INSIDE SPORTS Kansas women's soccer coach Lori Walker resigned on Friday to take the coaching job at Ohio State. She led the Jayhawks to a 13-23-1 record in two years, which were also the first two seasons of women's soccer at Kansas. Page 4B KANSAS 23-1,9-1 RANKED NO. 1 69 IOWA STATE 16-4,7-3 RANKED NO. 6 U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N 62 JAYHAWK BASKETBALL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1997 SECTION B No.1 Kansas 69, No.6 Iowa State 62 KANAS (23-1) FG FT TP AT P. Pierce 5-12 7-11 17 19 Walsh 5-12 0-2 3 2 LaFrenz 7-12 7-9 21 18 Vaughn 6-14 3-4 18 Hasee 2-6 3-4 7 7 Robertson 0-2 0-2 0 0 Thomas 0-2 0-2 0 0 Bradford 0-2 0-0 0 0 Pugh 3-2 0-0 0 0 Totale 22-55 21-34 68 IOWA STATE (16-4) Bankhead FG FT TP Pratt 1-9 0-1 2 Chella 5-13 4-2 14 Hallow 2-5 0-1 1 Hollow 0-4 1-2 1 Willoughby 11-19 5-5 38 Johnson 0-1 1-2 1 Edwards 1-1 0-1 1 Rampton 1-1 0-0 2 **Totals** **20-52** 13-12 Halftime: Iowa state 32, Kansas 28. End Regulation: Kansas 69, Iowa state 62. Three-point goals: Kansas 4-14 (Vaughn 3-7, Hausman 1-3, Koch 1-4), Iowa state 5-14 (Vaughn 3-10, Iowa state 1-2), Iowa state 9-12 (Willeguy 19-16, Bankhead 1-4, Holloway 0-4). Fouled out: Cato, Pratt; Rebounds: Kansas 34 (Pierce, LaFrentz 10), Iowa state 30 (Pierce, LaFrentz 10), Iowa state 9-12 (Vaughn 3), Iowa state 9-12 (Holloway 3). Total fouls: Kansas 18, Iowa state 25. A: 14, 132. Big 12 Conference Men's Standings North Conference W L Pct. All Games W L Pct. Kansas 9 1 .889 23 1 .957 Colorado 8 2 .800 15 7 .733 iowa State 7 3 .778 16 4 .842 Missouri 4 6 .400 12 11 .845 Nebraska 4 6 .400 12 10 .845 Kansas State 1 9 .100 12 .400 Texas 7 3 .700 13 7 .650 Texas Tech 7 4 .600 13 7 .600 Oklahoma 5 5 .500 13 7 .650 Oklahoma State 4 6.400 10 12.545 Baylor 3 7.300 14 8.636 Texas A&M 3 8.200 18 6.140 Texas A&M 3 8.200 18 6.140 KU Women's Game Notes Kansas ranks No. 8 for current home-court winning streaks. The Jayhawks have won 17 consecutive home games. The streak dates back to a Jan. 21 victory against Oklahoma State. - On Saturday Kansas had single game season highs for free throws made (29), free throws attempted (36) and free throw percentage (80.6 percent). Forward Jennifer Trapp had 11 of her 13 points by going 11 of 11 from the line. Center Patience Grayer had a career-high 13 points against Iowa State. She was 5-for-5 from the field and connected on 3-of-6 attempts from the free-throw line.' Guard Tamecka Dixon leads the Jayhawks in points, steals, assists, field goals made and field goals attempted. She has scored in double figures 19 times and has led the Jayhawks in scoring 13 games. With four assists Saturday, Dixon reached the 300-assist plateau. Three players in Kansas history - Dixon, Lynette Woodard (1978-1981) and Lisa Bradley (1986-1990) - have recorded 1,300 points and 300 assists at Kansas. —Kansan staff report Despite hot shooting, MU falls to Wake Forest COLUMBIA, MO. — No. 2 Wake Forest denied Missouri a rare feat yesterday, getting 18 points and 20 rebounds from Tim Duncan and pulling away at the start of the second half for a 73-65 victory. Missouri (12-11) upset No. 1 Kansas 96-94 in double overtime Tuesday, and. Wake Forest (19-2) was coming off a loss to Duke on Wednesday that might have cost the school its first-ever No. 1 ranking. Wake Forest put this one out of reach with a 20-2 run at the start of the second half, taking a 55-33 lead with 13:49 left. missouri kept the game close by making a school-record 15 three-pointers in 28 attempts, and at one point pulling to 62-55. The previous school record for three-pointers was 13. The Associated Press 'Hawks back in business Victory comes after hard battle against Cyclones By Bill Petulla Kansan sportswriter AMES, Iowa—Let there be no more doubters ... at least for now. The belief that the Kansas men's basketball team was on a downward spiral and guard Jacque Vaughn was struggling were squeaked yesterday as Vaughn's 18 points led the Jayhawks to defeat Iowa State 69-62 at Hilton Coliseum. Coming off its first loss of the season last Tuesday to Missouri, Kansas rebounded against a Cyclone team that entered the game with a 7-2 Big 12 Conference record and is in the hunt for the Big 12 title. Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams said that the Jayhawks won the game with grit. "The one thing that I have admired about this team all season is their toughness, mentally as well as physically," Williams said. From the outset, the game was a dogfight as the lead changed hands six times. Kansas struck first on a bucket by forward Raef Lafrentz just five seconds into the game. The Cyclones countered with a three-point shot by guard Dedric Willoughby. Willoughby continued the trend throughout the afternoon, scoring 36 points on nine three-point field goals. Willoughby's total was the most scored by a Kansas opponent since Oklahoma State guard Randy Rutherford lit the Jayhawks up for 45 points on March 5,1995. Williams extolled the highest praise for Willoughby's performance "There is no man on the face of the earth besides Michael Jordan who could have guarded him on a couple of his shots," Williams said. Kansas guard Jerod Haase, who had the unenviable task of guarding Willoughby the majority of the game, said that he couldn't leave the Cyclone guard "He was really tough because if you gave him a half a step, that was enough for him to make a shot," Haase said. "I didn't score a whole lot or have a lot of rebounds, but he gave me one hell of a workout." The first half ended on a 24-foot three-point shot by Willoughby, giving the Cyclones a 32-28 lead. any opening. Kansas stormed out in the second half and regained the lead for good at the 16:04 mark on a layup by forward Paul Pierce. The Jayhawks were aided by the foul trouble of Iowa State center Kelvin Cato. Cato, who picked up his fourth foul with a little more than seven minutes into the second half, eventually fouled out with 6:25 remaining. Iowa State basketball coach Tim Floyd said Cato's disqualification might have been the difference in the game. "When Kelvin Cato got his fifth foul, that was a pivotal point in the game," Floyd said. "That was another rebounder not in the game, and it took the ball out of our hands." Following Cato's fifth foul, the Cyclones cut the Kansas lead to one point with 5:22 remaining. But the Jayhawks, behind LaFrentz' six consecutive free throws, held off a late run by Iowa State and captured the victory. The Iowa-native LaFrentz, who finished with 21 points, said that the win was one of his sweetest as a Jayhawk. "This is a big time win, which is one of the biggest victories I have ever had," LaFrentz said. "It was a total team effort today." Williams said that Vaughn, who along with his 18 points dished out three assists and tallied five steals, has been gaining more of a rhythm. "The last two games he has been more at ease out there, and he doesn't feel as if he has to force it," Williams said. Pierce chipped in 17 points and has never lost two consecutive games while playing at Kansas. He said that Kansas had stayed focused after the loss to Missouri and had been ready to get back on the court. "We didn't listen to a lot of critics," Pierce said. "We didn't go into a panic stage. This team was hungry all week after taking a loss." Tyler Wirken / KANSAN T. J. Pugh and Raef LaFrentz leap for the ball during yesterday's game in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks were fighting to keep their No.1 ranking and will find out whether they did when the new Associated Press poll is released todav. Eric B. Howell / KANSAN Kansas forward Jennifer Trapp fights through two Iowa State defenders. The Jayhawks defeated the Cyclones, 82-78, and improved to 17-4 overall. Kansas women swing into another victory Basketball team defeats Iowa State in game's final minute By Tommy Gallagher Kansan sportswriter The Jayhawks (17-4 overall, 8-2 in the Big 12) are tied with No. 8 Texas and Colorado with less than three weeks to play in the regular season. Kansas plays at Colorado next Sunday night. with the 82-78 victory against Iowa State Saturday, the No.12 Kansas women's basketball team remain in a three-way tie for the Big 12 Conference lead. Kansas stayed in the race thanks to balanced scoring against Iowa State. Six Jayhawks, including all five starters, scored 10 or more points against the Cyclones. The all-around effort was something Kansas missed in its 68-66 loss at Missouri last week. Guard Tamecka Dixon and center Nakia Sanford combined for 45 of the team's 66 points in that game. "Kansas has too much talent for us to let anyone go free." . Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said. "They have good depth and can get point production from anyone in their lineup. That's tough to defend against." the lead swung back and forth throughout the game with 21 lead changes and 10 ties. Kansas had trouble defending against Iowa State forward Jayme Olson, who scored 17 of her game-high 26 points in the first half. She hit three of five from behind the three-point line and was perfect from the free-throw line, going seven of seven. With the Jayhawks leading 80-78, Dixon was called for traveling with 23 seconds left to play. The turnover gave Iowa State one last chance to tie or win the game. "Before the half Olson had two or three threes," Kansas coach Marian Washington said. "We needed to defend her a lot better, and I felt that we did in the second half." Cyclone guard Kim Martin nailed a jump shot with 1 minute, 26 seconds left to play and gave Iowa State a 77-76 lead. After a basket by Sanford, the Jayhawks led for the rest of the game. The Cyclones (11-9 overall, 4-6 in the Big 12) managed two three-point shot attempts, the first by forward Janel Grimm and the second by Olson. Both shots were contested by Kansas defenders and were airballs. Guard Angie Halbleib rebounded the second attempt and was fouled with 3.9 seconds left to play. She connected on both ends of the one-and-one free throws and provided the game's final margin of victory. "I don't like to play in a situation like that," Halbleib said. "People that, on a scouting report don't shoot, came off the bench and made their shots. They played a great game, but we had to pull this one out." Washington was happy with her team's improvement in handling the final minutes of a close game. "They understand what's happening with the time." Washington said. "Whether we won or lost I think we're handling those minutes much better than we were at the beginning of the season. I was really pleased as to how focused this team was."