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MISSOURI
12-10, 4-6
UNRANKED
96
KANSAS
22-1, 8-1
RANKED NO. 1
U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
94
JAYHAWK BASKETBALL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
SECTION B
Missouri 96, Kansas 94, 2OT
Missouri 96, Kansas 94, 20T
KANSA (22-1)
FIG FG FT TP
Williams 1-3 0-0 2
Pierce 2-7 0-0 4
LaFrentz 10-22 6-8 26
Vaughn 5-12 9-12 19
Haase 7-13 5-7 20
Robertson 1-2 3-4 6
Thomas 6-11 0-0 17
Bradford 0-0 0-0 0
Pugh 0-1 0-0 17
Totals 32-71 23-31 94
MISSOURI (12-10)
FG FT PT
Tate 5-7 4-4 14
Thames 7-16 10-16 24
Grimm 6-13 4-6 20
Alouge 1-3 0-0 2
Rey 1-3 0-0 3
Lee 4-9 0-3 11
Decker 0-0 0-0 0
Sutherland 4-9 7-9 18
Murdock 1-5 2-2 4
Totals 29-65 30-34 96
Halftime — Kansas 33, Missouri 71. End Regulation — Kansas 86, Missouri 71. End Overtime — Kansas 86, Missouri 71. Kansas 86, Kansas 71. (Thomas 5-8, Robertson 2-1, Hasek 5, Kansas 86, Kansas 71. (Grimm 4-6, Sutherland 3-6, Ray 1-1, Lee 0-1, Abouché 0-2, Fouled out — Williams, Pierce,
BLACK TUESDAY
AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 2.
rank team rec pts prv
1. Kansas (70) 22-0 1,774 1
2. Wake Forest (1) 18-1 1,697 2
3. Kentucky 20-2 1,634 3
4. Minnesota 19-2 1,565 6
5. Utah 15-3 1,321 4
6. Iowa State 15-3 1,126 11
7. Maryland 17-4 1,236 5
8. Duke 17-5 1,182 12
9. New Mexico 16-3 1,180 13
10. Clemson 17-4 1,151 7
11. Louisville 18-3 1,142 9
12. Cincinnati 15-4 1,136 8
13. Michigan 16-5 914 16
14. Arizona 13-5 827 18
15. Colorado 16-4 735 18
16. Villanova 16-5 685 14
17. Xavier, Ohio 15-3 620 20
18. Stanford 13-4 650 15
19. South Carolina 15-5 448 25
20. North Carolina 13-6 323 19
21. Tulane 16-5 317 —
22. Tulsa 17-5 306 21
23. Texas Tech 13-5 211 22
24. Indiana 17-6 132 17
25. Iowa 15-5 130 —
Others receiving votes: Marquette 89, California 83, Providence 78, Illinois 69, College of Charleston 56, UCLA 43, Pacific 32, Temple 23, Boston College 21, New Orleans 18, Florida St. 14, Illinois St. 12, Virginia 11, Princeton St. E. M. Michigan 10, Miami St. 5, Miami St. 4, Texas 4, Oklahoma St. 3, Washington 3, Colorado St. 1, Oral Roberts 1.
USA Today-CNN Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The USA Today-CNN coaches college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 2.
rank team rec pts prv
1. **Kansas (30)** 22-0 750 1
2. Wake Forest 18-1 717 2
3. Kentucky 20-2 692 3
4. Minnesota 19-2 648 5
5. Louisville 18-3 572 8
6. Cincinnati 15-4 527 7
7. Utah 15-3 519 4
8. Clemson 17-4 512 6
9. Maryland 17-4 476 9
10. New Mexico 16-3 461 14
11. Arizona 13-5 448 10
12. tie, Duke 17-5 448 11
13. Iowa State 15-3 399 12
14. Villanova 16-5 353 13
15. Michigan 16-5 343 16
16. Stanford 13-4 266 15
17. Xavier, Ohio 15-3 227 19
18. North Carolina 13-6 206 18
19. Colorado 16-4 195 20
20. South Carolina 15-5 124 —
21. Texas Tech 13-5 113 22
22. Tulsa 17-5 106 23
23. Indiana 17-6 97 17
24. Tulane 16-5 84 —
25. Illinois 15-6 54 —
Steve Pundt / KANSAN
other teams receiving votes: Texas 51, Marquette 48, Iowa 47; Providence 34, New Orleans 33, Boston College 30, UCLA 29, Virginia 22, Pacific 18, Georgia 16, Northern Arizona 15, Illinois State 13, California 21, Princeton 9, Hawaii 7, College of Charleston 6, Mississippi 5, Oklahoma 5, Oregon 4, Southern California 2, West Virginia 2, Boston U 1, Eastern Michigan 1, Oral Roberts 1, South Alabama 1, Utah State 1.
Kansas' Jacque Vaughn and Missouri's Corey Tate fight for a loose ball. The Jayhawks and Tigers battled through two overtimes before Kansas lost its undefeated record and fell for the first time this season. The Jayhawks are 22-1 and 8-1 in the Big 12 Conference.
In heart-breaking fashion, Kansas falls to Missouri
By Bill Petulla
Kansan sportswriter
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Fifty minutes; 96 points; two overtimes; and an off-balance shot with 5 seconds remaining.
That's what it took for Missouri to beat Kansas at 96-44 last night in Hearnes Center.
Despite the loss, Kansas head coach Roy Williams said he was happy with the Jayhawks' efforts, but he had to tip his hat to Missouri
I was really Williams said. "They (Missouri) made bigger plays than we did down the stretch."
missouri "I was really proud of our team tonight,"
Following a scramble for the ball at the foul line of Missouri's basket, Tiger forward Corey Tate came up with the loose ball and shot an off-balance jumper to put the Tigers ahead of Kansas with five seconds remaining.
Kansas, however, had one chance remaining but forward Raef
LaFrentz's shot with one second left fell short.
Williams said LaFrentz's shot was Kansas' first option.
LaFrentz was dominant in the first overtime, scoring 12 points. Missouri was equally up to the task, making 12 of 12 free throws.
Vaughn missed a desperation 16-foot jump
shot with 1.5 seconds remaining to end the first overtate at 86-86.
LaFrentz said the loss was inevitable, but the Jahayhaws may gain something from it.
"We were trying to get middle penetration and they pushed us to the side," he said. "And when we got the ball in the middle, Raef was the only one there."
"a loss had to happen sometime," LaFrentz said. "We'll learn from it."
It was Kansas though, who produced the first heroics of the game. Down by three points with 9 seconds remaining, Kansas point guard Jacque Vaughn had two throw chances. He made the first, but the second rimmed out. LaFrentz grabbed the rebound and tied the game at 71-71 forcing the first overtime.
From start to finish, the game was a dog-fight as it was billed. Missouri jumped out to a 10-4 advantage, but Kansas countered and was able to catch the Tigers. They led 21-20 at the 20:27 arc. From that point on, neither team held a five-point advantage for the remainder of the game.
"A loss had to happen sometime. We'll learn from it."
Just like a heavy-weight boxing bout, neither Missouri nor Kansas would go down.
The Jayhawks were hindered by forward Paul Pierce's foul trouble. Pierce, who averaged 15.2 points per game, only logged 17 minutes and scored 4 points. He picked up his fourth foul only 24 seconds into the second half.
Williams said the loss of Pierce altered the Javahwks' game plan.
Raef LaFrentz Kansas forward
"We needed him to win, and he wasn't in there." Williams said.
rierce eventually fouled out of the game with 54 seconds remaining in regulation play. Also fouling out for Kansas was forward T.J. Pugh and forward/center B.J. Williams.
With a majority of Kansas' size disqualified from the contest, the responsibility of the inside fell on LaFrentz's
Guard Jerdor Haase and Vaughn finished with 20 and 19 points respectively. The Tigers were paced by Kelly Thames' 24 points.
shoulders. After only netting two in the first half, he scored 24 points in the second frame and the two overtimes.
Missouri center Derek Grimm had 20 points. Guard Jason Sutherland scored 18 points, including a desperation 3-pointer with 2 seconds remaining on the shot clock in the second overtime to tie the score.
Pierce said the loss, which was Kansas' first since March 24, 1996, to Syracuse, would hurt, but one game does not make a season.
"We didn't want to lose any games if it's by 2 or it's by 20."
Pierce said. "But we still have 7 regular-season games left."
Kansas will play Iowa State at 2:05 p.m.
Geoff Krieger / KANSAN
Jennifer Trapp, senior forward, drives the lane against Texas Tech. Kansas takes its game on the road against Missouri tonight at 7pm.
Women will face Missouri with hopes of securing win
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By Tommy Gallagher Kansan sportswriter
But this time, it will be the No. 12 Kansas women's basketball team that will take center stage at 7 p.m.
For the second consecutive night, Kansas will be a heavy favorite when it plays Missouri in a basketball game at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo.
Kansas and Missouri split the season series last year. Kansas defeated the Tigers 66-64 at Allen Field House but lost to Missouri 86-66 at the Hearnes Center one month later.
"Wow! I must have forgotten about that game," Kansas forward Jennifer Trapp said. "Going to Missouri, it's a real tough place to play. They usually play pretty well against us. They're going to try to knock us off, so we'll see what happens."
The Jayhawks have won four consecutive games and are tied for the Big 12 Conference lead with No. 8 Texas. For Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington, Missouri has quality players and, on any given night, could pull off a major upset.
("Missouri" has beefed-up its returnees with strong junior college players this year," Washington said. "The potential for an upset is still there, so we have to be careful. We won't be underestimating them."
The Tigers have struggled all season long, particularly in conference play. They have only one conference win, which came at the Hearnes
Center.
Missouri has two players who average double figures in scoring with point guard Julie Helm and center Kesha Bonds.
Helm averages a team-best 16.4 points and adds 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. Bonds averages a double-double for the season with 11.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.
The rest of the Missouri starters -- forwards Amy Monsee and Ekpedeme Akpaffiong and guard Stephanie White - average 12.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
Helm, Monsees and Akpaffiong are all freshmen.
Kansas center Nakia Sanford had nine points and 10 rebounds in each of the past two games. Trapp had four points and seven rebounds against Nebraska, while center Patience Grayer had six points, two rebounds and two steals coming off the bench.
"We're trying to work on our inside game this year, which is a lot better." Trapp said. "We're a lot stronger, so people just can't guard one player. They have to guard everybody on the court, and that's something that every great team has."
Grayer said the Jayhawks' bench depth has been critical to winning this season.
"We still have things that we need to work on, but we're still playing extremely well," Grayer said. "Sometimes we have our bad games, but we know we have individuals on our team that can score at anytime.
Tonight's game
So if one person is having a bad game, we have a good supporting cast so that we can help out each other."