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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005
BRAGGING: Hawks rack up Border Showdown points
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play of Kansas juniors, forward Crystal Kemp and guard Erica Hallman.
Producing from the perimeter and dishing the ball to Kemp, Hallman put up 16 points and posted six assists. She accounted for all of the Kansas scoring from long-range by hitting four of seven three-point attempts, including both of her second-half shots.
In one two-minute stretch in the second half, Hallman nailed two three-point shots, recorded two assists and one steal. The burst of life helped Kansas score on six consecutive possessions to keep pace with the Tigers.
"Everything was clicking offensively," Hallman said. "We got some looks on threes and
everyone was knocking their shots down."
Accurate shooting from the perimeter after halftime helped pave the way for Kemp's huge second half.
Kemp finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds, seven of which came on the offensive end. The offensive rebounds proved vital to the Kansas team, which was faced with a Missouri team that featured a much taller lineup.
"Once Erica started hitting outside shots, it really made things easier for me," Kemp said. "She deserves a lot of credit for our inside game."
"She was incredible," Missouri coach Cindy Stein said of Kemp. "It is like she has suction cups on her hands for rebounds."
The loss pushed Missouri to 7-10 (1-5) and extended its loss
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: LAST FIVE, NEXT FIVE
Last Five
vs. No. 20 Kansas State: L 63-45
at No. 15 Texas: L 66-51
Next Five
vs. No. 19 Iowa State: L 70-37
at Nebraska
at Texas A&M: L 62-60
ing streak to five games.
(7-10)
Brooks led the way for the Tigers with 14 points.
vs. Missouri: W 63-61
vs. Oklahoma
For Kansas, the outcome snapped a four-game losing streak, and gave the Jayhawks 1.5 points toward winning the Border Showdown. According to KU Media Relations, Kansas leads Missouri 9.0-5.5 in total points. Several games, including two men's basketball games and
at Missouri
at Oklahoma State
one women's basketball game, remain.
Source: Big12sports.com
Kansas will face the Tigers on again. Feb 5 in Columbia, Mo.
The Jayhawks play on the road at Colorado on Tuesday. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. Kansas City's Metro Sports will broadcast the game, but Channel 6 in Lawrence will carry it.
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
Rachel Sevmour/KANSAN
Senior guard Aquanita Burras drives to the basket during the first half of the home game against Missouri Saturday night. Burras had 12 points and four steals for the game, and the Jayhawks left with a 63-81 victory.
KEMP: Dominating the court
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Saturday night's victory. She also finished with a game-high 22 points, just four shy of her career mark. Down the stretch, she took the game into her own hands, scoring 14 points in the second half. Whenever the Jayhawks needed a big basket, Kemp had the answer.
"I was just thinking that I had to score," Kemp said. "The fact that they did not double team was a plus. I felt that one-on-one I had a really good chance to score, so I just did what I had to do."
Her teammates are used to seeing dominating performances from Kemp out on the court, but even they were impressed by her performance on Saturday.
"She had a great game," junior guard Eric Hallman said. "She played 59 minutes, and they were all productive minutes."
"Nobody can stop Crystal
when she gets going. She needs to be a machine like that all of the time for us on the boards."
Hallman added 16 points of her own and contributed six assists in the win.
Aquanita Burras
In those team-high 39 minutes, Kemp also added four assists and two blocks. She was 11 for 15 from the field which helped her
improve a field goal shooting percentage, which already ranks among the league's best.
"Nobody can stop Crystal when she gets going," senior guard Aquamita Burras said. "She needs to be a machine like that all of the time for us on the boards."
Burras played 38 minutes and contributed 12 points.
If the Jayhawks hope to start a winning streak on the road in Colorado tomorrow, they will need Kemp to continue doing what she did Saturday.
BENCH: Hawks run into other problems along the wave
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season-high 11 points and played 18 minutes, the same amount as junior forward Christian Moody, a starter.
Early in the season, Kaui struggled to keep up with the quick pace of the game. Recently though, Kaun has shown signs of improvement. He scored seven points against Kentucky and eight against Colorado.
Self said his performance on Saturday was outstanding.
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saturday was outstanding.
"He was the best player for
He was the best player for
us. He is going to be good."
Kansas men's basketball coach
as", Self said. "He is going to be good."
Bill Self
Basketball Notes:
■ As if the Jayhawks didn't have enough problems on their
hands after Saturday's game...
On top of the game meltdown,
their charter flight got canceled
because of a snow storm in
Philadelphia.
They had to stay an additional night in the city and took an early flight out yesterday morning.
Freshman C.J. Giles did not play in Saturday's game because of a bruised foot.
- The 21-point loss was the worst suffered by Kansas seniors Mike Lee, Keith Langford, Aaron Miles and Wayne Simien.
Only three undefeated teams remain in NCAA men's college basketball: Duke, Illinois and Boston College. BC pulled out a one-point victory, at home, against Villanova last Wednesday.
Self said that he could have played but he chose not to insert him. Giles will wear a boot on the foot for a while, Self said.
Forward Moulaye Niang did not travel with the team to Philadelphia because he was sick with the flu.
— Edited by Lori Bettes
PHILLY FANS:
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But we sat in our seats, watched the fans leave, deflected "Kansas sucks" and other thoughtful comments and exited, at least physically, unscathed. One fan even congratulated us on the Jayhawks recent success.
Championship-starved city deserves its victories
dued by the recent successes of their other local sports teams.
Perhaps the fans were sub-
"Villanova today, the Eagles tomorrow," one fan yelled as he left the court.
And he was right. After three consecutive losses in the conference championship game, the Eagles will play in the second Super Bowl in franchise history on Feb. 6.
"The city needed this. We were due," said Ken Michaels, Philadelphia sports fan since the 1960s.
Eight major cities in the United States have professional sports teams in all four major sports: baseball, basketball, football and hockey. Philly is the only city without a championship in the last 11 years. Th
city's last major championship, a Flyers' Stanley Cup victory, came 18 years ago.
So try to be happy for the country's most championship-starved major market.
After all, it was just a nonconference game.
Cross is a Kansas City, Mo. senior in journalism.
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