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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Henrickson emphasizes rebounding
KATHLEEN GIER
kgier@kansan.com
Women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson is not shy about criticism of her young team. As the team prepared for the season through a month of practices and two exhibition games, she has found plenty to point out on her own.
Henrickson has asked the team to "marry the defense," showing more dedication on the opponent's side of the court.
In the two exhibition games the Jayhawks were out-rebounded 42-36 and 39-38 despite winning both contests, and now Henrickson is focusing her efforts on rebounding.
"I bark all week and I guess I need to keep on barking — I might need a bite because the bark isn't working too well," said Henrickson.
Though the layhaws showed better pressure on defense, they
were not able to capitalize on opponents' mistakes.
Henrickson
"How you can force someone into 26 turnovers and they still get five more shots, is just absolutely
the definition of just terrible work on the glass,*Henrickson said.
This Sunday at 2 p.m. the jayhawks will start the regular season
hosting Western Michigan.
The Jayhawks enter the game after winning both preseason bouts handily. After another week of practice for the team to focus on rebounding, Henrickson is looking for increased effort on the glass.
The Broncos' roster features three players over six feet tall, only one of whom played significant minutes last season. Western Michigan finished the season 9-21 last year led by senior forward Miame Giden, who was named to the preseason all-Mac West team.
Senior forward Aishah Sutherland recorded nine points and five rebounds last Sunday against Pittsburg State, but said that the team needs to react faster.
"We need to be in position to rebound, looking up where the ball's going to hit and having the knowledge to know where the ball's going to go after someone shoots the ball," Sutherland said. "It's being in the right spot at the right time and being in position to rebound great."
Though the Jayhawks shot almost 52 percent for the game and scored 46 points in the pain, they only scored four second-chance points and gave up 16. Because of this, and some well timed blocks in the first moments of the game, Pittsburg State kept the halftime score within six points.
Junior forward Carolyn Davis, who finished the game with 12
points, eight rebounds and six blocks, said that the team needed to work on positioning and agility.
"We weren't going and finding people," Davis said. "There were a lot of long rebounds because there were a lot of bad bounces. It was going far, and we were all under the basket. It's the little things like that we have to work on."
Davis is dealing with a stress fracture in her right foot and is listed day-to-day for the time being. She led the team with 19 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks last season.
— Edited by Laura Nightengale
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to *prove* they don't care reveal their bluff.
Kansas officials and coaches have said they have no interest in playing Missouri beyond this season, and many fans feel the same way. There's probably a lot of truth in that, too. Kansas certainly doesn't benefit financially from playing Missouri in basketball, where an annual game in Kansas City would mean a 50-50 split of ticket money. Kansas will make much more than that when they play Davidson there next month.
But in seven or eight years, when both schools are settled in their respective conferences, some business will try to sponsor a reunion in Kansas City of football, basketball, or both. It will be just enough time to cool off from the messy divorce, and both sides will realize hating someone else isn't quite the same.
Edited by Mandy Matney
Paterno, Spanier fired after Sandusky scandal
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The longest and one of the most distinguished coaching careers in college football history ended suddenly with the firing of Joe Paterno by Penn State's Board of Trustees on Wednesday night. Paterno, who offered his resignation in the morning but said he wanted to finish this season, was joined on the unemployment line by university president Graham Spanier.
The move was in response to the arrest on Saturday of Paterno's longtime former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and the release of a grand jury report allong he sexually abused at least eight young boys. Although neither Paterno nor Spanier has been charged with any criminal wrongdoing
Paterno received an eyewitness report of one alleged sexual assault in 2002 and just passed it up the chain of command. No one at Penn State pursued a criminal prosecution of Sandusky for that incident.
Speaking for the board, vice chairman John Surma said. "The past several days have been terrible, but the outrage we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological abuse that allegedly took place."
Surma was pressed repeatedly for an explanation of why Paterno, who is tied with Amos Alonzo Stagg for most games ever coached at 448, was not given a chance to coach the final home game against Nebraska on Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Instead, defensive coordinator Tom Bradley was appointed to replace Paterno on an
interim basis.
"With the difficulties engulfing this university — and they are grave as you all have documented," Surma said, "it was necessary to make a change now."
MATT ROURKF/AP PHOTO
Speaking at his house to students, Paterno said, "Right now, I'm not the football coach, and that's something I have to get used to."
Perhaps fearing the worst, the 84-year-old Paterno, who has a record 409 wins, attempted to make an end run around the board of trustees in the hope of going out with a shred of dignity. In his statement, which was released through a Washington-area public relations firm as opposed to being approved by Penn State, Paterno expressed regret that he didn't do more to prevent Sandusky's alleged crimes.
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno arrives home yesterday in State College, Pa. Paterno and university president Graham Spanier were fired yesterday evening, brought down by their failure to do more about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of molesting eight boys over 15 years.
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