4B SPORTS
CREIGHTON 2143-64
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009
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KANSAS (19-13,6-10)
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Krysten Boogaard 1-4 0-0 4 2 3
Sade Morris 7-12 1-3 3 4 21
Nicollette Smith 3-4 0-0 4 3 6
Ivana Catic 3-5 0-0 2 7 7
Danielle McCray 11-24 2-4 13 1 25
LaChelda Jacobs 1-2 0-0 2 2 2
Aishah Sutherland 7-10 0-0 12 0 15
Team 4
Total 33-61 3-7 42 19 79
CREIGHTON (22-12, 14-4)
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Kristina Voss 5-6 0-0 6 2 12
Chevelle Herring 2-7 0-3 4 0 3
Kelsey Crites 3-12 0-1 9 3 10
Megan Neuvirth 3-17 0-7 6 4 13
Kelsey Woodard 5-16 4-7 4 3 15
Stephani Rhoten 1-1 1-1 2 0 3
DaNae Moore 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Katie Frank 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Kellie Nelson 3-3 0-0 1 0 6
Team 4
Total 22-63 5-19 36 0 64
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WOMEN'S (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Morris scored 14 of her 21 points in the first half and continuously attacked the basket against a Creighton team lacking an inside defensive presence.
somewhat sloppy first half.
"It was just in the flow of the game," Morris said. "When (Catic) started pushing it, I just realized how much they sucked up to her and she realized it too. We just have to do that every time."
In the second half, Creighton managed to make the game somewhat interesting. The Bluejays cut the Jayhawks' lead to nine on multiple occasions but never crawled over that hump.
Part of that had to do with Kansas' defense, and part of it had to with Creighton's shooting: The Bluejays made just 35 percent of their shots in the game.
"We just couldn't cut that deficit," Flanery said. "And then that's when they finished us off."
Edited by Susan Melgren
GAME NOTES
MCCRAY CONTINUES OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
After a slow start, junior forward Danielle McCray heated up as the game progressed. She finished with 25 points, the 19th time she has scored at least 20 points in a game this season.
McCray entered Monday's game second in the Big 12 in scoring average and has scored 20 points in five consecutive games.
LOOKING TO MOVE BEYOND FIRST ROUND
Kansas has been to the WNIT three times in coach Bonnie Henrickson's five years. Yet, in the previous appearances, the Jayhawks won one game before losing the second game.
Kansas will play Arkansas at home on Thursday night in the third round of the WNIT. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Jayson Jenks
Sutherland performs well off the bench
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
Less than four minutes into the first half, Sutherland, a freshman forward, relieved starting sophomore center Krysten Boogaard as Sutherland was on her way to the first double-double of her career. She played 31 minutes, scored a career-high 15 points, and tied her career high with 12 rebounds in the 79-64 victory over Creighton.
Aishah Sutherland came off the bench last night, but if you blinked you might not have known she started the game there.
Sutherland understands her role on the team, and the flux in minutes from coach Bonnie Henrickson never surprises her at all.
"I already know it's going to be like that." Sutherland said of her playing time. "If I play good she'll (Henrickson) keep me in. If I don't play good she'll take me out."
Sutherland feasted in the paint, along with the rest of the Jayhawks, against a small Bluejay lineup. For the majority of the game, Creighton didn't have a player taller than six feet on the floor. Kansas outscored Creighton 48-22 in the paint as Sutherland collected eight rebounds in the first half alone.
"When I jump I'm over everybody." Sutherland said. "You can't get a rebound if I jump and
work hard for it."
Boogaard was ineffective in her 16 minutes against the small-ball lineup of the Bluejays, scoring only three points and grabbing four rebounds. Sutherland stepped in to fill the void down low, much to the delight of Henrickson.
"She made an impact," Henrickson said. "She rebounded the ball really well early."
The epitome of Sutherland's game came when the Jayhawks needed a bucket the most. After a 29-18 run by Creighton cut what was a 20-point lead in the second half, Sutherland took a pass from junior forward Danielle McCray into the paint.
Sutherland was just shore of the rim, but she grabbed her own rebound among two Bluejay defenders and muscled it back in, plus the foul. Her three-point play pushed the Jayhawks' lead to 67-55, creating a lot of breathing room with less than six minutes left in the game.
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"When she did, it kind of drew the energy to us," McCray said.
"Whenever you get an 'and one' play it always brings energy and it gets the fans in it."
McCray also said that when Sutherland makes that type of play, the rest of her game elevates. Kansas will look to Sutherland more often if she performs as well as she did against the Bluejays last month.
"That (and one play) gives her
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Freshman forward Aishan Sutherland goes up for a shot during Monday's game against Creighton. Sutherland finished the night with 15 shots and 12 reboundes.
confidence too," McCray said. "When she makes a shot and she knows she's in a groove, that's when
she plays her best."
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