6B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2005
FOOTBALL
Kansan file photo
Senior linebacker Nick Reid tackles Colorado sophomore Alvin Barnett during the game in Boulder, Colo., this season. Reid and the Jayhawks travel to Austin, Texas, this weekend to take on the No. 2 Longhorns. Reid is seeking redemption for a missed tackle that led to a last minute comeback by Texas during the game last year at Memorial Stadium.
Loss to Texas haunts Reid
BY RYAN COLAIANNI rcolaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN STUFF WRITER
Kansas certainly remembers what happened when it lost to Texas in the final seconds last season.
Senior linebacker Nick Reid graphically remembers the 4th and 18, late in the fourth quarter, when he missed a tackle on Texas quarterback Vince Young. Missing that tackle let Young rush for the first down and keep the drive going, which led to the game-winning touchdown.
"I think we all know what play stands out to me," Reid said. "I have thought about this game probably 1,000 times since last year. It stings thinking about it right now. Luckily we have a chance this year to go down there and do something about it."
Kansas is using last year's loss as motivation for this Saturday's game in Austin, Texas.
best and see what happens."
"We should have got them last year," Reid said. "We are just going to go down there and do our
Reid and Young were talking to each other the entire game, but Reid said Young didn't have anything to say to him after he broke the tackle.
"After that play, he was so far down field he really couldn't say anything to me." Reid said. "He beat me pretty good."
The play nearly didn't happen. If junior wide receiver Charles Gordon was not flagged for offensive pass interference, that completion would have given Kansas a first down and the Jayhawks could have run the clock out with a fresh set of downs.
Mangino was surprised that Texas was using his comments for motivation.
Mangino criticized the referees after the game for their offensive pass interference call against Gordon. Mangino implied that the referees were thinking about the Bowl Championship Series and gave Texas the call to help it get into the BCS.
Young told reporters Monday in Austin he was upset about Mangino's comments following Texas' 27-23 victory.
Mangino retracted his comments hours after the game but still received a $5,000 fine from the Big 12 Conference.
"If you are the best team in America and you are looking for motivation, maybe we have got a chance Saturday." Mangino said.
Mangino announced that senior defensive end Charlton Keith was named defensive player of the week for Kansas. The offensive player of the week was senior running back Clark Green. Senior cornerback Ronie Amadi was named special teams player of the week.
Extra Points:
- Gordon was also named a semifinalist for the 2005 Jim Thorpe Award, which is given annually to the nation's top defensive back.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Edited by Alison Peterson
Junior guard Shaquina Mosley takes a shot over Pittsburgh State junior center Maggie Apt during the first half. Mosley had 13 points and four assists during the 90-65 victory Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Newcomers take over, share point guard role
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
mphillips@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Rvlan Howo/KANSAN
Bonnie Henrickson needed to find a point guard capable of playing Big 12 Conference basketball when she came to Kansas.
Instead of finding one, she found two.
Freshman Ivana Catic and junior Shaquina Mosley played significant minutes at the position during Sunday's 90-65 exhibition victory against Pittsburg State.
"I liked what I saw," said Henrickson, Kansas women's basketball coach, "Those two kids handled the majority of the ball-handling responsibilities and had only two turnovers."
Catic was the only one of Kansas' five freshmen to earn a spot in the starting lineup. She justified Henrickson's decision just minutes into the game when she stole the ball and went the length of the court.
"I was really focused on my game assignments," Catic said. "That's the style we want to play."
Henrickson said it was the first time she remembered allowing first-year players to call plays.
"They've earned that opportunity practicing and right now have proven to be pretty good decision makers," Henrickson said.
The 90-point total was Kansas' biggest in two years.
When both players were in the game at the same time, Moslev moved to shooting guard.
"You can tell right now Ivana is more of a true point guard," Henrickson said.
ing guard, because it allowed her to penetrate more, to make moves to the basket and to try to score.
"It is nice to have the luxury of being able to play Shaq at both of those positions."
Last year, Mosley won the national Junior College/Community College Player of the Year award as a point guard, but had to adjust to playing a second position.
The results were mostly good, as she scored 13 points. Still, Henrickson would like Mosley to try to create more baskets.
"I think we can get her to be a little more aggressive, but I think she is trying to run the offense right now," Henrickson said.
Both players seemed to be at ease with the play-calling system,
yelling out instructions to their teammates and setting up plays
Henrickson said the next step was for the team to improve its defense. The team has worked on trapping opponents to create turnovers.
Mosley will continue to split time between the two positions.
"Bonnie probably sees something in me that I don't," Mosley said.
— Edited by Jonathan Kealing