KANSAS 21-0, 7-0 RANKED NO. 1 8 6 TEXAS TECH 13-5, 5-3 RANKED NO. 22 U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N JAYHAWK BASKETBALL PAGE 10 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1997 No.1 Kansas 86, No.22 Texas Tech 77 KANSAZ (21-0) Williams FG 2-2 FT TP 2-6 2-6 1-2 6 4-13 1-15 0-1 8 LaFrenzt 8-11 4-7 21 Vaughn 3-8 5-8 13 Masei 1-9 5-8 14 Robertson 1-3 0-0 2 Thomas 5-10 0-0 14 Bradford 1-2 0-0 2 McGraw 1-1 0-0 2 Pugh 1-3 0-0 2 Tugger 28-6 22-29 86 | eXASB TECH (13-5) | FG | FT | TP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 2-7 | 1-7 | 4 | | Cooper | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | | Battie | 13-16 | 0-0 | 29 | | Bonewitz | 4-9 | 0-0 | 10 | | Carr | 6-21 | 1-2 | 16 | | Young | 3-7 | 4-5 | 12 | | Jones | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | | Owens | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | | Total | 31-68 | 7-12 | 77 | Halttime: Tech 47, Kansas 33. 3-point goals: Tech 8-15 (Michaels, Vaughn 9, Jenkins 8) Tech 8-15 (Vaughn, Jenkins 8), Carr 31-1; Bonevitz 2-6, Young 2-8, Battie 1-1). Fouled out: Rebounds, Rebounds. Tech 8-44 (Kansas 33, Kansas 34) (Avenir, Bonnevitz 5). Total fouls: Kansas 19. Tech 19, Technique Texas tech Duckley. Ai- n Men's game notes Kansas tied a school record for most consecutive wins with its victory against Texas Tech. The Jayhawks are 21-0 for the second time in team history. The 21-0 start ties the record set during the 1935-36 season under then coach F.C. "Phog" Allen. Kansas is 7-0 in the Big 12 Conference. They are the only team undefeated in the conference and the only unbeaten team in Division I basketball. The Jayhawks have won 25 consecutive January games dating back to 1995. Kansas has won 12 of its last 13 conference games dating back to 1995. The team has won six of its last seven conference road games, including all four road games this season. ■ Kansas is 10-0 at home and 11-0 on the road. The Jayhawks are 5-0 at neutral sites and 6-0 on opponents' courts. Texas Tech is 0-8 against Kansas all-time. Kansas is 6-0 against ranked teams this season. The Jayhawks have now defeated all four of the Texas schools that joined the Big 12. Kansas coach Roy Williams is 2-0 last against Texas Tech. Men's Big 12 Conference basketball standings Standings as of yesterday
ConferenceAll Games
W-LPct.W-LPct.
Kansas7-01.00021-01.000
Colorado7-187516-4800
Texas6-185712-5706
Iowa St.5-271415-3824
Texas Tech5-362513-5722
Nebraska3-442911-8579
Oklahoma3-442911-6647
Oklahoma St.3-442911-8579
Missouri2-625010-10500
Baylor2-625010-10500
Texas A&M2-52868-9471
Kansas St.0-70.007-10412
Duke beats Tar Heels in back-and-forth game DURHAM, N.C. — Trajan Langdon scored a career-high 28 points, and his seventh 3-pointer with 41 seconds left last night sealed No. 12 Duke's 80-73 victory vs. No. 19 North Carolina. The game ended Duke's seven-game skid against its arch rival. The Blue Devils beat the Tar Heels for the first time since 1993 in a game that featured 17 lead changes and seven ties. and seven team led by more than seven points in the 197th meeting of the storied rivalry. Landon's previous high was 25 points this season against Clemson. Jeff Capel was also big down the stretch for Duke, scoring 19 points and making several big defensive plays. Serge Zwikker led the Tar Heels with 14 points, while ACC scoring leader Antawn Jamison was held to a season-low 10 points. —The Associated Press Duke fell behind 54-48 with 12:19 left, but the Blue Devils rallied to regain the lead at 56-54. Second-half defense,run erase deficit By Bill Petulla Kansan sportswriter LUBBOCK, Texas - Who says, "Don't mess with Texas?" — Texas Tech, that is. the kansas men's basketball team overcame a 14-point half-time deficit to defeat Texas Tech last night at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. The comeback marks the third time this season that the Jayhawks have erased a large, first-half margin and gone on to win. The games vs. Cincinnati and Connecticut were the others. Texas Tech men's basketball coach James Dickey said the difference was that Kansas played solid basketball from start to finish. "The reason we lost this ball game is we emphasized this had to be a 40-minute game," Dickey said. "We didn't make it a 40-minute ballgame, and Kansas did." Despite sitting on the bench for 12 minutes in the first half because of foul trouble, forward Paul Pierce played a major factor in the Jayhawk's second-half comeback. He exploded for 16 points in the second frame. Pierce said Kansas got back into the game with defense. "In the first half we didn't play the type of defense we were used to," Pierce said. "In the second half we came out more aggressive, we were blocking the passing lanes and getting the loose balls." After a see-saw battle for 10 minutes in the first half, the Raiders started to take control of the game. Texas Tech center Tony Battie broke a 21-21 tie and triggered a 6-0 run for Tech. The Raiders built on that lead behind the perimeter shooting of guards Rayford Young and Cory Carr. Meanwhile, the Jayhawks were plagued by poor shooting and foul trouble. Kansas shot a dismal 39 percent in the first half. Guard Ryan Robertson picked up back-to-back fouls at the 11:39 mark and Pierce was tagged with his third foul with 8:10 remaining in the half. "I know we played bad," Pierce said. "But I don't think any of us got our heads down, and none of us lost our confidence." The Raiders continued their assault on the nets, shooting 54 percent to take a 47-33 lead into the locker room. The second half took a different twist for Texas Tech as Kansas jumped out and cut the lead to nine. The Raiders, paced by the powerful inside play of Battie, were unwilling to relinquish the nine-point advantage. Battie finished the game with 29 points and 10 rebounds. "He's talented, he's long," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "He's built a lot like Raef, but he's a lot more mobile and he's quick." Midway through the second half, Tech fell victim to Kansas' aggressive half-court trapping defense. The Raiders committed 10 second-half turnovers. Dickey said his squad showed signs of fatigue in the second half. Raef LaFrentz, who led the Jayhawks with 21 points, was crucial down the stretch. LaFrentz gave the Jayhawks their go-ahead basket at the 8:30 mark, and consistent free-throw shooting by guard Jacue Vaughn (5 of 6) lifted Kansas to its 21st win of the season. "I thought they wore us down," Dickey said. "In one stretch they had five turnovers, and they just kent picking away." Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams said he was so displeased with the play of the Jayhawks in the first half that he instructed his assistant coaches to speak to the squad in the huddle. Williams could not speak to them. He also said that there was room for improvement. "We've got to go back and do some things over again," Williams said. "Today I was as mad as I've ever been." Guard Billy Thomas, who had 11 points, provided a glimmer of life during Kansas' stagnant first-half offensive effort. He hit three three-pointers. "We weren't executing as well as we wanted to." Thomas said. "But I never felt that the game got out of hand." Thomas said that even when Tech's lead reached 18 points, Kansas was still confident. Forward, Raef LaFrentz, dunks over ,Texas Tech forward, Gionet Cooper. LaFrentz led Kansas in scoring with 21 points. Jennifer Trapp, senior forward, goes up for a lay-up in last Saturday's win against Colorado. KU plays Texas Tech at 7pm tonight in the Allen Field House. Geoff Krieger / KANSAN Women to battle rival Red Raiders By Tommy Gallagher Kansan sportswriter Big 12 Conference title contenders will battle for rank when No. 12 Kansas plays No. 11 Texas Tech at Allen Field House tonight. kansas forward Lynn Pride, Arlington, Texas, said she couldn't wait to play against the Red Raiders, who had tried to recruit her before she signed with Kansas. have go Pride played AAU basketball during high school with three Texas Tech players - forwards Rene Hanebutt and Jennifer Cockerell and guard Julie Lake. "I have a lot of friends in Texas, so I'm looking forward to the game," Pride said. "It will be like old times playing against each other. I want to look at the game as just another game, so we just have go out and beat them." Lake and Hanebutt are starters for the Red Raiders. Lake has averaged 8.4 points per game, while Hanebutt has averaged 15.5 points per game, which is second-best on the team. second. Forward Alicia Thompson, a candidate for Big 12 Player of the Year, leads Texas Tech in scoring. Thompson has a team-best 9.9 rebounds per game and a conference-best 21.7 points per game. Kansas' own Big 12 Player of the Year candidate, guard Tamecka Dixon, said Kansas couldn't allow Thompson to have open shots. "We cannot let Thompson have good shots because it opens up the rest of their offense," Dixon said. Dixon and Thompson have similar statistics for the season so far. Both players have averaged more than 21 points and five rebounds per game. Dixon has averaged 3.9 assists and 2.4 steals per game, and Thompson has averaged 1.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Both players were voted to the all-Big 12 first team in the preseason voting, with Dixon receiving pre-season player-of-the-year honors. Regardless of preseason and possible postseason honors, tonight's game is an important one for conference standings and national rankings for both teams. Kansas and Texas Tech would like to keep pace with Texas and Nebraska in the Big 12 standings. With a victory tonight, the Jayhawks would remain tied for the conference lead with the Longhorns, 6-1. Longhorns, 0-1. The Jayhawks are 0-3 against ranked opponents this season, although this will be the first time they have played a ranked opponent on their home court. Texas Tech is 0-2 against ranked opponents this season. The implications of this game, both within the conference and national rankings, cannot be underestimated, said Kansas forward Shelly Canada. "This game is extremely important to us because it's a home game and because they're ranked above us," she said. "They've got a great outside game. They can all shoot three-pointers, so we cannot allow them to have a lot of open looks. It is going to be important for us to control the tempo, control the boards and play our game." Tonight's game ( ( C