Fridav. February 5,1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Kansas guard Jennifer Jackson prepares to make a move against Colorado guard Julie Helm. The Jay-hawks are scheduled to play the Missouri Tigers at 1 p.m. Sunday in Columbia, Mo. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza / KANSAN
Pride proving her game goes beyond offense
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ter Angie Braziel, averaging 20.1 points per game while owning the post for the Lady Raiders; Iowa State's 5-8 guard Stacy Frese, who is shooting a mind-boggling 51.8 percent from the three-point line; (second best in the nation) and Kansas' preseason favorite, Pride.
Although Pride went 3 of 16 Wednesday, head coach Marian Washington said the mental toughness that the 6-foot-2-inch junior displayed in the Colorado game was exactly what had made her the front-runner for the award.
"When something isn't on, the great players find another way to contribute," said Washington. "That's what makes her special."
Pride could have been discouraged by her poor shooting and could have become timid on the court, but she simply increased the intensity of other parts of her game, especially her defense.
Pride disrupted the Colorado offense, deflecting passes and inspiring her teammates by diving for loose ball after loose ball.
"She's one of the best players in the country," said Washington.
If the Jayhawks can continue to improve they could become one of the best teams in the country.
The Starting Lineup
KANSAS
JAYHAWKS
7-3 Big 12, 17-6 overall
JENNIFER JACKSON 5-10 So.
G LYNN PRIDE 6-2 Jr.
F BROOKE REVES 6-1 So.
F JAGLYN JOHNSON 6-1 So.
C NAKIA SANFORD 6-4 Sr.
Commentary
MISSOURI TIGERS 4-6 Big 12, 1.1-9 overall
G JULIE HELM 5-11 JR.
G KENDRA JONES 5-8 JR.
F EKPEDEME AKPAFIONG 6-0 JR.
F AMY MONSEEES 6-0 JR.
C KESHA BONDS 6-1 SR.
Women in sports, politics: It's time to pay them notice
Hearnes Center • Columbia, Mo.
Sunday, Feb. 7, 1 p.m.
Sure, our men's basketball team has won two straight and seems to have turned things around. Kenny Gregory has put on a T-shirt and pulled up his socks and suddenly started scoring again.
The Jayhawks have started playing better with wins against Colorado and
Kansas State. But they remain a shadow of teams seen around Allen Fieldhouse in recent years.
But there's another team that slowly has been making waves inside the fieldhouse. Its home-court winning streak is a third of the men's legendary 62-game streak at 20 games, but it is twenty times longer than the men's current streak.
Erin Thompson
sports @ kansan.com
The men have fallen from the Top 25 for the first time in eight years, while this other team, which plays in front of at best a half-filled fieldhouse, is climbing back up the polls.
Eric Chenowith, the leading scorer for the men's team, averages 13.4 points per game, while this other team has a player who is a preseason All-American candidate and averages 18.3 points per game.
The Kansas women's basketball team is living in almost oblivion while having a good year. The Kansas men's basketball team is living infamously during a year in which some may say they are faltering.
Don't get me wrong, I've discovered I'm as guilty as anyone of cheering for the men while ignoring the women. It was called to my attention the other night.
I was being a good sister and entertaining some of my freshman brother's friends. It was a warm evening, and we were taking advantage of it by hanging out on my front porch.
discussing — sports and politics — I limited the discussion to these.
Being a senior and obviously containing much more knowledge than these young fledglings, I felt obligated to share my wealth of knowledge. Because I feel there are only two subjects really worth
I began with sports. This year's basketball team may not be as dominant as some of the recent ones, but oh baby, wait until tournament time. This is the kind of team Roy Williams loves. Without the blockbuster names that the previous teams have possessed, Williams will be able to mold this team into a finetuned machine that will not falter around tournament time.
After sharing this and other sports knowledge I moved onto politics. I made a bold statement, "The Republican presidential nominee for 2000 will be Bush/Dole."
A still quiet fell over the porch. The only noise interrupting it was the sound of my dog running into the door on her never-ending chase of imaginary bugs.
"Do you mean Elizabeth Dole?" A brave freshman intoned.
That was exactly what I meant George W. Bush and Elizabeth Dole.
"I don't think a woman should be in that kind of position of power," the same freshman continued. "I think women should stay home and support their husbands."
This was not some innocent 18-year-old guy - this was a female, a National Merit Scholar no less.
The conversation continued late into the evening and has weighed on my mind since. I began to question my own values and beliefs. Suddenly my running joke that my life goal was to marry a senator no longer seemed so funny.
Why do I continually support a men's team that is a shadow of its former self, while I can count the number of women's games I've attended on one hand.
The women's team is on a phenomenal run. Lynn Pride is putting up outstanding numbers, Brooke Reves is having a break-out year and Nakia Sanford scored a career-high 24 points.
It's time that this campus began to support the women's basketball team the way it supports the men's team.
Thompson is a Wichita senior in journalism.
"God could do without our prayer.It's a mystery that God sets such store by it."
-Brother Roger of Taize
A Taize Worship Service
Sunday, February 7 5:00 p.m. St. Anselm's Chapel at Canterbury House 1116 Louisiana (between 11th & 12th)
Taize worship and its simple meditative music developed in the Taize Community, in southern France. It is an ecumenical community of lay and ordained men and women from all over the world dedicated to peace, openness and reconciliation.
If you are interested in simple, meditative worship dedicated to seeking God without moral prescriptions, doctrinal decrees or the trappings of organized religion please join us. Dinner follows at 6:00 p.m.
A video tape about the Taize Community will be shown before the service.