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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
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Jayhawks lose 15-point lead, fall 65-57 to Cowgirls
DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011
On layhawks for a Cure night, Kansas (13-11, 4-7) hosted Oklahoma State. Kansas, which has not defeated Oklahoma State since Jan. 18, 2012, had a lead, but could not hold on late, losing 65-57 to the Cowgirls.
The Cowgirls have won six straight against the Jayhawks in the past three seasons.
The layhawks got off to a hot start, making their first five shots of the game, which sparked a 7-0 run after a 4-all tie to lead 11-4 early on against the Cowgirls.
Kansas freshman Terriell Bradley rests during Saturday's game against Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls have now won six straight games against the Jayhawks.
Senior forward Chelsea Gardner scored her first eight points of the game in the first six minutes of the game.
Kansas made eight of its first 10 field goals in the first eight minutes of the first half.
The Jayhawks saw their lead of 15 evaporate midway through the first half as Oklahoma State sophomore guard Roshunda Johnson hit a three-pointer at the end of the first half to cut Kansas' lead to two.
the zone late in the first half, which makes the game more interesting," Oklahoma State coach Jim Littell said.
"We thought we made adjustments when we went to
In the second half, Kansas fell into a shooting slump making only 7-of-25 from the field. Kansas went 16-of-30 from the field in the first half.
"We knew coming in they were going to be aggressive and we had to match that," Oklahoma State junior guard Brittney Martin said.
The teams traded buckets, with neither developing a lead of more than three points throughout most of the half. But with 1:59 remaining, the Cowgirls took control, holding the Jayhawks to just one point to end the game. Back-to-back buckets by the Cowgirls gave them a five-point lead with 33 seconds remaining.
"We were a little bit better in the zone tonight, but we still need to improve" on
5-of-20 from three and 6-of-10 from the free-throw line. The Cowgirls outrebounded the Jayhawks 45-31.
32 seconds went the last 6:25 without a field goal scored, following a three-pointer by senior guard Asia Boyd.
"We were good early and they put the zone on," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "We have to chase the ball and be to rebound."
it," freshman guard Lauren Aldridge said.
Kansas shot 23-of-55 for the game for 42 percent.
Aldridge said
Gardner led Kansas with
18 points. Aldridge added
14 and Boyd had a double-
double with 11 points and 12
rebounds.
Kansas will travel to Morgantown, W.V., on Tuesday for a rematch with West Virginia. Kansas defeated the Mountaineers on Jan. 24, 65-59. Kansas is now in a four-way tie for
seventh with West Virginia, Kansas State and Oklahoma State.
Edited by Kayla Schartz
Tennis picks up first two spring season wins in Las Vegas
JACOB CLEMEN
@jclemn9
Kansas tennis picked up its first and second wins of the spring season during its weekend trip to Las Vegas.
The Jayhawks dropped their first match of the weekend Friday against UNLV in a tight contest, 4-3.
Kansas was unable to secure
the doubles point despite picking up a win from the pair of junior Maria Jose Cardona and senior Maria Belen Ludueña to lead off doubles play. Ludueña followed up her doubles victory with a singles win against senior Anett Ferenczi-Bako of UNLV (1-6, 6-3, 6-1).
Kansas also got singles wins from freshmen Madison
Harrison 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, and Summer Collins 2-6, 6-7, 6-7, to keep the deficit to one point.
Coach Todd Chapman liked his team's energy but credited UNLV for its maturity.
"The effort was definitely there." Chapman said in a press release. "A big point here and there — I thought UNLV played more maturely and that was the difference in the
match."
Kansas followed up the strong, but ultimately losing, performance Friday with its first spring win in commanding fashion against New Mexico State on Saturday. The Jayhawks dominated the afternoon, winning 4-0.
Ludueña then defeated freshman Rimpledeep Kaur (6-0, 6-3) to claim a 3-0 Kansas lead.
Harrison completed the sweep with another two-set victory against senior Susana Alcaraz (6-2, 6-2).
"It feels good to get our first win," Chapman said. "We came out with great energy at two and three doubles and played really, really good tennis there."
Kansas capped its weekend with a 6-1 victory against Pacific on Sunday.
The Jayhawks swept doubles play to start the day. Collins and freshman Alexis Czapinski notched a convincing 6-1 victory in the first match. Another pair of freshmen sealed the doubles point, as Harrison and Smith Hinton won 6-2.
The Jayhawks got another quick start in doubles play with wins from Harrison and Hinton, 6-0, and the upperclassmen pair of Ludueña and Cardona, 6-2, to seal the doubles point.
Hinton followed up her point-capturing win in doubles play by securing Kansas' first singles point of the afternoon winning in a tidy two sets (6-1, 6-1).
followed their doubles win with singles victories. Harrison won 6-2, 6-3 while Hinton won 6-2, 6-2.
Freshman Rachel McNeely handily secured the win for Kansas (6-2, 6-0), capping off a winning day and weekend for the Jayhawks.
Both Harrison and Hinton
"With three matches in three days we had soreness, but we couldn't turn that into an excuse," Chapman said. "That was our focus and I feel like the girls did a great job responding to that and playing tough tennis."
Kansas improved to 2-3 on the season and will be in action again Thursday. Feb.12, against Wichita State in Wichita.
Edited by Yu Kyung Lee
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