TUESDAY,FEB.26,2002
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Senior 'Hawks to say farewell to fieldhouse in final game tonight
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By Ryan Wood Kansan sportswriter
Coach Marian Washington will use her 13th different starting lineup of the season when the Kansas women's basketball team plays Texas at 7 tonight.
But this one will be special.
But this is for seniors Kristin Geoffroy, Katie Hannon, KC Hilgenkamp, Selena Scott and Nikki White, tonight's game will be their last in Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jayhawks (5-23 overall, 0-15 Big 12) have relied heavily on their senior leadership this season. The five have accounted for 67 percent of Kansas' scoring offense and 46 percent of its rebounding. The Jayhawks' top four scorers will play their final home game this evening.
"It's going to be amazing," Hannon said. "Looking back on all the memories I've had here and being able to have my parents here to experience it with me, it's definitely going to be special."
All but Hilgenkamp, a junior college transfer, contributed early in their careers to the consistently successful programs that have since been followed by tough times.
"The past two years have been rebuilding, but sometimes you just have to go through those years and growing pains."
Despite playing as part of an underdog team all season, the Kansas seniors have been responsible for continued optimism — something that hasn't escaped them through the constant frustrations this season has presented.
"I just hope that we can pull out a victory in my last outing in the Fieldhouse," Scott said.
KC Hilgenkamp Kansas women's basketball senior
"My freshman and sophomore years were great," Hannon said. "The past two years have been rebuilding, but sometimes you just have to go through those years and those growing pains. I know it's going to get better soon."
Contact Wood at rwood@kansan.com. This story was edited by Eve Lamborn.
FILE PHOTO
Senior guard KC Hilgencamp charges past Nebraska's defense. The Kansas women's basketball team is 0-15 in conference play.
Missouri slips by No. 12 Oklahoma State in thriller
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Arthur Johnson had 18 points and 14 rebounds as Missouri overcame a 10-point first-half deficit and poor shooting from its biggest stars, defeating No. 12 Oklahoma State 72-69 last night.
Kareem Rush was held to 10 points, two above his season worst and 10 below his average, and Clarence Gilbert had only six coming off of a 40-point game for the Tigers (20-9 overall, 9-6 in the Big 12 Conference).
The pair combined to go 6 for 28 but it didn't stop their teammates from rallying in a game they probably needed more than Oklahoma State (22-7 overall, 9-6 Big 12 Conference), which had a four-game winning streak snapped.
a four-game winning streak. Rickey Paulding added 21 points on 10-of-12 shooting, including two baskets in the final minute. Rush was 3-for-15 but also sealed the victory, getting the rebound after Johnson missed on the front end of a bonus and hitting two free throws to make it 72-67 with 6.9 seconds to go.
Victor Williams had 19 points, and Fredrik Jonzen had 16 for Oklahoma State. Jonzen had 10 points in the final 7:42 as the Cowboys kept it close after falling behind by seven.
Cheyne Gadson had 12 points in the first half, nearly doubling his season average, but was shut out the rest of the way.
way. Missouri ended a three-game losing streak against Oklahoma State, beating the Cowboys for only the second time in seven games.
Missouri trailed by 10 twice in the first half, the last time at 31-21 with 5:05 to go after failing to block out on a follow shot by Ivan McFarlin.
Rush got his first points of the game on a jumper from near the free-throw line with 19:16 to go. Johnson's dunk after Travon Bryant's shot was partially blocked put the Tigers in front for the first time, 44-43, with 11:07 left.
Rush had no points, no assists and three fouls in the first half as Oklahoma State took a 38-29 lead. The Cowboys had runs of 9-0 and 10-2, and Gadson got several wide-open looks from long range, going 5-for-6.
Down nine at the half. Missouri outscored Oklahoma State 17-5 in the first nine-and-a-half minutes after the break to take a three-point lead — its first since the
opening minute.
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"They push the ball pretty hard so we have to get back on defense and try to stop the easy baskets."
together. "We can beat anybody if we play for 40 minutes, but that's been our problem all season — not playing hard for the entire game," Scott said. "Our goal going into the Big 12 Tournament is playing hard for two halves."
Kansas (5-23 overall, 0-15 in the Big 12 Conference) found success in its last outing at No. 13. Iowa State. Although the Jayhawks lost their poise in the second half, Scott said her team was continuing to work on putting two complete halves together.
When the tournament begins next week, Kansas will face the No. 5 seed, either Iowa State or Texas as the rankings stand right now. However, the Jayhawks could face any of six teams, depending on the regular season standings after the final games Wednesday.
Notes:
Notes:
Jayhawk freshman guard Chelsea Thompson will not play in tonight's game because of personal reasons. Thompson, who also missed Saturday's game at Iowa State, has started 18 games for the Jayhawks this season and averages 4.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
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■ Texas coach Jody Conrad is one of 20 finalists for the National Women's Coach of the Year. Conrad is the all-time winningest coach in women's basketball history with a 783-256 record.
Contact Scott at jscott@kansan.com. This story was edited by Angela Cox.
Wallace, a native of Philadelphia, had 29 points and 10 rebounds as the Trail Blazers won their season-high sixth in a row with an 88-83 victory against the 76ers last night.
Sixers bounce back against Blazers as Portland coach returns home
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Portland coach Maurice Cheeks enjoyed his return to Philadelphia. Rasheed Wallace treated it like any other game.
“As homecomings go, that was real good,” Cheeks said. “It was a
It was the first game back in Philadelphia for Cheeks, a former Sixers player and assistant coach who is in his first season as a head coach
game of runs, and fortunately we had ours at the right time."
Wallace, whose mother sat courtside, wasn't quite as excited.
"It was nothing special, just a normal basketball game," he said. "We were just out there playing."
playing:
Scottie Pippen led a fourth-quarter comeback for the Blazers, scoring 11 points in an 18-2 run that helped Portland overcome a nine-point deficit.
Pippen scored 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and
The Blazers trailed 71-62 after Philadelphia's Raja Bell hit a layup in the opening moments of the fourth.
the 76ers missed 11 straight shots during the spurt. The Sixers were 4-of-23 from the field in the fourth quarter.
Allen Iverson, who scored 18 points on 7-of-22 shooting, thought a lack of effort led to the Sixers' struggles in the fourth period.
"We haven't been playing hard and the effort is not there, especially at crucial parts of the game," said Iverson, who claimed that some "players don't know the plays. There's no excuse for that."
Pippen finished with 17 points, Bonzi Wells had 15 and Damon Stoudmire added 11 for Portland, which has won 19 of its last 25.
Eric Snow also scored 18 points, Derrick Coleman had 16 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, and Dikembe Mutombo added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the 76ers, who have lost four of six.
With Philadelphia trailing 85-79 with 35 seconds to go, a layup by Mutombo and an 18-footer by Matt Harpring pulled the Sixers to 85-83 with 14.7 seconds left.
But free throws by Wallace and Wells sealed it.
Philadelphia closed within five on two free throws by Snow, but the Blazers grabbed two
consecutive offensive rebounds before Stoudamire made a 15-foot jumper with 1:16 remaining.
The 76ers had runs of 10-3 and 12-3 and opened an 11-point lead in the third quarter, and they held a 69-62 advantage after three.
Coleman, playing his first game since serving a two-game suspension for an altercation with Indiana's Reggie Miller, had nine points for Philadelphia in the third.
Portland scored 13 of the last 17 points of the first half and took a 45-43 lead at halftime. The Sixers led for 22 of the first 24 minutes of the game
Notes:
Notes. Cheeks, who had his number retired by the Sixers and was an assistant coach in Philadelphia for seven years, received an extended standing ovation before the game. "It's not just another game," Cheeks admitted. "It's special to me and my team knows it's special."
it's special
The Portland staff has many Philadelphia ties with assistant coaches Jimmy Lynam, former 76ers coach and general manager, Herb Brown, brother of Sixers coach Larry Brown and a former Sixers assistant, and former player Caldwell Jones.
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