FRIDAY,FEB.22,2002
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Team nears end of rough road
By Jessica Scott Kansan sportswriter
Bv Jessica Scott
Maybe a week off is what the Kansas women's basketball team needs right now.
After a 65-40 loss to Kansas State on Monday, the Jayhawks finally received their bye week at a much-needed point, albeit a late one in their season.
The Jayhawks will find out tomorrow if this week of rest has been good medicine for their ailing season when they travel to No.11 Iowa State (19-6, 7-6 Big 12 Conference) Saturday.
The road has not been friendly to Kansas this season.
After its last road win on Dec. 29 during the Saint Joseph's classic in Philadelphia, Kansas has faced a relentless conference schedule, playing a ranked opponent almost every week.
The Jayhawks (5-22, 0-14) have a 2-13 record when playing away from Allen Fieldhouse this season. In games at Kansas State and Missouri, the Jayhawks played strong for one half but failed to put together a winning game. Tomorrow is their final chance to pick up a
rare road win in the Big 12.
"It been a struggle for us, there's no question about it," Kansas co pastor Marian Washington said. "The rest of the way we're still going to be facing nationally ranked teams with Iowa State on their turf and Texas."
The Cyclones won their first meeting with Kansas 75-50 earlier this month.
Sophomore forward Sharonne Spencer tries to get past the defense of an Oklahoma State player. The Jayhawks have two opportunities left to log a win in conference play.
handing the 'Hawks their 10th straight loss. Since then, the Jayhaws have lost four more in a row, but Washington said she still hoped to pick up one of her final two regular season games.
"We're going to work through this," she said. "We've got two games remaining for the seniors and at least one more game in Kansas City, and we'll try to finish it up."
After her team's lopsided win last week on the Jayhawks' home court, Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said she understood the struggles that Washington and her team have faced this year.
"I know how hard this league is, and I can sympathize a great deal with what they're going through," Patterson said. "I don't
think you could ever anticipate what KU has gone through this year."
The Kansas men's and women's bowling teams are competing this weekend at the Hoosier Classic at Indiana.
Many top teams will be taking part in the event, which is the final tournament of the season that affects scoring for sectionals.
BOWLING
Seeding for sectional qualifiers in either Oklahoma City or Sacramento, Calif., on March 23 and 24 will be announced next week.
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try to bounce back from losses to Maryland and Ohio State last weekend.
The Kansas tennis team will
The Jayhawks face Southwest Missouri State at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Alvamar Tennis and Swim Club.
The Bears won their opening match of the season but since have lost four straight. They are ranked 60th by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
After starting the season 2-0,
Kansas struggled last weekend,
dropping its record to 2-2. A bright spot for the Jayhawks has been freshman Kim Paige, who is undefeated at the No.4 singles position and 2-1 at No.2 doubles with teammate Emily Haylock.
TENNIS
This will be the third home match for the Jayhawks who have beaten both Wichita State and Tulsa at Alvamar.
Jonah Ballow
Unexpected Hughes takes gold in skating
The Associated Press
"It's something I've always dreamed of," said Sarah Hughes, who was third at worlds last year behind Michelle Kwan and Russian Irina Slutskaya. "Just to be able to skate tonight. I didn't want to skate for a gold medal. I went out and had a great time. I said, 'This is the Olympics. I want to do the best.'"
And she is the best, a spot Kwan had in her grasp. But the 21-year-old Californian couldn't reach out and grab it. Hughes earned the gold while Slutskava took the silver.
"I made a few mistakes," said Kwan, the bronze medalist, "but I'm just going to keep on going
strong. It just wasn't meant to be."
Nor was it meant to be for Sasha Cohen, who was third after the short program. The precocious 17-year-old two-footed a triple lutz and fell on a triple toe. Her routine lacked footwork, as well, and she seemed to realize her medal chances were gone as soon as she left the ice. The American took fourth place.
Hughes is the seventh American, third in the last four games — and the most unexpected of all
"Nah," he said with a laugh. "It comes with the territory."
you know, it boils down to the last couple of home games, so I think there will be some more of those chants coming up."
Newspapers from Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York and Connecticut have sent reporters to Allen Fieldhouse to write about the No. 1 Jayhawks (24-2 overall, 13-0 Big 12) and their star player. A Sports Illustrated writer traveled with the team for a week in January. And don't forget the nearly 30-minute interview sessions he has with local media after every home game. But does any of this bother the effervescent Gooden?
Fans aren't the only ones singing Gooden's praises. The Richmond, Calif., native received minimal national attention before the season, but now he's hotter than a Wescoe Hall classroom in the summer. He played the piano on Fox Sports' "The Best Damn Sports Show Period," talked basketball with Jim Rome on his nationally syndicated sports radio show and his childhood was the subject of an in-depth report on ESPN's "SportsCenter" less than a week ago.
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"When we win, that's when the awards will come," he said. "I can see that."
GOODEN
Gooden says he knows the awards are out there and that his name is being bandied about for many of them, but it's not the personal accolades he's after.
It has begun to pay dividends, too. Gooden is a finalist for the prestigious Wooden and Naismith awards, given to college basketball's best players, and his name has all but been engraved on a first-team All-American plaque. He has long since surpassed Missouri's Kareem Rush, the preseason favorite for Big 12 player of the year, as the conference's top player because of superior stats and the Jayhawks' better record.
When Gooden was a freshman, Williams said the forward seemed to do something every other minute in practice that upset and frustrated the coach. But that's not the case anymore.
"I think it's a combination of things," Williams said. "But I think the biggest thing is that Drew has matured so much and understands the game so much better now than he did as a freshman. I think that's the whole key."
Contact Pacey at
dpacey@kansan.com. This story was adited by Gillian Titus.
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The men will be led by NCAA record holder Scott Russell in the 35-pound weight throw. He leads the Big 12 in the event by more than nine feet.
The men will load up the 1000 meters as well, as seniors Brian Blachly and Derec Lacio will be joined by sophomore John DiCalogero and freshman Brandon Hodges.
All four set personal bests in the 800 meters at Iowa State two weeks ago, but Hodges injured his leg during that same meet and was limited in training in the two weeks afterward. He was able to run a workout Wednesday in practice and said he felt strong
enough to compete.
Another athlete who is battling injury is junior high jumper T.J. Hackler. He said he was battling an injury to his planting foot that had been bothering him for the past couple weeks.
He jumped 7 3/4 last season but hasn't cleared seven feet yet in 2002.
But he said the event was wide open this season and was looking forward to the competition.
"This is Big 12s, and it's time to step up." Hackler said.
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