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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, January 31, 2000
Jayhawks force turnovers
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Senior guard Stacy Freese, who makes almost half of her three-point shots, was zero-for-three from beyond the arc and scored 13 points. Freese also committed four of the Cyclones' 22 turnovers.
At first, Kansas was able to force the issue with pressure defense. Later in the game, Iowa State started to make mental errors.
"They're a veteran ball club
with great guards, and they're not going to turn the ball over just like that," said junior guard Jennifer Jackson. "We came out and put some pressure on them in the first half, and maybe they got some looks at the basket that they didn't like. I think in the second half they started making some unforced turnovers because of the pressure that we kept applying."
Washington also said
unforced turnovers were a key.
"We stayed very intense throughout the game," she said. "There wasn't much of a period we could relax. We had to stay on them."
The 'Hawks had to stay on the Cyclones after a threepoint shot by senior forward Desiree Francis with 5.07 left pulled Iowa State within 6 points of Kansas' lead. Iowa State sophomore center Angie Welle stole the ball from Jackson on Kansas' next possession and the record crowd
But another unforced turnover from the Cyclones reversed the momentum. Francis charged into Johnson, Kansas regained possession and senior guard Suzi Raymant nailed a three-point that pushed the lead to 48-39 with four minutes remaining.
"To me this team really showed a lot of character, and I'm really proud of them," Washington said. "We had a great crowd."
Above: Kansas junior guard Jennifer Jackson screams in the face of Iowa State guard Erica Haugen as she traps her against the sideline and forces a turnover. Jackson's tenacious full-court pressure and the team's constant trapping forced 22 Cyclone turnovers.
Left: Kansas forward Jaclyn Johnson shoots a layup for the Jayhawks. Johnson scored 18 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and was 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in Saturday's 58-49 win against the No. 6 Cyclones. Photos by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Key players stopped in 'Hawks upset win
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"They are going to make their runs. We had to try to stay disciplined in what we were going to give up."
Kansas clamped down on players like senior guard Stacy Frese, who went zero-of-three from three-point range, and junior guard Megan Taylor, who went scoreless for the first time in her career.
"They played really good man-to-man defense, and we had to be content to just pass the ball and not attack back," Frese said. "We needed to make something happen, and we weren't."
And to put the icing on the victory, sophomore center Angie Welle couldn't help bring her team back with her trademark shots.
"Usually, I can make the left-hand layup an free throws, and I didn't do either of those things today," Welle said. "We can usually come back in the second half. It is very frustrating when we can't do the things we want."
Despite bad shooting, Iowa State stayed in the game until the final minutes by sticking to its game plan: stop senior forward Lynn Pride and junior guard Brooke Reves.
After her 28-point performance, Reves did not score a point, and Pride scored only nine. Junior forward Jaclyn Johnson, who led the team with 18 points, and senior guard Suzi
Raymant provided the Jayhawks with the lift they needed in the second half.
"Johnson and Raymant always play good against us," Fennelly said. "That's what a good team does. When we stopped who I consider to be the team's two best players, the 'quote' other stepped up and did well, and that's why they won the game."
Raymant hit a three with 4:08 remaining that put the Jayhawks up by 9 points, and Johnson shot 10-of-10 from the free-throw line.
"Yesterday, I watched a game between USB and some other small school, and this guy went 48-of-50 from the free-throw line," Fennelly said.
"I watched his form, thinking, 'What is this guy doing,' and I decided I was going to shoot like him today. I guess it worked."
STATISTICS
Kansas 58, No. 6 Iowa State 49
Iowa State (153, 61)
Kansas (14-5. 5-2)
Weile 4-10 5-11 13; Francis 2-5 0-5; Fresse 3-10 7-8 13;
Gahan 7-0 2 17; Taylor 0-5 0 0; Haugen 2-7 6 0; Wilson
0-2 2-2 2; Huelman 1-4 0-2; Team 15-50 14-21 49.
B. Revez 7-0 0-0; Pride 14-0 9-6; Johnson 4-8 10-10
18; Raymont 4-13 0-0; Jackson 4-10 1-2 10; Scott 2-5 0-1; White 3-7 0-3; Geoffroy 0-1 0-0; Fletcher 0-0 0-0;
Team 19-58 16-22 58.
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