THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I thought I was gonna be tall when I was in the second grade. I was like, I'm going to the NBA. But I stopped growing when I was about 9. When I was around 14, it hit me! Guess this is gonna be it."
-Kevin Hart Esquire
FACT OF THE DAY
In 2008 and 2009, wide receiver Terrell Owens was the celebrity MVP with 18- and 17-point performances, including a dunk.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
O. Which two current NBA players were the two coaches of the Celebrity game in 2012?
A: Thunder guard Russell Westbrook and forward Kevin Durant
THE MORNING BREW
Little League star Mo'ne Davis makes NBA celebrity game debut
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A after exploding into the sports world, Little League stud Mo'ne Davis looks to
be the best option to dethrone comedian Kevin Hart in the Celebrity All-Star Game this weekend.
Hart has won three MVP awards now, including last year's, which was most certainly undeserving. Hart had seven points and over-dribbled the basketball at the top of the key for the majority of the game. But I suppose that was funny, so the fans voted him MVP.
Davis was already named a captain on her high school's varsity basketball team at age 13. At 5 feet 4 inches tall, she will perfectly rival Hart in what will be one of the more interesting matchups of the game.
Actor and musician Nick Cannon will return to the game, as well as actors Ansel Elgort and Anthony
Anderson. WNBA players Skylar Diggins, Tina Charles and Shoni Schimmel will also play. Although much of the game will be for entertainment and laughs, there will be a serious note in that Isaiah Austin will be one team's assistant coach. The NBA drafted Austin in 2014 after he announced he would no longer be able to continue his career
in basketball after he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome.
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony and film director Spike Lee will be coaching against ESPN radio hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic.
However, Anthony isn't the only NBA star Davis has met in the past week. ESPNgo.com reported Davis and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry met up before a Warriors game, where Curry asked for Davis' autograph. Recently, Davis has been all over the sports world since she became the first female pitcher to win a Little League World Series game.
Davis will have to put on quite the performance and gain the love of the fans in order to beat Hart for the MVP. As last year proved, it doesn't really matter how anyone does
because it's funny when Hart dances around and screams and pretends to cry. United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan put up 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, and Hart still won the MVP. Hart wasn't even on the winning team. Maybe Davis' popularity will give her a chance to obtain the award; otherwise, expect Hart to add a fourth trophy to his collection.
If Hart does take home the MVP trophy again, it will be interesting to see how his acceptance speech will go. In 2013, he accepted it while wearing deer antlers and intensely crying. Hart had five points and three assists that game. It's possible Davis could have Hart crying for other reasons come the celebrity game this weekend.
Tennis looks to build on success against Wichita State
Edited by Callie Byrnes
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Pairs teammates Dylan Winhom and Paulina Los high-five after a successful volley last season. The team led UMKC 3-1 before the match was called.
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Kansas tennis will head to Wichita Thursday to face instate opponent Wichita State.
The Jayhawks look to extend a run of solid play and increase their winning streak to three matches after a winning weekend in Las Vegas, where they improved their record to 2-3.
Kansas will have its work cut out for it, as Wichita State sports a 7-1 record and is ranked 40th in Division I women's tennis, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
The Shockers are led by junior Aleksandra Trifunovic and senior Lucia Kovalova, who each earned a Missouri Valley Conference player of the week award over the past two weeks.
Trifunovic is undefeated on the season in singles play and boasts a doubles record of
5-1. Kovalova also sports an impressive 7-1 record in singles play and is a respectable 3-3 in doubles.
The Jayhawks counter with two upperclassmen of their own. Senior Maria Belen Ludueña and junior Maria Jose Cardona both had strong showings in Las Vegas. Ludueña was 5-0 on the weekend, while Cardona was 3-1.
Kansas dropped its first match to UNLV 4-3 over the weekend, but rebounded nicely dominating in back-to-back wins against New Mexico State 4-0 and Pacific 6-1. The midweek matchup with Wichita State will test the young Jayhawks, who are looking to build momentum as they prepare for conference play in March.
The series between the two teams has been heavily lopsided in Kansas' favor through the years as the Jayhawks hold a 15-5 record against the Shockers, though
Kansas lost the last matchup 4-3 a season ago in Lawrence.
Ludueña and Cardona picked up a doubles win in last year's matchup and Ludueña added a singles win
as well.
as well.
The matches are scheduled to start Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. at the Wichita Country Club.
Edited by Andrew Collins
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Kansas senior Paulina Los returns the ball against UT-Arlington opponents. Los and Dylan Winhom finished 8-3 against the opposing team's doubles.
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