Volume 124 Issue 93
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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PHOTOS BY CHRIS NEAL
Zunwu Zhou, a freshman from Wuhan, China practice his flatland riding at Wescoe Beach.
The BMX sport took off during the 1960s with the release of the Schwinn Sting-Ray. The Sting-Ray was a bike built primarily for racing, and with it came an increase in the number of people wanting to join the bicycle racing scene so they could be more like their Motocross idols. Riders built their own dirt tracks to race on, and shortly after, Bicycle Motocross was born. Races would be held on dirt tracks all over
BMX stayed true to its racing heritage until the late 1970s when some riders began doing tricks on their bikes instead of justracing around the dirt track. This soon became the branch of BMX known as freestyle BMX. It wasn't until the 1980s that the freestyle branch split into the dif-
ferent disciplines we have today: street park, vert, trails, dirt and flatland.
Today there are BMXers of all different ages that participate in events nationwide. Tyler Stuart, a freshman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been racing on the dirt tracks for about eight years. With over 500 races under his tires, 20 of which were national events, he can finally consider himself to be an avid rider. He says it's the thrill of
competing against other riders that keeps him on the track. "It's a place where I can really show my skills as a rider," Stuart explains.
The reasons people become drawn into the sport vary from one person to the next, but for many of the older riders, seeing it on TV got them hooked. Grant Meisenheimer, an 11-year veteran in the Lawrence BMX scene, first saw the sport during an
the starters only further revealed the depth issues on this Kansas squad
Only five Kansas players scored Wednesday, including junior guard Travis Releford, who finished with just one point. Backup forwards Kevin Young and Justin Wesley looked completely lost at times, combining for zero points and three turnovers.
Robinson finished with 15 points, his third-lowest total in Big 12 play, and 11 rebounds. He was picked up by junior center Jeff Withey's career-high 25 points, but consistency has been an issue for him.
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When Withey and Taylor were on their game, the Jayhawks looked like the best team in the country, and that was with Robinson on the bench. But concerns over reoccurring problems with the beginning and end of games and the team's overall depth should replace the feeling of euphoria when the Jayhawks return to practice.
Junior guard Angel Goodrich plans her execution during the first half of Wednesday's game against Texas. Goodrich had a record breaking 16 assists. Kansas defeated Texas with a final score of 85-61.
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she sat courtside and watched her future point guard find open players and pass the ball with ease. So Henrickson was not surprised when Goodrich, a junior guard from Tahlequah, Okla., broke the Allen Fieldhouse single-game assist record last night in Kansas' victory against Texas.
Goodrich had nine assists in the first half on the way to 16, breaking her previous record.
"It's exciting." Goodrich said. "I'm not much of a numbers person, but having 16 assists means that my teammates were ready to shoot."
Kansas entered the game looking for a Big 12 victory to get them back on track. The team faced Texas, the team they defeated to kick off conference play. The game was similar with scoring fluctuations, but most importantly, the Jayhawks won again.
The Jayhawks pulled together and defeated the Longhorns in a much needed 85-61 victory at home
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Kansas shot 57.6 percent from the field and had 20 assists on 34 baskets. Sutherland, who finished with a game-high 24 points and 10 of 15 shots from the field, was one of the main recipients of Goodrich's historic assists.
"Coming off that losing streak this is a great win and gives us the confidence to go out and win another game," senior forward Aishah Sutherland said.
"It is not even a communication, if you say something or make a cut she will see you and get the ball to you," Sutherland said.
Sutherland looked dominant in stretches scoring on multiple possessions in a row. She scored the first six and then finished with a game-high 24 points with 12 rebounds, four blocks and four steals.
"I thought she was really good today, got us off to a good start and hit some tough shots to start it," Henrickson said.
Goodrich matched her 16 assists with 16 points and freshman guard Asia Boyd added some surprising support.
Boyd got a chance for more court time with sophomore guard CeCe Harper on the bench with a concussion. She made the most of it with a career-high 11 points and two steals in 24 minutes.
After trading baskets for the first
"I thought she controlled the game from the tip and once we
couple possessions the Jayhawks jumped out to a 22-9 lead midway through the first half. They built the lead to 17 points before allowing the Longhorns to cut it to four in the second half. Angel Goodrich tipped of an 18-6 run to put the Jayhawks up 20 with under eight minutes to play.
made our comeback she just said, 'no more,' and kind of took things into her own hands, literally, and put the game back out of reach," Texas coach Gail Goetenkens said
Kansas will travel to Manhattan for a rematch with Kansas State at noon on Sunday.
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