] 1 ! 12 Monday, February 13, 1989 / University Daily Kansan Sports Scoreless run sends KU to another loss bv Mike Considine Kansan sportswriter In a close basketball game, every possession counts. game were close. Kansas, 16-8 overall and 3-6 in Big Eight, lost to Missouri 93-80. It was the Jawhays' fifth-straight loss. After that 3:26 stretch, the nationally-televised Big Eight Conference game wasn't close. Saturday at Columbia, Mo., seven Missouri mississippi late in the second half resulted in eight Tiger lions. A two-footer was scored without soreness in seven possessions. "Making our free throws and not making turnovers could have made a difference in this game," senior guard Scooter Barry said. "If you could change something with five minutes to go in the game, it might have changed the outcome because it might have changed their attitude. They might have felt a little pressure." The Tigers (21-4 and 7-1), ranked third by the Associated Press, went on a 21-8 run to take a 92-72 lead with 1:17提 "All year long, this team has been a spart team," said Missouri assistant coach Rich Daly, who was substituting for Coach Norm Stewart, hospitalized since Thursday with a bleeding ulcer. He also have those spots. I guess you're playing pretty good basketball." The Jayhawks' scoreless streak came after a three-point basket by junior Kevin Pitchett that cut Micku's lead to 7-14 with 6:39 remaining. The drought began when Pritchard and junior Freeman West missed outside shots. Turnovers and three missed tree throws also contributed. "We turned the ball over three times, and the other times we had great shots," Kansas coach Roy Williams said, "but you can't get them back. You just have to go out and play them." Barry said the team was trying to get back into the game too quickly. "I think Coach hit on it (after the game)," he said. "When we'd down around five minutes to go, everybody starts saying that we can't lose instead of trying to slowly get back and not hitting the panic button." Sophomore Mark Randall, the Jawahra's scoring leader with 18 points, said Kansas "21 turnovers were the game's decision factor. you can't come in and turn the ball over as often as we did, especially at their place." Randall said. "And our turnovers came at the time." wrong time. Kansas scored eight of the game's last nine points. A three-point goal by Missouri 93 Kansas 80 Kansas M MG F2 FT R A R F TP Newton 32 5-13 2-4 7 4 1 12 Maddux 27 6-9 0-0 5 5 3 12 Randall 29 8-4 0-0 5 3 4 12 Sanchez 24 7-6 0-1 7 3 3 12 Pritchard 39 5-15 3-4 2 6 2 16 Minor 39 5-15 3-4 2 6 2 16 West 12 2-5 3-3 2 2 1 3 West 12 2-5 3-3 2 2 1 3 Toura 20 31-67 14-22 3 18 3 70 Percentages: FG, 463; FT, 636. Three point goals: 4-16 (Prichard 3, West 1-2, Barry 0-1, Newton 0-4) Blocked Shots: 1 (Barry, Turnovers) 21 (Newton 19, Barry) 2 (Prichard 2, West 2) Shoots: 8 (Prichard 3, West 2, Barry, Minor, Randall Technical) West Missouri M | M | FG | 4-13 | FT | R | A | F | TP Smith | 28 | 4-13 | 4-4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 9 Bandhole | 29 | 3-6 | 8-9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 Leonard | 37 | 3-6 | 8-9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 Coward | 37 | 4-15 | 4-2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 Coward | 36 | 7-9 | 7-8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 Wawrzynik | 1 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 Horton | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Buntin | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Minute | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Coleman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Church | 27 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 Sutton | 27 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 Peele | 15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 Peele | 15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 Percentages: FG, 485, FT, 662. Three pointers: 4-12 (Downturn, 3-9, Infer, 2-4el, 0-1). Blocked Shots: 1 (Sandhoff, Turnover, 3-8), 2 (Krause, Turnover, 2-4el, 0-1). Leather shots: 2 (Leonhard, 2-Leonhard, 0-Meariczny, Wzarkwien) Steals: 11 (Leonhard, 2-Leonhard, 2-Peeler, 2-Church, Infin, Sandhoff, Smith). Technical: Halt: Missouri 41-35. Officials: Reynolds. Greene, Wulkow. A: 10-200 Greene, Wulkow. A: 13,706. west and a pair of steals by senior guard Lincoln Minor keyed the drive. Minor scored the last basket on a dunk with three seconds left. The dayhawks never trailed by less than four points in the second half. A pair of driving lay-ups by Barry and Milt Newton made the score 33-49 with 13:39 remaining in the half. On the next possession, an offensive foul by senior center Sean Alvarado prevented Kansas from getting closer. Kansas was more effective inside than it had been in its 91-66 loss to the Tigers' on Feb. 7. The Jayhawks won by 24 points their 80-69 shot within feet of the basket. "We need to get the ball inside and let the big guys handle it." Williams said. "When you're going through a tough shooting period, you need to shoot more lay-ups and get more free throws." For the 10th time in the last 11 games, Kansas' opponents shot more free throws than the Jayhawks. The Tigers had an 11 point advantage at the line, hitting 25 of 29 free throws (86.2 percent) while Kansas made 14 of 22 (63.6 percent). Rise and Fall of the Jayhawks Kansas struggled with its outside shooting, making just 10 of 38 shots (26.3 percent). The Jahayhs made four of 16 attempts from three-point range. team. We just have to get it back." "We were missing some open shots, but hopefully it'll get better." Newton said. "Because I remember when we were a pretty good shooting Dave Eames/KANSAN teeth. We saw them at halftime. The Tigers led 41:36 at halftime, Kansas outshot them 4 percent to 44 percent. Daly said Kansa's assortment of zone defenses surprised him. "When you have the talent and the quickness, the one thing you don't want to see is a team sitting in a zone. packing it in and cutting down the number of possessions;" Daly said. "We competed hard on the boards," Williams said. Pritchard the zones helped the Jayhawks' rebounding. Missouri barely out-rebounded Kansas 44-36 despite its size advantage. it was the first time Kansas had lost five straight games since the 1972-73 season. "We're playing against some pretty good teams right now." Newton said. "I think any time we play against a team like the Giants, we have to hope for a ledown, but they keep it together for pretty much the whole game." Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard goes for a blocked shot against Missouri's Lee Coward during Saturday's loss Andrew Morrison/KANSAN OU beats No.1 Arizona Tubbs could be in violation of new gag rule The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Top 20 may not be the only place this week where Billy Tubbs is No. 1. With victories over No. 3 Missouri and No. 1 Arizona, Tubbs and his fifth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners seem certain to make a quick return visit to the top of the poll. "Any time you need us for No. 1, we'll do it." Tubbs said yesterday after an $8.50 victory over Arizona. "Someone's to do it." But the Big Eight Conference also has a new rule that says when public ridicule is made of officials, someone's got to pay. During the game against Missouri on national television Thursday night, Tubbs told fans over the public address microphone to stop throwing objects on the floor "no matter how terrible the officiating is." If that's construed as public ridicule, then Tubbs will be the first coach to violate the Big Eight's new gag rule. And some time this week, Commissioner Carl James will come down with the proscribed punishment for violation No. 1, a public reprimand. A second violation is supposed to draw a one-game suspension. UNIVERSITY DAILY KJHX KANSAN FM-90.7 TOP TEN College Basketball () number of first place votes total 1. Oklahoma 21-3 (18) 190 2. Missouri 21-4 154 3. Arizona 18-3 154 4. Georgetown 18-3 126 5. Illinois 20-3 100 6. North Carolina 19-5 99 7. Louisville 17-5 69 8. Syracuse 21-4 53 9.leton Hall 20-4 37 10. Florida State 19-2 15 The weakest top 10 poll is voted on by the football staffs of the University. The weekly top 10 poll is voted on by the sports staffs of the University Daily Kansan and KJHK FM-90.7. If emotional tumult counted for points in the poll, however, the crisis-buffeted Missouri Tigers were tower over everybody. Ranked No. 3 on Monday, they had their first NCAA violation scandal erased on Tuesday, their No.1 assistant coach suspended on Wednesday and their head coach hospitalized on Thursday, a couple of hours before their biggest game of the year. Elsewhere around the Big Eight, things were relatively peaceful and calm. Kansas State pulled away at the end to beat Nebraska 80-66 Saturday, and Oklahoma State avenged an earlier loss by treating its home crowd to a 100-82 pounding of Colorado. 1400. Stacey King scored 24 points, and Oklahoma overcame a seven-point second-half deficit to beat Arizona, which became the third straight top-ranked team to lose in its first week following Oklahoma two weeks ago and Illinois last week. So are the Sooners the best? So are the books. "When you really got down to it, and I had to be fair, I'd probably put us in there," Tubbs said. Winning kept both Oklahoma State, 15-6 overall and Kansas State, 14-7, in the hunt for an all-important NCAA berth, but Oklahoma State coach Leonard Hamilton didn't need that as a motivating factor. On Feb. 1 at Colorado, the Buffs got their first Big Eight victory by beatin' the Cowboys by 16. "I really didn't have to mention it very much." Hamilton said. "I heard a couple of guys saying they needed to redeem themselves." Kentucky's decline tortures fans The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Off the court problems have spread to the playing floor this season at Kentucky, the winningest program in college basketball. Kentucky has won 75 percent of its games since its first basketball season in 1903 - 1,464 victories. The school's problems outside the arena have included 18 allegations of wrongdoing being scrutinized by the NCAA. NCAA. The full effect of that investigation probably won't be known until late spring, when the NCAA Infractions Committee will mete out what probably will be severe punishment. And it's painful for the players. All it’s punky about is “We don’t talk about it,” forward Reggie Hanson said of the possibility of a losing season. “We don’t worry about it. We’ve got a lot of games to go.” But while the agony of the NCAA investigation has teased and tormented Kentucky fans for 10 months, this season has been downright unpleasant for Wildcat followers because the team is on the verge of its first losing season in 62 years. Kentucky is 11-13 with seven regular-season games and at least one Southeastern Conference tournament game remaining. The magic number of victories for a non-losing season is five — if the final loss comes in the first round of the tournament. The read to mediocracy isn't easy. Among the remaining opponents are No. 8 Syracuse and three teams that already own victories over the Wildcats — Louisiana State, Alabama and Mississippi. "It's crossed my mind," guard Sean Satton said of finishing below 500. "Seems like (the season) is slipping away. We've had a lot of opportunities and haven't seized them." "It's starting to catch up with us. We've blown it all away. There's still hope. We're not going to give up set, we backed ourselves into a corner."