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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 33 | 42-75
27 25-52
Jayhawk stat leaders
Davis 17
Points
SMU
Rebounds
Sutherland 6
Assists
Goodrich 8
Quote of the game
"I think we got a little too emotional and we have to hold our composition when it gets physical. We've got to throw punches by scoring baskets."
Junior forward Carolyn Davis
Davis
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Aishah Sutherland 7-12 0-0 6 1 14
Carolyn Davis 8-10 0-0 4 0 17
Angel Goudrich 7-11 1-3 4 8 15
CeCe Harper 0-2 0-0 1 0 1
Natalie Knight 2-3 0-0 6 1 4
Bunny Williams 1-3 0-0 3 0 2
Monica Engelman 2-6 1-1 3 2 7
Keena Mays 1-4 1-2 2 4 4
Tania Jackson 3-5 1-1 2 0 7
Totals 33-58 4-7 35 19 75
SMU
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Akil Simpson 2-7 0-0 1 2 5
Christine Elliott 7-9 0-0 10 2 15
Alisha Filmore 1-8 0-3 2 1 4
Krystal Johnson 1-7 0-0 0 3 2
Samat Mahnesmith 3-6 2-2 4 0 8
Sabrina Mckinney 2-5 0-0 0 0 6
Heidi Brandenburg 1-1 0-0 1 0 2
Omari Grier 0-1 0-0 2 0 4
Totals 20-57 3-9 31 10 52
Game to remember
Angel Goodrich
Once again, Goodrich continues to be the glue that keeps the team together. Goodrich was a stat sheet stuffer with 15 points, four rebounds, eight assists, and four steals. The one thing she'll look to do is reduce turnovers, of which she racked up five this game.
Game to forget
Goodrich
Cece Harper
Although, Harper got her second consecutive start, she did not get nearly as many minutes as the rest of the sisters. She only managed one point in her 12 minutes of play. Harper was also caught being a little too aggressive, racking up three fouls for the game.
Harper
Despite a rough first half, Kansas tightened up its play to secure a win
kgier@kansan.com
Following 11 fouls in the first half, it looked like the Kansas women's basketball team might be reaching to the end of its bench before the game was over.
But instead of continuing on that fouling trend, the Jayhawks came out in the second half with an aggressive style of defense without fouling the Mustangs.
Playing this style of defense allowed Kansas to expand the lead in the second half and eventually cruise to the 75-52 victory over SMU.
"Maybe not go out as hard and be more smart around the ball and so that's what we did. We came out smart in the second half," senior forward Aishah Sutherland said.
Sutherland had two fouls going into the second half, but managed to avoid further fouls for the rest of the game. Sutherland finished with 14 points and six rebounds.
Junior Carolyn Davis also struggled with fouls throughout the game. She came into the second half with three fouls to her name.
Two of those fouls occurred at 5:16 mark of the first half, when Davis tangled with SMU's junior guard Kristen Hernandez.
After the officials blew the whistle for a double foul, both players exchanged a few shoves, but Davis caught the attention of the officials and was given a technical foul.
"I know that team's are going to go after me just because of who I am," Davis said. "I should be prepared for that. I just got out of character."
Following an extended layoff for the first eight minutes of the second half, Davis entered the game with a mission to widen the lavhawks' lead.
By the time the clock ticked less than ten minutes, Kansas had an 18-point lead.
Like several nights this year, Davis led all scorers with 17 points.
Junior Monica Engelman catches some hang time as she puts up a shot in the Jayhawks' game against Southern Methodist University. Engelman went 2 for 6 from the field and had 7 points against the Mustangs.
"I hate turnovers and right now I feel like I've been averaging five turnovers a game and that's not what I'm looking for," she said.
Although the post players battled through early foul trouble, the Jayhawks' junior point guard Angel Goodrich held the team together.
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Goodrich finished the game with 15 points and eight assists, but the number that bothers Goodrich the most was her five turnovers.
Still, Goodrich had a few key defensive plays including a steal she anticipated and picked off before the Mustangs guard could even put a fingertip on it. Goodrich finished that play with a layup at 16:53 remaining.
"I try to do that when they are kind of floating up." Goodrich said. "When I see they're about
to throw it I jump up."
Goodrich and Davis led the Jayhawks with four steals.
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FIRST HALF
(SCORE AFTER PLAY)
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Prime plays
FIRST HALF
11:59 - Goodrich hits a jumper. She paced the Jayhawks early with 7 of first 15 points. (15-10)
14:37- Monica Engelman hits uncontested three pointer. She did not start. This was her first shot of the game. (10-6)
9:43- Goodrich draws a charge stopping four straight points from the Broncos. (17-16)
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7:51 - Sutherland hits a layup and forces SMU to call a 30 second timeout on a 6-0 run. (25-19)
SECOND HALF
16:53 - Angel Goodrich intercepts a pass by the three point line and takes it coast-to-coast. (39-29)
14:59 - Knight fakes the defense and makes a move to the basket for an uncontested layup. (43-32)
10:22 - Carolyn Davis with a fast break basket off an assist from Keena Mays. She was fouled and added the free throw. (51-37)
4:39 - Davis gets another open layup. She scored 11 points in seven minutes. (66-46)
1:22 - Gardner scores first points of the game on a layup. She was in for 12 seconds before scoring. (73-50)
5:16 - Davis called for double foul and following technical. (27-20)
SECOND HALF
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1-22 - Gardner scores first points of the game on a layup. She was in for 12 seconds before scoring. (73-50)
Notes
- Kansas reached double digits with 19 assists and 15 steals for the seventh time this year.
- Junior guard Angel Goodrich led all Jayhawk scorers in every game this year in both assists (8) and steals (4).
- Kansas is now 3-1 in the all time series with SMU.
- Goodrich's eight assists marked the 20th-straight game in which the guard has had at least five assists.
- Before the game, junior forward Carolyn Davis received a basketball from coach Bonnie Henrickson commemorating her 1,000 career points. She is the 23rd player in Kansas women's basketball history to achieve that mark.
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