It's great to have a game where you can shoot like that, but it's not something we want to rely on." Despite the tremendous shooting performance, guard Jerod Haase said that the team should be cautious of shooting a high number of three-point shots. "You never expect this, but you realize that the No. 1 team in the nation is capable of doing that to you," Patton said. "In the first half, I felt like we were playing against eight people. That's how good teams handle business at their place." While the Jayhawks' performance pleased Kansas coach Roy Williams, it was discouraging to Colorado coach Ricardo Patton. From the opening tip, Kansas controlled the tempo, the boards and the game. Three three-point shots by Haase in the first six minutes Guard Chaucey Billups, who was averaging 20.1 points per game, scored 10 points off a 3-for-14 shooting performance. He had seven assists and eight turnovers while being defended by Kansas guard Jacque Vaughn most of the game. helped the Jayhawks obtain a 28-12 lead. Kansas led by as many as 19 points before the Buffaloes trimmed the lead to 55-44 at halftime. Colorado forward Fred Edmonds had 18 points at halftime and finished with a team-high 22 points. "He's a great point guard, nothing should be taken away from him," Vaughn said of Billups. "It was just my job today to create a little havoc and make his shots a little tougher." Vaughn recorded just two points, but his defense and ability to create for teammates killed the Buffaloes throughout the game. He had 11 assists, four rebounds, three steals and a career-high two blocked shots. The biggest beneficiary of Vaughn's play was forward Raef LaFrentz, who scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half. LaFrentz also recorded 13 rebounds while posting his 13th double-double performance of the season. "You can't help but feel good after a game like this," LaFrentz said. "We've gotten back to having fun playing games again. When you have so many great "You never expect this,but you realize that the No.1 team in the nation is capable of doing that to you." Ricardo Patton Colorado men's basketball coach weapons, you don't have to do it all every time out." One of those weapons, at least in the game's final 1:30, was guard Terry Nooner. The fan favorite had a career-high eight points that included two three-point shots. Pierce said that the team's performance served as a warning to other teams, while it provided entertainment for Jawhay fans. "This is the time where we really have to start playing well," Pierce said. "We have to send a message to other teams that we're going to be a team to be reckoned with in the postseason. [The game] wasn't a barnburner, but the fans can use one of these games every once in a while." Jayhawks stop Buffs'stampede Dixon racks up 31 points in victory at Boulder; Kansas leads the Big 12 Kansan staff report with the Big 12 Conference lead hanging in the balance, the No. 14 Kansas women's basketball team defeated Colorado 82-70 Saturday night in Boulder, Colo. Kansas guard Tamecka Dixon game-high 31 points in the second half. She added eight rebounds and had five assists and just one turnover. Tamecka Dixon "She's one of the best athletes I've It was the third time this season that Dixon has scored more than 30 points in a game, the seventh time in her career. She ranks sixth in Kansas history in scoring ever coached," Kansas women's coach Marian Washington said of Dixon. "Whether she's off the dribble or from the outside, she's just exceptional. Colorado did a good job expecting her to get the open shot, but she was just in the zone tonight." and assists. Dixon was 12-for-21 from the floor. The other four Jayhawk starters—guard Angie Halbleib, center Nakia Sanford, and forwards Lynn Pride and Jennifer Trapp—were 10-of-21 from the field. Trapp scored 11 points, but no other Jayhawk scored more than eight points. Regardless, Kansas wore down Colorado in the second half and took control of the game. Colorado, which had rallied to cut the Kansas lead to 56-54, was outscored 16-6 in the game's final minutes. Kansas shot 60 percent in the second half, 15-for-25 from the floor, as the Jayhawks maintained their share of the Big 12 lead. "We tried zone, and that worked momentarily," Colorado women's basketball coach Coal Barry said. "It got us back into the game, and that got us into a position to win the game. They just have a deeper bench. Eventually their quickness and sheer numbers overtook us." With the victory, Kansas swept Colorado in the regular season for the first time since 1991. Colorado was led by forward Erin Scholz, who had 17 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Forward Raeghan Scott had 14 points, five rebounds and two blocks, and guard Alexis Felts added 15 points.