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victories. The Jayhawks beat Missouri at
Columbia, Mo., 118-11 1 in triple oertime
Saturday, and edged Oklahoma 81-79
Wednesday in Lawrence, Kan.
Kansas lost its leading scorer and re
bounder from last season when Tracy
Claxton, a 5-11 sophomore, did not return
to school. Claxton's departure, along with
an injury to 6-1 redshirt freshman Vickie
Adkins, left Kansas with a void at center
that reflected in a 2-9 non-conference
mark.
But Adkins has recovered from her knee
injury, and 6-6 Philicia Allen became
eligible in January.
"It's obvious they help this ballclub,"
Kansas Coach Marian Washington said.
"We've had our ups and downs, and most
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Priscilla Gary scored 24 points and
Angie Bonner added 21 as ninth-ranked
Kansas State defeated Nebraska 100-79
in a Big Light Conference game Thursday
night.
The Wildcats, now 6-0 in the
conference, held a 43-37 lead at halftime,
but used a 21-9 scoring spree in the first
eight minutes of the second to put the
game away.
Nebraska's women's basketball team
will host Kansas at 3 p.m. Saturday at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center. The game will
follow the men's contest with the Jay
hawks at 12:40 p.m.
Kansas is only 6-12 overall, but holds
a 4-3 conference record after two straight
of the damage was coming from inside.
To have someone with somesie to be on
the court for us gives us a lift."
Allen, who transferred from perennial
power South Carolina last January,
averages 13.5 points and 7.5 rebounds a
game. Angie Snider, a 5-9 forward, is the
Big Light's second leading scorer at 19.4
points per game, while 5-7 guard Angela
Taylor and 6-1 forward Baibara Adkins
both average in double figures. Adkins
and Snider both average seven rebounds
a game.
The Jayhawks' fifth starter, sophomore
Mary Myers, injured her leg during the
Oklahoma game and won't play against
Nebraska. She will be replaced by Cindy
Piatt, who averages 1.3 points a game.
"Even thought we were losing those
games early in the year, I told our players
we were phying great, great teams,"
Washington said. "Our schedule was one of
the most competitive around.
"We did learn a lot. Our intent was to
have a young team with experience that a
Philicia Allen and a Vickie Adkins could
work into. We did not, and we will not
expect any one player to make the differ
ence, but having them on our bench has
helped tremendously."
Washington said she hoped to learn
about Nebraska's team during the Lincoln
trip.
"We realize we're going to be playing
a strong ballclub," she said. "They be3t
Texas and Oklahoma up there, and played
Kansas State very close."
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By Kevin Warneke
Nebraska men's basketball team will try to extend a
Kansas bad-luck streak when the two team's meet for the
seventh time in Lincoln tomorrow at 12:40 p.m.
Since the Bob Devaney Sports Center opened in 1974,
the Huskers have won all six games played between the
two teams on the Sports Center court.
Although Kansas is at the bottom of the Big Light
Conference race. Nebraska cannot afford to take them
lightly, Nebraska Coach Moe Iba said.
Kansas broke into the win column of the Big Light
standings for the first time Wednesday night, when they
defeated Iowa State 75-69. Kansas had previously lost
to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri and Kansas
State.
But, according to Iba, records can be deceiving.
"If you look at where they have played, at Okla
homa, at Oklahoma State and at Kansas State," Iba said.
"It's a situation where if they can win on the road, they'll
feel they can get in the first division of the conference."
"Record-wise our season is disappointing," Kansas
Assistant Coach Bob Hill said. "Our win would have to
be the poorest game we have played."
Hill said despite the team's youth Kansas has played
well in their losses.
"We're having our growing pains," he said. "But they
feel they're growing as a team."
Kansas starts three freshman in forwards Kerry Boagni
and Calvin Thompson, and guard Jeff Guiot. Juniors
Kelly Knight and Carl Henry fill the other two start
ing spots.
Henry leads the squad with a 17.1 scoring average,
followed by Boagni who contributes more than 15 points
a game. Knight is tops in the rebounding department
averaging 7.2 a game.
Iba said Kansas will have a definite advantage in the
size-department as they start four players over 6-4.
"They're awfully big," Iba said. "We don't match
up with them."
"They're (Nebraska) going to exploit their quickness,"
Hill said. "Our advantage is our size."
Hill said Kansas will have to put a leash on Stan Cloudy
and Dave Hoppen.
"They're the same quick, patient team as always,"
he said. "But now they've added a new dimension in
Hoppen.
"We might have to slow him (Hopper) down and put
a hand in Cloudy's face."
The game also marks the homecoming of Omaha
Northwest graduate Ron Kellogg who has been averaging
nine and a half minutes of playing time for Kansas.
Iba said Nebraska will go with the same starting line
up as they have in the past which means that Cloudy,
Hoppen, Greg Downing, David Ponce and Claude Renfro
will get the starting nod.
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Nebraska's Terry Smith shoots over David Little
in Nebraska's 60-59 victory over Oklahoma Wed
nesday. The Cornhuskers will play 8-9 Kansas
Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
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By Jeff Korbelik
The Nebraska men's track team will
play host to one of the nations strongest
teams this Saturday when the Kansas
Jayhawks, defending Big Light indoor
and outdoor champions, invade the Bob
Devaney Sports Center at 2:30.
"They have their usual good team and
undoubtedly one ot their better teams
in my estimation and probably in any-
By Barry Trevarrow
There will be a busload of Nebraskans
rooting for Kansas Saturday at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center when the Corn
huskers take on the Jayhawks in a regional
ly televised Big Eight game at 12:30 p.m.
The game marks the homecoming of
Kansas freshman Ron Kellogg, a graduate
of Omaha Northwest High School. The
Northwest faculty plans to bus a group
of supporters to Lincoln to welcome
Kellogg back.
Kellogg was recruited by more than 200
colleges across the nation last year, includ
ing Nebraska, before he settled on Kansas.
He was a member of what is considered
the best in-state class of high school car
gers Nebraska has ever seen.
"Ron is really excited about coming
back to his home state," Kansas Assistant
Coach Jo Jo White said. White is the for
mer Boston Celtic great who helped con-
body's estimation," Nebraska Coach Frank
Sevigne said.
"It should be a very competitive meet,"
Kansas Assistant Coach Ralph Bowen
countered. "Nebraska is a fine, well-rounded
team. 1 hey have a super facility and
it should be one of the high meets of the
year, and we hope to meet some national
qualifying standards."
Kansas is coming into the meet fresh
off a victory in a quadrangular meet last
weekend over Kansas State, Missouri and
Oklahoma State. Bowen feels that he has
a good team that is still making progress.
The Jayhawks will be led by returning
indoor 600-yard run champion Rodney
Bullock, Anthony Polk in the 60-yard
dash, Sanya Owolabi in the triple jump,
Tim Gundy, double winner in last week
end's meet in the mile and the two mile,
and pole vaulter Jeff Buckingham.
Kansas has 21 seniors, including several
fifth-year athletes. Seven Kansas athletes
have won conference championships and
five others have finished second.
"They redshirted a lot of people last
year, making them stronger this year than
they were a year ago," Sevigne explained.
Kansas' 1982 redshirts include: Owo
labi, the 1981 national indoor triple jump
champion; Mark Hanson, the 1981 Big
Eight indoor long jump champion; Deon
Hogan, the 1981 Big Light 440-yard
champion and Mark Rau, the 1981 Big
Eight 600-yard champion.
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vince Kellogg to play at Kansas.
Husker center Dave Hoppen, a graduate
of Omaha Benson, and redshirts James
Moore (from Omaha Burke) and Mike
Martz (from Beatrice) are the only fresh
men who chose to play for Nebraska.
Kerry Trotter and Vic Lazzaretti, both
from Omaha Creighton Prep, went to
Marquette, while Grant's Bill Jackman
headed east to Duke.
Although Kellogg's playing time is nine
and a half miriutes per game, he said he is
happy at Kansas.
"I'm playing behind a great ballplayer
who has college experience," Kellogg said.
"Everything's going just about as I ex
pected." Kellogg's high school honors are numer
ous. He is the only player in Nebraska
history to be named to the Omaha World
Herald's Super-State team three consecu
tive years. He was named a prep-All-American
by Parade Magazine, Scholastic Coach
Magazine, Basketball Court Times and
Basketball Weekly. He averaged 21.7
points and 10.9 rebounds his senior year
at Northwest and shot an amazing 59
percent his first two years. He led North
west to the state playoffs all three years
while helping the team to an overall re
cord of 57-17.
Kellogg said he is not having any prob
lems adjusting to the demands of college.
"The coaches are very helpful in getting
me to work hard," Kellogg said. "I just
have taken whatever they give me."
Kellogg, a 6-5 southpaw, plays behind
Carl Henry, a junior college transfer
from Oklahoma City. Kellogg, who was
a forward in high school, said he is try
ing to make the transition to guard. White
said he is optimistic about Kellogg's
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"Ron's doing fine," White said. "He's
a God-gifted athlete who plays at another
level altogether. Sometimes I think he
should be out there just on talent alone.
There's no question he'll come through
this. He's an outstanding player."
Kellogg has not started any of Kansas'
16 games. Before Wednesday night's game
against Iowa State, he was averaging 3.5
points and 1 .5 rebounds a game. His high
game was a 13 -point performance against
Bowling Green. He is shooting 84.6
from the line and 41.1 from the field.
Kellcgg said he feels no additional
pressure in college after having such a
stellar high school career.
"Pressure is a part of life," Kellogg
said. "When I came into college I knew
what I was getting involved with. I am
satisfied with Kansas and its programs."
White said that Kellogg needs to work
on consistency and keeping his head in
what he's doing.
"Ron's just going through some grow
ing pains," White said. "Waiting is one
of the toughest things for a player. He
will learn a lot from sitting."