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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TEXAS A&M 78. KANSAS 63
5.6.1
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 30 | 33----63 Texas A&M 32 | 46----78
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
21
Rebounds
Sutherland
Sutherlau 9
Assists
Goodrich
Goodric 9
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Angel Goodrich 21 8-17 1 9 3
Aishah Sutherland 14 6-13 6 0 0
Chelsea Gardner 13 4-6 9 0 0
CeCe Harper 0 0-3 2 2 3
Natalie Knight 14 4-9 7 1 1
Asia Boyd 1 0-2 2 2 3
Bunny Williams 0 0-0 0 0 1
Monica Engelman 0 0-0 0 0 1
Totals **63** **22-50** **3** **14** **16**
TEXAS A&M
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Kelsey Bone 16 5-10 7 0 1
Sydney Carter 18 8-13 7 8 0
Alexia Standish 25 8-13 0 3 3
Adaora Elonu 13 5-14 5 2 0
Kelsey Assarian 0 0-3 4 0 0
Kristi Bellock 0 0-0 0 0 0
Cierra Windham 0 0-0 0 0 0
Kristen Grant 0 0-0 1 0 0
Tori Scott 0 0-0 0 0 0
Skylar Collins 4 2-4 3 0 0
Adrienne Pratcher 0 0-0 0 0 0
Karla Gilbert 2 0-0 1 1 3
Totals 78 28-57 30 14 8
GAME TO REMEMBER
Angel Goodrich, junior guard
Like most of the season, the Jayhawks relied heavily on their point guard to put them in a position to compete with the Aggies on Thursday. Goodrich controlled the offensive sets for Kansas and even showed off some impressive no look passes before the night was said and done.
Henrickson had this to say after the games.
"She does for us what Carter does for than and did for them and certainly on both ends of the floor. She carries us defensively on that end of the ball and a great communicator on the offensive end."
Goodrich
GAME TO FORGET
CeCe Harper, sophomore guard
Kansas has looked for Harper to step up in the lineup since she replace junior guard Monica Engleman in the starting rotation. Although she played her normal consistent defense, Harper was unable to be effective on the offensive end. She managed to miss all three of her shots on the night and had three turnovers in her 17 minutes of play.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Hopefully, with their RPI and how hard their kids play and also playing without Carolyn Davis and not using that as an excuse, that's why team deserves to go to the dance."
Harpe
— Texas A&M coach Gary Blair lobbying for Kansas to get into the NCAA Tournament
Rlair
KEY STATS
In the first half, Kansas built up a five-point lead, which was their largest of the series.
5
16
16
25
64.
Kansas had 16 turnovers compared to 20 and 23 in the first two games.
Texas A&M scored 16 points off the 16 Kansas turnovers
Freshman guard Alexia Standish scored a career-high 25 points for the Aggies.
64.7
Kansas hit 11 of 17 free throws in the game after finishing with 14 straight against Oklahoma.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson gets ready to show plays to her team on the clipboard during a time out at Thursday's game against Texas A&M. Kansas lost 78-63 in the Big 12 Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.Mo.
Aggies get away with one more victory
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bonnie Henrickson has seen Texas A&M plenty of times since coming to Lawrence in 2004. She's faced A&M 11 times and has yet to win one time.
And since the Aggies depart for the SEC after this season it will stay that way as the two teams competed in the final scheduled conference meeting on Thursday night at Municipal Auditorium as the Aggies defeated the Jayhawks 78-63.
It's a disappointment for Kansas, but right now its worried about finding a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
"It is frustrating but we have to just pick it up and beat the next team," senior forward Aishah Sutherland said.
Although the Jayhawks hung
close for the majority of the contest, the Aggies controlled the tempo, especially in the second half. The main reason for Texas A&M opening up the lead was freshman guard Alexia Standish, who scored a career-high 25 points. She also knocked down 6-of-9 attempts from three.
"I guess my role is just to be a point guard," Standish said. "If I'm open, shoot the three. Tonight I was open. I just took what I had to take and I guess I helped out our team since we're missing our leading scorer."
With senior guard Tyra White out with an apparent foot injury, the Aggies relied heavily on senior guard Sydney Carter to pick up the slack on both sides of the court.
Carter showed the ability to knock down open shots when they were given to her, while also being one of the more active defenders for the Aggies, swatting balls into
the stands and suffocating offensive players.
She finished the game with 18 points, seven rebounds, eight assists and zero turnovers while playing all 40 minutes.
"She gave us the offense that we've been missing all year, but we ran some good stuff for her at the right time," said Texas A&M coach Gay Blar.
Throughout the night junior guard Angel Goodrich proved to be the leader she's been for the Jayhawks all season long, stepping up when the team needed her most. She finished the game with a team-high 21 points and nine assists.
Goodrich also spent much of the night guarding Carter. It proved to be one of the better matchups of the night on both ends of the floor.
"We're both quick and she's got a really quick shot," Goodrich said.
"She's balanced on defense, and she gets into the game. It's a great challenge between the both of us."
The other two big scoring factors on the night for Kansas were Sutherland and freshman guard Natalie Knight who both finished with 14 points.
Knight stepped up recently with 18 points against Oklahoma on Sunday to go with her performance against A&M.
"It feels good to be able to contribute and just help out Aishah and Angel because they carry a lot of the load." Knight said.
Without the victory the Jayhawks now must wait until Monday's selection show before knowing the team's fate in the postseason.
"it's going to be a long three, four days to wait." Sutherland said.
Edited by Max Lush
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ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Freshman forward Bunny Williams tries to get past her opponents block to get the ball to the basket during Thursday's game against Texas A&M, where Kansas lost 63-78 in the Big 12 Tougamet at Municipal Auditorium iq Kansas City.