THURSDAY,JAN.24,2002
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
Reserve guard gives team lift
By Ryan Wood Kansan sportswriter
MANHATTAN — Katie Hannon is finally getting her chance to shine.
After spending her first three seasons as a reserve, the senior guard cracked the starting lineup, providing a little scoring punch to a team desperately needing it.
Hannon scored a career-high eight points in the Jayhawk's 72-59 loss to Kansas State last night. She made her first career start last Saturday at Nebraska, finishing with six points on 2-of-3 shooting from three-point range. She sunk four three-pointers in her last two games.
"I think my strong suit is the three-point shot," Hannon said. "Being 6-2, people don't really expect that out of me, and at the beginning, they tend to give it up to me."
With freshman guard Blair Waltz sidelined with a stress fracture in her right foot, Hannon has assumed the duties as one of the Jayhawks' key outside threats. Kansas (5-15 overall, 0-7 in Big 12 Conference play) has been plagued by shooting trouble all season
long, making Hannon's role even more important.
"I feel more part of the team," Hannon said. "I've been more of a support role before Blair got hurt. While she's trying to heal her foot, I'm getting more significant playing time."
Hannon,
a Rochester,
N. Y.
native,
saw action
in 13 contests,
and averages
2.7 points
and 1.6
rebound
Katie Hannon
Coach Marian Washington said that Hannon's outside presence was crucial in the Jayhawks' strong performance at K-State.
pergame.
"We don't have Blair with us," Washington said, "and Katie has stepped up and really played well for us on the offensive end."
Contact Wood at
rwood@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brooke Hesler.
The latter part of Iowa State's run came with Gooden on the bench for lagging on defense after he missed a three-pointer, Williams said.
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MEN
"I knew I messed up and had to take a time-out to think about what I did." Gooden said.
When he returned to the court, Gooden made two baskets in less than 30 seconds, giving Kansas a 75-74 lead. Earlier in the second half Gooden made a steal and raced down the right sideline, swooping in from the baseline and finishing with a jaw-dropping dunk, which the Richmond, Calif., native dubbed "the Rich-town Funk Dunk." It put the Jayhawks on top 56-47.
After the game, a relieved Williams said he was happy for the win, but that it was just one game in a long conference season.
"This is the fifth game of a 16-game schedule," he said. "I want the kids to feel good because it was today's game but I'm not going to put anymore significance than that."
BOXSCORE
No.2 Kansas 88, Iowa St. 81 KANSAS(16-2)
Drew Gooden 10-16 3-6 23, Nick Collison 7-17 2-16, Kirk Hintch 4-7 4-5 12, Aaron Miles 2-14 3-1 5, Jeff Boschee 4-4 2-1 14, Keith Langford 3-7 2-28, Brayn Nash 0-0-00, Carey12-2-24, Wayne Simien 3-5 0-0, Totals 34-62 16-22 88.
IOWA STATE (9-11)
Omar Bynum 3-94-610, Shane Power-5 12-3-13, Tyra Pearson 6-14-5 9-17, Jake Herman 8-12-6 8-27, Marcus Jefferson 4-8-2-10, Ricky Morgan 0-1-0-0, Jared Homan 1-10-0, Totals 27-57-20-2681.
Contact Pacey at
dpacey@kansan.com. This story was edited by Cassio Furtado.
SULLIVAN
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Sullivan said he found it easier to play with a lot of intensity, and he was not intimidated when facing the Jayhawks, especially when Kansas guard Kirk Hinrich defended him.
"I don't get nervous against them," Sullivan said. "I love to play big time games, and Kansas is a big time team. I think is Hirnrich is the best point guard in the Big 12,
which makes it fun to play against him. I got up a little more for this game."
Sullivan almost gave Iowa State the boost they needed to pull ahead of Kansas for good. With 2:20 remaining, he drilled a long three-pointer, putting the Cyclones up 81-79 and igniting the crowd.
Contact Wasko at bwasko@kansan.
This story was edited by Brooke Hesler.
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