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Kentucky Kernel

 

By TONJA WILT
Executive Editor

RED RIVER GORGE, Ky. —
When standing 100 feet in the air.
supported by a ledge less than a
half-inch wide, the expression
“mind over matter" rings true for
members of the UK Rock Climb-
ing Club.

For some climbers. the hardest
pan is the mental challenge of
overcoming exhaustion and
doubts, not just the challenge of
scaling a cliff.

“It's just mind over body. The
only thing that is stopping you is
your mind,” said Hugh Loeffler,
the club’s president. “It teaches
you to Overcome mental barriers.”

Today, Nov. 17, the club is vis-
iting a place rock climbers call
Pebble Beach, located in eastern
Kentucky’s Red River Gorge.

“Red River Gorge is an awe-
some place to climb for the club,"
said Loefi‘ler, a senior trying to get
into UK‘s physical assistant pro-
gram. “There are loads of rock
that haven’t been deveIOped yet.”

Before every climb Loeffler
reads a poem he wrote about rock
climbers. “A rock climber is at
one with the Earth,” he reads, and
then explains.

“There are other sports where
you come in touch with nature. but
with rock climbing you see a dif-
ferent part of nature that you
wouldn‘t see with any other
sport." he said. “The physical na-
ture of it is that as you tune your
body, you tune into nature. The
harder you climb, the better in
shape you become."

For others to climb a route, an
area of rock, there must first be a
lead climber who hooks a dynamic
rope, specially designed to absorb
shock and to expand, into a belt at
the top of the climb.

Loeffler leads the ascension, but
like any climber he must have a
backup, provided by the belayer.
For extra protection the rope is
first wrapped around a nearby tree,
secured with a bowline knot and
then attached to the belayer’s seat
harness.

 

At the other end, the climber
ties a figure eight knot in the rope,
passes the rope though the harness
and reinforces the knot with anoth-
er figure eight knot doubled over
the first one. A clip-like device,
called a carabiner, hooks the har-
ness to the rope.

“With rock climbing, gravity is
a constant and people die," the 23-
year-old Lexington native said.
“You always back things up.”

The climber dips his hands in a
black pouch on the back of his belt
and covers his hands with magne-
sium carbonate gymnast’s
chalk —- for a better grip.

Loeffler, who has been climbing
rocks for nine years, begins this
ascent with an automatic dialogue
with the belayer. The climber
asks: “On belay?,” meaning “Are
you ready to catch my life?"

The belayer responds: “Belay
on.”
The climber replies: “Climb-
ing."

The belayer responds: “Climb
on."

Communication is not as impor-
tant at Red River Gorge as at some
other climbing sites, Loeffler said.

“When you climb many other
places you can’t see the person
when he's at the top of the cliff
and you‘re at the bottom." Loef-
fler said.

“I need to make sure you're
ready to go. You have to have
your commands very simple and
very thought out ahead of time.”

He then steps onto a half-inch
protrusion on a route called the
Central Scrutinizer. The size of the
ledges varies with each step up,
most decreasing in size. His arms
outstretched above him, Loeffler
scales the rock like Spiderrnan,
maintaining his balance by grip-
ping the tiniest ledges with his fin-
gertips.

Finding the right ledge to place
feet and hands on takes some plan-
ning.

“On really high climbs it‘s not

See ROCK-SOLID, Page 4

MOVING UP IN THE WORLD: A climber scales a 55-foot route, a wall ol rock, called Central Scruti-

Rock climbing tests body and spirit

UK club members
reach new heights

nizer in Red River Gorge with the UK Rock Climbing Club.

 

 

 

Top divers to compete in championship trials

By TIM WIESENHAHN
Staff Writer

Thirty—nine of America’s top div-
ers will gather at UK's Lancaster
Aquatic Center this week to com»
pete in the World Championship
Team Trials.

The week-long competition will
contribute up to 12 divers to the
US. team, which will compete in
the World Aquatic Championships
Jan. 3—13 in Perth. Australia. The
championships rank second in im-
portance only to the Olympics.

The sixth—annual trials will in-
clude competition in the men's and
women‘s l- and 3—meter spring—
board and IO-meter platform events.
The top two divers in each event
will earn spots on the World Cham-
pionship Team.

Featured among the contenders
for the World Team berths are six
current US. champions from the
1990 Phillips 66 Championships
held this summer in Dallas.

They are Krista Wilson of laguna
Hills, Calif, the 1990 NCAA 3-
meter champion on the women's l~
meter; Wendy Lucero of Denver, 3
1988 Olympian and the current US.
3-meter champion as well as a six-
time US. springboard champion on
the women’s 3-metcr; Wendy Lian
Williams from Bridgeton, Mo., the
1988 Olympic platform bronze
medalist and the current US. plat-
form champion on the women‘s
platform.

Also, Pat Evans of Cincinnati, the
current US. l-mcter champion and
a former NCAA 3-mcter champion
on the men‘s l-metcr; Kent Fergu-
son of Boca Raton, Fla. the current
3—meter champion and a silver med-
alist on the 3-meter at the 1990
Goodwill Games, on the men's 3-
meter; and Matt Schoggin of Aus-
tin, Texas, the current US. platform
champion and the 1990 Goodwill
Games platfomt bronze medalist on
the men's platform.

Williams said she has set the

World Championships as her pri~
mary goal. I"

“I put my education on hold to
train for this," Williams said. “I
have to get there.“

Ferguson said UK's new diving
facility IS one of the best he‘s seen,
and provides an excellent environ-
ment for world—class diving.

“I didn’t even know they had a
pool in Kentucky it‘s incredi-
ble," he said. “I’ve heard nothing
but good stuff from other divers.”

Despite competing against a tal-
ent-laden springboard field, which
includes 1988 Olympic team mem-
bers Mark Bradshaw and Patrick
Jeffery, Ferguson said the two
World Championship berths are up
for grabs.

“I feel pretty good. It'sjust a mat-
ter of staying consistent and landing
on my head," said Ferguson, a six-
timc U.S. springboard champion
and winner of 14 career intcmation-

See DIVING, Back page

 

EVENT

 

DIVING

WORLD TEAM TRIALS

Women’s Platform Final #1
Men's 3-meter Final #1

Women‘s 1-meter Final #1
Men's Platform Final #1
Women's 1-meter Final #2

Men’s 1-meter Final #1
Women's 3-meter Final #1
Men's 1-meter Final #2

Women‘s 3-meter Final#2
Men's 3-meter Final #2

Women‘s Platform Final #2
Men's Platform Final #2

TIME
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7pm.
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University Extension offers off-campus alternatives

By TAMMY HERRING
Contributing Writer

For people without the time or re-
sources to become full-time college
students. getting an education out—
side the classroom is becoming an
incrmingly popular alternative.

And some full-time students oc-

casionally like to get away from the
rigid schedule of on-campus cours-
es.

UK's University Extension Pro
gram offers an alternate course of
study for those people. The program
offers UK classes through telecours-
es that coordinate learning materials
with television broadcasts. indepen-

dent study through correspondence
courses, and various workshops.

But these programs. while cur-
rently enjoying a rise in popularity,
are not new —— independent study
courses date back as far as the late
l800s.

Learning outside the classroom is
becoming more available for those

who wish to continue their educa-
tion yet have limited options, or
want the flexibility that independent
study and telecourses offer.

Some people may have jobs that
do not allow them to attend class
during the day or may not be able to
afford full-time classes.

And some adults may feel out of

place in a classroom wrth mostly
younger students. Also, some have
no means of transportation to get to
campus.

Sarah Vaughn. librarian at UK
Extension, helps extension students
to use the library resources. She

See EXTENSION. Back page

INSIDE: 1990-91 BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Holiday
was break
for tired
students

By MARK BURDETTE
Staff Writer

Like many UK students, Steve
Calvert’s menu last week included
turkey and plenty of trimmings. But
with finals and papers less than two
weeks away, the food science junior
plans to go on a diet.

The N & N diet, that is: No—Doz
and Nintendo.

The Thanksgiving holiday gave
students a chance to relax and brace
themselves for the storm of papers
and tests that come with the end of
the semester, Classes officially end
the se:ond week of December

Students~ interviewed on campus

 

Tips on surviving late
semester blues.

See Page 6

yesterday talked about their holiday
and how they plan to attack the
stressful weeks ahead.

Paul Thompson. a business ma-
jor. said he took advantage of the
time off to work and make some ex-
tra money. He said he plans to live
at the library during the week be-
fore f i rials.

l;n'n Lake, an elementary educa-
tion freshman. said her favorite part
of the holiday “.13 being with
friends -,_ and being away imm the
donns for a while.

“It was great just being able to
take a shower and not have to wear
flip-flops." xiltI lake. adding that
the only way to survive finals week
is to become a hermit.

”three residence hall \‘lutlt'nh said
they would [PBS the home “X'lKlng
they cntoved during me liotiday
weekend. especially uhilc til‘iCUSS-
tng which fastlood restaurant they
w ould order from tonight.

Chuck Sailor, an engineering
major. said the best part ot the bolt-
day was home cooking.

“i could eat what I wanted. when-
ever i wanted. without having to
show a plastic card to anybtxiy."
Saylor said. “i slept late and didn‘t
touch a book.“

Sttylor said hzs plan for finals is
to live on a minimum OI sleep dur—
ing the next few weeks.

Katie Dwyer. a business lllileI',
stud her favorite part ol the holiday
was eating pumpkin pie and watch-
ing the Dallas Cowboys '~'lt‘[Ol'y
over the \‘l’ttshington desktns on
'lhtitiksgiitng llziy. [)wwr stud she
llkt‘\ to prepare for finals well in

See HOLIDAY, Back page

UK Faculty Brass
Quintet performs
at 8 pm. in the
Singletary Concert
Hall.

Call the Singletary
Box Office at 257-
4929 for ticket
information.

Football
ends as
basketball
begins.

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ARTS 8r MOVIES

Monday 11/26

a Concert: UK Faculty Brass Quintet;
SCFA concert Hall; 8PM; call 74929

i Concert. UK Graduate String
Quartet; SCFA Recital Hall; 8PM;
call 7—4929

TUESDAY 11 / 27

0 Exhibit 'Mountain Images (thru
12/12); Free; SCFA Presidents Rm;
9AM~5PM; call 7-1706

0 Concert. University Artist
Series-Bella Davidovich,piano; $9
w/UKlD; SCFA Concert Hall; 8PM;
call 7-4929

WEDNESDAY “/28

a Movie: 'National Lampoons X-Mas
Vacation'; 52; Worsham Theatre;
7:306:10PM; call 7-8867

0 Concert: UK Classical Guitar Series;
Free; SCFA Recital Hall; 8PM; call
7-4929

0 Concert: Baley-Hazin Singers; Free;
Memorial Hall; 8PM; call 7-8183

THURSDAY 11/29

0 Theatre: '1940'5 Radio Hour'; 58;
Guignol Theatre; 8PM; call 7-4929

0 Seniors Concert: McCracken Wind
Qrintet; Free; SCFA Recital Hall;
3PM; call 7—4929

0 Concert. UK Percussion Ensemble;
Free; SCFA Recital Hall; 8PM; call
7-4929

0 Movie: 'National Lampoons X-Mas
Vacation'; $2; Worsham Theatre;
7:30&1OPM; call 7-8867

FRIDAY 11/30

. Theatre: '1940'5 Radio Hour'; 58;
Guignol Theatre; 8PM; call 7-4929

- Concert: An Afternoon of Americal
Music; Free; UK King Library
North; Noon

- Movie: 'National Lampoons X-Mas
Vacation‘; $2; Worsham Theatre;
7:30&10PM; call 7-8867

0 Movie: 'National Lampoons X—Mas
Vacation'; 52; Worsham Theatre;
7:30&10PM; call 7-8867

SATURDAY 12/ 1

- Spotlightlazz Concert: The Jimmy
Heath Quartet plus Christopher
Holiday 6: His Quartet'; 515;
Memorial Hall; 8PM; call 7-8867

0 concert: UK Dance Ensemble;
$2w/UKID; SCFA Recital Hall;
8PM; call 7-4929

0 Movie: 'National Lampoons X-Mas
Vacation‘; 52; Worsham Theatre;
7:306:10PM; call 7-8867

SUNDAY 12 / 2

- Center Sundays Series: Lexington
Singers; $6 w/UKID; SCFA Concert
Hall; 3PM; call 7-4929

0 Movie: 'National Lampoons X-Mas
Vacation'; 52; Worsham Theatre;
7PM; call 7—8867

0 Holiday Concert Event: Bach's
Magnificat performed by UK
Choral Groups; SS all proceeds
benefit UK choral program;
Memorial Hall; 8 pm; Call 7-5897

Bella Davidovich will
be performing at the
Singletary Center for
the Arts On
Tuesday, Nov. 27 at
8 pm. This is part of
the continuing
University Art Series

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December 3-7
Closing Reception
Dec. 7 6-8pm

MONDAY

. Meeting: Table Tennis Pradrce;$10/year; Seaton Squash Ct; 7:30
10PM; call 7-6636

. Other UK Judo CLub; Free; ALumnI Gym; 56:30PM; call 2552625

TUESDAY

- Meeting: SAB Pertorming Arts Committee; Free; St Cntr 203; 6PM; call
7-8867

~ Meeting: Cycling Club; Free; 9:30PM: call 233 7438

- Meeting: Commuter Studem Board; Free; St Cntr 106; 5:15PM; call 7-
6598

- Religious: Catholic Student Leadersh‘p Meeting: tree; Newman Cntr
88; Noon: call 255-8566

- Other: Aembirs; Free: Newman Cntr 1&2; 5:567PM; call 2556566

- Meeting: Comnmer Student Board; Free; St Cntr 106; 5:15PM; call 7-
6596

WEDNESDAY
- Meeting: SAB Contemporary Altairs Committee; Free; St cm 228;
5:30PM; call 273-3556 or 7-8867

Reynolds Bldg. 672 Broadway

it Barnhart Gallery

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- Meeting: SAB Concert Committee; Free: St Cntr 228;.5PM; call 7-8867
- Meeting: SAB Public Relations Committee; Free; St Cntr 203; 5PM; call
78867

- Meeting: SAB Parents Weekend Committee; Free; St Cmr 203; 4PM;
call 7-6867

- Meeting: SAB Pertorm‘ng Arts Comttee; Free: st Cntr 203; 6PM: cal
7-8867

- Religious: Holy Eucharist: Free; St. Augistine's Chapel: 5:33PM; cal
2553726

- Religious: 'Enoounter‘; Free; St cntr 205: 7PM; ml 2769533

THURSDAY

- Meeting: SAB Indoor Recreation Committee; Free; St Cntr 203; 7PM;
call 7-8667

- Meeting: SAB Cinema Committee: Free; St Cntr 226; 5PM; call 7-8667
- Religious: Catholic Newman Cntr Night (0N2); Free; Newman Cntr
3&4; 7.30PM; cal 2556566

- Meeting: SAB Special Activities Committee; Free; St Cntr 203; 4PM;
cal 7-8867

- Religious: Rellowshlp ol Christian Athletes; Free; 502 Woodland Ave.
9PM; call 66556

- Other: Aerobics; Free; Newman Cntr 1&2; 5:507PM; call 2558566
- Meeting: UK Amnesty lntemational; Free: St Cntr 115; 7PM; (2| 25¢
52

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- Religious: 'Thursday Night Live‘ at CSF; Free; 502 Colurrbia Activ’Iies
Rm; 7:31PM: call 233-0313

- Meeting: Amnesty International: Free; St Cntr 115; 7PM; call 25L0952

SATURDAY
- Religious: Less; Free: Newman Cntr; 6PM: mil 255-6566

SUNDAY

- Religious: Mass; Free; Newman Cntr; 9,1 1 30.56.6150; call 2556566

- Religious: Holy Eucharist; Free; St Ougistine's Chapel; 1030AM; call
254—3726

- Religious: Holy Eucharist 6 Fellowship; Free; St Augistine's Chapel;
5:30PM; ral 254 3726

- Religious: Spaghetti Supper Night; $2: Newman Cntr 3&4; 6PM; call
255-8566

- Religious: Universny Praise Serves; Free; 502 Colunbia Adivrties Rm;
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SPECIAL EVENTS

WEDNESDAY 1 l / 28

0 Academic: EARLY ADD/ DROP
(THRU 11 / 30)

THURSDAY 11 / 29
0 Academic EARLY ADD/ DROP

0 Other. Hospital Pharmacy
Practice; Pharmacy Bldg 201;
7PM; call 269-5054

FRIDAY 11 / 30
0 Academic: EARLY ADD/ DROP

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
FOR UK STUDENTS:

- Driver needed to transport 2
children to group therapy.
Wednesdays 4-5PM thru 11 /22

0 Volunteers needed to assist
recreational therapist at day care
setting for disabled elderly

- Desperate need for volunteer
tutors for children and /or adults

0 Groups needed for landscaping
and grounds maintenance at
agencies serving the public.

LECTURES

WEDNESDAY 11 / 28

0 Seminar: 'Aiding the Press
Through Computer-Assisted
Reporting‘; Free; McVey Hall
327; 3:30PM; call 7-8737

0 Seminar. The Genetic &
Biochemical Studies of Proteing
Section in E coli'; Free; Med Cntr
MN56t3; 4PM

I Meeting: Black Student Union;
Free; St Cntr 245; 3:15PM; call
269-4869

FRIDAY 11 / 30

0 Lecture: 'In Pursuit of Perfection:
].A.D. Ingres, Peintre d‘histoire';
Free; Pence Hall 209; 1PM; call
7-7617

SUNDAY 12 / 02

- Lecture: 'A Brief History of Our
Universe' Suketu Bbavsar; Free;
SCFA Presidents Rm; 3PM; call
74929

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MONDAY 11 / 26

0 Sports: LadyKats Basketball vs.
Northern KY University; Memorial
Coliseum

0 Sports: UK to host Workd Games
USA Diving Team Trials; Lancaster
Aquatic Cntr; 1-7PM daily (thru
ll /30)

O lntramurals: 3 on 3 Basketball; 55
per team; Seaton Cntr; call 7- 6584;
Mobile, AL; 6&8PM; 3&5PM;
7:30PMs: UK to host

WEDNESDAY 11 /28

0 Sports: Wildcat Basketball at
Cincinnati

0 Sports: Lady Kats Basketball vs.
Ohio State; Memorial Coliseum;
6PM

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Bob
NORMAN

KNOXVILLE. Tenn.
Way, way up on a Tennessee
mountain stands Neyland Stadi-
um — a garguantuan structure
with a straight, tall face.

Way. way down on the south
side of the Stadium‘s football
pit is a dark, dank tunnel lead-
ing to what was UK's dressing
room Saturday afternoon. Like
a cave, its opening shows a
dome of daylight, but no sun-
rays stream through.

Outside the tunnel the bril-
liant sun shines on the empty
stands, paling the ever-present
tinge of grotesque Volunteer
orange. The Tennessee march-
ing band’s charging music
plays on to a few stragglers sa-
voring the feel of the place.
Kids play Nerf on the field’s
tough and fast artificial turf.

The game was over. UK’s
football season was over.

Back to the tunnel:

“I’m kind of sad.” senior Phil
Logan said. “It’s a depressing
moment” — then he looked up
- "but it’s a new beginning,
too. We’ve got new challenges
ahead of us."

Logan —— and other depart-
ing UK seniors — has dreams
of big-time football in the NFL
and hopes of a degree to keep
him moving. UK’s football pro-
gram, on the other hand, still
has the old challenge —- the
one it has had since coach Bill
Curry took over last spring: to
build a championship team.

And ‘build’ is the proper
term. Curry is a bottom-up
coach. He has a deeply philo-
sophical approach to football.
And to be successful, he must
instill that philosophy in the
guts of his players.

His mission is to slowly
overtake all previous ideas
about UK football and to set a
tone and structure for the fu-
ture.

It's beginning to work. The
players start sounding like him.
The media start sounding like
him. He is becoming en-
trenched in the minds of the
football community.

Two quintessential phrases
Curry has introduced to Ken-
tucky and their definitions fol-
low:

“Perfectly disciplined will”
— Curry says he is trying to
develop this with his players. It
is a mindset that leaves doubt
and fear by the wayside. It is
focus (another much-used term
of Curry’s) on the specific goal
of winning. You must, in Cur-
ry’s words, “fight through the
fatigue and the rain and the
mud and the grit and the mos-
quitoes and smash." Blinders
required here.

“The Fellowship of the Mis-
erable" — This is the clique of
people that get in the way of
developing the perfectly disci-
plined will. This bunch is full
of doubt and cynicism. They
cry about the lack of tradition,
about the impossibility of
building a first-rate football
program at UK. Most of these
blundering people have beer
bellies and grease stains on
their hole-ridden T-shirts. No
one ever aspires to become one
with the “Fellowship" - mem-
bers simply grow into it. una-
ware.

So Curry’s task is a difficult
one. He needs to annihilate the
“Fellowship of the Miserable,"
while simultaneously building
the “perfectly disciplined will."

And it’s working. Listen.

“The guys have got to be-
lieve in him.” Logan said.
“You got to believe in him to
win."

”Nobody can ever quit,”
quarterback Ryan Hockman
said. “You believe in yourself
and you believe in his pn'nci-
ples and you will be success-
ful."

The players are out of the
tunnel now. Remaining unseen
is where and how far Curry will
take them into the light

Sports Editor Bob Norman
is an English senior and a Ker-
nel sports columnist.

 

 

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UT’s Carter blows Cats away

By AL HILL
Staff Writer

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. — The UK
football team responded to vicious
hits with hard-hitting blows of their
own and in the process sent the
smell of upset through Neyland
Stadium Saturday.

“If they’re bold enough to inflict
punishment on me, then I’m going
to inflict punishment on them
I’m going to go after the one that
hit me the hardest," UK fullback
Terry Samuels said.

Unfortunately for the Cats. the
blows inflicted by the Tennessee
Volunteers were a bit harder and
greater in number. UT’s power and
the legs of free safety/retum man
Dale Carter led the Vols to a 42-28
victory.

But not before the Cats put some
fear in Neyland Stadium’s heart.

The Cats, in that first half, looked
like a top ten college football team.
They delivered the early blows on
offense as well as defense, running
the score to 21-14 before the first
gun.
Senior tailback Al Baker scored
on a one-yard touchdown run to
cap off the Cats’ impressive open-
ing 62-yard drive.

Senior strike Jeff Brady stifled

the Vols’ first drive by sacking
Vols quarterback Andy Kelly for
an eight-yard loss on third down,
forcing UT to punt.

At this point, a strange odor be-
gan to fill the air at Neyland Stadi-
um — it was the smell of an upset.

Junior defensive end Derrick
Thomas then blocked a Kelly pass
and ran under it for the intercep-
tion. This interception gave the
Cats extremely good field position,
and they took advantage of it.

Sophomore quarterback Ryan
Hockman took over the Cats' of-
fense after junior Freddie Maggard
reinjured his right shoulder on a
throw in the preceding series. He
proved himself worthy — throwing
for 143 yards and two touchdowns.

The first was a result of the
Thomas interception. The Cats
took a 14-0 lead when Hockman
hit senior Phil began for a one-
yard touchdown pass.

Late in the second quarter, after
a UT touchdown, Doug Pelfrey
lined up for a 39-yard field goal —
he had just had his previous at-
tempt blocked by the Vols. Holder
Steve Phillips faked the field goal
and threw the ball to a wide open
Rodney Jackson in the endzone,
making the score 21-7.

“The plan was to get an early

lead and build on it. The fake field
goals were there.” Curry said.

Then, after the Vols scored to
take the score to 21-14, the winds
came and swirled on the field —
clearing the smell of upset.

The first of the mountain breezes
came when UT’s Carter ran the
opening kickoff back for 69 yards
to set up the tying touchdown. The
Carter winds continued to blow
when he intercepted a Hockman
pass and returned it 41 yards for an-
other touchdown. The Cats would
never regain the lead.

“Kentucky put some fear in my
heart in the first half, but when we
needed the big play we came up
with it," Carter said.

The winds died down late in the
fourth quaner with the Cats down
35-21. The Cats then came back be-
hind the arm of Hockman and the
wheels of Baker and Samuels.

The Cats completed a 55-yard
drive late in the fourth quarter when
Hockman hit Logan on a fourth
down play, bringing the Cats to
within one touchdown.

Tennessee iced the game — and
UK’s season — with an additional
touchdown.

Just as UK's last game has been
played, 17 seniors on the UK team
played out their collegiate careers

Saturday. Among them are tailback
Al Baker — who finished his career
with a bang resounding to the song
of 880 yards and 10 touchdowns,
and linebacker Randy Holleran, the
Southeastern Conference’s leader in
tackles.

“Al is a great player. He made up
his mind he was going to be a great
player, it was a wonderful thing to
have Al on the learn.” Curry said.

With the departure of those two
stars, new talent will have the
chance to rise. Among them will be
Samuels.

“I bruised my side in the first half
but I was going to do whatever it
took for us to win I got some in-
spiration from Al (Baker) that got
me stronger,” Samuels said.

The big fullback, with his combi-
nation of speed and size, has Cat
fans really excited about the future.

“Terry Samuels is a redshirt
freshmen who gets better and better
each week,” Curry said.

And Holleran sees not only Sam-
uels moving forward, but also the
entire slew of young Cat talent.

“We learned what it takes, and we
were very close to winning and the
guys who will be here next year will
remember that, they also know
something special is going to hap-
pen with the Cats." Holleran said.

UK breaks out of ‘hibernation’

By BOBBY KING
Assistant Sports Editor

After eight months in hibernation,
both UK and Pennsylvania looked
as if scoring —— and shooting, for
that matter — was a forgotten art.
This, the season opener for both
schools. was no Saturday night spe-
cial.

In fact, when the first bucket of
the game — and the season — final-
ly came from UK center Reggie
Hanson’s turnaround jumper in the
lane, 4:13 had expired from the
Rupp Arena clock.

Pennsylvania's agony, much to
the delight of UK fans, lasted even
longer, however. Psyched out by the
crowd and a slick defense, the
Quakers fell to Kentucky 85-62
even though the Cats’ win wasn’t
pretty. memorable or exciting.

The Quakers, who haven’t beaten
the Wildcats in three tries, lit up the
scoreboard for the first time some
two minutes later when Paul McMa-
hon hit a break-away layup with
14:56 remaining in the first half.

There were several apparent rea-
sons why the time warp occurred.

First. Pennsylvania made it obvi-
ous early on that its game plan was
to hold the ball as long as possible
before looking to score.

Second. UK's full-court press
choked whatever opportunity the
Quakers may have had to score. The
Quakers. who admitted after the
game that the pressure bothered
them, were forced into committing
15 turnovers during the first half.

The final reason, and most appar-
ent to the 23,996 fans who were
waiting for tltree-point bombs so
plentiful last season, was that the
Cats came out cold. UK was 13 of
28 from the field in the half for a
cool 46 percent

UK coach Rick Pitino said he was
pleased with the patience his team
showed when, with a 38-20 halftime
lead, the offense had yet to explode.

“I told them at halftime don‘t get
frustrated because you have only 38
points," Pitino said. “Look at it the
other way because the other team
only has 20 . It was a good expe-
rience for us to play against a team
that milk the clock and take some
time off of it before each shot.“

The closest the Quakers came to
UK during the second half was 50-
35 when freshman Dan Purdy broke
the press and hit a layup with 14
minutes remaining.

Then the wheels fell off.

UK’s bombardier Richie Farmer,
who finished with 12 points, popped
two quick tltree-point goals to give
the Wildcats a 21-point lead. Then
Pitino turned up the press a notch.
and Pennsylvania tunted the ball
over to the Cats four consecutive
times.

Quaker forward Ray Marshall
made an errant pass under the heat
of the press that resulted in a three-
pointer by junior swingman John
Pelphrey.

After the defense produced a five-
second call, Jamal Mashbum. UK‘s
designated dunker. took the in-
bounds pass from Reggie Hanson in
for a powerful slam that set off the

 

sellout crowd.

When Pelphrey added another try
and Farmer made one of two free
throws. Pennsylvania coach Fran
Dunphy looked up at the scoreboard
to find his team trailing by 30
points.at65-35.

From that point on, the Quakers
were silent.

Dunphy said he hoped his team
could learn from the pressme of
playing a more talented team in a
hostile environment

“It was a hell of an experience
and I‘m glad we came." Dunphy

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m.

Photo. by HCHAEL CLEVENGER/ Kernel Star‘-

HAVING A BALL

Richie Farmer and a Pennsylva-
nia player muscle on the floor for
a loose ball (above). Farmer,
who dazzled the crowd with two
straight three-pomters, finished
tne game with 12 points. The
scrappy Cats got off to a rough
start in their season opener but
routed the hapless Quakers.
Reggie Hanson and Sean
Woods helped out (left).

 

 

 

said. “I think (our players) under-
stood that this was 24,000 people
who are into basketball. It’s a tre-
mendous program.

Mercifully, when the game was
decided, Pitino lifted the pressing
defense to allow the visitors to keep
their dignity — something UK
wasn‘t fortunate enough to get from
an overpowering Kansas team that
routed the Cats last season 150-95.

“1 think that the toughest thing to
do is to come into Rupp Arena and
you‘re Pennsylvania. We just did
not want to in any way get them to

I

feel that we are jUSl trying to go af-
ter a score."

Dunphy respected Pitino‘s ges-
ture.

“The pressure was pretty tough
. It was difficult. and I appreciat-
ed him calling it off in the second
half," he said.

UK’s balanced scoring tittzttk was
led by Hanson’s 15 points, l‘IVC oth-
er Cats reached double figures.
Mashbum, Pelphrey, Farmer. and
starter Jeff Brassow had 12 points
each. All of Brassow‘s points came
on his four three-point goals.

Freshman Gimel Martinez eamed
10 points in his debut.

When asked to reflect on his
team’s less than inspiring season
opener, Pitino reminded everyone
that this season's team isn't a con-
tinuation of last year's surprising
14-14 squad. but an Overhaul.

“I think what people sometimes
forget is that we had to practice f ive
hours a day. sewn days a week -—-
double sessions sometimes —— to get
every ounce of perspiration out of
our bodies last year to be 14-14," he
said.

“1 think someumes we forget and
it‘s gomg to be ‘Poofl‘ and we‘re
there. We are nowhere near where
we need to be. but it's going to be

fun trying."

 

UK shows
many faces

 

No more Blue-White scrim-
mages.

No more recruiting gossip
stories.

No more pondering the open-
ing-night starting lineup.

After months of anticipation,
basketball season has arrived in
the Bluegrass State.

With Saturday night’s 85—62
pummeling of Pennsylvania,
the sacrificial lamb for the
1990-91 campaign, the Cats are
off and running toward what
they hope will be another fun
and exciting season of basket-
ball action.

In front of a jam-packed
Rupp Arena crowd of 23.996.
the Cats showed many different
faces in their season debut. In
fact, UK's performance could
have been titled "The Good, the
Bad, and the Ugly." after the
classic Westem.

The Good

-Team play. Coach Rick Piti-
no put all 13 available players
into the game at one point or
another, and 10 Cats received
more than 12 minutes of action.
Six Cats H Jamal Mashbum.
John Pelphrey, Reggie Hanson,
Jeff Brassow, Richie Farmer.
and Gimel Martinez —— scored

 

in double figures. Hanson led
UK with 15 points.

“You won‘t see us play 15