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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
36-37|73
KANSAS 73
Jay Creighton 27 — 32 | 59
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Sutherland 22
Rebounds
KANSAS
12
Sutherland
Assists
RE
Goodrich
4
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs Assists Points
Aishah Sutherland 7-12 0-0 14 0
Carolyn Davis 5-7 0-0 3 1 8
Angel Goodrich 5-9 2-4 4 5 4
Monica Engelman 3-8 1-2 3 0 7
Natalie Knight 1-1 0-0 1 3 11
Donielle Breaux 0-1 0-0 2 1 8
Bunny Williams 0-0 0-0 0 0 5
Chelsea Gardner 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Keena Mays 4-6 1-2 5 0 0
CeCe Harper 0-0 0-0 0 0
Tania Jackson 3-8 0-1 4 0
Totals 28-52 4-9 40 10 73
CREIGHTON
Player FG-FGA 3fg-3fga Rebs Assists Points
DaNae Moore 1-2 0-0 2 0 17
Sarah Nelson 4-10 0-0 5 1 12
McKenzie Fujan 2-8 0-2 4 1 12
Ally Jensen 1-5 1-3 2 3 14
Carli Tritz 9-18 2-4 3 1 15
Sammy Jensen 0-0 0-0 0 1 5
Taylor Johnson 2-10 1-5 2 0 0
Jasmin Corbin 0-2 0-0 2 2 0
Jordan Garrison 1-6 0-5 0 0 2
Alexis Akin-Otiko 2-5 1-1 1 0 5
Alyssa Kamphaus 1-1 0-0 4 0 3
Totals 23-67 5-20 29 9 59
NOTES
- Kansas has won nine straight games against Creighton.
- Davis returned to the starting lineup after missing the first game battling a stress fracture in her right foot.
- Davis has been using the underwater treadmill at the Anderson Family Football Complex because the pool at the basketball facility is too shallow for the 6-foot-3 forward.
- Sophomore guard Keena Mays played her first game of the season after Henrickson benched her because of a lack of dedication and effort in practice.
- The victory marked Kansas' sixth straight non-conference victory.
WOMEN'S BASK
GAME TO REMEMBER
Aishah Sutherland, senior forward
Sheleen with 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. She made up for three turnovers with two blocks and two steals. She hit 7 of 12 shots from the field.
GAME TO FORGET
Sutherland
Bunny Williams, freshman forward
She subbed in for Davis and played 12 minutes. In her time on the court, however, she did not take any shots from the field and amassed four turnovers.
Williams
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Her minutes will be about how she feels. If it hurts she is going to come out and we will shut her down."
— Coach Bonnie
Henrickson
on junior forward
Carolyn Davis
Henrickson
KEY STATS
53. 8
Jayhawk shooting percentage
92. 9
— Jayhawk free throw shuoingt percentage
25
Jayhawk turnovers
40
Jayhawk rebounds
11
Jayhawk floor burns
Team's tactics pay off
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
Coming into Wednesday night's contest, the KU women's basketball team homed in on one part of their opponent Creighton's play, defending three-point shooting. Earlier this week the team focused on this aspect were able to hold the Bluejays to 25 percent from three-point range and 35 percent overall.
"We had times where we did good and times where we laid off," junior guard Angel Goodrich said.
It was the Jayhawks who came out hitting three. Kansas finished four out of nine attempts.
Somewhat of a surprise of the night was junior forward Carolyn Davis returning to the starting lineup. Davis started the game and logged significantly fewer minutes than normal but still helped the Javhaws.
job and our trainers have done a great job."
"Her rhythm was good and I thought she looked great," Henrickson said. "She has done a great
With Davis playing fewer minutes, senior forward Aishah Sutherland stepped up. Tonight she finished with a double-double including 16 points and 14 re-bounds.
"I was focused on rebounding tonight," Sutherland said. "That's what the coaches told me to focus on and that's what I did."
The Jayhawks were also solid from the line tonight as they went 13 of 14 from the line. However, they feel they could improve on the amount of turnovers because they had 25 in yesterday's game.
"Certainly we need to handle the ball better because we got sloppy," Henrickson said. "I thought we were really aggressive early defensively and our balance was good."
The Bluejays came into this game with a 2-0 record and showed why they will be a contender in the Missouri Valley Conference this season. Creighton's main focus last night was to implement a
full-court press on Kansas.
"We knew maybe we would give up a few things in that but felt we could tire Angel out or do some things to fatigue them, but their guard depth was a lot better with her," said Creighton coach Jim Flanery.
Goodrich played 36 minutes, the most of any Jayhawk tonight. She finished with 12 points.
"We need to be consistent and continue to push and get our points in our transition." Goodrich said.
"I think we had good confidence on offense coming into this game," Tritz said. "We can't play a Big 12 team like tonight and shoot 35 percent like we did to win."
Aside from Tritz, sophomore forward Sarah Nelson was another solid contributor with 11 points.
Sophomore guard Carli Tritz was the leading scorer for Creighton with 12 points in 18 minutes.
11:58 - Mays hits a three pointer, her first points of the season.
11:15 - Goodrich hits a three to give Kansas a double-digit lead.
17:13 Davis scores a layup, her first of the regular season.
Edited by Sarah McCabe
PRIME PLAYS
19:47 — Sutherland sinks a jumper on the first possession.
Second half
First half
15:48 - Engelman hits three consecutive foul shots.
16:23 - Davis commits her third foul.
17:43 — Goodrich hits a three to spark a 7-0 run.
5:58 - Mays steals and makes a layup on the other end.
Junior to take
JESSICA JANAS7/KA
Junior forward Carolyn Davis puts up a field during the second half of the game last night Allen Fieldhouse. After improving their recr 2-0, team will play next in Durham, N.C., ag Wake Forest on Nov. 20 at 1 p.m.
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