THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2008
SPORTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
9B
WILDCATS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Boogaard couldn't stop Gipson, but neither could Gipson stop Boogaard, as the Kansas center recorded her second straight double-double with 20 points and a career high 14 rebounds.
With 3:33 left, Boogaard converted a three-point play from the free-throw line to pull Kansas within two. However, sophomore guard LaChelda Jacobs committed a turnover with a chance to tie, then after
Despite the adversity Kansas continued to fight and Jacobs made a couple of late layups to finish with 12 points.
two Wildcat free throws, sophomore guard Danielle McCray was whistled for a charge.
"We didn't get frustrated and hang our head," Henrickson said. "I thought emotionally we grew up a little here and tried to battle and stay a little tougher."
Gipson hit four free throws to keep the Jayhawks at a distance and get the Wildcats out with a victory.
"We're just trying to get back on that ladder and keep fighting," said McCray, who finished with 11 points and six rebounds. "We know that we're a good team and we can't think anything less."
Kansas will again try and climb the ladder Wednesday night when it plays host to Colorado at 7 p.m.
Women's basketball notes
Weldon remains spark plug despite injury
ter Weldon tore
Kansas lost freshman guard Chakeitha Weldon for the year af
her ACL in practice Tuesday. Henrickson said although it was devastating for the Atlanta, Ga., native to go down after playing so well.
playing so well
Weldon
in the last few games, the team could still use her energy on the bench. As has become tradition,
Weldon got the Jayhawks fired up by leading the team's pregame huddle.
DIALING LONG DISTANCE
Kansas St. stained six three-pointers in the win, just under its average of 6.5 made per game.
Oppositely, Kansas was a woeful 0-for-6 from long distance.
"We're not going to win a three-point shooting contest and we don't need to (in order) to be successful," Henrickson said.
That may be, but it's almost impossible to win a game without making a three-pointer. Freshman forward Nicollette Smith, the team's leading three-point shooter, didn't even attempt a try on Saturday.
GIVING IT AWAY
Kansas turned the ball over 19 times in Saturday's loss, which remarkably is under its average for turnovers in conference games.
The Jayhaws average 20.9 giveaways per game in conference play, the most in the Big 12. Against Kansas St., five Kansas plays had multiple turnovers.
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The Washington student fan section celebrates Washington's 71-61 upset basketball win over No. 5 UCLA Sunday, at Hec Edmondson Pavilion in Seattle. Washington's last win against a team in the top 5 was last March against then-No. 2 UCLA.
North Carolina wins UCLA suffers upset
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough scored 13 of his 39 points in the first and second overtimes to help No. 3 North Carolina rally from a 15-point deficit and beat Clemson 103-93 on Sunday night.
Wayne Ellington added 28 points for the Tar Heels (22-2, 7-2 ACC), who needed a frantic comeback to stay perfect against the Tigers in Chapel Hill. North Carolina has won all 53 meetings, setting an NCAA record for the longest home winning streak against one opponent.
Cliff Hammonds scored 31 points to lead the Tigers (17-6, 5-4), who seemed on their way
to ending the long-running streak before letting it slip away. Clemson led by 11 points with about 3 minutes left in regulation before the Tar
Heels ran off a 14-3 run to force the extra periods.
WASHINGTON 71, NO.5 UCLA 61
North Carolina has won all 53 meetings, setting an NCAA record for the longest home winning streak against one opponent.
The Huskies' last win against a team ranked in the top 5 was last March against then-No. 2 UCLA.
SEATTLE — Justin Dentmon, benched in favor of a freshman for most of the season, scored 20 points to lead the previously wayward Huskies to an upset of UCLA.
Dentmont entered for the jittery Venoy Overton in the game's first minute and then took over for Washington (13-11, 4-7 Pac-10), which had lost four straight — the last three at home.
points and 17 rebounds for Washington, which won its fourth consecutive home game against the Bruins dating to 2004.
Josh Shipp scored 19 points
Jon Brockman added 12
For the second game in a row, Xavier wasted a double-digit lead before pulling it out at the end.
the conference.
Xavier (20-4, 8-1) solidified its hold on first place with its 12th victory in the last 13 games. This one wasn't easy — the Musketeers blew a 14-point lead and had to rally late.
and Russell Westbrook had 18 for the Bruins (21-3, 9-2), who lost for the first time in six games and fell into a tie with Stanford atop
NO. 13 XAVIER 76,
SAINT JOSEPHS 72
Rob Ferguson scored 18 for the
Hawks (15-7, 6-3), who had a turnover and missed a pair of shots in the final 20 seconds. Pat Calathes was only 4-of-15
CINCINNATI — Stanley Burrell scored 16 points and made a pair of clinching free throws with 13 seconds left to help the Musketeers win the matchup of the Atlantic 10's top two teams.
from the field for 16 points.
For the second game in a row, Xavier wasted a double-digit lead before pulling it out at the end. Derek Brown's tip-in with less than a second beat Saint Louis on Wednesday night.
NO.14 INDIANA 59,
OHIO ST. 53
COLUMBUS, Ohio — D.J. White scored 21 points and had 13 rebounds and Eric Gordon hit a number of big shots to lead the 14th-ranked Hoosiers past Ohio State.
It was the first red-letter win for the Hoosiers (20-3, 9-1 Big Ten) — much maligned for their light schedule — against a team higher than No. 49 in the RPI ratings. The Buckeyes (16-8, 7-4) came in at No. 32.
Gordon finished with 15 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Senior forward Taylor McIntosh struggles to make a basket during Saturday's Sunflower Showdown against K-State. Kansas could not keep up with K-State's star forward Maries Gipson.
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K-State forward key to Wildcat victory
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
takes is a glance at last
All it takes is season's collapse to realize how important junior forward Marlies Gipson is to Kansas State. Without Gipson for the final 18 games last year, the Wildcats went from nationally ranked and a NCAA tourna-
inches. The two turned in a fierce battle in the post and ended with nearly identical numbers. Gipson poured in 20 points to go along with
"She's [Gipson] been a great player and certainly is a big difference for their success this year and they knew that coming in."
BONNIE HENRICKSON Women's basketball coach
15 rebounds and three blocks while Boogaard gave the jayhawks 20 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks.
ment lock to a first round exit in the Big 12 Conference tournament and a spot in the Women's NIT. With her calming presence this season, K-State is 8-1 in the Big 12 and ranked No. 18 in the land.
Wildcats coach Deb Patterson, wearing a pair of pink shoes and a matching shirt
It was only fitting that Gipson would be the key contributor in Kansas State's 64-58 Sunflower Showdown victory Saturday afternoon almost a year after her absence, which allowed Kansas to break a streak of 12 straight losses last year to their in-state rivals.
Gipson showed her class against the Jayhawks rapidly improving freshman center Krysten Boogaard despite giving up more than five
in support of cancer awareness, said Gipson gave her team everything she had
"She walks off the floor 8-for-
16 - fifty percent from the floor
- she shoots perfect from the foul line, she finishes the night with a double-double,
she spent 38 minutes of the game defending
know if there is anything else that you can ask her to do."
The accolades weren't limited to the purple side of the bench either. Coach Bonnie Henrickson said Gipson drew Kansas' defense into the lane and provided space for Kansas State's outside shooters. Henrickson said she was happy with her team's play, and specifically the growth of Boogaard. She said that Gipson's athleticism and quickness were too much for the young Canadian at times.
"She is a one on one matchup; all the great shooters are going to spot up around her," Henrickson said. "She's been a great player and certainly is a big difference for their success this year and they knew that
"She [Gipson] is a good player. She is very quick and has a good vertical. She gets up there. It was a little difficult."
KRYSTEN BOOGAARD Freshman center
a 6-foot-5 player and in the last six minutes of the game she took the game over," Patterson said. "I don't
coming in."
After finding out what playing without her is like for the second half of last season, senior guard Kimberly Dietz knows just how important Gipson is to the Wildcats. Dietz scored 15 points
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by virtue of four three pointers and distributed six assists.
Sophomore guard LaChelia Jacobs shoots a basket during Kansas loss on Saturday. Kansas has lost 13 of the past 14 games against K-State.
"It's just awesome playing with her because when we get in to tight situations we know we can count on her not only for to be calm and convert but to also calm everyone else down." Dietz said.
But it didn't all come easily for Gipson. After having her first shot attempt swatted by Boogaard, she settled down and went about guiding Kansas State to victory. Asked what she thought of Boogaard, Gipson said she foresaw good things in the future for the Kansas center.
For now the two are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Gipson is a key cog in what may be the best team in the Big 12, while Boogaard is just starting to come into her own.
"She is a good player," Boogaard said. "She is very quick and has a good vertical. She gets up there. It was a little difficult."
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld