THE UNIVERSITY DAIRY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
SPORTS
3B
MORRIS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
time since the injury.
And, unless symptoms recur, Henrickson is "cautiously optimistic" that Morris can practice without restrictions beginning today and, subsequently, play in Saturday's game.
"In practice," sophomore center Krysten Boogaard said, "you can just see in her face how much she wants to be out there and playing with us"
During the time she spent in a warm-up suit on the bench, Morris watched and absorbed facets of the game.
Sure, she played the part of sideline cheerleader. But Morris also used the different viewing perspective as a time to learn.
"You see times when you say, 'She should have drove and done this or they did that wrong and should have done this,' Morris said. "Now, when I go in the game, I know exactly what they're talking about. I get it."
Make no mistake, Kansas was not and will not be a better team in the absence of Morris, who averages 12.3 points per game. But the jayhawks used the time to grow — a perfect opportunity for other players to fill in and handle new responsibilities.
With slightly more than eight minutes remaining in the first half against Texas Tech on Jan. 17, junior guard Sade Morris left the game with a Grade 2 concussion. The Kansan takes a look at the Javhawks' numbers with and without Morris in the lineup.
"The loss of her has strengthened our team and made others do more than they had to," junior forward Danielle McCray said. "When she comes back, they'll be doing more than before."
BEFORE THE INJURY
Record: 12-3
Field-goal percentage: 47
Made three-pointers per game: 6
Morris' points per game:
12.3
SINCE THE INJURY
Record: 0-3
Field-goal percentage: 38
Made three-pointers per
game: 2.3
Points per game from
person starting in Morris'
spot: 7.7
Earlier in the season, a similar situation unfolded when Boogaard missed four games because of a stress reaction injury, forcing sophomore forward Nicollette Smith into the starting lineup.
Smith has started every game since.
Still, Kansas has struggled offensively without Morris, the team's second-leading scorer. In losses to Nebraska and K-State, Kansas had stretches where it relied solely on McCray for scoring.
McCray did her part — she scored 30 and 26, respectively — but Henrickson said the Jayhawks needed more balance.
And Morris' ability to drive and shoot three-pointers keeps defenders on edge.
"Players have to guard her and she's really great off the bounce,"
Boogaard said, "And it helps post players inside like myself because it stretches out the defense and gives us more room to work with."
True, but Morris's presence isn't limited soley to the offensive end. In most games before her concussion, Morris matched up with opponents' best players.
"Sade," Henrickson said, "is our best one-on-one defender."
Now the question isn't so much when Morris will return, but how quickly she's back in uniform. For Morris — and her teammates — that day can't come soon enough.
"It's hard watching them go out and fight and get so close but not finish it." Morris said. "I was really proud of how they played, but I'm just ready to be back."
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
ALDRICH (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
taking bad shots. At least, that's what Aldrich and Kansas coach Bill Self expect.
"Every time Cole catches it, he'll feel two guys on him," Self said. "A lot of times small guys trapping are just as effective as big guys trapping, because if you bring the ball down below your waist, there's a good chance they could deflect it or steal it."
Aldrich knows he'll probably spend the game being constantly double-teamed. But he said the Jayhawks' other big men could benefit from it.
Nebraska's attention to Aldrich
could free up freshman forwards Marcus and Markieff Morris or junior guard Mario Little.
"They're going to try to do a lot of things," junior guard Sherron Collins said. "A lot of teams are going to try to muddy it up."
The Cornhuskers do have one player on their roster who could match up with Aldrich, at least size-wise. Brian Diaz, a 6-foot-11 freshman from Puerto Rico, enrolled at Nebraska last week.
But Diaz didn't play in
Nebraska's 76-74 overtime defeat against Oklahoma State on Saturday. Nebraska coach Doc Sadler told the local media that Diaz was not ready to play yet.
Nebraska's size disadvantage this season comes because of the graduation of Aleks Maric, a 6-foot-11 center, who was a staple of the Cornhuskers' rotation for the past three years.
"I'd love to go against him again," Aldrich said. "But they don't have any big guys so you've got to play your cards that way."
— Edited by Chris Hickerson
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NFL
Competition big for Roethlisberger
BY ALAN ROBINSON
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — Ben Roethlisberger was along for the ride, and he knows it.
Some teams win a Super Bowl because of their quarterback, the Pittsburgh Steelers managed not to lose one in Detroit three years ago despite Big Ben's self-described bad game. Tom Brady, he wasn't.
As nervous as a teenager taking his driver's test, Roethlisberger was 9-of-21 with two interceptions and a 22.6 passer rating. He was so ineffective, the Steelers needed a wide receiver, Antwaan Randle El, to throw the pivotal touchdown pass as they beat Seattle 21-10.
Roethlisberger became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl at age 23, but he was much relieved as he was happy. Not long after, the mood of a player better known for his competitiveness than his perfectly placed spirals began to change.
"I obviously got a little bit upset I didn't play so well, I let the guys down and I didn't help the team win the game." Roethlisberger said Tuesday, a three-deep crowd huddled around his Super Bowl media
day podium. "It fuels the fire that you want to come out and play a better game the next time. You have to get over the initial hoopla, the flash, the lights and just make it a game."
Just a game. There's no such thing to Roethlisberger, who is such a competitor that he rarely holds the door open for someone because he doesn't want anyone — sometimes, even a date — beating him outside.
A friendly game of cards, a swat of the ping-ping paddle, a determined dribble of the basketball
— almost anything sets off Big Ben, the man who refuses to lose. So imagine what a football game does.
Imagine what this second Super Bowl in four years is doing, the one he will play Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals and coach Ken Whisenhunt, his offensive coordinator in that Detroit Super Bowl.
Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner doesn't need to imagine. To beat the Steelers, he must outplay Roethlisberger, and he knows how difficult that can be. A classic pocket passer, Warner watches on tape how the 6-foot-5 Roethlisberger
"He's so much more athletic than me. He's got a big, strong arm, he has an ability to make plays in and out of the pocket that's so different from me," Warner said. "I'm a guy that stays in there and is really built on just staying in there and making the forward pass as opposed to making a whole bunch of plays outside the pocket. He's got great strengths outside of that part of it, which obviously I don't."
shakes off 300-pound defensive linemen, escapes a pass rush and creates a big play out of a broken one.
Their personalities are similar. Warner's career has gone through numerous ups and downs, yet he persevered and now has a chance to win a second Super Bowl. So does Roethlisberger, whose competitiveness drives Pittsburgh's offense.
"Ben needs to win," said defensive end Brett Keisel, one of his best friends on the team. "I could be joking around, playing basketball, we could be playing H-O-R-S-E, and all of a sudden he wants to bet. When he bets, he just has this face, this look that comes over him that he's going to win. Me, being the smart guy I am, I never bet."
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