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Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go
with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen
Fieldhouse. His career wasnt even a minute old and the Brampton, Ont., native
was already leaving his mark on Kansas. While Wiggins disappeared at times, the
highly touted freshman dazzled at others, finishing with 16 points in leading
the fifth-ranked Jayhawks to an 80-63 victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Friday
night. "He did some good things," Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. "I think he can
be more aggressive, but I think all the guys can be more aggressive." Aggressive
may not have been such a good thing on this night, though. New rules designed to
clamp down on hand-checking resulted in 58 fouls and a slew of free throws. It
also resulted in a herky-jerky affair for both sides. "Im telling them not to
freak out. Thats what Im telling them," Warhawks coach Keith Richard said. "The
players have to adjust and not lose their minds. Its not going away, and so its
difficult. It sure is. And there were some bad calls tonight, pitiful, but both
ways." Andrew White III and Perry Ellis finished 12 points each for the youthful
Jayhawks, who wont have a whole lot of time for all their freshmen to work out
the kinks. Kansas, which is replacing all five starters from last season, plays
No. 4 Duke on Tuesday night in Chicago. "Its going to be a pretty good matchup,
two high-profile teams," White said, "but were not paying too much attention to
the hype thats out there." Marvin Williams had 19 points and six rebounds to
lead the Warhawks, who sure didnt look like a team that won just four games last
season. They trailed 47-41 early in the second half before the quicker more
physical Jayhawks finally went on a 15-5 run to seize control. Williams fouled
out with 8:16 left in the game, and Louisiana-Monroe struggled the rest of the
way as Wiggins and Co. made the final score appear much more comfortable.
"Obviously we want to come out and win bigger than we did, and finish the game
off stronger, but were still fresh," senior transfer Tarik Black said. "Were
still learning each other." The Jayhawks started three freshmen in Wiggins,
Selden and Frank Mason, who got the nod at point guard with junior Naadir Tharpe
serving a one-game suspension for playing in an unauthorized summer league game.
Black also was in the starting lineup after arriving from Memphis. That left
Perry Ellis as the only holdover from last season in the starting five. Still,
the unknown of all the fresh faces resulted in the same kind of energy inside
Allen Fieldhouse that has accompanied just about every other home opener --
Kansas has won 42 of them in a row. Students waited in lines hours before the
doors opened before rushing to their seats. All that fervour quickly subsided
when it became apparent how far Kansas has to go. Consecutive dunks by Williams
in the first half, the second one after a turnover by Wiggins at the other end,
gave the Warhawks a 15-13 lead and forced the Jayhawks to call a timeout. "I
definitely felt like we were in the game," Williams said. Making waves of
substitutions, Kansas methodically regained the lead, and then pulled away on a
jumper by Brannen Greene and a parade of free throws. But it was still just
42-32 at halftime, and Selfs jaw was clenched as he followed his team to the
locker room. He wasnt any happier early in the second half, when the Warhawks
had closed to within 47-41 and Mason was whistled for a foul on a loose ball.
Self stomped up the sideline, his face red in fury, and screamed at the
officials while the crowd roared their disapproval. Asked whether he was
surprised that he didnt get called for a technical foul, Self replied: "I would
say that would be an accurate observation. Yeah, probably so." His impassioned
tirade finally woke the Jayhawks from their slumber. Black scored moments later
to kick off a 15-5 spurt that allowed Kansas to seize control. Wiggins coasted
to the rim for two layups during the run, and White knocked down a 3-pointer off
a feed from Connor Frankamp, then converted a conventional three-point player.
Louisiana-Monroe got into foul trouble down the stretch -- Tylor Ongwae picked
up his fifth with 14:40 to go, and Williams picked up his fifth 6 minutes later.
The Jayhawks took advantage of the Warhawks lack of depth to put the game away.
"Its an entire team of younguns, and its going to be frustrating from time to
time," Self said, "but hopefully it will be very rewarding at the end."
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the CFLs annual free agent frenzy.Winnipeg Jets 2 Carolina Hurricanes 1 (Jets
28-25-5, Road 14-14-1) – With the win the Jets move to three games above the
five hundred mark for the first time this year, while getting their road record
to an even .500. The Jets have now won nine of their last 11, and five of their
last six road games. With the win they moved to within two points of Vancouver
in the west, the Canucks holding down the eighth spot. Vancouver lost in Boston,
while the other big game saw Dallas win in Phoenix. The Jets do jump ahead of
Nashville, and are now tied with Dallas, one point behind Phoenix. It was the
Jets 33rd one-goal game of the season. The first period was scoreless with some
careless play by both teams leading to a number of scoring chances, forcing both
Ondrej Pavelec and Anton Khudobin to make a number of outstanding saves. The
Jets outshot the Hurricanes 11-9. The only goal of the second period came from
Andrew Ladd, his 13th of the season. Ladd now 3-7-10 in the last ten games. Ladd
buried a rebound of a Micheal Frolik shot, with Bryan Little also picking up an
assist, giving him 13 points in the last 14 games. A key part of the game later
in the period with Zach Bogosian off for holding, the Jets were nailed with too
many men on the ice. So for the eighth time this season the Jets were down two
men (51 seconds) and for the eighth straight time they killed it off. Other than
a shot off the post, the Hurricanes did not have a shot on goal on the power
play. Adam Pardy made a number of key plays including a key blocked shot. Shots
in the second were 12-9 Carolina. Riley Nash tied the game early in the third,
setting the stage the game winning goal with 1:03 left in regulation.
Blake Wheeler started the play with a cross blue line pass to Jacob Trouba in
the Carolina end. Trouba took the puck all the way around the Hurricanes goal,
tried to get a pass to Mark Scheifele in front, but instead found Chris Thorburn
at the edge of the circle who scored his second of the year for the win. Wheeler
has 15 points in the last 14 games, Trouba nine points in the last 10 games.
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favour of Carolina. Pavelec is now 7-2 in his last nine games, allowing 20 goals
against, including six games where he has allowed two or less. Al Montoya has
played the other two in the 9-2 Jets run, allowing one goal in each. Bogosian
for the fifth straight game led the Jets in ice time at 25:01, Trouba next at
24:13. Little had five shots on goal, four of which were great scoring chances.
Face-offs very much favoured the Hurricanes, who finished at 64%. 37 hits for
the Jets, Trouba leading the way with five. Trouba was a plus-1 and is now a
plus-14 in the last 11 games to lead the team, Scheifele was a plus-1 and is now
a plus-12 in the last 11 games and is second on the team. "It wasnt one of our
best games, but we found a way," commented Coach Paul Maurice post-game. "The
effort was there, our structure was good, our goalie was good. Huge penalty
kills. Just wasnt anything easy about the game but we handled it well." There
was a lot of line matching with the Hurricanes wanting Manny Malhotra against
the Little line and Eric Staal against the Scheifele line. "Scheifele is
Winnipegs dirty little secret, hes a pretty good player. I have no problem
putting Scheifele out against anyone." Trouba struggled early in the game
handling the puck, but Coach Maurice kept putting him out. "He had a couple of
shifts that were unusual. But he wants the puck on his stick with a chance to
win the game. He took it low with his head up, and he can make those big plays.
Hes been on the ice for a lot of big goals." On the penalty kill, "We got bodies
and sticks where they needed to be. A big block by Pardy, that shot was a bomb."
Jets continue their four-game trip in Washington Thursday as for the second
straight game they renew the old South East Division rivalry. (TSN Jets, TSN
1290). The pre-Olympic schedule concludes in St. Louis Saturday afternoon. (TSN
Jets, TSN 1290).
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