University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 20, 1989
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Jayhawks beat K-State 58-57 in final second
Steve Traynor/KANSAN
Freshman's play is key to comeback
Kansas forward Marthee McCloud receives medical attention after injuring her right knee in the Kansas-Kansas State game.
by Molly Reid Special to the Kansan
With just 2 seconds left in the game, junior Lynn Page followed a Danielle Shareef shot with a layin, giving the Kansas women's basketball team a 36-57 victory over Kansas State on Saturday in Manhat
The Jayhawks, 12-12 in the season and 4-8 in the Big Eight conference, trailed by as many as 12 in the second half but made a comeback on the hot shooting of freshman guard Geri Hart.
Kansas 58, Kansas State 57
Hart, who went 8 of 11 from the field, sink a three-pointer with 5:14 remaining to bring the Jayhawks over. He also played a career and game-high 19 points.
"Geri Hart is one of our freshmen that has had a lot of opportunity to play this year." Coach Marian Washington said. "Tonight, she put the ball up for us and scored when we needed it."
The Jayhawks trailed by seven, 56-49, with 2:46 left after a 6:1 WideKat run, but a three-pointer by junior Michelle Arnold with just under a minute remaining closed the gap to one. 57-56.
Page's winning shot was the last of three attempts taken by Kansas in the closing seconds. Page followed a missed jump by junior Lisa Braddy with eight seconds left, and another by Shareef.
"If we can get some consistency from Lynn, down the road we'll be tough on a lot of people," Washington said. Page and freshman Martha McCloud each pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.
"The first time out, I don't think our freshmen understand our rivalry with Kansas State." Washington said. "This time it was obvious that they did. These freshmen now know conference is all about at this point.
Washington said she thought the young team had what it took to compete in the conference.
"Our greatest weakness, aside from injuries, is our lack of experience. That's the same thing Kansas State went through last year."
rine Jayhawks' injury list increased by one Saturday when Marthea McCloud injured her right
Kansas State (57) ... Bannon 4-6-12 M. Miller 4-9-08 Bannon 34-6-12 M. Zelmer 4-12 M. Hazm 41-14 2-9 F.00 0-0.00
Maryland (56) ... Bannon 4-7-04 Davidson 0-0.00 Belle 1-2-9 Total 24-15 2-9 F.00 0-0.00
Kanase (KB)
Sharafel * 5·0·2·4, McCloud * 1·3·0·2, Bradtley * 7·1·3·4·15, Han 8·1·1·2·3·19, Arnold 2·1·1·1·2, Morgan 0·0·0·
0. Bohann 2-0-2 4. Page 3-8-2 9. Total 20-58 B-18
Hattemans Kamea 3-2-2 32. Total 20-14 Kamea 19. Foulout matteo; Rebounds
Kamea 19. Foulout matteo; Rebounds
Bammer 5. Bammer M, Milder 3. Milder J, Kassam 3. Kassam
McCoud 9. McCoud B, Stradley A, Hart S, Shareh A, Amelot 2. team I, Akasie K, State 10
(Amelot 4. Dier 3. Milmer 3. Milmer J, Killer 2. team I), Kassam 1. team I,
Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1. Team I), Brady 1.
knee with 8:40 left to play in the second half. Kansas trainer Brenda Sneed said McCloud might have torn her anterior cruciate ligament. If the ligament was torn, McCloud would be out for the season. Sneed said.
Martin Sandifer and LaTanya Nelson on the Jayhawks injured list. Sandifer and Nelson will not return this season.
Braddy scored 15 points, bringing her closer to becoming only the second Jayhawk to score 1000 point
For the season, show me McCloud joins Shannon Bloxom
Kansas center Lynn Page and forward Danielle Shareef try to contain Kansas State's Arneetric Cobb during the second half of the Jayhawks' 58-57 victory over the Wildcats. The Jayhawks defeated the Wildcats Saturday night in Manhattan.
Missouri defeats Nebraska 79-63
The Associated Press
A ANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri sat down scoreer leading Bryan Ivryn and his 20 points a game, so freshman Anthony Peeler started instead and
Irvin sat on the bench for being late to practice. Peeler played 39 minutes and matched his career scoring high, leading the third-ranked Tigers past Nebraska 79-63 yesterday in a Big Eight Conference game.
"Anthony Peeler is such a great player," said acting Miami coach Rich Daly, whose record now stands at 2.2. He'll come in and help the defense in a great athlete. He's got great foot movement. He's got great hands."
Daly has temporarily taken over coaching duties at Missouri from Norm Stewart, who had cancer surgery last week.
In conference games Saturday, No 1 Oklahoma stopped Colorado 106-88, and Iowa State State defeated Oklahoma State 90-81.
Kansas State played at Wichita State in a non-conference game last night.
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Irvin was kept out of the Nebraska game for being 40 minutes late to practice Friday.
"he didn't let me know he had a classroom activity." Dialed. "I said he had practice set at 12, and he didn't get there until 12:40. I had the gym from 12 until 3, and all he had to do was call."
was calm.
"He knows my number. You can't let the troops start wandering around."
Peeler led Missouri to its 15th straight victory at Hearnes Center, 14 of which have come this year. The Tigers went to 22.5 overall and 8-2 in the Big Eight.
"We thought things were starting to slide right after (the) Las Vegas (game)," Daly said. "We've been trying to get them to play hard and
Nebraska shot just 26 percent in the first half and at one point trailed 21.5
play good defense
"I thought they worked hard out there today. They were blocking people out and keeping them off the board."
Missouri center Gary Leonard led all scorsers with 23 points, equaling his season high. Rich King had 62 and Kansas had 16 for Nebraska. 14-12 and 2-8
Stacy King started slowly for Oklahoma in Boulder, but it didn't seem to matter against the out-manned Buffalo.
"Oklahoma can explode on anybody," Colorado coach Tom Miller said. "Nobody can understand what it's like to stop Stacy King unless you play against him. He's so big, and he has a great touch. In my book they're the toughest team in the country."
King scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half, and Oklahoma went to 23-3 and 9-1.
Sooners coach Billy Tubbs said. "He got started late in the game."
Omana took a 24-8 lead with the help of Mookie Blaylock, who scored seven points in the early going.
"We had some problems inside early on, then Stacy took over."
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
College Basketball
(1) number of first place votes total points
1. Oklahoma 23-3 (8) 89
2. Arizona 20-3 (1) 81
3. Georgetown 20-3 70
4. Missouri 22-5 60
5. North Carolina 22-5 51
6. Syracuse 22-5 44
7. Indiana 21-5 35
8. Illinois 21-5 21
9. Duke 19-4 19
10. Louisville 18-5 16
The weekly top 10 poll is voted on by the sports staff of the University Daily Kansan.
Sports Briefs
KANSAS SOFTBALL RESULTS: The Kansas softball team lost six of eight games this weekend at the Arizona Softball Classic in Tucson, Ariz.
The Arizona tournament was the first tournament of the spring season. Kansas played six games Thursday through Saturday before being seeded for a single-elimination championship round Saturday night.
On Friday, Kansas lost to Utah 5-0 and Ne 'Mexico State 8-1. The Jayhawks defeated Bowling Green 12-0 and to Oregon 4-O Saturday.
The Jayhawks were defeated on Thursday by Long Beach State 3-0 and California-Berkley 6-0.
In the first round of single-elimination play, Kansas defeated Toledo 6-2. Tuesday morning, however, Kansas was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Oregon 9-4.
Oregon, the tournament's top seed, went on to win the tournament.
ROYALS SPRING TRAINING: Kansas City Royals pitchers and catchers went through their third three-hour workout yesterday, although temperatures had dropped several degrees.
A prison official told the St. Petersburg Times in a story published
This is the Royals second spring at the Boardwalk and Baseball complex. The team trained the first 19 years at Fort Myers, Fla.
Two Royals remain unsigned. They are starting third baseeman Kevin Seitzer and rookie pitcher Rick Luecken, who has reported to camp. Seitzer and the remainder of the team begin working out until Wednesday.
Temperature were in the 80s for the Royals first two practices but were in the 80s with a slight drizzle yesterday morning as the 29 players
"It feels more comfortable, this being our second year down here," Royals manager John Wathan said. "Last year we were a little unfamiliar where to go and where things were."
KIMBALL'S PRISON STAY: Former Olympic diver Bruce Kimball will go to a Daytona state prison to serve his 17-year sentence for killing two teenagers while driving drunk during summer, a state prison official said.
Kimball is at the state Reception and Medical Center in Lake Butler, one of two facilities where prisoners are sent to be classified. Tom Fortner, chief classification supervisor at the center, said Kimball would be taken to Daytona Beach within two weeks.
In January, Kimbail pleaded "no contest" to two counts of drunken driving manslaughter and three charges of assault in an accident with serious injuries.
yesterday that Kimball would be placed at the Tomoka Correctional Institution because "they had the bed space."
Fortner said Kimball was classified a "close custody" prisoner, meaning he would be under the strictest security at Tomoka.
"Close custody is for those with the greatest security risk," he said. "It's primarily based on their sentence and how long a sentence they got."
With early-release rules and time off for good behavior, Kimball could be out of prison in six years.
His sentence also included 15 years of probation and the permanent revocation of his driver's license.
The accident occurred Aug. 1. Kimball said in court that he was drunk when he sped down a dead end road in Brandon, Fla., and crashed into a group of teen-agers. Killed by police Bedehl, 19, and Kwame Gossick, 16.
Authorities said Kimbal's blood-alcohol level was 0.29, twice the level at which the state presumes a person is impaired.
**STEFFI GRAF WINS:** Steffi Graf of West Germany won the first 20 points, then capitalized on two late service breaks in the second set and captured the $200,000 Virginia Stuns. He then tied with Ola Zina Garcia yesterday.
Graf, the world's top-ranked player, won 25 of the 29 points in the first set. Garrison did not register a point until the sixth game of the match and could not muster a point if Graf's serve until the second set
In Graf's serve until he becomes
"I was surprised at that beginning." Graf said.
Garrison made a match of it in the second set, holding serve throughout the first eight games and getting a service break to pull into a 5-10.
Free agents' raises highest since 1985 Average salary for players will go up by about $50,000
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Double digit inflation of baseball salaries, renewed last fall by free agency's bull market, continued during arbitration, an Associated Press study showed.
As a result, the average salary will increase by about $50,000 a player this year, reaching about $485,000.
An examination of the 1988 and 1989 contracts of salary arbitration-eligible players showed a 61 percent salary increase, from an average of $368.443 to an average of $590.086. The 143 players who actually hired had a 70 percent salary increase, which is the largest jump since 1985, the winter before collision began, and it is five percent more than last year.
Using models based on previous years, that increase projects an overall salary increase of between 10 and 12 percent over last year's average, which was calculated by the owners ($A38.729 by the owners) and $A48.729 by the exact increase. The exact increase cannot be determined until opening day rosters are set in April.
Only 12 players actually had hear-ings, the fewest since 1984, when there were 10. Players won seven cases and owners five, the first winning year for the players since 1981. All three million-dollar players who took their cases to archeology won an auction in association of Glenn Davis, first baseman Glenn Davis of Houston and outfielder Joe Carter of Cleveland.
The contract information was obtained during the last three months from several player and management sources. For players agreeing to multi-year contracts, only the salary for the first year is paid; rated shares in bonus were issued. The survey encompassed 184 players who were eligible for arbitration at the time of the winter meetings in December.
The salary increase comes after a period of relative stability in baseball earnings, which have skyrocketed
since free agency began in 1976, when the average salary was $51,301. Eleven years of double-digit increases ended in 1987 when salaries decreased by less than 1 percent until the last, salaries increased by 6.4 percent.
In addition to the salary jump, the study showed a marked increase in the number of players who got multi-year contracts. Nine players who filed agreed two year contracts in agreement to contract's guarantee for three years.
Last year, there were 12 two-year deals, and only Willie McGee of the St. Louis Cardinals got a three-year deal. And there were only four multi-year deals
Why the increase? After watching wild bidding last fall for shortstop Scott Fletcher and pitchers Bruce Hurse and Nolan Ryan, clubs decided to sign their players who were a year or two away from free agency.
Orel Hershiser, who would have been eligible at the end of this season, got a record $7.9 million for three years from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dwight Gooden, who also would have been eligible in October, got $6.7 million for three years from the New York Mets. Roger Clemens got a three-year $7.5 million contract from the Boston Red Sox, even though he would not have become a free agent until after the 1990 season.
Barrya Ronea, executive director of the owner's Player Relations Committee, said that he was not pleased with this year's arbitration results
"It's clear from the preliminary evaluations that salary arbitration results are totally unpredictable," he said Friday. "In many cases, there no correlation between a player's salary and performance. In many instances, there is no correlation players with skills within players with skills within players of things we are going to have to evaluate and we are evaluating. There's no question we're going to have to take a look at a restructuring of compensation.