2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2005
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
TODAY
+ Women's Swimming at Big 12 Championships, all day, College Station, Texas
+ Women's Basketball vs. Baylor, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
TOMORROW
+ Women's Swimming at Big 12 Championships, all day,
College Station, Texas
FRIDAY
- School of Business Vs. Usa, 12:30 p.m., Palm Springs, Calif.*
- + Softball vs. BVU 8.p.m., Palm Springs, Calif.
- Baseball vs. Northern Colorado, 3 p.m., Hogtund Ballpark
Track at Nebraska, all day, Lincoln, Neb.
+ **Women's Swimming** at Big 12 Championships, all day,
College Station, Texas
SATURDAY
◆ Softball vs. CSF, 12:30 p.m., Palm Springs, Calif
◆ Baseball vs. Northern Colorado, noon, Hoglund Ballpark
+ Women's Basketball at Kansas State, 5 p.m., Manhattan
♦ Softball vs. Washington, 8 p.m., Palm Springs, Calif.
- Women's Swimming at Big 12 Championships, all day,
Collage Station Texas
Track at Nebraska, all day, Lincoln, Neb.
SUNDAY
- Men's basketball vs. Oklahoma State, 3 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
* Softball vs. Arizona State, 1:30 p.m., Palm Springs, Calif.
INTRAMURAL SCORES
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
BASKETBALL
Men's
Wannabes def. D's Nutz, 48-45
Dingleberes def. The Law, 72-59
Rif Raf def. Handicapped Mechanics, 75-44
GP def. Moody Maniacs, 49-21
AICHE def. Phi Delt A-4, 51-48
A6 def. Southern Ballers, 49-42
Phi Delt A-3 def. Battenfeld A, 52-45
Phi Psi I3 More Cowbell, 50-50
Amin All-Stars def. Spartacus, 57-54
AE Pi 1 def. AE Pi B, 28-23
Battenfield B def. Porra Loca, 51-33
Carson's Crew TIE Stephenson Chaminade, 25-25
Phi Delt A-1 def. Jason Brieley, 63-55
Giants def. Danny and the Miracles, 71-63
Team Mariokart def. Pi Kappa Phiv, 64-55
Kappa Sig 2 def. LCA 2, 66-54
Mollin Manginos def. Karate Explosion, 55-42
Stiff Competition def. Phi Tau 1, 46-16
Pearson def. GP Pirate Makers, 45-12
Team ABC def. Beta A-3, 44-32
LCA 1 def. Beta A-1, 69-48
Johnny Kilroys def. Flats of Fury, 71-51
Kappa Sig 1 def. Pearson 2, 83-30
Beta A 1 def. MeBlue, 54-32
Co-Recreational
Your Mom Goes to College def. Beaver Hunters, 110-61
Salt Dawgs def. Matt's Awesome Team, 67-24
E-Funk All-Stars def. Pearson, 57-53
Team Zombie def. K-Unit, 68-65
Shooting Stars def. The Missionaires, 38-37
High Scorers def. Spartacus, 75-59
◆ Women's
Tissue Zizou def. Blue, 71-30
Hawks def. Frash Theta, 49-16
Rx Rated def. Reese Pieces, 37-31
MONDAY
BASKETBALL
Men's
Blue Barracudas def. Pi Kappa Alpha, 75-55
Blue Chips def. The Threemasons, 75-37
Vermont St. Generals def. Sigma Nu 3, 52-35
Seminoles def. Hoopstars, 84-47
Good if it goes def. Sigma Chi 3, 55-51
Extreme def. Theta Chi Fat, 40-31
Sixers def. SigmaNu 2, 41-39
Douthart def. Miller Muscle, 30-21
Alpha Gamma Delta def. Top Theta, 31-18
- **Go-recreational**
  Title IX def. Blue Jets, 58-22
  White Unit def. Team Zizzou, 74-55
  Karate Explosion def. The Long-Hairs, 59-52
  D-Unit def. G-Hops, 52-46
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Team misses Moody
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Junior forward has been out last two games; teammates, coach notice differenc
Rylan Howe/KANSAN
Coach Bill Self yells at the Jayhawks to get back on defense during the first half of Kansas' game against Oklahoma. The Sooners led by 15 points at the break and held on to win 71-63 Monday night at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.
Back in December, when Kansas coach Bill Self announced Christian Moody would start for the Jayhawks, most fans were confused.
Now, without Moody in the lineup, it seems like the rest of the Kansas team is confused.
In Moody's absence, Kansas has been unable to pass the ball to All American candidate Wayne Simien.
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTWRITER
"When your best player isn't given the opportunity to do the things that a best player should do, I think we have to look at what we are doing because that is inexcusable in my eyes." Self said.
Mooody, junior forward, has a staph infection in his left knee, which has caused him to miss the lavhawks' last two games.
Moody has been exposed as a major contributor through his two-game absence.
He may not average a doubledouble every game or be able to hold an opposing team's best player to a season low, but after two straight games without Moody, his absence is obvious to teammates.
"It's not the reason we lost, but it definitely made a difference," senior guard Aaron Miles said. "I think Christian brings experience."
Mooody understands his role in the team and when he is in the game the Jayhawks' offense flows smoother.
The most valuable element of Moody's game is his interior passing. Whether it's Moody or freshmen C.J. Giles, Darnell Jackson or Sasha Kaun playing in the low post, part of the job is getting the ball to senior forward Simien.
During Moody's two-game absence, Simien has taken just 20 shots. He was averaging more than 13 shots per game but took just seven during Saturday's loss to Iowa State.
Simien said he is confident in senior guards Miles and Keith Langford to get him the ball.
"I know they don't have anything against me," he said.
The problem may not be with the guards. Without Moody there is a decline in the number of shot opportunities for Simien.
"I don't know why some of the things are happening the way they are," Moody said. "We definitely need to do a better job of getting the ball to Wayne."
During the first half on Monday's game, Self used Giles, Jackson and Kaun to fill the majority of Moody's minutes. But in the second half, he played freshman forward Alex Galindo for 19 minutes.
Part of that was good Oklahoma defense, but the other part was the inability of players to get the ball to Simien in the post.
Using the smaller lineup, the Jayhawks pulled within one point. But still, Simien shot the ball only seven times.
Self said that Moody's absence was noticeable, especially when it came to feeding Big Dub.
"It hurt us a lot because he is a post player who can feed the ball to Wayne," he said.
Edited by Nikola Rowe
ROWING
Rowers help out community
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Though added practice hours consume most of the women's rowing team's free time, its members still find time to get involved with the community. Some rowers take on the responsibility themselves, but other activities are done as a team.
Last fall the team was invited to Sunflower Elementary School, 2521 Inverness Drive. The third- and fourth-grade students were studying the Olympics, and Martha Wenzel, a teacher at Sunflower, thought it would be nice to have athletes from one of the sports that compete in the Olympics to come out and talk to the children.
"I think it was a good idea because it got them thinking about other sports that are in the Olympics," senior rover Erin Hennessey said. "Most of them were not familiar with rowing."
The team set up four different stations in which children could participate. One of the stations included the rowing video from last season, which is sometimes used for recruitment. After the showing the children could ask questions about what they saw, Hennessey said.
"They would recognize our faces on the video and then want to ask questions during it," she said. "They were just so eager to learn."
Another station got the children more involved by making them do training and calisthenics, while a third area allowed them to practice rowing techniques. The final station defined all of the rowing terminology.
"The stations were a good idea because it showed how much motivation and dedication we have," junior rower Jennifer Ebel said.
Another activity at Sunflower takes place every other Wednesday for Ebel. She has been a Girl Scout leader for the past two years in Lawrence.
"Coming out here, I just missed being around kids," Ebel said.
She participated in Girl Scouts for seven years and thought this would be a good opportunity for her to get involved. Every other week she attends an hour-long meeting where participants organize activities for the troop. For her next project she will help organize a tea party for the children.
"It's been a blast," Ebel said. "I like getting to know the girls and just hearing about their day."
Senior coxswain LeAnna Kemp
works with a younger crowd as well,
but at the high-school level. She is a
part of Young Life, a nondenominational ministry at Lawrence Free
State High School, 4700 Overland Drive. The group meets once a week
on Monday nights to sing songs,
play games and listen to a message.
The group is mostly led by college
students.
"I wanted to lead in college," she said about enjoying her experience at Park Hill South High School. "It had a huge affect on my life, and I hope to have someone else experience the same effect."
She said while helping high school students she realized her life affected them.
"It has really made me conscious of my actions." Kemp said. "It has taught me a lot of responsibility. I'm hanging around 16- and 17-year-old kids, and I have to be careful of what I do. You have to remember that you're a leader to them."
Kemp and Ebel say they have realized that a lot of time goes into these leadership positions, especially with rowing.
"You definitely have to plan for it," Ebel said. "You have to be organized. But all of this is definitely worth it."
Most of the rowers' community
service takes place in the fall when the team is less busy. During the past semester the girls took turns making breakfast at 6 a.m. every Tuesday at Jubilee Cafe in First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. The team would sign up five members each time. Hennessey said all members participated at least once.
But with weight training in the mornings it's difficult to be as involved.
Besides Jubilee Cafe, the team always participates in Adopt A Family in December. The team usually collects money as a group and then a few girls shop for the family, but this time it was different.
The seniors put together a spaghetti feed and invited the whole team, coaches, family and friends to come. The event raised more than $500, which all went toward Adopt A Family.
The team hopes to do something similar to that every year, Hennessey said.
The rowers also hope to keep up their involvement in the community even when they're in season.
"We want to do as much community service as possible," sophomore rower Jelayna Da Silva said.
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