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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
KANSAS 65, TEXAS A&M 76
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 28 | 37 - 65
Texas A&M 43 | 33 - 76
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
GOODRICH 28
Rebounds
KANSAS
SUTHERLAND
7
Assists
GOODRICH
5
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A T0's
A. Sutherland 7 2-7 0-0 7 2 4
C. Davis 10 3-6 0-0 4 0 2
A. Goodrich 28 11-16 2-4 3 5 11
M. Engelman 14 6-13 2-3 6 1 4
N. Knight 6 2-5 0-1 4 2 0
T. Jackson 0 0-1 0-1 0 0 0
C. Harper 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1
C. Gardner 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Totals 65 24-48 4-9 26 10 22
TEXAS A&M
Player Pts FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A TO's
A. Elonu 17 6-10 0-0 4 0 3
K. Bone 18 8-11 0-0 7 1 3
T. White 12 6-19 0-1 5 3 3
S. Carter 13 4-12 1-2 2 0 1
A. Standish 8 3-5 2-3 1 6 0
S. Collins 4 2-3 0-1 3 4 1
K. Gilbert 4 1-2 0-0 3 0 1
A. Pratcher 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
Totals 76 30-62 13-18 26 15 12
GAME TO REMEMBER
Angel Goodrich, Junior Guard
With the rest of the Kansas offense struggling get in any sort of rhythm offensively, Goodrich had to carry the offensive momentum with her career high 28 points. Goodrich was extremely efficient on the night knocking down 11 of 16 shots, including 2 of 4 from three-point range. The one asterisks next to Goodrich's night. 11 turnovers, the most by any individual Jayhawk this season.
Goodrich
GAME TO FORGET
Carolyn Davis, Junior Forward
Failing victim to two early fools, Davis had to sit for a decent portion of the first half. Although Davis said it wasn't a factor after the game, the Aggies frontcourt defensive presence appeared to hinder her. Davis finished the game with 3 of 6 from the floor and only finished with 10 points and four rebounds. The only good thing about Davis' game was her continued success at the free throw line. She was 4 of 5 from the charity stripe.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
Davis
"I really believe if Kansas would have won this ball game, they would have punched their ticket, even this early, to the NCAA Tournament."
— Texas A&M coach Gary Blair on what this win could have meant for the Jayhawks.
Blair
KEY STATS
1004
Angel Goodrich scored a career-high 28 points in the contest.
With seven points, Aishah Sutherland reached the 1,000 career point mark.
28
23
The Jawhayes turned the ball over 23 times including 11 from point guard Angel Goodrich.
18
Kansas has held all 18 of its opponents under 50 percent shooting from the field while shooting better than 50 percent in 10 games.
10
The 10 Kansas assists tied a season low.
Turnovers topple Jayhawks
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
Playing against a defending national champion is something very few teams get a chance to do, let alone twice in one year.
Kansas will get another shot at No.14 Texas A&M, last year's champion, later this season, but the first round went to the Aggies on Saturday night as they defeated the Jayhawks 76-65.
"We dug ourselves a hole in the first between turnovers and foul trouble," Kansas women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "They got into us and got pretty good separation."
Right out of the gate, the Jayhawks did not seem in rhythm offensively. They threw away
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The Jayhawks hope to learn from this game quickly, as they move on to another quality opponent, No.17 Texas Tech, on Wednesday.
"What I liked is that we were trying to be aggressive, but against a team like that, you can't waste possessions," Henrickson said. "We wasted a lot of possessions early."
passes, could not stop the Aggies when they drove in the lane and failed to convert easy shot attempts. All of this resulted in an early 10-2 score in the Aggies' favor.
mendous all night, creating 23 total turnovers. A&M takes pride in their defense, particularly when they face a guard of Goodrich's caliber.
Kansas also ran into issues when their biggest low-post threat, junior forward Carolyn Davis, picked up two fools early in the first half.
Davis picked up only one more foul in the game, but still struggled on the offensive end, finishing with only 10 points—well below her 18.1 points per game
season average.
Despite the loss, senior forward Aishah Sutherland reaching the 1,000-point plateau was a highlight for the Jayhawks. She is the 25th Kansas women's basketball player to reach this mark.
"It honestly didn't really bother me much," Davis said. "I wanted to play, and I knew I was going to have to play with fouls, and I was going to have to be smart."
This put a great deal of anxiety on junior guard Angel Goodrich to carry the load offensively for the Jayhawks.
Taking more shots allowed Goodrich to establish a career high of 28 points. However, her 11 turnovers are what really bothered Goodrich after the game.
The Aggies' defense was tre-
"I'm very grateful to go down in history in this program," Sutherland said. "It just feels great to be able to do that."
Edited by Christine Curtin
ASHLEIGH LEE /KANSAN
Junior guard Monica Engelman moves around her opponent to make her way to the basket during Saturday nights game against Texas A&M in Allen Fieldhouse where the Jahyaws lost 76-65. Engelman had 14 points and six rebounds against the Aggies.
Freshman guard Natalie Knight tries to curl a ball over the hand of Texas A&M's junior center Kelsey Bone during the second half of Saturday night's game.
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