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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012
KANSAS 65. MISSOURI 70
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 22 | 43----65
Missouri 37 | 33----70
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Sutherland
Sutherland 23
Rebounds
7
Jacksor
Assists
Goodrich
9
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Aishah Sutherland 23 10-17 5 0 0
Chelsea Gardner 0 0-0 2 0 1
Angel Goodrich 13 6-16 1 9 7
CeCe Harper 0 0-0 0 0 0
Natalie Knight 10 3-6 6 2 0
Bunny Williams 0 0-0 0 0 2
Monica Engleman- 8 3-10 6 1 1
Tania Jackson- 11 4-8 7 0 1
Totals 65 26-57 28 12 13
OPPONENT
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
BreAnna Brock 7 3-7 3 0 1
Christine Flores 24 8-14 6 3 5
Bree Fowler 3 1-2 1 2 1
Kyley Simmons 13 5-6 2 6 3
Morgan Eye 9 4-5 6 3 3
Sydney Crafton 13 6-10 0 0 1
Liz Smith 1 0-2 1 0 1
Bailey Gee 0 0-0 0 0 1
Totals 70 27-47 24 16 17
GAME TO REMEMBER
Aishah Sutherland, senior forward
After starting out with only four points in the first half, Sutherland came out with a purpose in the second, scoring 19 points on 8 of 10 shooting. Sutherland has stepped up her game since the injury to Carolyn Davis averaging 19.7 points per game in the last three games. This was also Sutherland's third game this year with 10 made field goals She also had a career-high in attempts with 17.
GAME TO FORGET
Sutherland
Chelsea Gardner, freshman forward
This was Gardner's second start since Davis' knee injury, but the freshman from DeSoto, Texas, still could not find a rhythm in the Big 12 games. She received two quick fouls in the first half and only played 11 minutes against the Tigers. She finished with zero shot attempts and only grabbed two rebounds. At 6-foot-3 Gardner will be looked at as one the Jayhawks lone post players that can make an impact if they want to get a few more conference victories.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
Gardner
"These guys have been resilient. For them to handle what they did at K-state. I wouldn't say that. They've been great. They've been better than I have probably."
Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson responding emotionally to a question about whether the loss of Carolyn Davis to injury has caused the Jayhawks to play with fear.
Henrickson
KEY STATS
Only five of the eight Jayhawks who played were able to score.
The Tigers made seven three pointers. They hit five in a row to start the game.
Missouri was just the second opponent to shoot over 50 percent from the field against Kansas.
Aishah Sutherland shot 80 percent from the field in the second half hitting 8 of her 10 shots.
The announced attendance was a season-high
CLAIRE HOWARD/KANSAN
Davis mishap sums up week
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
Sophomore forward, Tania Jackson, reacts to her basket against the Tigers during Kansas' game at home against Mizzou on Saturday afternoon. Jackson put up 11 points against the Tigers during the game.
The buzz inside Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon is usually reserved for the men's basketball team, but the women's squad drew a crowd of 6,402 in its final scheduled match-up against the Missouri Tigers.
The Jayhawks came out of the tunnel like normal, but behind the players walked junior forward Carolyn Davis, only six days after suffering a torn left ACL and dislocated knee.
Davis proceeded to walk around during warm-ups with the team, and then participated in the usual pregame t-shirt toss.
Caught in the moment of excitement, Davis decided to throw the t-shirt like she had several times before and planted her left knee.
After throwing the shirt, Davis
dropped to the ground, laying in a similar pose as she did six days before at Kansas State.
Jackson, a Lawrence native, also feels the pain of not getting this last regular season victory over Missouri for the University and the community.
"She went and got to the rim," coach Bonnie Henrickson said of Sutherland. "I talk to her all the time to feel good about herself because then her shots will start to fall."
It has been a difficult week for Kansas (17-9, 6-8 Big 12), but the team does not make any excuses for their play or the Davis incident.
The other key piece for the Jayhawks to stay within striking distance of the Tigers was sophomore forward Tania Jackson. When freshman Chelsea Gardner got into foul trouble early, Jackson stepped in and contributed 11 points and seven rebounds.
"The Kansas-Missouri rivalry is always big, and it's always been big growing up here," Jackson said. "It's disappointing that we lost. We just got to fight back. We got to focus on the next game and leave this one behind."
Either way, the Jayhaws have struggled, and it showed again, losing 70-65 to Missouri, a team that hadn't won a conference game before Saturday.
"I'm an energy kid," Jackson said. "I just got to come out there and be the Energizer Bunny."
"This one could hurt us. It hurts losing and right now," junior guard Angel Goodrich said. "We came back, but we dug ourselves a big hole."
The Tigers (11-14, 1-13) jumped out to an early 8-0 lead and never relinquished it. Their biggest offensive factor was three-point shooting.
After struggling in the first half, Sutherland came out strong in the second half, shooting eight of 10 from the floor and ending up with a game-high 23 points.
Missouri finished with a 57.4 field goal percentage and shot 58.3 percent from three-point range.
"Our defense is what killed us
"We have to put two halves on both ends of the floor together, we have some winnable games left," Henrickson said. "We still have a heartbeat, our heart is still ticking. We have to find a way to get one."
With only four games remaining, the Jayhawks must now scramble for a few victories. If not they might be looking at the same postseason fate as year's past: the WNIT.
Edited by Max Rothman
CLAIRE HOWARD/KANSAN
Assistant coaches Tori Verdi and A'Quonesia Franklin look grave as the final seconds of Kansas' game against Missouri tick down at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon. After defeating the Tigers earlier in the season, they lost at home with a final score of 70-65.
Junior forward Carolyn Davis cheers on her teammates from the bench during the Jayhawk's game against the Tigers at home on Saturday afternoon. Davis will be out the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury during the KU's game against Kansas State earlier this month.
GLAIRE HOWARD/KANSAN
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN
Senior forward Aishah Sutherland fires in a shot for a basket in the second half of Saturday's Jayhawk for a Cure game against Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse. Sutherland went 10 of 17 for 23 points during the game.
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN
Coach Bonnie Henrickson calls out the next offensive play during the first half of Saturday's game against Missouri. Saturday's game was the annual Jayhawks for a Cure game where the Kansas players suited out with pink uniforms in support of cancer awareness.
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