University Daily Kansan / Thursday, December 8, 1988 Sports 11 Kansas rips Pacific Lutheran 'Hawks set scoring mark in first half Pacific Lutheran guard Jeff Thompson and Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard battle for a loose ball in last night's game at Allen Field House. By Arvin Donley Kansan sportswriter The Pacific Lutheran Lutes didn't know what hit them. "I think we came out in the first half and were shell-shocked by the level of the Kansas press," said Lutes coach Bruce Haroldson, after a 7-1 victory at Jayhawks 112-61 in front of 11,800 fans at Allen House last night. "We did some nice things offensively," he said. "But the defense set the tempo. We were ready to play, and we stopped them from running some offensive sets and got some good fast breaks." The Jayhawks, 5.1, scored 12 unanswered points to open the game and went on to set a school record of first-half points and the second-half points. The 61-point margin of victory was the sixth largest in Kansas history. Kansas coach Roy Williams agreed that Kansas' best offense was its pressure defense. Kansas, which came into the game with a 54.4 field goal percentage, continued its hot shooting, hitting 67 percent. Pacific Lutheran shot 45 percent from the field. The Jayhawks outbounded the Lutes 44-21. "Playing a team like this on its home floor is good for a young team like mine," said Haroldson, whose sometimes it helps to get thrashed." Although the game wasn't close, both coaches said it would benefit each team. Williams said, "We worked out tails off for 40 minutes. You don't get the chance to play games that often, but you get a lot of practice. We ran some games, and we practiced because the defense always knows what your doing." Sophomore forward Mark Randall, who entered the game with a team-leading 17.2 scoring mark and 7.2 rebounding average, led Kansas with Kansas 112 Pacific Lutheran 61 Kansas | | M | FG | FT | R | A | T | P | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Newton | 28 | 7-11 | 0-0 | R | A | T | 17 | | Randall | 24 | 11-16 | 2-4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | | Alvarado | 14 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | | Barry | 24 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | | Milcher | 14 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | | Midtr | 2 | 1-9 | 1-0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | | Maddox | 22 | 7-9 | 6-9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | | West | 25 | 7-6 | 6-9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | | Guelden | 16 | 2-3 | 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | | Kampschöfer | | | | | | | | Totals 200, 4346 624 235 502 13 112 Percentages: FG 672, FG 672, FG 672, Barry (0) 1, Blocked Shots: 4 (Avarado 2), W 1, Kampach shores 1, Turnovers: 20 (Minor 5, Barry 3, Prichard 3, West 2, Guelderen 2, Noundal 2, Rwandall 1, Avarado 1, Kampach shores 2, Kampach shores 2, Kampach shores 2, Guelderen 2, Barry 2, West 1) Techniques: None Pacific Lutheran M MG F2 FT R A F T1 Lerch 32 6-14 0 4 1 1 0 12 Bush 20 12-4 0 0 24 0 2 9 Scheiblenberg 19 0-2 0 0 3 1 2 9 Mullins 20 4-12 0 3 1 3 1 9 Pettit 20 5-12 0 4 0 0 0 9 Petit 20 5-12 0 4 0 0 0 9 Maxwell 12 1-2 0 1 1 3 1 2 Maxwell 12 1-2 0 1 1 3 1 2 Thoreson 8 3-4 0 0 1 0 7 0 Carpenter 8 3-4 0 0 1 0 7 0 Carpenter 8 15-2 2 1 1 0 2 4 Neumeyer 8 0-0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Johnhoff 8 0-0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Kjolhoff 200 0-0 12 14 23 13 6 Percentages: FG, 483; FG, 417. Three-point goals: 1 point, 1 goal. 1-Backed Shots: Schellenberg 1) Turnovers: 30 (Thompson Schellenberg 1) Strikes: 26 (Thompson Schellenberg 1) Interceptions: 2 Leach 1, Maxwell 1, 'aperture' 1, Crimson 1) Steals: 11 (Lurch 5, Audilin 2, Pettit 2, Brown 1) Techni- 24 points and 11 rebounds. Forward Mike Maddox added a career-high 20 points, and junior forward Freeman Lubbins added a career-high 10 rebounds. Randall's continuation of consistent play this season drew praise from Williams. "I've come to expect him to play well, and I hope he comes to expect it too," Williams said. "The more confidence he gets, the more games he plays on me." He's done nice things for this team, and I think he's going to continue to do that all year." The usually demonstrative Kansas crowd was quiet most of the game because of the lopsided score. But midway through the second half senior forward Milton Newton, who scored 17 points, brought the house down when he stole the ball and drove the length of the court for a thunderous double-pump slam dunk. [Dennis Williams] "I like dunks," he said. "I'm the only 38 year old man in America who still dreams about dunking the basketball." Pacific Lutheran was the third non-division I opponent Kansas has played this season, but Maddox said he had been overemphasized by the media. "We've got some good teams on our schedule." Maddox said. "We do have a few easy games in the first part of our schedule, but we've got to treat these games just like we would treat any other game, because when they throw the ball up they can beat us just as easily as any other team." The Jayhawks are not expecting an easy game Saturday when they travel to Atlantic City, New Jersey to play Temple. "I'm really looking forward to it," junior guard Jeff Guellard said. "Temple has great players and we'll have to play our best to beat them." Proposition 48 brings end to Tunstall's year By Tom Stinson Associate sports edito Add freshman guard Sean Tunstall to the list of Jayhawk basketball talent sitting on the bench. Tunstall, of Vashon High School in St. Louis, Mo., was declared ineligible for the 1988-89 season yesterday because he didn't meet the provisions of the NCAA bylaw Proposition 48. A player declared ineligible under the proposition cannot suit up for games or practice with the team Under Proposition 48, an incoming freshman student-athlete must score at least a 15 on the ACT exam or 700 on the SAT exam and have a minimum high school grade point average of 2.0. The 6-foot-3 Tunstall joins high school teammate Malcolm Nash as Kansas' Proposition 48 casualties. Tunstall also joins sophomore Alonzo Jamison and Senior Rick Calloway, who are recruits this season. The Kansas team only has nine eligible players on scholarship for the season. Tunstall had not seen action in any of the Jayhawks first five games and did not suit up for last 12-61 victory over Pacific Lutheran. An official in the ACT program's office in Iowa City, Iowa, said that if a test score rises 10 points or more from one test to the next, the ACT program has reason to question a student's score. Kansas coach Roy Williams said in a statement yesterday that Tunstall's previous ACT score was questioned by the ACT program officials, and the matter was not resolved until early this week. The Lawrence Journal-World reported yesterday that Tunastil had made such dramatic improvement the second time he took the exam that he was asked to take it a third time. The results of that test decided his eligibility, the paper reported. Tunstall said after last night's Sean Tunstall I am extremely disappointed for Sean and our basketball team. Sean is a nice young man who is working hard in the classroom and has been doing well. - Roy Williams Kansas basketball coach game that he had taken the exam twice. In high school, Tunstall averaged 18.5 points, seven assists and five steals a game as a senior. He was listed by Van Coleman as one of the top 65 high school seniors in the nation last year. "I am extremely disappointed for Sean and our basketball team," Williams said. "Sean is a nice young man who is working hard in the classroom and has been doing well. He will continue on scholarship, but will not be able to play in games or practices. I fully expect him to regain his eligibility next season by his performance in the classroom here at the University of Kansas." Support services available for juco athlete transfers - Editors note: This story is the second of a three-part series on junior college student-athlete transfers. By Mark E. McCormick Kansan sportswriter "We need to make an effort in helping them adjust, whether it be academically, socially, or even culturally," said Ed Meyden, dean of the school of education. "There are tremendous demands put on athletes, and they have serious needs for support." While no one can offer specific solutions to the problems facing junior college transfers, many students and athletes needed more support. Meyen suggested that an evaluation of student needs and a subsequent evaluation of the instructor bring into focus an otherwise ambiguous problem. The problems could lie in academic, counseling or peer support systems, he said. Richard Lee, director of Supportive Educational Services (SES), said problems could be dissected by evaluating the student. "One of the most important things we're doing is evaluating the courses the athlete took at the junior college and then seeing what kind of progress they've made, and how those classes compel them to do their work." Once that is done, we administer a test of math and English and determine what level of competency they have in those areas. "The higher the level of comprehension, the more likely that person is to survive and could well be able to pass with reasonable grades. But if that person doesn't have that type of background, that person would have to be highly motivated and utilize all of the counseling, advising and tutoring programs we offer." The system is working fairly well, but SES still runs into students who are underprepared to learn the skills in their chosen fields, he said. "One could always say, 'We're understaffed,' or 'We have limited facilities,'" he said. "We're all limited at some point." Despite such difficulties, Lee said he didn't want to blame a lack of resources. Other groups have taken on the problem of providing support for transferring junior college athletes. The Big 10 Conference passed legislation in August stating that athletes who were non- or partial qualifiers under the provisions of Proposition 48 would be ineligible for one academic year after making the transition from the junior college to the major college ranks. "It grew from a concern for the overall graduation rates for junior college athletes and their overall problems," Parks said. "We wanted to be sure that they were becoming acclimated to school." Duane Shaw, athletic director at Kansas City Community College, said that although he couldn't speak for other schools, his school made genuine efforts to prepare students for the jump to a larger campus. "It's just like being redshirted," said John Parks, administrative assistant for the Big 10. "It just gives them time to adjust." Parks said the rule was a conference, not an NCAA, rule so a school could petition a decision and have its case reviewed. "I feel that here we have a very adequate staff and that we have a lot of treunted instructors who students good training," Shaw said. But there are problems, he said. "The four-year college isn't accepting all of the questionable students, and the students are forced to go somewhere else." Shaw said. "Since we have an almost open door policy for anyone who wants to attend our educational Education Diploma), we are getting more of those questionable students." Consequently, many athletes use a junior college as a back door to a major university, Shaw said. And there's little relief in sight. Shaw said many athletes had made the transition from KCCC to a major college, including Keith Smart, formerly of Indiana University, who sank a short jump shot that helped capture the 1987 national championship for the Hoosiers. "I don't know what can be done because every student is different," he said. "Some of those students are doomed to fail before they get here, and if they went to KU, they'd fail too." "Now, we'll start weeding out some of these people," Shaw said. "We try to hold regular study hall hours and check grades and attend class meetings trying to see if they are doing what they are supposed to be doing." Auburn's Rocker gets Outland Shaw, however, said he had seen some encouraging signs. In the past, a juco player could play despite having less than 12 hours of credit, Shaw said. Now, athletes must carry and pass at least 12 hours per semester in order to remain eligible. Junior colleges can't accept all of the blame for the problems athletes are having. Shaw said. "As a smaller school, we can offer more personal attention," he said. "And I'm convinced that the community college has improved students and athletes in the past 20 years. But there are still problems." NEW YORK — Auburn's Tracy Rocker, the No. 1 player on the nation's No. 1 defensive unit, fought off two offensive linemen yesterday and won the 43rd annual Outland Trophy as the nation's top interior lineman. The Associated Press announced as the winner over Michigan State tackle Tony Mandarch and Pitt guard Mark Stepnki "because I've been double-trained all year by offensive linemen and right now I have two offensive linemen next to me." Auburn led the nation this season in scoring defense, total defense and rushing defense, allowing only 7.2 points per game respectively. Rookie made 10 tackles, including 13 behind the line plus five quarterback snags inman. The 6-foot-3, 27-pound senior tackle said he was "shocked" when he was sacrifices and gave up some things because I wanted to have something special. I think right now it paid off." Miller aims for record vault "It means a whole lot to me because I can sit here and think about the times where I made some By Ken Winford Kansan sportswriter Kansas pole vaulter Cam Miller has some definite plans for his future. The Raytown. Mo., senior made a lot of people around him happy when he decided to make Kansas part of those plans. Kansas pole vaulter Cam Miller has already qualified for the NCAA indoor track and field championships. Miller was practicing yesterday at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. After spending three years at Abilee Christian where he achieved All-American status and won last year's NCAA Division II outdoor pole vaulting championship, Miller decided it was time to transfer. "I had thought about transferring a year earlier and didn't do it," Miller said. "I was here last year training for the Olympic Trials. I had no idea that I would transfer here. But I sat down and decided Kansas was my best alternative. It was a good move that I don't regret." The addition of Miller has made an already strong Kansas pole vaulting team potentially the best in the country. Both Miller and defending Big Eight Outdoor champion Patt Manson qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships with jumps of 12-4 in Sunday's season-opening Kansas meet at Amateur Sports Pavilion. Miller said working out with Manson, who also is his roommate, had made him a better pole vaulter. "It's no secret," he said. "We are both looking to clear 19 feet. No collegiate vaulter has ever jumped 19 feet while he was still in school. We think we can both reach that goal this season." Miller set his personal best of 18-3 ½ at Ablene Christian last year. Manson has a personal best of 18-6- 3½ at the same school had a special goal for this season. "I just walking into this program, I was impressed by how many good vaulters there were." Miller said. "I really didn't need eight every meet between Pat and I." Kansas pole vaulting coach Rick Attig, who coached Miller through his junior year at Rutway MO. He also served as the head coach of the best Kansas pole vaulting team. ever. "Over all, paulting has been a very strong event for us over the last four years or so." Attig said. "Probably quality wise, this is the best team we've ever had here. This could be our best vaulting team anywhere." Because they are so similar in talent, Miller and Manson make each other better. Attsig said. "We have two kids capable of doing the same things physically so they push each other technically," he said. "They both have unlimited physical ability". In both, you have the opportunity to could take first at the NCAA's. Attig said Miller was vaulting particularly well considering how early in the season it was. "After watching him jump Sunday night, I thought he was capable of jumping in this point. Can's approach and his takeoff mechanics along with his speed and jumping ability are his main strengths." Miller participated in the Olympic Trials last summer and although he didn't make the team, he said the experience was important in his hopes of making the 1992 United States Olympic team. "I got the experience this year going to the trials," he said. "In 1982, I'm going to be at my peak. Making the Olympic team is very important to me. It's always been on my list as a lifetime goal." So Miller, who has already under gone shoulder surgery made necessary by the wear and tear of his hip, has been putting at least the next four years. "I'll be around next year to practice with the team, but after that I will be on my own, Miller said. "That will make it a lot harder. But right now major injury is the only thing that's going to keep me out of this sport." Sports Briefs MIZUZO BEATS TULSA. Byron Irwin scored 23 points in the second half last night, and No. 11 Oklahoma beat TULSA 73-61. Okla. Irwin's second-half performance included eight consecutive free throws for Missouri. 6-2. Doug Smith scored 15 points for Missouri and John McIntyre had 10 UNC BEATS VANYD. North Car- Tulsa, 1-3, trailed by 18 midway through the second half. The Golden Hurricane went on an 11-1 run and closed to within eight. Irwin then began his streak of free throws with 5:48 remaining. Tulsa failed to score in the first five minutes and Missouri led 33-23 at halftime. The Golden Hurricane made 12 first-half turnovers to six for alina scored the first 15 points last night and the eight-ranked Tar Heels beat Vanderbilt 89-77 behind 25 points left Lebbs and Cam Wardman. Lebo scored 19 of his points in the first half, making four 3-pointers in the nine minutes. The Tar Heels, 7-1, led by as many as 23 points in the last before Vanderbilt, 2-4, closed to 46-39 at halftime.