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player ready...Given the recent controversy surrounding Andy Kaufmann, this might be an inopportune time to note that he is about to take his place among the most prolific scorers in Illinois history.
Though Kaufmann’s 57-game streak of scoring in double figures ended with a two-point performance in Minneapolis Wednesday night, he is still on pace to finish his career as the fourth-highest scorer in school history-behind only Eddie Johnson (1,692 points), Mark Smith (1,653) and teammate Deon Thomas (1,491 and counting).
Kaufmann, who has scored 1,456 points in 98 games, needs only 32 points to pass Efrem Winters, who stands fourth with 1,487. The Illini have three regular-season games left.
Winding up fourth at a school rich in hoop history is a considerable achievement, but Kaufmann was understandably hesitant to take a bow this week. He’s been taking heat from coach Lou Henson over his tendency toward selfish play.
“I don’t pay attention to that (all-time list),” Kaufmann said. “A lot of the really great players left after a year or two.
“It’s very nice, I guess, to see your name up there with so many great players. I think after I’m done playing, it’s something that’s solid that I can look back on and say, `Wow, I did that.’ “
The Fighting Illini opened the baseball season with a highly touted batting order, but pitching has carried them in the early going.
The pitchers shone last weekend in Orlando, where the Illini won two of three to raise their record to 3-3.
Senior Matt Arrandale starred in Saturday’s 13-1 rout of Tennessee, allowing only an unearned run in eight innings. Arrandale has a 0.53 earned-run average after two starts. Later that day, senior Keith Toriani threw a four-hit shutout and fanned nine in a 5-0 victory over Central Florida.
The pitching held up again Sunday, but the Illini managed only two hits in a 2-0 loss to Central Florida. Strikeouts have been a problem: The Illini have whiffed 70 times in their first six games.
Tennis player Lindsey Nimmo will try to match the school’s career singles victory record Sunday at Nevada-Las Vegas. The junior broke her own record for wins in a season by going to 33-6 with a 6-2, 6-0 victory Friday over Illinois State’s Janelle Crabtree. On Sunday, Nimmo defeated Nicole Catalano of Miami of Ohio 6-4, 7-5.
Nimmo’s lifetime record is 88-32. Her next win would tie the career victory total of Maureen McNamara, who played four seasons from 1980-84.
Chicago State: The basketball team, which finished 4-23 when it lost to Illinois-Chicago last Saturday, avoided a dubious distinction when Wisconsin-Milwaukee won at Sacramento State later that night. Sacramento finished 3-24, the worst record among Division I teams. Dayton is 4-24. Cougars coach Rick Pryor, 15-67 in three seasons, is still awaiting word about his future at the school.
Northern Illinois: Jarod Schroeder is making up for lost time.
The Huskies sophomore walk-on made a huge splash at the Mid-Continent Conference swimming meet last week, winning the 50-yard freestyle in a school-record 20.81 seconds, the 100 butterfly in an NIU-record :49.60 and the 100 free in :45.54, which broke the school’s oldest record of :45.79, set by Dave Sivak in 1983.
“He is the most talented, athletic person I’ve ever worked with,” coach Jeanne Fleck said of Schroeder, who walked on as a freshman after giving up the sport when he was 12.
Schroeder was named co-winner of the conference’s Swimmer of the Year Award with Wright State’s Jim Joshberger. Schroeder’s time in the 100 butterfly earned him a spot in April’s U.S. senior nationals in Nashville, as well as consideration for the NCAA meet in two weeks.
Schroeder was a part of another NIU mark, swimming a leg on the 400-yard medley relay that took second in 3:26.49.
NIU’s men and women finished third in the meet. Western Illinois won the men’s title and Wright State took the women’s crown.
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Loyola: Brian O’Mara won the 200-meter individual medley in 1 minute 55.17 seconds as the Ramblers finished fourth among seven teams in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference men’s swimming meet last week at La Salle. The foursome of Ken Glomb, Pat Bennett, Tim Dragas and Steve Kula set a school record of 3:09.56 when it won the 400-meter freestyle relay.