THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
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KANSAS 43. KANSAS STATE 47
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 17 | 26 - 43
Kansas State 21 | 26 - 47
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Goodrich 13
Rebounds
Sutherland
Assists
Sutherland 17
Goodrich
Goodrich 3
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Aishah Sutherland 12 6-14 17 3 4
Carolyn Davis 2 1-3 1 0 0
Angel Goodrich 13 5-15 5 3 4
Monica Engelman 4 2-6 3 2 2
Natalie Knight 5 2-4 2 0 1
Bunny Williams 0 0-1 1 0 0
Chelsea Gardner 7 2-7 3 0 1
CeCe Harper 0 0-2 0 0 1
Tania Jackson 41 18-54 41 9 17
Totals
KANSAS STATE
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Jalana Childs 18 6-14 3 0 0
Branshea Brown 10 5-12 8 1 3
Brittany Brown 7 1-10 2 4 3
Tasha Dickey 8 4-6 10 0 2
Mariah White 4 1-5 3 6 1
Chantay Caron 0 0-1 0 0 1
Ashia Woods 0 0-0 0 0 1
Totals 47 17-48 27 11 11
GAME TO REMEMBER
Aishah Sutherland, senior forward
After the loss of Carolyn Davis, Sutherland pushed the rest of the frontcourt and herself to put the Jayhawks in a position to win. This was Sutherland's seventh double-double of the season with 12 points and 17 rebounds, but her most impressive one with the absence of Davis. Sutherland continued to knock down outside shots while also collecting the necessary defensive rebounds for the Jayhawks to stay in the game.
Sutherland
Bunny Williams, freshman forward
GAME TO FORGET
Along with Gardner, Williams was forced into contributing eight minutes for the Jayhawks. Unfortunately for Williams could never get into the flow of the game and finished with four fouls on the night and zero points. With Davis seemingly out for an extended period of time, Williams will have a greater contribution to the roster in the coming weeks.
Williams
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It's very tough because I know the pain and hearing her holler and yell it just hurts. It hit us hard, but we stuck together."
junior guard Angel Goodrich on Carolin Davis 'knee injury,
and her own personal experience with knee injuries
Goodrich
KEY STATS
Kansas shot just 33 percent from the field
33
17
the lead changed 11 times during the contest.
Aishah Sutherland led all players with 17 rebounds.
28
Kansas State post players scored 28 of the teams 47 points.
NOTES
Carolyn Davis left the game at the 16:25 mark in the first half with an injury
Chelsea Gardner played a career high 23 minutes
Kansas fell to 17-7 overall and 6-6 in conference play.
Kansas' 43 points was a season low.
BASKETBALL REWIND Sutherland steps up at Kansas State
rmccarthy@kansan.com
RYAN MCCARTHY
MANHATTAN, Kan. — With the loss of junior forward Carolyn Davis early on in Sunday's contest, senior forward Aishah Sutherland stepped into the hole Davis left to lead the Jayhawks at Kansas State.
Sutherland not only had the responsibility of carrying the front-court scoring load, but also getting freshman forward Chelsea Gardner and the rest of the remaining players ready to move forward without Davis.
Sutherland dominated the glass with 17 rebounds while also leading the team in scoring with 15 points.
"I just talked to them and tell them what they need to do," Sutherland said. "I talked to Chelsea before she got in and took over for Carolyn, and told her to just stay focused and what she needed to do and how to guard the player. When something like that happens you've got to react."
However, Sutherland's performance was not enough for Kansas to top Kansas State as it dropped its 11th straight in the Bramlage Coliseum, 47-43.
Like many of the recent games between the two squads, Kansas and Kansas State went on to be a defensive struggle with neither team shooting over 40 percent for the 40 minutes.
"Our games tend to be like heavyweight boxer fights," Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said. "The first 10 rounds all their doing is hitting and pummeling each other, but you can't separate."
Trailing by two points, with 17 seconds left, Kansas' Goodrich drove the ball into the lane looking to create a shot near the basket to tie the game at 45.
Kansas State grabbed the rebound and junior guard Brittany Chambers hit two free throws that sealed the game for the home team.
Gardner got a good look at the basket, but with a Wildcat defender staving right with her, the ball rattled right on the left side of the rim.
At the last moment, Goodrich dumped the ball off to freshman forward Chelsea Gardner, who replaced Davis.
The Jayhawks junior point guard Goodrich also had to move into
more of scoring role when she's more comfortable with being a pass-first player.
Goodrich attacked the rim and made two big threes, including an NBA-range three to open the game. She finished with 13 points.
While totaling 23 minutes in the game, Kansas was confident that Gardner could make the play to tie the game.
The team has seen three of its key contributors: Angel Goodrich, Tania Jackson, and CeCe Harper battle knee problems throughout their careers.
"She's going to have to take that because she's sliding and moving," Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "She's got to appreciate Angel's confidence in her."
With all that said, nobody could have been prepared for what happen to Carolyn Davis.
With 16:26 remaining in the first half, Davis appeared to shoot a fairly routine basket on the left side of the lane, but a few seconds later
If any team would be prepared for a knee injury to their star player in a crucial game it the Kansas women's basketball team.
After about ten minutes, Davis was raised from the floor and placed on a stretcher and taken to the Memorial Hospital in Manhattan for further evaluation. Her official diagnosis remains unclear, but a dislocated knee was a confirmed injury.
Seeing knee injuries is apart of Bonnie Henrickson's tenure that's plagued the Jayhawks in recent years.
she collapsed to ground and lay motionless.
"Worse part of the job," she said. "The absolute worst part of the job."
With Davis' status for the season up in the air, and carrying an emotional toll, the Jayhawks were still proud of their overall effort in difficult circumstances.
"We weathered a storm and it's ugly and we make it ugly and we talked about how we've got to control your emotions in life it's now about the hand your dealt it's how you play it," Henrickson said.
Edited by Max Lush
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Junior guard Angel Goodrich drives through her opponents to get to the basket during Sunday afternoon's game against Kansas State at Bramlage Coliseum.
TARA BRYANT/KANSAN
Senior forward Aishah Sutherland looks for an opening to the basket in Sunday's game against Kansas State at Bramlage Coliseum. Kansas lost 47-43.