Sports
University Daily Kansan / Monday. February 6, 1989
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Women defeat Nebraska in overtime
Washington gives credit to offense
Special to the Kansan
py Molly Reid Special to the Kansan
While it was snowing outside, the Kansas women's basketball team was heating up inside Allen Field House on Saturday afternoon. In a grueling overtime game, the Jayhawks defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskens 82-79.
"Wow! It was a great win for us," Coach Marian Washington said.
Despite foul trouble for Kansas forward Marthe McCloud, technical fouls on both teams and the almost perfect shooting by Corrine Smith were 37 points. At 37 points, Kansas still was able to win its second consecutive game.
Intensity and hustle paid off for Kansas, junior Lisa Braddley said.
Kansas, junior Lily Braddy said. "I was pleased with our play. What it takes is a lot of hustle and intensity." Braddy said
Kansas, 3-5 in the Big Eight Conference and in 11-9 overall, had 18 steals and only 14 turnovers. Nebraska had only three steals and 24 turnovers. The Cornhuskers dropped 6-1 in the conference in 11-9 overall.
Washington said her young team now was able to respond to the pressure of playing in the Big Game, when she had been looking forward to.
"I am pushing them harder," she said. "I like that."
The Jayhawks were able to withstand the pressure of the overtime period. The score was tied three times during the five-minute
Free throws then became critical for the Jayhawks. McCloud, who was not expected to play because of illness, sank the front end of a one-and-one, but missed the second to put Kansas on top, 80-79 at the 18 second mark. McCloud earlier had missed the front end of a one-and-one with 2 seconds left in regulation that would have won the game for the Jayhawks.
period. The last tie, 79-79, when cornusheir Amy Stephens, who went 7-8 from threepoint run, 22-foot shot in 11 remaining.
Freshman Shannon Bloxom went to the line nine seconds later to put the game away, 82-79. She sunk both baskets giving her a career-high 33 points. Braddy was second in scoring for the Jayhawks with 22 points. She also had 10 assists.
The game remained close throughout regulation with neither team leading by more than three in the second half. Bloxom did much of what was needed to keep the Jayhawks in the game as Stephens kept sinking three pointers.
With 5:23 left in regulation, Bloxom hit three consecutive shots for seven points, answered only with a six-foot shot by Nebraska's Kim Harris. This run by him put the Jayhaws on top (64-6).
hadn't been shooting enough." Washington said.
"I was glad to see her shoot. She
Much of the Kansas offense worked to get Bloxom open on the baseline, which is where she seized 12 of her 14 second half.
"The play) was much more effective," Washington said. "Timing is critical, and with time together we will be much smoother."
Bloxom also felt good about the Jayhawks' improved offense.
"The more we use it, the more it will be scouted. But now it is effective." Bloxom said. "As long we have good picks, it will work."
the first half almost was perfect for the Cornhuskers, who went 100 percent from both the free-throw line and from three-point range. Nebraska also exhibited a 45.8 percentage from the field, while Kansas shot 42.4 percent. Kansas did not go to the free-throw line until midway through the second half.
Despite outweighing the Jayhawks in percentages, the Cornuskers could not build upon a three-run lead. Nebraska led a halftime 13-9.
Sophomore LaTanya Nelson watched the game from a hospital bed and will be out for the rest of the season. She suffered an ankle injury during warm-ups before the Missouri game Feb. 1.
Kansas 82, Nebraska 79
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Lynn Page, Tulsa, Okla., junior, fights for the rebound against Nebraska's Kim Yancey. Kansas won 82-79 in overtime Saturday in Allen Field House.
Newspapers have different reports on investigation
The Associated Press
The Louisville Courier-Journal reported yesterday that the university was unable to determine whether Dwane Casey sent the money last March to Claud Mills, father of then-recurritch Chris Mills.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Newsaper accounts differ on whether the University of Kentucky's internal investigation into its basketball program can claim allegations that an assistant coach sent $10,000 to a recruiter's father.
The Courier-Journal quoted three anonymous sources as saying The Lexington Herald-Leader article Saturday was incorrect when it said the university would accept responsibility for the allegation.
The Herald Leader had quoted two "knowledgeable" sources who requested anonymity.
The Casey Mills allegation is one of 18 lodged against Kentucky's men's basketball program by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The university will respond this week, and it will be Kentucky President David Roselle.
Roselle has told The Courier Journal that the response would fall into three categories: allegations the school will deny, those for which it had been charged, and those in which insufficient evidence was found to make a judgment.
The Courier Journal's sources said the allegation against Casey fell into the third category.
A package containing $1,000 reportedly was sent to Claud Mills in California. It came unsealed in transit and several Emery Air Firefight employees said they found money, prompting the NCAA allegation.
The payment of recruits is a violation of NCAA regulations.
Casey's name and the address of the university's basketball office was
listed as the sender. Casey has denied sending the package and the Mills family has denied receiving it.
Casey's lawyer, Joe Bill Campbell of Bowing Green, declined comment on Kentucky's response to the Emery University to release." Campbell said.
'My position has always been that I think the evidence that was gathered, and I am familiar with all of the evidence in the Emery issue, and clearly indicates that there is no evidence who put the money in the package.
One allegation is that Casey offered money and cars to Sean Higgins who later enrolled at Michigan. Another is that he provided transportation then-recruits Eric Manuel and LeRon Ellis while they sought 1987 summer jobs in Lexington. A third is that Casey used Janet Green of LeRon Ellis as a basketball program in his effort to recruit high school basketball star Lawrence Funderburk of Columbus, Ohio.
"And I am hopeful and believe that the university will make that a part of their response," Campbell said.
Two of three sources interviewed by the Courier-Journal declined to comment on how Kentucky would respond, but the third said the university would contest at least three allegations regarding Casey.
The Herald-Leader reported Kentucky would agree with several other NCA allegations. They were charges of academic fraud involving Manuel and allegations that Manuel and Kentucky player Sean Sutton provided false information to investigators on circumstances surrounding a June 1987 American College Test they took at Lexington's Lafayette High School.
Casey has denied impropriety in these allegations and in any made against him by the NCAA.
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Nadir Quin, right, Johnson County resident, lingered at his opponent Will Belden, Colby sophomore. The fencing tournament Saturday in Robinson Center was sponsored by the KU Fencing Club.
Jayhawks run with 3 records
by Cynthia L. Smith Kansan sportswriter
Gotcha
After the clock struck midnight, Kansas junior Steve Heffernan was victorious.
Kansas freshman Jason Teal placed third in 2:30, 30, followed by sophomore Ty Thiel in 2:30, 78
Heffernan broke the Anschutz Sports Pavilion 1,000-meter record at the Jayhawk Invitational last weekend. He won in 2 episodes, 27.59 seconds. Louisiana State's Mark Fowler had the former record of 2:29.2, set at the 1985 JayhawkInvitational.
Because the Feb. 3-4 meet rain behind the scheduler, Haier ran later than he had expected. He said fatigue could have affected his performance.
He said he looked at the clock after completing the race and it read 12:06 a.m.
"I was starting to get a little groggy," he said. "I'm usually in bed for an hour or so earlier."
roternan also won the 800 in
1:53.27. Kansas sophomore Stacy
Smiedala placed second in 1:54.71.
Sophomore Darren Bell broke the Anschutz record in the 401 but placed third in 47.33. Devon Morris of Wayland Baptist set the new record of 46.82. Morris was the NAIA outdoor champion in the 400 last year. Oklahoma State's Chris McGowen took second in 47.54.
John Creighton had set the previous record of 49.1 at last year's Kansas Invitational.
Kansas junior Craig Watcke won the mile in 4:10.6.
Senior David Bond qualified for the NCAA Indoor National Championships on March 10-11 when he won the triple jump with a leap of $52-14$. Senior Johnny Brackins finished second with a jump of $51-14$.
Kansas junior Pat Manson won the pole vault with a jump of 17 feet, 8 inches, and senior Cedric Fullard took second with a vault of 16-6.
The Kansas men's mile relay team broke the Anschutz record but did not win the event. The Wayland Baptist men set the record of 3:17 14, followed by the Kansas men in 3:18 44. Kansas sophomore Darren Bell and seniors Ron Moore, Orin Gaines and Brett Fuller ran on the队. Kansas set the previous record of 3:18 87 at the 1987 Kansas Invitational.
Moore also placed third in the 200 in 21.11 Wayland Baptist's Craig Taylor won in 21.25, followed by Smith, who ran unattached, in 21.55.
Kansas freshman Tim Hill took third in the 55 in 6.44. Gaines followed in 6.47. Smith won the event in 6.32.
Kansas’ two-mile relay team of sophomores Darin Brummet and Bruce Hayes and seniors Tracy Gilmore and Fuller placed third in state State won. Iowa State was 7:42.02, followed by Southwest Missouri State in 7:42.46.
Three Jayhawk women won events and four others were runners-up.
Johnson County Community College's Collett Kibber beat Kansas juniors Mary Beth Idoux and Angie Meland out of eight in the Big Ten. The Kibber won with a throw of 9.24 meters followed by Idoux with 8.7 and Meland with 7.3.
Brooks sophomore Sherlanda Brooks won the 400 in 57.03 and junior Kim Huthoefer won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.28.
Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said Huthoefer's time was a breakthrough
"She had been stuck in the 8.408," Schwartz said.
the third Kansas winner was sophomore Marice Turner Turner won the 600 yard dash in a personal record in a high school game. Her Howerton placed second in 1:25.42.
Kansas' senior Mylene Maharaj finished second in the 300-yard dash in 36.6. Northeastern Oklahoma A & M's Glenda Marshall won in 35.4.
Senior Tricia Brown also finished in second place in the mile with 5:04.10.71.
Oklahoma State upsets No.1 Oklahoma; Missouri wins
KANAS S CITY. Mo — Basketball fans slain facky over Oklahoma State's conquest of No. 1 Oklahoma to pander an even deeper mystery.
The Associated Press
How could Oklahoma State lose Wednesday night to one of the weakest teams this side of Division II and turn around Saturday and beat one of them.
Oklaahoma coach Billy Tubbs, whose ride at the rankings shall last exactly one week, may have the answer. Saturday, at the end
Oklahoma State's 77-73 victory, Tubbs reminded his questioners that where a basketball game was played had bearing on how it was played.
OklaHama State lost 102-86 Wednesday to Colorado, which entered the week with a 13 record and a ranking of fifth in the Big Eight team statistics.
But that game was at Colorado.
Saturday's game was at Oklahoma
State and was Oklahoma's fourth
road assignment in six games.
"The road may have caught up with us today." Tubbs said. "They made the right plays down the
Missouri Tigers could move to No.1 with record of 20-3
stretch. We didn't."
The Big Eight's other two home-standing teams also were winners in an abbreviated weekend of action. Nebraska overcame a Kansas rally to beat the Jayhawks 747 and end a seven-game losing streak. And No. 5 Missouri beat Kansas State 73-68 to stake a claim of its own to the No. 1 position.
The Tigers are the first to reach 20 victories, standing 20.3 overall and in first place in the league at 6-0. They are certain to move up in this week's rankings and could make a strong argument for the No.1 position that is certain to be taken from Tubbs' Spoons.
They took away the three-guard offense, but we're a good enough
LaKeith Humphrey had 22 points
Still, it was Missouri's narrowest margin of victory since an 83-78 victory over Arkansas on Dec. 28.
team that we could adjust," Missouri coach Norm Stewart said. "This team can adapt to whatever the other team is trying to do defensively."
K State, 12.7 and 3.4, managed to slow the Tigers' three guard offense of Byron Irvin, Lee Coward and Anthony Peeler to a combined 20 points. B but-7 oof1 Gary Leonard had 22 points. 6 to 1Doug Smith had 14 and senior Mike Sandotte had 11 valuable rebounds.
and Steve Henson had 14 for K-State.
Oklahoma still has never played a game at home as No. 1. At Stillwater Saturday, the Sooners, 18-3 and 5-1, failed to score in the final 2:50 and missed the front end of two crucial 1- and 3's.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys, who have only one senior on the roster, played like the posed, experienced unit that would be expected of a top-tranked team.
"I thought we played with an extreme amount of poise," said Oklahoma State coach Leonhard Hamilton, whose team improved to 13-6 and 4-2.