INSIDE SPORTS Dedicating the meet to senior swimmer Seth Dunscomb, who died Wednesday of an enlarged heart, the Kansas men's and women's swimming and diving teams beat Southern Illinois in the final home meet of the season. Page 3B KANSAS 20-0, 6-0 RANKED NO.1 COLORADO 15-4, 6-1 RANKED NO. 18 U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N JAYHAWK BASKETBALL 68 MONDAY. JANUARY 27, 1997 SECTION B Women's box score No.15 Kansas 61.Colorado 58 KANBAS (14-3) Pride FG FT TP NT Trapp 2-4 5-7 1-9 Sullivan 5-8 2-0 1-2 Hablitz 1-6 0-1 2 Dixon 1-6 0-2 1-2 Reed 10-22 5-8 2-6 Canada 0-0 0-0 0 Grayer 4-5 0-1 1 Totale 1-3 0-1 2 24-64 12-21 81 COLORADO (10-6) Scholz FG FT TP KB Scott 2-5 3-4 1-4 Westerns 6-12 1-3 13 Fells 6-12 1-3 13 Graham 3-10 2-3 10 Bradford 0-1 0-1 0 Tranny 1-1 2-2 2 Clark 0-3 0-0 0 Totals 19-54 14-20 5 Helfitzte: Colorado 33, Kansas 26.3 Point goals: Colorado 6-14 (Felts 2-4, Graham 2-5, Scholt z-1, Dixon 10-8, Hallebelle 0-3), Dillon 1-5, Hallebelle 0-3). Fouled: Sanford. Rebounds: Colorado 38 (Scott 9), Kansas 38 (Pride, Sambrok 6) Assists: Colorado 13 (Graham 16), Sambrok 6) Total: 10,100. Colorado 18, Kansas 16. A: 10. Men's box score No.1 Kansas 77, No.18 Colorado 68 KANSAS (20-0) FG FT TP Williams 4 9 12 Pineau 2-9 8-12 LaFrenzt 9-17 3-6 21 Vaughan 11-5 4-9 21 Huskers 3-5 4-8 Robertson 0-0 0-0 0 Thomas 0-0 0-0 0 Bradford 0-0 0-0 0 McGrath 0-0 0-0 0 Pugh 0-0 0-0 0 Totale 26-40 18-28 77 | COLORADO (16-4) | FG | FT | TP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Edmonds | 3-8 | 7-8 | 13 | | Jensen | 0-1 | 2-5 | 5 | | DeGray | 2-8 | 1-2 | 5 | | Blippus | 6-16 | 1-6 | 20 | | Smith | 4-8 | 3-3 | 11 | | Moore | 2-7 | 2-2 | 6 | | Frier | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | | Hughes | 0-4 | 3-3 | 3 | | Melvin | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2 | | Griffin | 1-5 | 3-4 | 5 | | Total | 19-44 | 16-24 | 68 | Haltime: Kansas 39, Colorado 23, Point- goal: Kansas 7-15 (Haas 4-5, Vaughn 1-1, 12, jensen 0-1, Frier 1-1, Hughes 0-1, More 0-3) Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Kansas 48 (LaFerrer 0, Colorado 0, Goss 0), Astra 12 (Pierce 12, Colorado 12, Goss 12) fouled out: Kansas 21, Colorado 21, A1,119 Men's game notes Kansas' victory moved them to 20-0, the second best start in the history of Kansas basketball. The record is 21-0, which was set in the 1935-36 season under Coach F.C. "Phog" Allen. The Jayhawks won their 23rd consecutive January game. ■ Kansas is the only undefeated Division I team in the country and the only Big 1.2 Conference team without a conference loss. Forward Raef LaFrentz scored in double figures for the 14th consecutive game. Raymant's suspension stands after failed appeal The Athletic Department's appeal to reduce Suzai Rayman's four-game suspension to two games was denied Friday by the NCAA Appeals Committee. Raymant, a sophomore forward on the women's basketball team, has already served three games of her suspension. Raymant was forced to miss games against Texas, Texas A&M and Colorado last week. She will serve the final game of her suspension Thursday when No. 15 Kansas plays host to No. 14 Texas Tech. Raymant will be eligible to play when the Jayhawks travel to Nebraska Feb. 2. Raymant played for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian Women's National Basketball League before attending Kansas. She was reimbursed for various travel expenses but did not earn a salary. However, she signed a contract with the league two years ago and was found in violation of NCAA amateur regulations. "Suzi Raymont is not guilty of anything," Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said. "She provided all the information that was asked of her when she got here. The ruling, however, is such that the NCAA has determined that the league is considered a professional league even though they identify themselves as amateurs." -Kansan staff report 'Hawks halt Buffs'stampede Steve Pudde / KANSAN Kansas guards Jacque Vaughn and Jerod Haase battle Colorado forward Martice Moore. Haase and Vaughn combined for 29 total points and Moore was held to just 6 points during the Jayhawks 77-68 victory last night. Kansas fights for comeback By Bill Petulla Kansan sportswriter BOULDER, Colo. — Adversity... what adversity? Playing against Colorado in a hostile sellout arena, without center Scot Pollard, No. 1 Kansas held off a fierce Colorado second-half comeback. The Jayhawks finished with a 77-68 victory against the No. 18 Buffaloes yesterday at Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo. Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams lauded the poised play of the Jayhawks, who overcame a late Colorado lead in the second half. "This is a veteran basketball team," Williams said. "I've always told to them they have got to play the other team, not the crowd." Kansas (20-0 overall, 6-0 in the Big 12 Conference) quieted the Colorado crowd of 11,198 with a 13-point run to begin the game. The Buffaloes (15-4 overall, 6-1 in the Big 12 ) were held scoreless for nearly four minutes. Colorado, however, did not roll over but played competitively with Kansas for the remainder of the first half. The Buffs trailed by just 12 at the intermission. Colorado men's basketball coach Ricardo Patton said that he wasn't surprised by the explosive Kansas start. "I expected KU to come out and play like the No. 1 team in the country, and they did." Patton said. Guard Jerod Hasep扣了Jayhawks in the first half, scoring 11 points and shooting two of three from the three-point line. After suffering a sub-par performance at Colorado last season and hitting only two of 10 from the floor, Haase said that he felt more confident in yesterday's game. "it's kind of the tale of two seasons," he said. "Last year I didn't play as well, and that was pretty consistent. And this year I've been able to play more consistent, especially on the offensive end." Starting in place of the injured Pollard, who is suffering from a stress fracture in his left foot, B.J. Williams scored six points, grabbed seven rebounds and had two blocked shots in the first half. B. J. Williams, who finished the game with eight points and 13 rebounds, said that starting had allowed him to get a better feel for the game. He added that being able to play from the start of the contest had let him play more aggressively. The second half began with Colorado cutting into the Jayhawks' lead with the sharp shooting of guard Chauncey Billups. Billups was held to two points in the first half behind a sluggish zero for five shooting from the floor. He finished the game with 23 points, including six three-point shots. Billups and the Colorado full-court trapping defense slashed the Jayhawks' lead, and with 7:56 remaining, Colorado took a 62-61 lead. Kansas, led by forward Raef LaFrenz's 10 points in the final nine minutes, held off the Buffaloa charge and eventually took command of the game in the waning moments. Roy Williams said that the Buffaloes' ability to stifle the Jayhawk offense was the reason for the tight second half. "Give credit to Colorado," Roy Williams said. "Their defense forced us outside." Despite the absence of Pollard, Kansas' second all-time leader in blocked shots, Roy Williams said that he wanted to push the ball underneath. "We wanted to go inside," Roy Williams said. "I didn't care if it was to Raef or who it was. Late in the first half, I thought we got too content to take jump shots." Looking to play three of the next four conference games away from Allen Field House, Kansas forward Paul Pierce said that the road ahead could only get tougher. Kansas' next game will be at 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday at Texas Tech. Women win with filled field house 'Hawks beat Buffaloes in front of huge crowd By Tommy Gallagher Kansan sportswriter After the No. 15 Kansas women's basketball team defeated Colorado Saturday, Kansas coach Marian Washington said that the noise generated by the near-record crowd helped the Jayhawks rally. "You talk about the sixth player, and we need a sixth player," Washington said. "We need a crowd. We need people that will help us when things are not going quite so easily. We really struggled in the first half, but that crowd really helped us out. It kept Marlan Washington us motivated, kept us believing " The Jayhawks downed Colorado 61-58 in its fourth annual Fill the Field House game. Washington said that the 10,100 people at the game created an atmosphere that she wanted her team to experience more often. It was the second-largest crowd ever in Kansas women's basketball history. "We just can't have one Fill the Field House," Washington said. "I think it's just an attitude where people are going to have to open up their minds and realize that it is fun to come see women's basketball. Texas Tech is next week, and I hope that we fill the field house next week." Putting on a spectacular show for the crowd was guard Tamecka Dixon, who had a game-high 26 points and added six assists, five rebounds and two steals. Dixon scored 20 of the Jayhawks' 35 second-half points and helped swing the game's momentum toward Kansas after a stale first half. "We just can't have one Fill the Field House.I think it's just an attitude where people are going to have to open up their minds and realize that it is fun to come see women's basketball." Tamecka Dixon, Linden, N.J. senior, plays pressure defense against Colorado in the Jayhawks' victory over the Buffalooes at Allen Field house Saturday afternoon. Chris Hamilton / KANSAN Marian Washington Kansas women's basketball coach "I think in the first half I was rushing my shots," Dixon said. "We were making one, maybe two, passes in our offense and then shooting. I think my shot not falling in the first half was a result of us not running our offense the way we should." Forward Shelly Canada provided a spark off the bench as she led Kansas (14-3 overall, 5-1 in the Big 12 Conference) in the first half with eight points. Canada, who averages 4.8 points per game, had been criticized by Washington during the week for not scoring enough points. "I think Coach is pretty happy that it's about time I finally got aggressive." Canada said. "She's been on me for quite a while, and I guess today it finally clicked in. I'm happy that my shot was finally falling, and it gave me a little more confidence." "We didn't expect Weathers to be so accurate," Washington said. "She just got on a roll and started feeling it. In the second half, we did a great job against her, but she was the one that really made a difference for them early." The Jayhawks shot 40 percent in the first half. Colorado did not shoot much better at 43 percent but had a 33-26 halftime lead The Buffalooes (10-6 overall, 5-2 in the Big 12) got off to a quick start behind the play of guard Lauri Weathers. She scored 13 points in the first half but failed to score another point in the game. In the second half, Dixon and the Jayhawks took control. Dixon scored 13 points in a six-minute stretch of the second half. In time, a 44-39 Colorado lead turned into a 54-49 Jayhawk advantage with less than five minutes left to play. Kansas forward Jennifer Trapp and guard/forward Lynn Pride each hit two free throws with less than three minutes left to play. Dixon then sealed the game with a jump shot and a free throw in the game's final 23 seconds. Our post players stepped up tremendously, Dixon said. "They really stepped up their game, as well as our bench. Everybody stepped up today, not just me."