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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY MARCH 5, 2009
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009
KANSAS 42 27----69
No.5 BAYLOR 17 28----45
KANSAS (17-11, 6-9)
| Player | FG-FGA | 3FG-3FGA | Rebs | A | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Danielle McCray | 11-21 | 7-10 | 8 | 3 | 35 |
| Nicollette Smith | 2-5 | 0-3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Krysten Boogaard | 7-12 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| Ivana Catic | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Sade Morris | 1-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| LaChelda Jacobs | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Aishah Sutherland | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Kelly Kohn | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marija Zinic | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rebecca Feickert | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | | | 4 | | |
| Totals | 25-52 | 7-15 | 41 | 16 | 69 |
No.5 BAYLOR (23-5, 11-4)
<table border="1"><tr><td>Player</td><td colspan="2">FG-FGA</td><td>3FG-3FGA</td><td>Rebs</td><td>A</td><td>Pts</td></tr><tr><td>Rachel Allison</td><td>0-1</td><td>0-0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Morghan Medlock</td><td>2-6</td><td>0-0</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jessica Morrow</td><td>3-14</td><td>0-4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jhasmin Player</td><td>3-14</td><td>0-1</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kelli Griffin</td><td>1-9</td><td>0-0</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Whitney Zachariason 0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Melissa Jones</td><td>0-3</td><td>0-1</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Terran Condrey</td><td>1-3</td><td>0-0</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ashley Field</td><td>4-7</td><td>1-2</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lindsay Palmer</td><td>2-5</td><td>0-1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>16-62</td><td>1-9</td><td>39</td><td>8</td><td>45</td><td></td></tr></table>
Senior class basks in Baylor victory
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Jayhawks want to build on top-ten win with increased NCAA tournament hopes
The Kansas women's basketball team celebrates their win over No. 5 Baylor Wednesday night. Rebecca Feickert, center, and Marija Zinic, left, were recognized in the senior ceremony following the game.
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Matt Bristow/KANSAN
Senior guard Katie Smith walked in the locker room after Kansas' victory Wednesday night and told her teammates that she would probably remember two games against Baylor the most from her career.
The second: a 24-point victory over the No. 5 Lady Bears on Senior Day. Smith cried this time; she couldn't hold back the tears as she walked onto the floor covered in roses and picked up her framed jersey.
Look how things have changed
The first: a 50 point loss to Baylor in Waco, Texas her freshman year. Then Ivana Catic cried after the game because she was embarrassed.
"It just goes to show how much this program has grown," Smith said. "It's all thanks to Bonnie and her hard work and determination as a coach."
But coach Bonnie Henrickson isn't ready to rest.
"We've got a lot of work to do vet," Henrickson said.
After losses to Missouri and Colorado, two teams currently at the bottom of the Big 12 standings, Kansas' hopes for making the NCAA tournament, let alone the WNIT, were nearly impossible at best. But now that they've rattled off four consecutive wins and beaten a team like Baylor, they are most definitely back in the hunt.
"We're still in the mix, we're still in the conversation." Henrickson
said about their chances for the tournament. "We're at the table at least."
However, the absence of Baylor senior forward Danielle Wilson may have an impact on the committee selecting the Jayhawks for the 64-team field.
But both Henrickson and senior guard Ivana Catic realize that they can't look into the future too much: a matchup with Iowa State at rowdy Hilton Coliseum looms on Saturday. Catic thinks they can win their fifth in a row, but they can't slaken after this gutty victory.
"Anything is possible, and that's
really exciting" Catic said. "We need two days of good practice."
The seniors, who all checked in with just under four minutes to play, may not play as much for the rest of the season, but Henrickson said they will definitely still affect practice.
Senior Marija Ziric and junior Rebecca Feickert are key members of the scout team. Smith said that while she can't be a "body in there pushing and shoving" because of a knee injury that ended her season, she still tries to motivate the team as best she can.
All the motivation may be necessary if the Jayhawks want to make the tournament. Zinic hopes that this was her last game in Allen Fieldhouse and that the Jayhawks won't host a WNIT game like they did last year.
But all in all, it was a very memorable day for the three seniors and one junior, collectively grouped together as the "four seniors" by Henrickson. All of them put the game among their favorite moments in their KU careers.
"It was a great day for four seniors who deserve that," Henrickson said.
Jerry Wann/KANSAN
Sophomore center Krysten Boogaard goes up for an easy bucket against a Baylor defender Wednesday night. Behind a strong performance from junior guard Danielle McCray and Boogaard, the Jayhawks won 69-45.
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
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Junior guard Danielle McCray slides past a Baylor defender during the Jayhawks' win Wednesday night. McCray had a team-high 35 in one of the biggest wins in recent memory for the women's team.
senior night
Katie Smith
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5-foot-10 senior guard
Season cut short by knee surgery Career highs - Points - 6 (New Mexico)
State, 1-4-
09) , Rebounds - 5 (New Mexico State, 1-4-09), Minutes - 10 (New Mexico State, 1-4-09) Former walk-on since awarded a scholarship
Feickert
Thoughts on the victory — "Walking in the locker room, I said I will probably remember two games against Baylor. My freshman year, getting beat by fifty, and this game, beating them by almost thirty, it just goes to show how much this program has grown."
Future plans — Plans on being a physician's assistant Henrickson's take — "Emotional, tough," "She made practice more competitive."
Rebecca Feickert 6-foot-2 junior forward
Graduating early Career highs Points -8 (San Jose State 12-4-08) Rebounds
Graduating
- 4 (twice.
Marija Zinic 6-foot-2 senior forward
Henrickson's take — "the genius of the group," "has an unbelievable future ahead of her in whatever she wants to do"
last vs. Western Illinois (12-10-
08), Minutes · 21 (Marquette,
12-7-08)
Shot 54 percent from three-point line in her career Thoughts on the victory — "It's such a big moment for me, for a number of reasons. For our team, it's awesome, to beat Baylor on our home court" Future plans — Completing the masters in accounting
program
Zinic
Catic
highs - 17
Points - 17
(Ole Miss,
3-16-06),
Rebounds -
10 (UMKC,
12-7-05),
Minutes -
38 (Seton
Hall, 11-
11-06)
Thoughts on the victory — "It's kind of sad that it's over"
Future plans — Trying to get into graduate school
Henrickson's take — "Her growth and maturity this year has been special, and I've really enjoyed that personally."
Started 10 games as a sophomore
Ivana Catic
5-foot-8 senior guard
Career highs - Points - 16 (twice, last LaSalle, 12-30-05) Rebounds -7 (twice, last vs. Fair field, 1-7
09), Minutes - 50 (Wisconsin,
12-11-05)
Thoughts on the victory — "I'm just so happy. So many things came together."
Future plans — Catic has two options: go back to school or play basketball overseas.
Henrickson's take — "She makes the locker room right."
For more on Kansas' incredible 69-45 victory against No. 5 Baylor check Kansan.com. There you will find the Courtside blog and The Give and Go podcast from reporters Jayson Jenks and Clark Gobble.