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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
THE UNIVERSIT
Kansas 32 | 31 — 63 Oklahoma State 35 | 31 — 66
KANSAS 63. OKL
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Sutherland 23
Rebounds
Goodrict 11
Assists
Knight 5
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Aishah Sutherland 23 11-24 10 0 3
Chelsea Gardner 10 3-8 9 0 1
Angel Goodrich 13 4-13 11 3 1
CeCe Harper 10 3-8 4 2 0
Natalie Knight 5 2-7 2 5 4
Monica Engleman 2 1-1 1 0 3
Tania Jackson 0 0-1 2 1 0
Totals 63 24-62 40 11 12
OKLAHOMA STATE
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Liz Donohue 13 5-17 9 1 1
Lindsey Keller 7 2-3 4 0 1
Kendra Suttles 7 3-6 3 0 3
Tiffany Bias 26 9-15 3 8 1
Jordan Schultz 3 1-4 2 2 0
Jenni Bryan 0 0-0 1 0 0
Toni Young 4 2-5 0 0 0
Vicky McIntyre 6 3-6 6 0 2
Totals 66 25-57 32 14 10
GAME TO REMEMBER
It wasn't the Senior Night Aishah Sutherland envisioned, but she still had a pretty good game. Sutherland made 11 of 24 shots with most of them coming from the elbow of the free throw line or the top of the key. Sutherland also pulled down 10 rebounds for her eight double-double of the season.
Aishah Sutherland, senior forward
Now with only two guaranteed games remaining on the Jay-hawks' schedule, Sutherland will be one of the two players they will rely in order to get into the NCAA Tournament.
Sutherland
GAME TO FORGET
Monica Engelman, junior guard
The last five games have been difficult on Monica Engleman, and it was not much better on Wednesday night. After being named a captain at the beginning of the season Engleman slowly has seen her role diminish on the team. In her 11 minutes of action, she only got off one shot and turned the ball over three times.
The Jayhawks are still desperate for a third scoring threat past Goodrich and Sutherland, but it doesn't appear Engleman will get her chance to prove herself this season.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
Engelman
"It's very hard and I didn't celebrate because I wanted this win so bad. Once I get a win you'll see me celebrating."
Sutherland
— Aishah Sutherland, senior forward, on the Senior Night festivities.
KEY STATS
Angel Goodrich led Kansas with a career-high 11 rebounds.
Aishah Sutherland scored 17 points in the second half.
19
The Jayhawk outbounded the Cowgirls and scored 19 second chance points.
22
There were 22 lead changes in the game
WOMEN'S BASK Jayhawks lose in final minute
With 22 lead changes the matchup proved to be a constant struggle between the two squads.
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
"This is not a game we should forget about," Sutherland said. "This is a game we should have won, and we need to win somewhere where people think we're not going to win. This is a game that did hurt us."
There wasn't much of a Senior Night celebration for Aishah Sutherland. In fact, the layhawks players and Sutherland mostly displayed blank stares on their faces because they understood the magnitude of this loss.
With the 66-63 defeat to Oklahoma State on Wednesday night, Kansas' hopes for an NCAA Tournament bid are now in jeopardy.
KansascoachBonnieHenrickson
said it was a back and forth game, but with turnovers and the inability to hold a lead hurt the team.
The lead Hennickson referred to was when the Jayhawks grabbed a 50-41 advantage over the Cowgirls at the 13:48 mark after a 10-0 run.
Throughout the game Oklahoma State was led by sophomore guard Tiffany Bias who continued to attack the basket and slice through the jayhawks defense. Bias was also effective from the free throw line going eight for eight.
After an untimely travel by freshman guard Natalie Knight with 11 seconds remaining, the Jayhawks were forced to foul Bias. Once she got to the line she hit two more throws to put the game in the Cowgirls favor.
With 26 seconds remaining on the clock, Bias drove the length of the court and drew a foul on Kansas freshman forward Chelsea Gardner.
"I thought it was a great performance on her part," Oklahoma State coach Jim Littell said. "I really enjoyed watching her play and have the courage to step up and take tough shots and make plays
She ended with a game-high 26 points.
"She's a good point guard," Goodrich said. "She drives it to the hole. She's very fast. She's bouncy. Wed stop her, but then shed he'd to the open guy. She just pushed."
Some major breaks have to go the Jayhawks way in order to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Now they are in full distress mode.
with the game on the line."
Most of the night Kansas junior guard Angel Goodrich guarded Bias and tried to drive her for some open shots.
Goodrich dued Bias on the offensive and defensive end for most of the night. She made two free throws after getting fouled by Bias with 36 seconds remaining.
Godrich ended up the game with 13 points and 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season.
Bias then went onto sink the next two free throws and put the
"It's very desperate, and we should have been desperate tonight." Goodrich said. "It's very disappointing that it didn't really feel like it. We put ourselves into a hole now. We have to win this next game."
With the loss, the layhawks drop to 7-10 on the season and 18-11 overall.
Cowgirls up by one.
Edited by Amanda Gage
ASHI FIGHT LFF/KANSAN
Freshman forward Chelsea Gardner sneaks in to steal the ball out of her opponents hands during Wednesday night's game against Oklahoma State in Allen Fieldhouse where the Jawhaws lost 63-66.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Junior guard Angel Goodrich signals to her teammates to set up a play so she can pass the ball to get to the basket during Wednesday night's game against Oklahoma State in Allen Fieldhouse.
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN
Senior forward Aishah Sutherland shoots against OSU defense during the second half of the game. Sutherland scored 23 total points with 10 rebounds.
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