6B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF DARTY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBUARY 9, 2009
KANSAS 2931-60
MISSOURI 4034-74
KANSAS (13-8, 2-6)
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Nicollette Smith 3-7 0-1 6 3 8
Krysten Boogaard 3-6 0-0 4 0 6
Ivana Catic 0-2 0-1 2 1 0
Danielle McCray 8-18 2-4 1 1 20
Sade Morris 0-4 0-1 4 1 3
LaChelda Jacobs 4-9 0-0 1 1 13
Aishah Sutherland 2-7 0-0 8 0 5
Kelly Kohn 1-2 1-1 1 0 3
Porscha Weddington 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Total 21-55 3-8 27 9 60
MISSOURI(11-11.2-7)
| Player | FG-FGA | 3FG-3FGA | Rebs | A | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Marissa Scott | 5-9 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Shakara Jones | 7-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| Bekah Mills | 2-8 | 0-2 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Alyssa Hollins | 6-13 | 3-5 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| RaeShara Brown | 1-4 | 1-1 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Bailey Gee | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Amanda Hanneman | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessra Johnson | 6-8 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Jasmyn Otote | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toy Richbow | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Kendra Frazier | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christine Flores | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Team | | | 2 | | |
| Total | 29-55 | 3-10 | 32 | 15 | 74 |
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Lack of competitive spirit irks coach
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Bonnie Henrickson closed her eyes as she approached the podium inside Mizzou Arena 20 minutes after Kansas' demoralizing 74-60 loss to Missouri.
She was clearly frustrated. Frustrated with the lajhawk's defensive effort. Frustrated with Kansas' offensive rhythm. Most of all, Henrickson was frustrated by what she perceived as her players' complete lack of competitive drive.
"Players have to play," she said. "We did it last year and talked about that. And then you're just not competitive. That's an insult if you're an athlete. I've got some noncompetitive kids it looks like."
"Both ends of the floor, I thought we were soft," Henrickson said. "No toughness on either one."
Henrickson's message was clear. The Tigers wanted it more. It showed in their body language. It showed in the way they continued to push for more even after the Jayhawks fell behind by double digits.
Missouri simply pushed Kansas around. The Tigers nearly doubled the jayhawk's points in the paint (30 to 16) and never trailed after the first five minutes. Four Missouri players scored in double digits. The team shot 50 percent and scored 24 fast-break points to keep Kansas from trimming its lead.
even more baffling was just how thoroughly Kansas dominated Missouri in the team's first meeting, a 75-58 victory in Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 14.
What made the performance
On that night, Kansas was the more motivated squad, holding its rival to 40 percent shooting while bouncing back emphatically from a 33-point loss to Kansas State four days before.
"When we played them at home, we were flying around, disrupting everything that they ran," junior forward Danielle McCray said. "I think tonight our intensity wasn't there."
That lack of intensity was most apparent during a two-minute stretch with seven minutes remaining in the second half. Kansas turned the ball over on three consecutive possessions, leading to three uncontested Missouri layups that stretched the home team's lead to 19.
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It just seemed Kansas had given up in a game that likely extinguished any hopes for an NCAA Tournament bid. And that's what frustrated Henrickson most. She knows what her players are capable of, and she knows her messages aren't falling on deaf ears.
"If you sat down with them, they'd repeat everything I say," Henrickson said. "But they don't do it. Nobody cares what you say. Everybody cares what you do. And we're not doing it."
head coach Bonnie Henrickson argues a call during Saturday afternoon's game. The layhawks fell to the Tigers 74-60.
— Edited by Liz Schubauer
WOMEN'S (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
the Jayhawks played well — at least for stretches. Against Missouri on Saturday, that wasn't the case.
The layhawks lacked any flow or organization on offense, carelessly turned the ball over too many times and didn't aggressively pursue offensive rebounds.
"Not much poise offensively to
take what the defense gives us," Henrickson said. "We had a lot of kids that just wanted to play and do what they like to do."
But those flaws shrivel in comparison to Kansas' defensive performance. The Jayhawks allowed the Tigers countless easy layups and, for the first time all season, didn't show any signs of demanding a defensive stop.
That 30 of Missouri's points came inside the paint perfectly displays Kansas' most glaring shortcomings on defense.
Henrickson said.
"Poor effort, poor focus, poor concentration, poor performance,"
"We have no poise on the offensive end and we don't have the toughness to go rebound. Then defensively, we have no heartbeat. We're playing 100 miles per hour on the offensive end until the shot goes up. Then everybody just wants to jog back. Defensively, we're walking and standing. We don't even play things right."
In the second half, instead of cutting into the lead, Kansas allowed Missouri to extend its advantage. The Tigers held a double-digit cushion throughout the second half, never leaving the end result in
For the Jayhawks, though, questions at the forefront include: Where to go from here? What exactly went wrong? What's left for this team?
For Henrickson, many of those answers simply begin with Kansas' top players and their desire to fix the situation.
"The looks on their faces ... you have to have leaders," Henrickson said. "Those kids in that junior class, (Sade) and (Danielle) in particular who play all those minutes, they have to step up and carry us."
- Edited by Sonya English