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'Hawks kill Buffaloes in 89-74 Big 8 victory
by Mike Considine
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas senior Scooter Barry had a short, simple message for the hawks before they ran onto the court Saturday at the Colorado Events Center.
The Jayhawks followed Barry's instructions well.
"Get them down early and don't let them"
"Barry said."
Milt Newton opened the scoring with a 19-foot jumper, giving Kansas a lead it never relinquished en route to an 89-74 Big Eight Conference victory against Colorado
"I thought we really executed well in the first half," Coach Roy Williams said. "I told (Colorado coach Tom) Miller that in stretches it was some of our best basketball of the season."
Kansas, 15-3. concluded a four-game road trip with a 2-2 record. The Jayhawks are in third place in the Big Eight with a 3-1 conference record.
record.
The Buffaloes, 5-12, are at the bottom of the league with an 0-4 record.
Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard said it was important for the Jayhawks to bounce back from Wednesday night's 123-6 loss to Big Eight rival Oklahoma.
"We needed to come out and play well," said Pritchard, who scored 16 points, giving him 1,002 during his Kansas career. "He haven't played well since before the Miami game on Jan. 12). We wanted to come out and establish ourselves as a good defensive team."
defensive team.
An example of the team's defensive effort was a second-half possession in which Barry and Pritchard attempted to save the ball from going out of bounds at opposite ends of the court. Williams praised the pair's intensity.
intensity. He most got a technical because I felt like running out on the floor and hugging him," Williams said of Pritchard. "If you have that kind of effort with the ability, you're a heck of a basketball player."
Miller said he was impressed with Kansas' intensity.
Kansas intensity.
"Kansas came in and gave us an example of what playing hard for 40 minutes does," Miller said. "I thought we were playing pretty hard, but not hard enough."
The Jayhawks had trouble breaking into the lead early in the game, mostly because of foul trouble. Colorado tied the game three times in the early stages, the last time at 6
early stages, the last time Kansas committed five fouls in the first 3 minutes of the game. By
halftime, the Jayhawks had 12 fouls, and the Buffaloes were whistled for seven.
The four difficulties were compounded because Kansas had only eight scholarship players available, center Sean Alvarado sat out the game because of a stress fracture in his right tibia. Williams said the decision not to play Alvarado was made after pregame warm-ups.
made after prefait. "Pritchard said, 'We just tried to use as many bench players as we can and to be honest, we don't have that many to keep bringing off the bench. With as (we people) as we do have, we have to be conscious of that. We play so hard, it is easy to pick up little tick-tack fouls."
At the first mark in the first half,
Kansas beat 22,17; but senior Milt
Newton, sophomore Mark Randall
and Barry each had two fouls. Newton picked up his third at 8-43 with the Jawhays leading 30-23.
the Jayhawks reading at. With Newton sitting on the bench, Pritchard responded by scoring seven of the next 10 points. Kansas had a comfortable 37-28 lead, which increased to 49-34 by halftime.
Pritchard also helped consistently ignite the Jayhawk fast break for the first time in the evening.
first time in one of the baskets on the break by beating them down the court." Williams said. "We didn't get as many in the second half. They don't come out and pressure you a lot, so you may not get (many) of those."
"We wanted to get a great shot, and if we didn't (we wanted) to try to move their defense," Williams said. "They did a good job of keeping the defense in front of them, and we made tough shots."
of those.
Although Kansas didn't get its usual quota of fast-break baskets, it took advantage of the Buffalo's man-to-man defense with 62 percent (36 of 58) field-goal shooting.
made tough shots.
Mark Randall, an Englewood,
Colo. native, led Kansas in scoring
with 17 points. Pritchard was next
with 16. Junior forward Freeman
West, making his first start in place
of Alvarado, had a career-high 14
points and a team-high 9 rebounds.
points and a defensive play. West also played good defense on center Vandiver, Colorado's leading scorer this season, and forward Brian Robinson, the Buffaloes leading scorer Saturday.
West said Kansas held Vandiver to 14 points and nine rebounds by fronting him and double-teaming him with a forward or a guard.
forward of a guard
"We wanted to go to Vandiver to try to get Randall in foul trouble, which we did in the first half."
Colorado guard Brian Molis said. "But we didn't go to Sean enough."
'38 we had all Molls hit a long jump shot and a three-point goal and cut Colorado's defict to 68-62 with 8:28 remaining. Pritchard answered Mollis' three-pointer with one of his own, and Randall added a layup, ending the threat.
Robinson, a high school opponent of Randall, was the Buffaloes' leading scorer with 20 points. Molis came off the bench and scored 19 points.
or other. The Buffaloes committed 22 turnovers, which Kansas converted to 24 points. The Jayhawks had 17 turnovers.
"It just seems that we broke down in the half-court defense, and that's what really hurt us." Malis said. "I thought overall we played a pretty good game. It's just that Kansas makes no mistakes. When you've got turnovers against a team that's very well-coached and they don't make a lot of mistakes, it's tough to win."
Kansas
Kansas 89
Colorado 74
| | M | 18 | FG-9 | FT-0 | R | A | R | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Newton | 18 | 5-9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Randall | 30 | 8-9 | 1-3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | |
| West | 36 | 8-9 | 1-3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | |
| Barry | 23 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |
| Maddux | 23 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |
| Minor | 23 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |
| Guinier | 26 | 2-7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tennesse | 26 | 2-7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Colorado
Percentages: FG, 658, FT, 778. Three
joint goals: 3 (Ritchard, 2 Newton, 1
4) locked Shots: 1 (Maddox) Turnovers:
Prichard 4, Randall 4 Steals: Guillem
4, Guillem 1, Steals: 9 (Gueller 1,
Buller 2), Maddox, Prichard, Randall)
Fouled out: none. Technicals: none
COUPLER
| | M | F | T | A | R | F | O | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Becker | 1 | 1.3 | 1F | 4 | 1A | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Robinson | 27 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| Vandiver | 36 | 7-14 | 5-1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Wise | 13 | 0-3 | 5-0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| Morton | 15 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Guest | 15 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Vaughan | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Vaughan | 2.3 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Molis | 28 | 5-12 | 7-7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| R. Robinson | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Markham | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kujamai | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kujamai | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | 25.56 | 25-16 | 32.56 | 32.15 | 17 | 0 | 74 |
Totals
*Percentages:* FG, 446, FT, 769. Three-leafers: 4-11 (Molis 2, Morton 1, 2 B. Robinson 1, 2-Wise 0, Becker 1, 0) Blocked Socks: (1 Vaniver) Turnovers: (22 Morton 5, R. Robinson 4, Becker 3, B. Robinson 2, Vaughan 2, Molis 2, Wise 2, Kruusman) Steals: 8 (Molis 4, Morton 2, Vandiver, Vaughan). Fouled out: none. Tech
nicals: Morton.
Half: Kansas. 49-34. Officials: Greene,
Smith, Harvey.
Colorado forward Brent Vaughan gets his hand in Kansas guard Lincoln Minor's face as Minor tries to score. The Javhawks defeated the Buffaloes 89-74 Saturday night in Boulder.
Javhawk forward Mike Maddox wrestles for a loose ball with Colorado center Sean Vandiver.
Cleveland's loss might be Chiefs' gain
KANSAS CITY. Mo — Former Cleveland Browns coach Marty Schottenheimer would not confirm that he would be the next head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, but he did say the two sides have talked contract
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"We have talked (financial) specifles," Schottheimer said Saturday during an interview in Miami. "And having discussed those. I'm very, very interested in the job."
A person is based in the
Schottenheimer coached the
Browns to four consecutive playoff berths before resigning at the end of the 1988 season. He has been a top candidate for the head coach vacancies of both the Chiefs and the San Diego Chargers, but he informed the Chargers early last week that he no longer wanted to be considered.
"San Diego never offered me a job." Schottenheimer said. "We continued to talk about things and, after some reflection, I decided the thing for me to do at that point was to let them know the wanted to withdraw
Schottenheimer met Wednesday with Chiefs president and general manager Carl Peterson in Atlanta and said he planned to meet with him again before he left Miami yesterday. Schottenheimer, 49, will head the Jets, and he said he didn't have a plane ticket for Kansas City this week.
from consideration) so that they could pursue other options."
"But it's only Saturday." Schotten-heimer said after finishing a round of golf in the Butuk Linebacker invita
tional at the Turnberry Isle Country Club.
Schottenheimer replaced Sam Rutigliano as the coach of the Browns midway through the 1985 season. He inherited a 1-7 team, but the Browns were 4-4 the rest of the way under Schottenheimer.
way under NDSU. In his next three seasons, the Broncos AFC Central titles with records of 8-3, 12-4 and 10-5. Cleveland reached the AFC championship game in both 1986 and 1987 but lost to the Denver Broncos both times.
Kansas forward has triumphant trip back home
by Arvin Donlev
on Saturday night he might erase the memory of the last time he played in his home at two years ago, when the Jayhawks were upset by the Buffalo 65-56. In that game, the 6-foot-9 Engoloho, Col. redshirt sophomore received a rare start from then-coach Larry Brown and scored only three points and grabbed just one rebound.
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rebound.
The results were different for both Randal and Kansas this time. Randall had a team high 17 points on eight of nine shooting, as the 17thranked Jayhawks defeated the Buffalo 89-74.
"I wanted to come here and do well." Rendall said. "My freshman year I came here and put too much pressure on myself. I really wanted to try to make up for that this year. It was fun. When you can go into a game relaxed, it makes it a lot more fun."
Because he is a Colorado native, Kansas forward Mark Randall wanted to do well in the Jayhawks' game against the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday night in Boulder
Randall took the advice to heart.
Knowing that Randall might be nervous playing in front of his family and friends, Kansas coach Roy Williams gave Randall some advice before the game.
before, just told him to relax, go out and play basketball and pretend he was on a basketball court that wasn't in Colorado. Williams said
Raffaela. "Cochi said he would be happy if I just played hard. I always want to play good when I come home," he said. "I had 11 family members and probably around 100 friends here. It's always satisfying to come back home and play well in front of my friends and especially my family. They
mean a lot to me. They're one of the big reasons I chose KU."
As a senior at Cherry Creek high school in Englewood, a suburb of Denver, Handall was named Colorado player of the year after averaging 27.2 points and 12.5 rebounds a game.
game.
Ironically, Randall guarded one of his high school rivals on Saturday. Buffalo forward Brian Robinson Robinson ended with 20 points and six rebounds.
rebounds.
"I've been playing against him for a long time," Randall said. "I played against him down" at George Washington high school in Denver and in the summer leagues there.
Although most of the 7,172 in attendance gave Randal a warm ovation, scattered boos were heard when he was introduced at the beginning of the game. But Randall said the boos didn't bother him.
don't bother him.
"I don't hear the crowd a whole lot,
unless they're deafening like they are
at Allen (Field House)." he said.
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