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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
KANSAS 45. BAYLOR 76
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 16 | 29----45
Baylor 33 | 43 - 76
Points
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
GOODRICH 14
Rebounds
GARDNER 8
8
Assists
GOODRICH 4
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Aishah Sutherland 2 1-15 7 0 1
Chelsea Gardner 8 3-6 8 1 0
Angel Goodrich 14 5-19 4 4 4
CeCe Harper 5 2-9 3 1 1
Natalie Knight 4 2-3 1 0 0
Asia Boyd 7 3-9 1 1 2
Monica Engelman 2 1-3 0 2 1
Tania Jackson 3 1-1 1 0 0
Totals 45 18-67 28 9 9
BAYLOR
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Destiny Williams 7 3-6 7 1 2
Brittney Griner 20 9-14 8 1 0
Odyssey Sims 15 6-9 0 5 2
Kimetria Hayden 16 6-10 4 2 2
Terran Condrey 2 1-2 2 1 0
Sune Agbuke 3 1-1 3 0 1
Ashley Field 3 1-1 1 0 0
Brooklyn Pope 10 4-7 7 1 3
Totals 76 31-54 40 17 12
GAME TO REMEMBER
Chelsea Gardner, freshman forward
After struggling through the past few games, Gardner showed some sign of development as a post player on Friday.
She accumulated eight points and a career-high eight rebounds against a physical and disruptive Baylor defensive lineup. This was also Gardner's third straight start at the five spot for the Kansas starting rotation. Although she has not played at the same level as junior forward Carolyn Davis, she continues to show improvement.
In order for the Jayhawks to become a NCAA tournament team Gardner will have to string together a few more solid appearances.
Gardner
GAME TO FORGET
Aishah Sutherland, senior forward
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From the beginning of the game it appeared facing up against Baylor's Brittney Griner would be a tough task for all on the Kansas roster.
But no one struggled more than Sutherland. In her 32 minutes of play Sutherland posted a one for 15 showing from the floor and managed only seven rebounds, both below her season averages.
It's fair to say that the Grimer effect played apart in Suther-
nage's association shooting night, but the hope is it won't con-
Sutherland
land's disappointing shooting night, but the hope is it won't continue onto the remaining games left on the schedule. Right now Sutherland is the clear number two scoring threat on the team and must stay consistent in the last few games of the Big 12 stretch.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Offensively we were just a mess there early, obviously."
Coach Bonnie Henrickson on the slow start
Henrickson
KEY STATS
kansas shot just 26.9 percent from the field for the game.
Baylor's largest lead of the game
26.9
38 14
Angel Goodrich was the only Jayhawk to score in double figures.
Chelsea Gardner pulled down a career-high eight rebounds
85
This was Baylor's fifth straight victory against Kansas.
Bears overpower Jayhawks
The Bears beat the Jayhawks 76-45 to continue to ride a 29-game winning streak and it appears that no one can stop them at the moment.
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
Kansas was just another obstacle, for No.1 Baylor on Friday night in an obviously overmatched game.
The main reason?
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey also added to the discussion on the chance for perfect campaign.
"We're just focused on finishing our conference first and then we'll think about the tournament," Griner said.
The main reason
Junior 6-foot-8 post player
Brittney Griner. She is the unequivocal National Player of the Year front-runner for this season.
But at the moment, the Lady Bears are focused on getting better rather than an undefeated season.
"That hasn't been a goal of
urses; it's not on the goal board,"
Mulkey said. "It's the last six games we're focusing on and those are the last six games of the NCAA Tournament."
"That's very frustrating because that's on us," Angel Goodrich said. "That's when you have to change. You have to come in and be like 'what can I do better to get on the right track.'"
For Baylor, it's accomplished all it can during the Big 12 regular season.
The Lady Bears wrapped up the conference season title against Texas on Tuesday. At this point it's about keeping the team healthy and preparing for the Big 12 tournament.
On her birthday the 5-foot-4 junior guard proved to be the only player able to look past Griner. She ended up with 14 points.
game, but the layhawks were more frustrated with the poor execution when Griner wasn't near the ball.
What Baylor takes the most pride in now is making sure its defense continues to stay sharp. In fact, there are times that Baylor doesn't even work on offense during preparation for their next opponent.
"You can come to our practices and see that there are days we don't even do anything offensively and we take a lot of pride in that." Mulkey said.
The Bears showed that pride Friday by holding the Jayhawks to under 27 percent field goal per-
ceilage. The Jayhawks only had forward Chelsea Gardner to stand up to Griner, which proved to be too much of a task for the freshman.
But this strategy forced Kansas out of their normal offensive comfort zone with the Jayhawks only making its second basket of the game at the 5:55 mark of the first half.
centage.
Throughout the game, the Jayhawks used the full shot clock to avoid giving too many possessions to the Lady Bears.
"I just had to adjust my shot, I usually work on the inside, but tonight I had to work on my jump shot, instead of driving to the basket," Gardner said.
Although the outcome of the game might have been imminent from the beginning, the layhawks must make sure bad habits do not develop from this game.
She finished the game with eight points and eight rebounds.
Although Griner finished below her average statistics, it was clear her impact could be felt by the Jayhawks.
"There are some things that let us down today that will affect us if we try to do them against Oklahoma State," Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "There are some things we have to be able to clean up and execute on Wednesday."
The frustration of Griner's presence was obvious throughout the
Edited by Tanvi Nimkar
Senior forward Aishah Sutherland attempts to block a shot from Baylor's Brittney Griner in the first half. Griner scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds during Baylor's victory.
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN
Senior forward Aishah Sutherland shows her disappointment after a time out is called in the second half. Sutherland struggled offensively throughout the game.
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAP
Coach Bonnie Henrickson cheers on her team during the second half of Friday's game against Baylor at Allen Fieldhouse where Kansas was defeated 76-45.