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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26 2009
KANSAS 26 41 — 67 OKLAHOMA ST 22 30 — 52
KANSAS (15-11, 4-9)
<table border="1"><tr><td>Player</td><td colspan="2">FG-FGA</td><td colspan="2">3FG-3FGA Rebs</td><td>A</td><td>Pts</td></tr><tr><td>Danielle McCray</td><td>9-13</td><td>3-4</td><td>13</td><td>2</td><td>30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nicollette Smith</td><td>4-9</td><td>2-4</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Krysten Boogaard</td><td>3-3</td><td>0-0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ivana Catic</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sade Morris</td><td>3-11</td><td>0-1</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>LaChelda Jacobs</td><td>0-1</td><td>0-0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Aishah Sutherland</td><td>1-2</td><td>0-0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kelly Kohn</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Porscha Weddington</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td></td><td></td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>20-39</td><td>5-9</td><td>40</td><td>8</td><td>67</td><td></td></tr></table>
OKLAHOMA STATE (15-11,4-9)
| Player | FG-FGA | 3FG-3FGA | Rebs | A | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Tegan Cunningham | 3-9 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Shaunte Smith | 5-11 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Megan Byford | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Andrea Riley | 7-28 | 2-8 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Taylor Hardeman | 2-6 | 2-6 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Kristin Hernandez | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ally Clardy | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melinda Mercado | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shyvon Spears | 2-4 | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | | | 2 | | |
| Totals | 20-64 | 4-18 | 30 | 10 | 52 |
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY CLARK GOBLE
cqoble@kansan.com
Strong defense shuts down Riley
STILWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State guard Andrea Riley never stopped looking to score Wednesday night against Kansas. That was expected.
But the Kansas defenders never stopped getting their hands in her face and made her look pedestrian when her statistics so far this year showshe is a top-level talent. Riley scored 18 points on 7-of-28 shooting in a 67-52 Kansas victory.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson thought that her entire team did a great job making Riley take "tough twos."
"We never really let her get really, really loose and in a great rhythm," Herrickson said.
Forced to take step-back three pointers and contested shots around the paint, Riley, a candidate for the Wooden Award and a potential selection for the All-Big 12 First Team, looked frustrated the entire night. Her 18 points was her second lowest output in Big 12 play.
Junior guard Sade Morris didn't think one person could take the credit for shutting down Riley.
Henrickson agreed that it was a complete team effort. She credited senior Ivana Catic for taking on the head-to-head matchup for most of the game, but also talked
"That was just teamwork," Morris said. "She'd pass her defenders, but wed have three others sitting in the lane waiting for her."
about the post players stepping up and either forcing an extra pass or making Riley hit a tough shot.
"She couldn't get the shot, she couldn't get the layup and then she couldn't get the pass." Henrickson said.
Henrickson even decided not to put Morris, her "best defender," on Riley. She felt that they were asking "too much" of the junior guard to take a huge role on both the offensive and defensive end. Morris was responsible for guarding Riley on a made shot, but because Riley missed often, Catic took the matchup for most of the game.
Morris and Henrickson also said that another key was not to foul Riley when she drove into the paint. Riley took more than 10 free throw attempts in five conference games, and she only stepped to the line three times Wednesday night.
The defense on Riley stepped up in the later parts of the second half. Her last bucket came with 12:56 to go in the game. From that point on, the layhawks finished the game on a 29-12 run. Riley took nine shots after her last basket and none of them fell. A few even missed the rim.
Riley's poor finish spoke volumes about the effectiveness of the entire team playing solid defense.
"That's good team defense, not one-on-one," Henrickson said. "Nobody one-on-one is going to stop Riley."
- Edited by Carly Halvorson
Ryan Waqqoner/KANSAN
"We fought back," junior guaro Sade Morris said. "Teams are going to make runs, but we think we have more in us than they do. They made that run in the second half but we were like 'OK, we just have to find a way to score and
Senior guard Ivan Catic defends Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley. Riley scored 18 points and made just 7 of 26 attempts in a losing effort on Wednesday night.
BASKETBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
get a stop. That's what we did a great job of doing."
Throughout the game, Kansas consistently answered Oklahoma State's runs.
Late in the first half, with Kansas' offense struggleg
against Oklahoma State's zone defense, McCray scored 12 of the jayhawks' final 15 points. Kansas led 26-22 at halftime despite 14 turnovers.
"There were probably three of four situations in the second half
where we just grew up, had the toughness and competed to get a win on the road," Henrickson said.
The Jayhawks held Oklahoma State guard Andrea Riley to 18 points — the first time she's been held to under 20 points in 10
games.
Two weeks ago, that defensive focus and toughness was nonexistent. But, in its past two games, Kansas has placed more emphasis on playing aggressive, hard-nosed defense.
"We all came together tonight
as a team." McCray said. "We all stayed together and that's the main thing on the road. I think we deserve it with how hard we've been putting in time, and we've believed in ourselves."
ANDERSON CHANDLER LECTURE SERIES
Edited by Andrew Wiebe
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