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Kansas storms back to win against Iowa State
The Kansas volleyball team was looking for its first conference win of the year against Iowa State.
Big 12 Roundup: Mizzou survives scare
Chase Daniel was close to perfect in an otherwise sloppy final tuneup for No. 5 Missouri. Daniel passed for a career-high 439 yards and set a Big 12 record with 20 consecutive completions, helping the Tigers overcome a rash of errors in a 42-21 victory over Buffalo on Saturday.
Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook
Former Kansas University basketball standouts Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison attended Friday’s ceremony in which members of the 2007-08 Jayhawks were presented their national title rings. Collison said he had mixed emotions about his Seattle SuperSonics moving to Oklahoma City. In his five years in Seattle, Collison has grown fond of the great Pacific Northwest.
Kansas football notebook
Following his team’s loss last week to South Florida, Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino issued a mandate to his receiving corps: Improve your blocking significantly or be prepared to watch from the sidelines. Saturday, during his team’s 38-14 victory over Sam Houston State at Memorial Stadium, Mangino made good on that promise.
Hinrich’s jersey to hang in fieldhouse rafters
Kirk Hinrich’s jersey No. 10 will be hung in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse in a halftime ceremony at a yet-to-be-determined game during the 2008-09 college basketball season. “It’s a great honor,” said Hinrich, starting point guard for the Chicago Bulls, referring to the highest honor that can be accorded a Kansas University basketball player. “To have my jersey up in this building - a place that means so much to me - it’s an amazing feeling.”
Freshman leads KU tennis team
Freshman Ekaterina Morosova gave a strong performance for the Kansas tennis team Saturday at the University of New Mexico Invite. Morosova and senior Yuliana Svistun went 1-1 to finish the doubles competition at 2-1. Morosova also won her singles match to advance to the finals of the consolation bracket.
Dugan Arnett’s quick hits
With just under a minute remaining in the first half, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing turned a broken play into the Jayhawks’ third touchdown. After scrambling, Reesing fired a 57-yard touchdown pass to receiver Dezmon Briscoe to give Kansas a 21-7 lead.
Top 25 Roundup: No. 15 East Carolina’s BCS chances squashed
Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes - including a game-tying five-yarder to George Bryan with 1:12 left in regulation for the Wolfpack (2-2), seven-point underdogs to East Carolina, whose BCS-busting hopes are all but over after their second straight loss to N.C. State.
Reesing impressed by TD
Todd Reesing had to stop a second while pondering the question after his Kansas University football team’s 38-14 victory Saturday over Sam Houston State. Surely his 57-yard, highlight-reel touchdown pass to Dezmon Briscoe in the second quarter would make it on “SportsCenter,” along with every KU football highlight film from 2008.
Keegan: Keegan: Meier faithful receiver
Ed Warinner, the mastermind behind the Kansas University football team’s no-huddle, spread offense, gets high grades for innovative thinking. An offensive coordinator’s job can grow pretty complicated, but Warinner’s most brilliant move to date was right in front of his face.
KU sports teams contribute items to pawsible dream auction
Animals at the Lawrence Humane Society will be the beneficiaries of an auction scheduled Friday at the Lawrence Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive. The 14th annual Pawsible Dream Benefit Auction will start at 6 p.m. with the silent auction, followed by a live auction at 8 p.m.
Sophomore’s return sparks KU
Jayhawks rally to beat Iowa State, 3-2
Jenna Kaiser’s familiarity with her warm-up jacket was beginning to grow old. For five weeks, the sophomore outside hitter never removed the pregame garb to enter a match for Kansas University’s volleyball team. A strained ligament in her right elbow had forced her to the sideline. Saturday afternoon, the warm-ups came off, and she stepped on the court for the first time this season.
Coach proud of Bearkats’ effort
Sam Houston State football coach Todd Whitten gathered his players on the 20-yard line for a five-minute pep talk after Saturday night’s 38-14 loss to Kansas University at Memorial Stadium. “I told them I was proud of their effort and appreciate the way they played,” the coach of the Football Championship Subdivision.
LSU trips Auburn, 26-21
Jarrett Lee and Brandon LaFell connected on an 18-yard touchdown pass with 1:03 left to lift No. 6 LSU to another dramatic comeback victory over No. 10 Auburn, 26-21, Saturday in an SEC West showdown. The last eight games in the series had gone to the home team. LSU also snapped Auburn’s streak of six consecutive victories at Jordan-Hare Stadium against Top-10 teams.
Sellout blowout
Jayhawks win handily, but pass D shaky
A sellout Memorial Stadium crowd showed up Saturday night expecting to see the 19th-ranked Kansas University football team roll over an outmanned Sam Houston State team. And the fans got what they wanted : kind of.
Game balls & Gassers
Candidates for Game balls¢ Darrell Stuckey intercepted the pass that set up KU’s first score early in the second quarter.¢ Todd Reesing’s amazing scramble and perfect 57-yard throw to Dezmon Briscoe in the end zone was vintage Reesing.