10A SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF DARRY KANSAN
MONDAY JANUARY 26 2009
23 27 - 50
KANSAS STATE 26 33----59
KANSAS (12-6, 1-4)
<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>10-25</td><td>2-5</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>26</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nicollette Smith</td><td>0-5</td><td>0-4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Krysten Boogaard</td><td>1-2</td><td>0-0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>LaChelda Jacobs</td><td>4-7</td><td>3-6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ivana Catic</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Aishah Sutherland</td><td>3-10</td><td>0-0</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kelly Kohn</td><td>1-2</td><td>0-1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>19-51</td><td>2-10</td><td>28</td><td>9</td><td>50</td><td></td></tr></table>
KANSAS STATE (17-1,4-1)
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Ashley Sweat 7-11 1-2 5 1 19
Danielle Zanotti 0-2 0-1 3 0 0
Marlies Gipson 10-15 1-2 8 0 23
Shalee Lehning 4-10 1-4 6 6 13
Kari Kincaid 1-7 0-3 4 2 2
Kelsey Nelson 0-1 0-0 1 1 0
Shalin Spani 0-1 0-1 0 0 0
Jalana Childs 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Branshea Brown 1-2 0-0 2 0 2
Team 3
Total 23-49 3-13 32 10 59
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Sutherland surprises off the bench
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Freshman plays 32 minutes against Kansas State, doubling her previous career high
BY CLARK GOBLE cgoble@kansan.com
Even the top NFL wide receivers would have been impressed with Aishah Sutherland's athletic performance Saturday against Kansas State.
Sutherland, who hadn't played in Kansas' last three games, skyed and pulled down lob passes and rebounds like they were deep bombs on the football field. She finished with nine points and 12 rebounds, both career highs.
"That's the kind of athleticism we knew she had when we first started watching her," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "I think what you see today is the player the kid can be and I think she can get better and better."
Henrickson knew before the game she would play the freshman because she matched up better with athletic K-State senior Marlies Gipson. She said sophomore center Krysten Boogaard struggled with Gipson's athleticism in the first matchup between the teams.
"Behind Krysten, we weren't getting any production at the five spot," Henrickson said. "I was committed to giving her a shot early."
Subbed in three minutes into the game, Sutherland's first basket in three games set the tone for her productive first half. After Sutherland came down with a job pass, she went up strong, absorbed the foul and finished off the glass to put the Jayhaws ahead 5-2.
The seldom-used Sutherland played 32 minutes, doubling her previous career high. Sutherland said she wanted to see the floor more, so she began to take practice more seriously.
"I shouldn't get the privilege to play if I don't work hard in practice." Sutherland said. "But it got pretty frustrating, so I wanted to make a change and be able to play."
After getting a lot more repetitions in practice in the two days before the game, Sutherland knew she was going to get a chance to play early.
Sutherland said her defensive struggles kept her on the bench much of the season. It didn't improve much on Saturday.
Sutherland guarded Gipson, one part of K-State's three-headed monster, for most of the game. Gipson finished with 21 points on 10-of-15 shooting. Gipson used her full arsenal of moves, including a fade-away bank shot, to get around the longer Sutherland. Henrickson realized that K-State was trying to get Gipson the ball just like her team was feeding the rock to junior Danielle McCray.
"The senior got the freshman a little bit," Henrickson said.
But Sutherland thinks the game was great experience and makes her feel as if she can compete with any other team in the Big 12.
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
"I thought she was aggressive and played confident," Henrickson said.
Edited by Sam Speer
Freshman forward Aishah Sutherland leaps for a basket from inside the paint during Saturday's game against Kansas State in Allen Fieldhouse. K.-State defeated the Jayhawks 59-50.
notes
Boogaard plays limited minutes against Wildcats
On Wednesday, sophomore Krysten Boogaard scored 18 points against Nebraska. But against Kansas State on Saturday, Boogaard played just 11 minutes and scored two points.
After the game, coach Bonnie Henrickson said freshman forward Aishah Sutherland played more minutes because of K-State's personnel.
"I just felt because Krysten really struggles with Marlies' athleticism, let's try to counter," Henrickson said.
Sade Morris update
Henrickson said she still wasn't sure when junior guard Sade Morris would be able to return from her Grade 2 concussion. But she did say she was optimistic that Morris would be able to practice sometime next week.
Morris left in the first half of Kansas' game against Texas Tech after colliding with an opposing player and falling awkwardly.
Kansas doesn't play again until next Saturday when they travel to Texas A&M.
— Jayson Jenks
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