University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 13, 1989
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KU women lose 71-74 against Tigers
Rebounding plagues 'Hawks; Team plays tough against MU
by Molly Reid Special to the Kansan
Making some quick moves, Kansas guard Geri Hart tries to dribble around Missouri's Sandie Prophete during the first half of Saturday's game.
Lack of rebounding killed the Kansas women's basketball team Saturday.
The Jayhawks found out what it was like to lose on the boards when Missouri out-rebounded the Jayhawks 47-30, beating Kansas 74-71 in House. Missouri had held a 21-10 offensive rebound advantage.
"We wanted to be aggressive, and we did just that," Coach Marian Washington said. "Our rebounding hurt us. We cannot allow them to dominate the boards."
McCloud didn't know if the statistics were inaccurate, but she said that Kansas' poor rebounding was a key factor in the game.
"I think the stats were wrong." Washington said. "I'm sure she had some rebounds the first half. I think the first half stats were also missing some of Lisa's (Braddy) blocks."
“Our rebounding” was a problem, “McCloud said. “We just weren’t getting position and going after the ball. Some of our offenses keep us away from the basket, but should still be able to block out.”
Kansas' leading rebounder was freshman Danielle Shareef, who pulled down seven rebounds, all in the first half.
Foul trouble also plagued the Jayhawks. With two minutes left in the game, four Jayhawks had
four fouls each - Michelle Arnold,
Lynn Page, McCloud and Shareef.
McCloud fouled out with 37 seconds left.
After having made only three trips to the free-throw line last week, Washington said she had a better outlook for this game.
Kansas made 21 trips to the free-throw line but only connected on 11 of 21.
"We have had foul trouble all year," she said. "We needed them badly. We've improved, but we didn't even use them down. It's a matter of time."
Despite the recent troubles of the Jayhawks, 11-11 overall and 3-7 in the Big Eight Conference, they have lost their lead to the Bengals, 14-9 and 5-5 in the conference.
The Jayhawks led by as many as six points early in the first half. Although they did not lead again until a minute into the second half, 33-30, they never trailed by more than eight points.
With 15,44 left in the game and the score tied at 38, the Tigers went on an 8-0 run, led by senior Sandie Propeh, who scored six of the eight points. Missouri never lost the lead after that.
Sophomore Lisa Sandbotthe had a game-high 19 points for Missouri, and Prophete scored 16 points and seven rebounds.
Kansas stayed close, pulling within two points four different times before cutting the lead to one on a three-pointer by Arnold with 3:59 left. Arnold scored 13 points for the afternoon. Four other Jays in double figures, led by freshman Bloem Blown with 14 points.
"Defensively we weren't as effective against her." Washington said of Prophete. "She got in the lane and drew fours. She had
six points from the free-throw line."
Kansas came out tough in the first half with the lead flip-flipping throughout, but Missouri led by one at halftime. 30-29.
"We came out tough, even off the bench," Arnold said. "Coach tries to keep fresh people in."
Missouri 74, Kansas 71
Bax 3.0 x 5.0² Prophes 12-6-16 6,1 Landis Samba 7.1-5-14 9, Jorgensen 3-6-0.6, Brose 4-11-2.40
Ya.0 1.02, Fields 0.3-1.35 4,8impron 4-1.4 8,9 Impron 1-4.3-4.5, Totals 29.5 mg/L 874-736
Bax 3.0 x 5.0² Prophes 12-6-16 6,1 Landis Samba 7.1-5-14 9, Jorgensen 3-6-0.6, Brose 4-11-2.40
Ya.0 1.02, Fields 0.3-1.35 4,8impron 4-1.4 8,9 Impron 1-4.3-4.5, Totals 29.5 mg/L 874-736
2.54| 2.01| 4. McCloud 4.72| 7. 10| Brady 4.10| 3. 14| Hart 6. 88| 6. 12| 11. 4-1. 5| Morgan 4.00| 0.00| Bannon 0.01| Bloom 5. 10| Page 3. 5-0. 6| Manion 18. 5-11| 21|
Hattim: Masloum 30-29 total Fours Masloun 21| Kansas 22 Fouled out McLoud Masloun 47|
Hattim: Masloum 30| States 7| Masloun 10| (Ponthe) Prima 3| Kansas 15| Bradda 8| Technique: Proglisa
Jayhawks take part in tourney Tennis teams see action
by Laurie Whitten Kansan sportswriter
Before he left for the ROlex National Indoor Intercollegiate Tennis Championships in Minneapolis, Kan., tennis player John Falbo said he had as much chance of winning the tournament as his competitors.
“It’s exactly like basketball,” Falbo, Charleston, W. Va., sophomore, said of the tournament, which featured the country's top 32 college players. “When you get to this level, anything goes.”
Falbo made it as far as the quarter-inals Friday night before he was beafed.
Both Falbo and Eveline Hammers, the No. 1 players for the men's and women's teams, won their opening matches in the tournament Thursday.
Hamers, ranked No. 1 in the Big Eight Conference and 20 nationally in singles, defeated Trisha Laux of the University of Southern California, the tournament's fifth seed, 6-4, 6-4.
On Friday, however, Hamers lost to Mary Beryth Young of Brigham Young 6-4, 6-2. She had been defeated by Young and Hammer. Young Quadrangular Jan. 26-28.
"She was not playing well, but I was playing worse," said Hammers, a freshman from the Netherlands. "I think she was recovering from the flu or something. It was a bad match for both of us.
"I played much better my first match. She (Laux) was really solid from the baseline, but I beat her by making her run around the court."
NCAA record eludes pole vaulter
See FALBO. p. 14, col. 3
Falbo, also ranked No.1 in the Big
Kansas wins three events in Nebraska
Kansan sportswriter
by Cynthia L. Smith
the best NCAA vault this season.
Kansas vaulter Pat Manson held the NCAA and Kansas records for about one second Saturday. Then the bar fell.
After his second attempt at 18.8,
Manson fell into the pit and watched
the bar bounce for a second before it
fell at the Daily Oklahoma 1989
Track Classic in Oklahoma City,
Okla.
The Jayhawk indoor pole vault record of 18.74 was set by Jeff Buckingham in 1983. The NCAA indoor record is 18.74.
Manson's vault of $ 18-4^{1}_{2} $ still was
Manson said the competition was more intense than it had been at many previous meets because the team was open to non-collegate vaulters.
"I am very excited about jumping 18-45," but I think I can jump higher. Manson said, "My 18-8 weight is so good that the future looks bright."
"I really felt like Pat was ready to jump in the mid-to-high 18s at this point in the season," said Rick Attig, assistant track coach and 1986 U.S. national team member. "I hasn't had enough jumps at it if a point in the competition to do well."
raska.
While Kansas vaulters Manson, seniors Cedric Fullard and Sam Allred and freshman Matt Bear jumped at Oklahoma, the team skipped during the weekend at the 1989 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas won three events at Neb.
The men's 320-meter relay team won in 7 minutes, 34.60 seconds. The relay team consisted of junior Steve Hefferman, freshman Jase Teal and sophomores Ty Thiel and Stacey S灵敏d.
Teammates Craig Watcke and Janice Turner ran personal bests to finish in first place in their respective events. Watkeen won the men's 5,000 at 14:06,83, and Turner won the women's 600 in 1:33.90.
"I'm really excited about the meet," Turner said. "It was the first big race that I had ever run and won."
The only other Jayhawk to break into the top three was senior David Bond, who finished second in the triple jump with a lead of 51-4. $^{2}$ Ohio State's Joe Greene won with a jump of 53-5. $^{2}$
Smiedala finished fifth in the 800 with a personal best of 1:51.40.
Other Kansas athletes with personal bests included sophomore Sherlanda Brooks and freshman Bruce Jackman.
said Smiedala had bounced back after a hip injury last fall.
Head track coach Gary Schwartz
Brooks finished third with 56.41 during the seventh heat of the women's 400, but she did not qualify for the finals.
"She'd been stuck in the 57s, so that was a nice breakthrough for her," Schwartz said.
Jackman finished eighth with a jump of 23-6 in the men's long jump.
"He'd been struggling up to this point, so it was really good to see him put it together," Schwartz said.
Schwartz said he was impressed by the positive comments of other coaches about both the men's and women's teams.
"Even though we had so few women up there, the ones we had impressed people," Schwartz said.
Championship skiing loses two big winners
VAIL. Colo. — Ingemar Stenmark and Paul Fromm meltade a bittersweet gooddyte to championship ski racing yesterday in the final event of the World Alpine Ski Championships.
The Associated Press
Stemmark was 12th after the first run, 2.48 seconds behind the leader, Armin Bittner of West Germany,
Stenmark and Frommelt became friends during the years, racing against each other every winter, and, after that, they played before yesterday's men's slalom.
Stenmark, the incomparable Swede whose 85 victories are the most by a racer, is retiring at age 32 after 16 seasons on the World Cup tour. Frommelt, 31, of Liechtenstein, is leaving the tour after 14 seasons.
"I felt nervous, but I wasn't nervous because it was my last World Championship race," said Stenmark, slalom gold medalist in the 1978 World Championships and the 1980 Olympics. "It was just the nerves
then skied off the course in the second run. Frommelt finished two runs in sevent place, 2.49 seconds and medalist Rudolf Nierlich of Abschluss.
Frommelt also admitted to nerves before the start, but unlike Stenmark, he felt this was more than any ordinary race.
"In the first run, I skied well at the top. I made a mistake at the third gate and from then on I skied well. When I got to the steep (near the end), I was a little scared of going out and so maybe I was a little slow.
you get before a big race.
"in the second run, I knew I had a good start position (fourth) and so I gave everything. I gave as straight inoid. In the end, I skied too straight."
"Oh, no. I didn't look at it as if another big race. I knew this was a very special race for me and I wanted to be good," said Frommer. The bronze medal in 1978 and another bronze in the Calgary Olympics last winter.
"I spoke to Ingemar in the finish area and he said he had trouble relaxing too."
Frommelt at least had the opportunity to finish the race, although he would have preferred a better result.
Asked how he felt about his impending retirement, Stenmark said. "Rehelled."
Kansas swimming, diving teams make splash in Nebraska
The Kansas Jayhawks swimming and diving teams had another impressive weekend as the women defeated Nebraska while the men lost to the sixth-ranked Cornhuskers in Lincoln.
"I'm not disappointed," Kansas coach Gary Kempt said. "We did some real good things, things we needed to do. There were some swimmers that I hoped wouldn't continue to slump.
Kansan sportswriter
by Brett Brenner
"We're a little better team than we showed this weekend. The dual meet bides the depth of the squad."
The women showed some of their depth, winning only six of the 13 events, yet winning the meet 63-50.
in the 400-yard freestyle, Jayhawks Barbara Ann Smith, Jennifer Caran, Kelly Seau Seau, four top four spots, helping the Jayhawks to a 30-13 lead.
The women also swept the top three places in the 500-yard freestyle.
The Jayhawks placed first and second in three other events — the 1,000 freestyle, the 100 freestyle and the 200 breast stroke.
Smith was the only Jayhawk to win two individual events, the 1,000 and 400 freestyle. She added a second place in the Erin Easton in the 400 breast stroke.
Kempf said he especially was pleased with the performances of Smith, Easton and Barb Pranger, who helped the 200 medley relay to a
victory and also placed second in the 100 freestyle.
The men narrowly missed beating the Cornhuskers, who have won the last nine Big Eight Conference championships. Kansas won five of the 13 events to way a 63-50 defeat. If the Jayhawks win the last event, the 40 freestyle relay they would have won the meet 57-56.
"We had a chance to win the men's meet," Kempf said. "We just couldn't get over the hump."
The winners for the Jayhawks were Scott Berry in the 1,000 freestyle, defeating the defending Big Eight champion Jaco Kruger; Andrew Billings in the 200 freestyle, defeating the defending Big Eight champion Dan Novinski; Robert Sturman in the 200 butterfly, defeating the defending Big Eight champion Tom Stus; Glenn Trammel in the 200 backstroke; and Bobby Kelley in the 200 freestyle.
Kempf said he was pleased with the performances of Berry, Sturman, Jeff Stout, who placed second in the 200-40 individual stroke, and Mike Guthrie, who placed second in the 200 breast-stroke.
This was the last dual meet of the season for the Jayhawks. They will compete next at the Big Eight Championships, March 14, in Lansing.
"We're right where we need to be for the Big Eights," Kempf said.
Utah's Malone, Stockton jazz up All-Star game
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Magic made it into the NBA All-Star game after all.
"A lot of people wonder where Utah is." Malone said after winning Most valuable team in college victory over the Earl yesterday. "It's in Salt Lake City."
Not Magic Johnson, mind you, but the magic created by Utah teammates Karl Malone's scoring and John Stockton's passing.
Malone scored 18 of his 28 points in the first half and was eight for nine from the field in the first two periods, most coming on dunks or feathery
a) "This is really emotional for me." Malone said of winning MVP honors. "I can't believe I'm standing here. John Stockton deserves half of this award."
"As soon as I found out Earvin (Johnson) wouldn't be here, I put in some plays from the Utah offense for Stockton and Malone," said Pat Riley, who coached the West for the seventh time in eight years. "Stockton had to play a lot of minutes, but he's a great player."
Stockton, the only point guard on the West team after Johnson, the scheduled starter, was injured during a second-breakout attack in the first half.
Record crowd at Astrodome sees NBA West defeat East
Stockton wowed a record All-Star crowd at the Astrodome with a record nine assists in the first quarter and finished with 17 to go with his
The West led by as many as 31 points on its way to an 87.59 halftime lead, breaking by one the All-Star record for points in a half set by the
West in 1962. The East got as close as seven in the fourth quarter before faltering.
Stockton's nine assists in the first quarter broke Johnson's 1984 mark of eight, although Stockton didn't play the last 3-18.
Dale Ellis, Saturday's three-point shooting contest winner, was 12 for 16 from the field, mostly from outside, and was able to beat Alex English added 15 to the West.
Michael Jordan scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and Isiah Thomas had 19 points and 14 assists
for the East, which still leads the All-Star series 25-14. The East had won seven of the previous nine games.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in his 20th and last season, appeared in his 18th All-Star Game, missing his first five scores and scoring four points, including the last basket of the game. He also all-but secured All-Star scored record last year.
The attendance of 44,735 broke the All-Star record of 43,146 at the Indianapolis Hosler Dome in 1885. It was the second game won by the Pontiac Silverdome, which has
The spurt started with a 13-2 run during which Malone scored six consecutive points and Ellis scored five.
the four largest ever.
Only the outside shooting of Ellis and English, who had 10 points in the first quarter, kept the game from closing. So the slam-dunk test for the West.
With Stockton out, the West offense hardly slowed down. Chris Mullin, a 6-foot 7 forward, took over at point guard 7 but got help bringing the ball upcourt from 6-10 Tom Chambers, who scored 12 points in 5:14, helping the West balloon its margin to 57-33 with 8:44 left in the first half.
While the West was blowing by them, the East players couldn't get in
The West broke away from a 12-12 by outscoring the East 35-19 in the last 8:14 of the first period.
synch. Their most memorable play was an a botched alley-oop bounce pass by Thomas in the first quarter.
With the East missing to 10 of 14 free throws in the second period, the West expanded its lead to 76-45 before settling for a 28-point halftime halge.
The East rallied in the third period as Thomas directed the offense and scored eight points himself.
The West was the East narrow the margin to 109-96 late in the third period on a dunk by Moses Malone, finishing off an 11-0 run.
The West scored six consecutive points after that for a 115-9 advantage, but the East responded with a 20-8 run; their deficit only 123-106.
Ellis then scored five points and Malone four in less than a minute to put the game out of reach.