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14 Monday, December 12,1988 The Salina Journal Briefly Jayhawks meet Northern Arizona LAWRENCE Fresh off an impressive victory over Temple on national television, the Kansas Jayhawks return to action tonight against Northern Arizona. Game time is set for 7:35 p.m. in Allen Field House. Kansas improved its record to 6-1 with a 95-78 thrashing of Temple on Saturday in Atlantic City, N.J. as Mark Randall, Milt Newton and Kevin Pritchard combined for 70 points.

Northern Arizona is 1-4 after a 6348 defeat to Southwest Missouri State in the Mazzio's Pizza Classic Saturday night in Springfield, Mo. KU continues to be paced by Randall, a 6-9 sophomore, who is averaging 19 points and 9 rebounds a game. Newton (16.7), Pritchard (15.9) and Mike Maddox (11.4) are also scoring in double figures. WSU at Oral Roberts tonight TULSA, Okla. After a nine-day layoff, the unbeaten Wichita State Shockers return to action tonight against the Oral Roberts Titans.

Game time is 7:35 p.m. in Mabee Center. Wichita State, 3-0, hasn't played since defeating Hartford, 85-59, on Dec. 3. Oral Roberts is 2-4 after Saturday night's 152-122 defeat at Oklahoma.

The Shockers continue to be paced by 6-10 senior Sasha Radunovich who is averaging 19.0 points and 7.3 rebounds a game. Haywoode Workman, a 6-3 senior guard, leads Oral Roberts in scoring at 21 points a game after hitting for 42 against Oklahoma. Nebraska edges Texas Tech, 71-69 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Sophomore Beau Reid scored on a layin with 10 seconds remaining to spark Nebraska to a 71-69 victory over Texas Tech Sunday. The Red Raiders had a chance to tie the score with one second left, but Todd Duncan missed the front end of a one-and-one free-throw situation. Reid scored six of his 19 points during a 20-6 Cornhusker run that turned a 48-41 Tech advantage into a 61-54 Nebraska lead with 9:28 remaining.

The Red Raiders, 1-5, used a pair of three-point goals by Duncan and a three-point play by Steve Miles to battle back and tied the score at 6969 with 37 seconds remaining. Reid, who scored 11 second-half points, snapped the tie on a layin and was fouled. He missed the free throw, leaving the score 71-69. Rich King added 13 points and Clifford Scales 11 for Nebraska, 4-2. Sean Gay and J.D.

Sanders paced the Raiders with 16 points each. Colorado outlasts St. Louis in OT BOULDER, Colo. (AP) The Colorado Buffaloes, led by Brian Robinson and Reggie Morton, outscored the St. Louis Billikens 13-4 in overtime to claim an 85-76 victory Sunday afternoon.

The Billikens led 28-26 when Manuel hit two free throws but four straight points by Guest gave the Buffs the lead at 30-28 with 5:21 to go in the first half. The game was tied 36-36 at the half. The Billikens took the lead in the second half, but the Buff's James Hunter scored on a jumper to tied the game at 47-47 with just over 14 minutes to go. The Buffs grabbed their first lead of the second half at 64-63 after a freethrow by Robinson with 3:33 to go in the game. Dan Becker and Robinson combined to score 16 of the last 17 points to retake the lead.

The Buffs led 72-69 on a tip-in by Becker off a missed free throw, but Monroe Douglass hit a 3-pointer for the Billikens with seven seconds to go to send the game into overtime. Bilk set NFL attendance record ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) Buffalo Bills fans braved 11-degree temperatures to set a new NFL attendance mark Sunday. The crowd of 77,348 gave the Bills a yearly attendance of 622,793. The old mark was 622,593, set by the Detroit Lions in 1980.

The Bills, AFC East champions, sold out all eight of their home games this year. The wind-chill factor for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Raiders was 14 below zero. During the early 1980s, when the Bills were perennial losers, crowds of less than 40,000 were common at Rich Stadium. Levi, Burns win golf tournament WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Wayne Levi sank a 38-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday as Levi and George Burns rallied to beat defending champions Mike Hulbert and Bob Tway $600,000 PGA Chrysler team championship.

Starting the final round seven strokes off the lead, Levi and Burns shot a 13-under-par over the Cypress course at the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club. They finished the four-day event 36 under par and won the $100,000 first prize. While three-day challengers like Jim Rutledge-Dave Smith and Bobby Clampton-Bill Glasson fell off on their best-ball birdie production, Hulbert and Tway kept coming and birdied the last three holes to force a playoff. Hulbert, who said he wasn't sure of the distance but estimated it was" 100 feet, sank a remarkable birdie putt on the 18th hole. The ball rolled up over a ridge, breaking slightly and eventually dropping gently into the hole.

says Tyson won't fight NEW YORK (AP) Robin Givens says heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has ballooned to 255 pounds and wasn't planning to fight Britain's Frank Bruno, despite continuing negotiations for the repeatedly postponed fight. In the Dec. 19 issue of People magazine, Givens says Tyson told her in a recent late-night phone call that "he was up to 255 pounds. He said, 'I'm not going to fight anymore. I'm going to spend all my money, all my time, all my energy fighting I told him that he has no fight with me." Givens and Tyson have sued each other for divorce.

Givens has also filed a $125 million libel suit against Tyson after he accused her and her mother, Ruth Roper, of trying to steal his money and called them "the slime of the slime" in a newspaper interview. But Givens told People: "I have no interest in the money. None. It will all go to charity. I just don't want him to talk about me that way." Americans claim Masters Doubles LONDON (AP) Rick Leach and Jim Pugh of the United States capped a memorable first season as full-time partners by winning the Masters Doubles title Sunday with a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 victory over Spaniards Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez.

The Americans, friends and rivals as teen-agers and college amateurs, shared the top prize of $72,000 the biggest paycheck of their careers as they were crowned kings of men's doubles at London's Royal Albert Hall. In matching red shirts as bright as the glaring lights at the indoor Victorian arena, Leach and Pugh overpowered their opponents with blazing serves and superbly angled volleys pushed just out of the Spaniards' reach. The Americans, who finished the season on top of the doubles points standings, were thrashed in straight sets in their opening match in the round robin portion of the draw. But they won their next two matches to make the semifinals and then routed Todd Witsken and Jorge Lozano It was one of those nights for OU NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma was impressive in the first half against Oral Roberts, scoring 65 points and making eight 3-point shots.

As it turned out, the sixth- ranked Sooners were just warming up. In the second half, Oklahoma ran, pressed and shot its way to an NCAA-record 87 points, winning 152-122. The Sooners are now 1. "I think tonight, for the first time this season, I saw some things to show that we're shaping up," said coach Billy Tubbs, who has never been bashful about pounding opponents. "All in all, I liked it, but I don't like to see us give up that many points." The 122 scored by Oral Roberts, 25, were the most ever scored against a Tubbs-coached team in his eight- Tubbs plus years at Oklahoma.

The Titans didn't exactly get blown off the floor in the second-half they scored 73 points. "It's to me the way it ought to be played," said Oral Roberts coach Ken Trickey. "We like to play. We're not going to come in here and walk the ball up the floor, play slow." "It was the way we wanted to play," said Titan guard Haywoode Workman, who scored 30 second-half points for a career-high 42. "We wanted to run up and down, and they wanted to run up and And they did.

The 152 points by Oklahoma tied the NCAA record for most points scored against a Division I opponent. The Sooners did it a year ago against Centenary, and Jacksonville scored 152 against St. Peters in 1970. The Sooners have scored 616 points in six games this season, averaging 102.6 per game. The 87 points in a half broke the NCAA record of 86 set by Tubbs- coached Lamar against Portland State in 1980, and by Jacksonville in the St.

Peters game. Oklahoma set Big Eight records for points in a half and field goals in a half (34), and tied the conference record for points in a game and assists in a game (39). Stacey King and Mookie Blaylock scored 28 apiece to lead Oklahoma, and each also had eight assists. William Davis came off the bench to score 20, and Damon Patterson, another reserve, scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The Oklahoma press helped create 27 turnovers, with Blaylock getting eight steals.

The Sooners made three straight 3- pointers in a 13-0 run in the first half that stretched their lead to 36-13, and then settled for a 65-49 halftime lead. The Titans pulled within 14 three times early in the second half but couldn't keep pace. "Our kids are not used to playing at this level yet, but we've come light years," said Trickey, whose team lost 144-93 to Oklahoma last season. "I could walk the ball and worry about my image by giving up points, but I couldn't care less about that," he said. "I'm not at all discouraged or disappointed." The Sooners hit 100 on a Patterson 3-pointer with 10:20 to play.

King, Patterson and Blaylock led the surge during the next several minutes, and with 1:49 remaining, Blaylock hit a 3- pointer to make the score 144-114. Oklahoma then went 1:09 without scoring before 12th man Jason Skur- censki made two free throws. Three baskets in the final 35 seconds, two coming after Titan turnovers, finished the scoring. "It was shoot-and-run basketball," said Patterson, a newcomer after sitting out last season as a Proposition 48 casualty. "I was surprised that there were that many points, though." as it was for Duke's Danny Ferry MIAMI (AP) Danny Ferry already had 17 points when he picked up his second foul nine minutes into Duke's game against the Miami Hurricanes.

"The guys on the team got mad at me," Ferry said. "They said, 'You can't get in foul trouble. You aren't going have many nights like Ferry stopped Ferry fouling, kept scoring and finished with a school-record 58 points in the top-ranked Blue Devils' 117-102 victory Saturday. Ferry's total broke the 37-year-old school mark of 48 points by Dick Groat, and the record for an Atlantic Coast Conference player of 57 by North Carolina State's David Thompson in 1974. "I'm happy for Danny, because it has not been an easy year thus far for him," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

"He's gotten into a lot of foul trouble. It's been a little bit frustrating for him." Ferry, who averaged 17.4 points in Duke's first five victories, hit 23 of 26 field goals and 10 of 12 free throws against Miami. "Eight or nine minutes into the game, I really started to feel in the flow," the 6-foot-10 senior said. "I got Fresno State savors California Bowl win FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Fresno State coach Jim Sweeney, savoring his third California Bowl football victory, said his Bulldogs "can't play any better than that." After letting an early two- touchdown lead slip away, the Bulldogs came back to beat Western Michigan 35-30 Saturday night despite giving the Broncos five first downs on penalties.

Western Michigan had its own lapses, producing three fumbles that led to Fresno State scores. Despite a costly 166 yards in penalties and three interceptions thrown by Fresno State quarterback Mark Barsotti, the coach said he never enjoyed a win more than this one. "I felt our kids played as well as they could play in order to win," Sweeney said. "We can't play any better than that." Western Michigan coach Al Molde said the Bulldogs deserved the victory because "they made more big plays on offense than we did, and they made them when it counted." Fresno State, 10-2, went ahead by two touchdowns in the first half on 55- yard and 38-yard passes from Mark Barsotti to Andre Alexander. But Western Michigan, 9-3, was ahead by halftime on a 31-yard pass from Tony Kimbrough to Robert Oliver, a 51-yard run by Rob Davis and a 29-yard field goal by John Creek.

The lead switched early in the third quarter as Darrell Rosette raced 65 yards for a Fresno State score, and Kimbrough hit Davis with a 15-yard scoring pass. On the Broncos' next drive, Kimbrough missed the snap from center at the Bulldogs' 20. Fresno State recovered the fumble and drove down- field to a touchdown on a 4-yard Rosette run. Some felt the fumbled snap was caused by screaming hometown fans encouraged by Fresno State coaches to make it hard for Western Michigan players to hear the signals, but Kimbrough placed the blame on himself. "The fumble was my fault," he said.

"I forgot the snap was on the first sound, and I wasn't ready for it." The Bulldogs scored their final touchdown on a 26-yard run by fullback Myron Jones that followed a fumble recovered by Fresno's Brian Greer even though his lower legs appeared to be out of bounds. Then, Fresno State's defense held off the Broncos until Kimbrough scored on a 6-yard keeper with 17 seconds left in the game to put Western Michigan five points behind. Kimbrough missed a pass for a two-point conversion, and Fresno State recovered an onside kick to snuff the Bronco's final hope. "I think they took our best shots, and we took their best shots." Sweeney said. Holiday with Care Enjoy yourself.

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I felt good, and I got the ball in great spots." Ferry, guarded most of the night by 6-6 Eric Brown, scored primarily inside 10 feet. He hit one dunk, scored twice on goaltending calls and hit a pair of 3-pointers. His only misses were a 3-point try, a 15-footer and a 3- ooter from the left of the basket. "If he ain't the player of the year, I want to see who is," Miami coach Bill Foster said. "I've never seen anything like that.

He wasn't making gimmes. We hounded the heck out of him." Foster stayed with a man-to-man defense, even after Ferry-scored 15 straight Duke points in the first half. Krzyzewski defended Foster's strategy. "If he went zone, I think it would take aggressiveness away from his team," Krzyzewski said. "I don't think they should have done anything different in guarding him.

Danny was just very difficult to stop." Ferry had 34 points by halftime, a career best by one point. Miami fell to 3-2, while Duke improved to 6-0. Ferry and his teammates earned a break until Dec. 21, when they begin league play against Wake Forest. "The ACC is going to be really tough," Ferry said.

"It's a deep league. I feel it's the best in the country this year." Claire says Dodgers have improved club LOS ANGELES (AP) Fred Claire doesn't claim the Los Angeles Dodgers got the better of their virtual trade of second basemen with the New York Yankees. But, he says, the signing of Willie Randolph and others makes the World Series champions a better ballclub. The Dodgers signed the 34- year-old Randolph on Saturday to a two- year contract for $1.75 million. Randolph, the New York Randolph Yankees co-captain, replaces Steve Sax, who became a free agent and signed a three-year, $4 million contract with New York on Nov.

23. "I can only say that I'm delighted to have Willie," said Claire, the Dodgers general manager. "Sax made the decision to sign with the Yankees. That was a decision he made, not a decision we made. "With the acquisitions of Willie Randolph and Eddie Murray, I believe we have improved our club in a considerable fashion," Claire said.

"He wants to play with us and I think that Willie playing for the Dodgers is an absolute perfect matchup. He's always had an incredibly high on- base percentage." The Dodgers got Murray in trade from the Baltimore Orioles last week. With the acquisitions, Claire said he felt the Dodgers were pretty much in place for next season. Randolph, the Yankees second baseman since 1976 and a five- time All-Star, said in a conference call from New York that his decision came down to two clubs the Dodgers and Montreal Expos. The offers were similar, he said, but the Dodgers were a real contender.

"The Dodgers' commitment to excellence had a big part to do with it," he said. Randolph was among the 12 players made "new-look" free agents by arbitrator George Nicolau in the Collusion II case. He will make $875,000 a year, the same salary he earned in 1988. Randolph, hampered by injuries for much of the 1988 season, batted .230 in 110 games and was hitless in his last 30 at-bats. He is a lifetime .274 hitter.

Randolph said he wasn't bothered by the Yankees' signing of Sax, just a little surprised. "I wasn't disappointed," Randolph said. "(At first) I was hurt and surprised. I had given 13 years to the organization, my heart and soul. But after that happened I just looked forward to the future." Randolph said he's been working out since the season ended.

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