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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 2, 1994
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'Hawks seek to regain confidence after upset
Brian Vandervliet / KANSAN
Kansas freshman center Scot Pollard fights for position against Missouri senior forward Jevon Curdup. The 'Hawks lost to the Tigers' 79-67 on Monday.
Tigers seize upper hand in Big Eight
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
Although Kansas coach Roy Williams likened the Big Eight Conference race to professional baseball's long 162-game season, he admitted Monday that Missouri had an advantage in the conference standings.
"They're really in the driver's seat now," Williams said of the Tigers. "But there still the second half of the season to play.
"They've got some tough games, and we've got some tough games. Hopefully our play will give us a chance in the end."
Kansas' 79-67 loss to Missouri on Monday gave the Tigers a two-game lead in the conference over the Jayhawks. Missouri improved to 15-2 and 6-0 in the conference, and Kansas dropped to 19-3 and 4-2.
Kansas senior forward Patrick Richey said that the battle was far from but that the Jayhawks did not improve upon their play. Kansas followed its 87-53 victory at Colorado on Saturday by shooting 38.3 percent from the field against Missouri.
Occasionally during the game, some Kansas players did not seem confident enough to shoot from the outside. After junior guard Calvin Rayford missed everything on a 14-footer, he only shot twice the rest of the game.
"We've got goals to accomplish top-to-bottom, and we took a step backward tonight," Richey said. "I don't care if it was against Missouri or anybody else, we didn't play well, and that's frustrating."
Kansas senior guard Steve Woodberry said Kansas needed to improve upon its play against Missouri. Woodberry led the team with 19 points.
Kansas freshman forward Jennifer Trapp shoots a jump shot that two Kansas State defenders attempt to block. Kansas beat K-State on Sundav at Allen Field House 77-50.
"Everybody needs to step up as a team and play with confidence," he said. "Obviously, Missouri is very good. They have the best record in the Big Eight."
Woodberry was named Big Eight Player of the Week after his buzzer-beater against Oklahoma State a
week ago. Because the Tigers focused their defense on Woodberry in the last three minutes, the Jayhawks forced a shot after using up a lot of time on the clock.
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
"They were playing me tight," Woodberry said. "Other teams have done that, too."
Missouri's defense helen senior forward Richard Scott, Kansas' second-leading scorer at 14.0 points, to six points. He was hampered by a nagging left shoulder injury, but Scott would not excuse his play on that.
One thing Kansas will need toward the end of the conference race is Scott, Williams said.
"Ican't do of things like I used to before I hurt it," Scott said. "But it's
not just my game. Missouri's got a very fine ball team."
"For the effort and pain he went through, he keeps going at it," he said. The Jayhawks have lost two conference games, but Williams was quick to defend his team.
"We're not a bad basketball team," he said. "We lost to a team that's first place in the league and is undefeated in the league. We don't have five guys that can score, and it is a problem. But we are 19-3, and we're all right."
Freshman gaining attention as intense front-court player
Women's forward attributes success to aggressiveness
By Matt Siegel
Kansan sportswriter
Picking out freshman forward Jennifer Trapp on the basketball court is not difficult. All one has to do is listen for the player who routinely screams, "Ball, ball, gimme the ball!"
Trapp, who starts for the No. 6 Kansas women's basketball team, said her intensity was a big reason for her success.
"I think I'm two different people," she said. "On the court I'm aggressive, and I work really hard. I think you have to demand a lot from yourself in order to be successful. Off the court I'm low key. I don't like going to parties, I just like hanging out with my teammates and family."
It is that kind of attitude that helped Trapp letter in volleyball, basketball and track and win four state championships at Lawrence High School. Her attitude helped her become the Kansas Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year and the Missouri Valley Association's most outstanding athlete in Kansas.
The combination of her abilities and attitude attracted schools such as Florida State, Southern Illinois, Southwest Missouri State and Colorado. In fact, she was convinced that she wanted to play for the Buffaloes until she went on a recruiting trip to Kansas, she said.
"It was almost like I couldn't leave," Trapp said. "Kansas has so much tradition that I couldn't go to another school like Colorado because it would be like I was a traitor or something."
Now at Kansas, Trapp has made her presence known immediately and has become a starting front-court player. The 6-foot-1 forward has produced 9 points and 4.2 rebounds a game while averaging 23.3 minutes of playing time. She has had a more difficult time in conference play, averaging 7.3 points and 3.1 rebounds. Junior forward Angela Aycock said it was all part of the growing process.
"She is going to have games where she is inconsistent or gets frustrated with herself," Aycock said. "As she matures, those types of games will disappear."
One thing that won't disappear is Trapp's work ethic. She said that when she was younger, basketball had not been stressed in her family and that she didn't start playing until the sixth grade. She worked on her game and gradually became an accomplished post player.
In college, Trapp has had to re-establish herself as a power player because she regularly gives up two or three inches to her opponent. Trapp said she used her other abilities, such as running the floor and passing, to try to wear down bigger opponents. She said she drew inspiration from a Kansas men's basketball player.
"Richard Scott is great at posting up," Trapp said. "He gives away a lot of bread but still gets the basket.
He's so strong. I like the way he plays a lot."
Trapp said that she would like to stay poised during games and play her role on the team as a supporting member. She said she was amazed that she was starting for Kansas.
Trapp said she would continue to do what she knew best and credited her success to hard work.
Above all, she said, she would like to become physically stronger so she could handle players such as Colorado senior forward Jamillah Lang for 40 minutes. Lang, who is averaging 19.7 points and 7.1 rebounds, is on all of the Jayhawks' minds because No. 7 Colorado and No. 6 Kansas play in Boulder, Colo. Although Trapp said that the game would be difficult, she issued a Joe Namath-like proclamation.
"We'll win," she said.
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