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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015
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Kansas' victory a microcosm of the 2014-15 season
SCOTT CHASEN
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Nine wins, nine losses.
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ALI DUVER/KANSAN Freshman Lauren Aldridge shoots a layup in the game against Texas Tech on Wednesday..
Nearly halfway through the season, the Kansas women's basketball team just couldn't seem to buy a win. After a strong 7-2 start, the team just didn't look the same — at least until the end of winter break, when the Jayhawks started to turn things around.
Senior guard Natalie Knight seraches to pass the ball against Texas Tech on Wednesday night. The Jayhawks won 71-67.
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The same could be said of the game the Jayhawks played on Wednesday, as the team jumped on top early, leading 32-25 with four minutes to go in the first half. However, Kansas allowed Texas Tech to go on an extended 12-4 run to take the lead, and the team started to fade. With 10:35 remaining, the Red Raiders led by seven points, and they were in the midst of a 12-2 run; coach Bonnie Henrickson called a timeout. Guess the "winter break" portion of the game ended after that.
"We got stuck [early on]," said Henrickson after the game. "Once we finally forced more tough twos and got some tough rebounds, [we] got the opportunity to go in transition."
up as it had been all year. Senior Asia Boyd really embodied that energy as she took a charge late in the game, pumping her fist
and letting out an emphatic roar. The team wasn't about to roll over.
The Jayhawks rattled off a 16-0 run of their own to go ahead by nine, and the team was as fired
After holding on for the win,
the jayhawks improved to 13-10 on the year, with four victories in their last five games, keeping them in the hunt to make the NCAA Tournament. Two seasons ago, when the team was last an entrant in March Madness, the Jayhawks entered the Big 12 Tournament at 17-12. It is very possible that they could match that record this time around, with only one ranked opponent on the schedule the rest of the way.
("There's) a great opportunity for us to continue our run here," Henrickson said. "We'll have our hands full; [but] we've played with more energy [as of late]."
Currently, the Jayhawks are just one game out of a tie for third place in the Big 12, and in fact, it seems as though the odds are starting to fall in their favor. The two teams sitting between them and third place still have a game to play against the league-leading Baylor Bears,
which should help even things out.
Additionally, two of the Jayhawks' last three games will be home contests, one of which will come against the Iowa State Cyclones, whom Kansas beat in Ames earlier this year. The other one will come against the Kansas State Wildcats, who have gone just 1-5 on the road this season.
Edited by Mackenzie Clark
Track and field team set to compete in Lincoln, Neb.
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A Kansas track runner rests after running a heat last season. The track and field team will be heading to Lincoln, Neb., to compete in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational this weekend.
G.J. MELIA
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The Kansas track and field team will travel up to Lincoln, Neb., to compete in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational hosted by the University of Nebraska.
Kansas is coming off a successful performance in the Jayhawk Classic last week. The Jayhawks won 14 events in the meet. It was their last home meet of the indoor season.
Of the 14 first-place finishes, the Jayhawks swept the top four spots in the men's 1,000 meters and 3,000 meters. This is the second straight meet Kansas has taken at least the top three spots in the 3,000 meters.
Senior James Wilson was the first of the four Jayhawks to cross the finish line, with a time of 8:11.53. Wilson said the team put in a lot of work over winter break in preparation for the final stretch of the indoor season, in particular, the Big 12 Conference Championships.
"I just think we have a really good group of guys coming together," Wilson said. "I think everyone has a pretty common goal of wanting to do well."
Wilson said sometimes a lot of the competition they face in meets can come from each
other, in addition to practice.
"It's nice knowing you can put in a bunch of miles with these guys," Wilson said. "You can go out on the starting line on the track and trust them to push you in a race as well as practice."
Wilson will not be participating in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. He will be taking the meet off to better prepare for the ISU Classic in Ames, Iowa, on Feb. 14.
Notable teams competing in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational include: Auburn, Iowa, Maryland, Alabama and USC; in addition to Kansas and Nebraska.
sic last week, the majority of heptathlon and pentathon events will be taking place Friday, the first day of the event.
The heptathlon 60-meter dash will start the competition off at noon. Friday will end with the men's and women's 400-meter dash finals, followed by 5,000-meter run at 9:05 p.m.
Similar to the Jayhawk Clas-
The events will begin Saturday with the heptathlon 60-meter hurdles and pole vault at 10 a.m and 10:45 a.m., respectively. The meet will conclude with the x400 relay at 4:50 p.m., which will be separated into two heats.
Edited by Andrew Collins
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A Kansas runner leads the pack at a track and field meet last season. The team is heading to Lincoln, Neb., to compete in a two-day competition. Teams competing include Nebraska, USC, Alabama, Maryland, Iowa and Auburn.
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