6B
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
NEBRASKA 31 26 — 57
KANSAS 2842----70
KANSAS (16-11, 5-9)
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Danielle McCray 7-14 1-3 6 3 18
Nicollette Smith 3-8 3-5 5 4 9
Krysten Boogaard 1-5 0-0 1 2 2
LaChelda Jacobs 1-1 0-0 2 1 2
Ivana Catic 5-10 0-1 4 2 10
Aishah Sutherland 4-6 0-0 8 0 12
Kelly Kohn 0-3 0-3 0 1 0
Sade Morris 3-6 0-1 5 2 15
Porscha Weddington 1-1 0-0 0 0 2
Team 1
NEBRASKA (19-7, 7-5)
| Player | FG-FGA | 3FG-3FGA | Rebs | A | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Cory Montgomery | 8-14 | 3-4 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| Catheryn Redmon | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Kaitlyn Burke | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Yvonne Turner | 1-10 | 1-5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Dominique Kelley | 6-9 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Nicole Neals | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Kala Kuhlmann | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Harleen Sidhu | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tay Hester | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jessica Periago | 1-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | | | 4 | | |
| Total | 23-58 | 5-15 | 37 | 12 | 57 |
GAMENOTES
END OF FIRST HALF KEY FOR KANSAS
True, the Jayhawks failed to score in the first-half's final four minutes and missed their last seven shots. But, with their three leading scorers on the bench with foul trouble, the Jayhawks kept the Cornhuskers from building a large lead.
"We didn't score," coach Bonnie Henrickson said, "but we did not let them go on a run either."
SMITH'S THREES CARRY KANSAS EARLY
In the first half, sophomore forward Nicollette Smith helped Kansas build an early lead by
knocking down three three-pointers.
While Kansas had four players score in double figures, junior forward Danielle McCray along with Smith's three guided Kansas offensively in the first half.
GAME CELEBRATES WOMEN'S ATHLETICS
Kansas celebrated 40 years of women's athletics at the University on Saturday night.
At halftime, more than 150 former female athletes and more than a dozen former coaches lined James Naismith Court.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Sophomore center Krysten Boogaard looks for an open teammate over a Nebraska defender's shoulder during Saturday's game in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jawahks defeated t
Guard takes more shots than usual
Ivana Catic surprises Nebraska and her teammates by playing offense more aggressively
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Catic hadn't taken more than five shots in a game all year and had just
Senior guard Ivana Catic drove to the basket, pump-faked and converted the easy lavup.
So why did junior forward Danielle McCray and assistant coach Tamika Raymond smile and laugh as the Jayhawks were running back on defense?
Because Catic hasn't been doing a lot of driving, shooting or scoring this season. Therefore, you can't blame Raymond and McCray too much — it was a bit surprising to see their pass-first guard looking to score.
"Normally when I come off a screen, I'm looking for a ball to come at my face," McCray said. "But this time I saw her coming and I didn't know what to do."
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She was indeed aggressive, but she still reverted to her pass-first attitude a few times. On one possession, Catic stood wide open at the free throw line and turned down a shot. Coach Bonnie Henrickson said she still could have looked to
"I was kind of surprised by how many (shots) she took just because of how unselfish she is."
get other people shots," Catic said.
Catic isn't a player who cares about how many points she scores or how many times she shoots. In fact, even though her 10 points was her season high, she said it probably wasn't her best
the ball: 4.482 because I'm screaming for her to shoot it too."
"I just took what the defense gave
McCray was not expecting that response.
me," Catic said.
"I wasn't surprised she was making the shots," McCray said. "But I was kind of surprised how many she took just because of how unselfish she is."
Catic said she thought her performance tonight may force teams to change the way they guard her. She's used to teams giving her all kinds of space by now: they've been doing it for most of Big 12 play.
Oklahoma was the first defense that didn't even guard Catic outside of the paint, challenging her to shoot from the outside.
Both McCray and Catic agreed that Catic's performance Saturday might open up the floor in the future by forcing defenses to guard "one more step" closer.
— Edited by Sonya English
WOMEN'S
(CONTINUED FROM 1B)
The result? Kansas has won three consecutive conference games for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.
"If you are going to get patted on the back for an accomplishment, you have to get a kick in the pants for it taking that long to do it." Henrickson said. "No, we don't need any credit for winning three in a row."
On Saturday night, the lajahaws pieced together an 18-2 run midway through the second half that all but sealed the victory. While defense provided the backbone of the run,
two other noteworthy trends took form.
First, after sitting out the first half, freshman forward Aishah Sutherland scored 12 points, grabbed eight rebounds and added three blocks in just 18 minutes. When Sutherland entered early in the second half, Kansas trailed Nebraska, 33-32.
"Let me explain to you: I didn't have a good practice. I didn't have a good shoot around and I expected not to play." Sutherland said. "You think If you don't have a good practice or shoot around, why would you have a good game? But I just got in and did what I needed to do."
picked up her third foul, forcing her to the bench. In stretches without McCray this season, Kansas has struggled with consistency on offense.
Then, with 14:55 left in the game,
junior forward Danielle McCrauv
But the first eight points of Kansas' 18-2 surge were scored in McCray's absence. Junior guard Sade Morris scored six of her 15 points with McCray on the sideline.
"When Danielle goes out, she's a big factor, so somebody has to pick it up," Morris said. "It's not always going to be me; it's going to be other people, too. Tonight I knew I could get to the lane."
Facing Nebraska's full-court press, Kansas committed just 12 turnovers and, for the first time since Jan. 7, had more assists than turnovers.
Led by McCray's 18 points, four players scored in double-digits. Throughout the game, different Jayhawks filled the need for offensive production — something Kansas has searched for since the start of the season.
Still, defense served as the foundation for Kansas' current three-game win streak.
"Man, defense wins games. That's all I can say," Morris said. "There are going to be nights where you struggle offensively but your defense can always be there. You don't have to get the ball in the rim on defense; you just have to stop them from scoring."
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