THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012
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KANSAS 72, MISSOURI 63
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 33 | 39 — 72 Missouri 31 | 32 — 63
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Davis 24
Rebounds
Assists
Sutherland
9
Goodrick 6
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
A. Sutherland 24 9-11 9 1 1
C. Davis 24 - 9-15 3 1 1
A. Goodrich 6 3-11 3 6 3
M. Engelman 9 3-8 3 4 3
N. Knight 7 3-6 3 1 1
C. Harper 2 1-2 1 1 0
T. Jackson 0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 72 28-53 26 14 10
MISSOURI
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
C. Flores 6 3-7 7 1 3
B. Brock 26 8-15 8 2 3
B. Gee 2 1-4 1 1 1
K. Simmons 7 2-3 1 5 3
S. Crafton 9 4-12 3 1 1
M. Eye 7 3-8 1 0 1
L. Priede 2 1-4 3 1 3
L. Smith 4 2-3 6 1 2
Totals 63 24-56 33 12 18
GAME TO REMEMBER
Aishah Sutherland, senior forward
A calm, cool and collected customer all game long. Sutherland showed off her skills from all over the floor, scoring 24 points on 9 of 11 shooting. Sutherland also finished a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Throughout this year Sutherland has developed into one of the best all around players in the Big 12. She also finished with 9 rebounds and two blocks to her credit.
Sutherland
GAME TO FORGET
Tania Jackson, sophomore forward
With only seven people receiving minutes against the Tigers it's hard to pick someone to have a game to forget, but Jackson fits the description. It's not really her fault because the domination of Davis and Sutherland, but Jackson only played six minutes and did not get shots from the floor. Jackson has also been battling several injuries over the last week so that might have contributed to her lack of playing time.
Jackson
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"How good was she? She's gonna want to send that one to an agent. I can tell you that right now."
— Kansas coach bonnie Henrickson on the exceptionally efficient play of Aishah Sutherland against Missouri.
Kansas moved to 14-2 and 3-1 with the win marking their best conference start under Bonnie Henrickson.
Henrickson
Kansas left with a 16-18 overall record against the Tigers in Columbia, Mo. Angel Goodrich and Aishah Sutherland both reached career milestones. Goodrich reached 400 career assists and Sutherland moved to second in program history in blocks.
KEY STATS
405
number of career assists by Angel Goodrich. She became the fifth player in program history to reach 400.
number of career blocks by Aishah Sutherland. She now ranks second in program history.
127
24 Aishah Sutherland tied a career-high with 24 points. Carolyn Davis also scored 24.
10 number of team turnovers. This was the second lowest total all season. They averaged 17.8 entering the game.
7 Jayhawk defense held Christine Flores to only seven points. She averaged 20 points a game going into the game.
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Junior center Carolyn Davis gets ready to put the ball up to the basket during Sunday afternoons game against Missouri at the Mizzou Arena where Kansas won 72-63 Davis had 24 points.
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Senior forward Aishah Sutherland dives for the ball to avoid a turnover during Sunday afternoon's game against Missouri at the Mizzou Arena. Kansas won 72-63
Victory at Mizzou may be the last
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
The Jayhawks (14-2, 3-1) made the most of it too, with a 72-63 victory over the Tigers on Sunday afternoon.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — With Missouri's impending move to the SEC, this could very well be the last trip the Jayhawks make to Mizzou Arena.
"It kind of made the game more special because we knew we had to go out there and it was going to be a tough one," junior forward Carolyn Davis said. "We're both going to be fighting for that last win."
"It has nothing to do with it," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "This is about today, and this is about the opportunity that we've struggled here and not won on the road here.It's been a great rivalry. This has been difficult place for us to play. We wanted to come in here and win on the road and try to build a resume with road wins."
Davis' comments were telling, however the future of the rivalry won't be decided today.
Missouri (10-5, 0-4) is currently in a rebuilding mode. Even though the Tigers would have liked a victory against their rival, they have other goals in mind.
"We're trying to build a program," Missouri coach Robin Pingeton said. "We're in the
trenches. We've got a lot of growing pains. So I don't know that right now our focus is on KU as it is building our program."
Aside from all the Border Showdown chatter, the Jayhawks put together an impressive offensive performance led by Davis and senior forward Aishah Sutherland, who ended the game with 24 points apiece.
Although Davis was doubleteamed for much of the game, she found a way to fight through the Tiger defense and managed to put up quality offensive production.
The double-team also allowed Sutherland to step back and hit several shots from outside the paint-- something she's continuing to develop throughout the season.
"I've been working on those and since they doubled in on Carolyn, they gave me the opportunity to knock them down," Sutherland said.
"She's been so much more mature about embracing that, but from an effort standpoint, her numbers senior year are off the chart," Henrickson said. "I'm just really, really excited for her and how much better that makes us."
Edited by Christine Curtin
Sutherland's offensive efficiency has been something she's been able to develop in her four years at the University.
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Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson directs her players where to go for a play during Sunday afternoon's game against Missouri at the Mizzou Arena. Kansas won 72-63.
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Junior guard Angel Goodrich puts the ball up to the basket for two points during Sunday afternoon's game against Missouri at the Mizzou Arena. Kansas won 72-63 and Goodrich had six points.