6B = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY,FEB.25,2002
Jayhawks fall to No.13 Cyclones after close first half, now 0-15
By Jessica Scott
Kansan sportswriter
In its final road game of the regular season, the Kansas women's basketball team provided a little scare for No. 13 Iowa State on Saturday.
The Jayhawks trailed 29-28 at the half, leaving the 12,850 fans in attendance surprised by the Big 12 Conference's last-place team. But, like so many other times this season, Kansas could not put a complete game together as it watched the Cyclones go on a 15-3 run late in the second half. Behind 15 second-half points from senior Angie Welle, Iowa State grabbed its second win against Kansas, 77-59.
"I thought we had a pretty good
game plan, but we weren't able to be very physical inside," Kansas coach Marian Washington said. "I thought the big difference was twofold: At the free throw line and Welle got open a lot more in the second half."
Kansas (5-23, 0-15 Big 12) shot 5-of-9 from the foul line while the Cyclones (21-6, 9-6) connected on 19 of 21. The Jahayhaws were also plagued by 25 turnovers.
Freshman guard Blair Waltz kept Kansas in the game with 8-of-17 shooting for a career-high 19 points. Waltz also dished out a career-best five assists.
Senior center Nikki White scored her 500th career point Saturday and finished with 11 points, four rebounds and tied her career high of four blocked
Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said he was shocked at Kansas' aggressive play in the opening half.
shots.
"There was probably a little bit of panic setting in at some point," Fennelly said. "You start thinking about what are you going to say, what are you going to write, what are you going to talk about if you lose to a team that's 0-14."
Fennelly's worries increased when Kansas sophomore Sharonne Spencer hit a basket with four minutes remaining in the first half, capping a 6-0 run by the Jayhawks and giving the Jayhawks a 25-21 lead.
But, the two-time All-American Welle, who finished with 21 points, hit 9-of-10 from the line
while Lindsey Wilson scored 16 points with eight assists.
With this 15th straight loss, the Jayhawks have only one more chance to earn a win in conference play with a Tuesday game against Texas. Washington said she remained hopeful, but the league was relentless on her young team this season.
"I sure would like to see us to win a game in this conference," Washington said. "But this is a rare year. No matter how you cut it, it's a rare year. Seven teams in the top 15, top 20 at least, and it's just incredible."
Contact Scott at jscott@kansan.com. This story was edited by Eve Lamborn.
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Junior forward Drew Gooden strains to score against the 'Huskers' Wilson Thomas. Gooden led the Jayhawks with 22 points at Nebraska.
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play."
Nebraska (12-13, 5-9) had a chance to win the game after Langford's basket, but when the Cornhuskers inbounded the ball after a timeout with 13 seconds left, Bostchee deflected the pass. The ball rolled to the wrong end of the court where John Robinson scooped up the ball, dribbled back down the court and hurried a 16-foot umper that missed.
John Turek failed to convert a put-back as he tapped the ball toward the hoop after Robinson's shot bounced off the rim. Kansas junior forward Drew Gooden then grabbed the rebound and heaved the ball into the air as time ran out.
"Congratulations to Nebraska because I think they outplayed us," Williams said. "I told (Nebraska coach) Barry (Collier) I almost feel sorry about the outcome of the game because we didn't deserve to win and he did."
Langford's three-pointer was the one that determined the outcome of the game, but it was the Cornhuskers' record-breaking 18-for-37 performance from behind the arc — an all-time high for a Kansas opponent and a Nebraska school record — that forced the Jayhawks to take such a risky final attempt. Seniorguards Cary Cochran, six for 12, and Robinson, six for 11, drilled three-pointers while falling down,
from the baseline and fading away to keep their team in the game.
At one point in the second half, Nebraska made six-straight threepointers, which helped the Cornhuskers go on a 21-4 run over a four-minute span, and gave them a 67-55 lead with 13:43 to go in the game.
"They made almost 50 percent of their three-pointers," said Gooden, who finished with a game-high 26 points and 14 rebounds for his 20th double-double of the season. "It's not like they were all wide open. When we went into a zone their eyes lit up."
"After they made a few of them I said, 'We gotta do something.'
Williams did do something. Kansas' coach said he used the zone defense after halftime to try and protect junior guard Kirk Rich, who got his third foul early in the second half, from intofoul trouble. He fouled out with 45 seconds left.
"They made two or three three-pointers in a row against our zone because we didn't get where we were supposed to be," Williams said. "So I asked the staff, is it worth it to try and protect him because they were scoring three every time? So we got out of that."
Kansas' next game is against Kansas State at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse.
Contact Pacey at dpacey@kansan.com This story edited by Justin Guenley.
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Kansas coach Roy Williams said the play was designed to go to Boschee off of a screen.
"Brett went to the wrong side, and Keith was trying to get his attention so that it would be Boschee's shot instead of his," Williams said. "That's the kind of unselfishness that you have to have to be successful."
Ballard admitted after the game that he had made a mistake.
Junior guard Kirk Hinrich was in foul trouble most the game, and picked up his fourth foul with 14:34 left in the game. With Hinrich forced to sit on the bench, Ballard received the rare chance to play a significant amount of time — a season-high 15 minutes.
Ballard's only basket of the game couldn't have come at a better time for the Jayhawks. Nebraska had a two-point lead with under a minute to play. Ballard, who seldom shoots the ball, drove from the free-throw line into the paint and hit a layup,
tving the game.
Ballard said it was one of the biggest shots he had made but that he couldn't have done it without the help of junior forward Drew Gooden.
"It was a play we always run," he said. "The lane opened up, and Drew did a good job of sealing off his man."
Along with hitting key shots, Ballard and Langford were solid for the Jayhawks on the defensive end of the floor. Nebraska's guards were hot shooting the ball from outside.
The team swished a Kansas-opponent high 18 three-point shots.
"Coach is always giving us situational plays in practice where we have to make stops two or three plays in a row." Langford said. "We couldn't do that today, but we dug down deep and came up with some big stops when we needed them most."
Contact Wasko at bwasko@kansan.com. This story was edited by Andy Gassaway.
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