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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2000
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Kansas dominates Sacred Heart,106-64
Jayhawks show killer instinct in season opener
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
Danielle McCray dribbled through a few defenders under the basket and settled along the right wing midway through the first half. Point guard LaChelda Jacobs clapped her hands calling for the ball, but McCray shook her head and instead drilled a three-pointer, her fourth of the game.
Tops on the list of things missing from the women's basketball team last season was a killer instinct. The Jayhawks simply didn't have the tenacity to slam the door when they had an opportunity to win easily. That wasn't the case Friday night.
In the regular season opener against Sacred Heart, McCray dominated with 29 points to lead Kansas' rousing 106-64 victory. The Olathe junior also recorded five rebounds, two blocks and one steal in just 26 minutes.
"The girl had more points than she had minutes played tonight," junior guard Kelly Kohn said. "She's an incredible offensive threat for us and when she's on, she's on."
McCray was on fire from the opening tipoff and coach Bonnie Hendrickson said the key to her game was slowing down.
"She's being very, very aggressive and her intensity was good, but she couldn't make decisions fast enough at the pace she was going," Henrickson said. "I said, 'Let the game come to you a little bit and allow yourself to make good deci-
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FRIDAY,
BLOODY FRIDAY
Going for a rebound in the second half, sophomore forward Nicollette Smith caught an elbow across the bridge of her nose and immediately grasped her face with both hands.
Smith stumbled around the paint, then removed her hands, allowing blood to soak James Naismith Court. After the game, coach Bonnie Henrickson said Smith was really swollen but she didn't know yet if the nose was broken.
Danielle McCray said she had a tough time dealing with the blood.
"I was even scared to go over there," McCray said. "But Nic's a tough girl. She was joking in the
locker room after the game."
Junior guard Sade Morris also dealt with a bloody injury on Friday. An elbow cut forced her to switch uniforms.
The one they gave her was No. 23, the jersey freshman guard Angel Goodrich was going to wear before she suffered an ACL injury in October. Goodrich and Morris enjoyed a laugh on the bench when Goodrich realized it was her would-be uniform.
In addition to Friday's victory, Bonnie Ball picked up a win off the court with its fourth commitment for next year's class.
BONNIE INKS NO.4
On Friday, Henrickson rounded out her class with
the signing of 6-foot-3 Tania Jackson, a local product from Lawrence High School.
Less than two weeks after Goodrich went down, Jackson also suffered an ACL injury. She's expected to have surgery in the coming weeks.
"We're thrilled," Henrickson said. "Unfortunately she's got the same deal going on as Angel, but she's been in good spirits."
Once she regains her strength, Henrickson said, Jackson can play guard, forward or center. Henrickson has had an eye on Jackson since her junior high days, when Bonnie first came to KU.
"It's nice to see it come to fruition," Henrickson said.
— Taylor Bern
sions."
Henrickson said it's not often that she has to tell a player to lay off the gas. McCray said she let her defense dictate her offense and that resulted in balanced scoring. She scored from the inside and outside at will, hitting 12-of-16 shots.
Kansas hit 60 percent of its shots and the 106 points were the most of the Bonnie Ball era.
"It's amazing," Kohn said. "We did something we've never done before and that's really special."
Not everything was perfect, though. Jacobs started the game with two turnovers and a foul. Henrickson replaced her with senior guard Ivana Catic, who picked up an assist on her first
possession with a dump down pass to center Krysten Boogaard.
"It was great that Ivana came in and did exactly what we were trying to get her to do," Henrickson said. "I think that kind of settled (LaChelda) down a little bit."
Jacobs came back with five assists, four steals and 10 points. Six layhawks scored in double figures.
"We did it in half-court sets, we did it in transition and we took good shots," Henrickson said.
Next up for Kansas is a nationally televised contest against Iowa at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Junior forward Porscha Weddington said she hopes the obscure time won't deter fans from showing up in droves.
More important than who shows up in the stands is which No. 4 will they see. Henrickson said there was something off about McCray in the practices leading up to the game.
"Not that she's played poorly, but I don't think she's been herself until tonight," she said.
The real McCray is a beast on the court who will shake off a teammate and go for the throat. That player disappeared at times last season, but she was alive and well on that play Friday night.
"I just felt, at the moment, that I was on and I had a hot hand." McCray said. "There are some times when I need to do that."
*Junior guard McCray tries to shoot past a sacked Heart defender during the season opener on Friday in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas plays at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.*
Edited by Arthur Hur
CROSS COUNTRY
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Both Kansas squads place in top 10 of Midwest Regional
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
The meet was held in Stillwater, Okla., at the OSU Cross Country Course, a familiar course for the team as it had previously raced there on Oct. 4, at the OSU jamboree.
With a season of highs and lows, the Kansas cross country team wanted to end the season on a high going into its final meet. And sure enough, it accomplished that goal as both men's and women's teams placed in the top 10 at the Midwest Regional over the weekend.
First was the Women's 6K where Minnesota took first overall. The Jayhawks took seventh place overall with the help of a top-20 finish by junior Lauren Bonds.
Bonds finished 16th overall and was the front-runner for Kansas for the sixth consecutive the team with a 6K time of 21:29. With the performance that Bonds had Saturday, there's a chance that she could make it to the NCAA Championships that will be held Nov. 24 in Terre Haute, Ind.
Bonds will have to wait until Monday to find out officially if she qualified for nationals.
Coming in 35th place and second for the Jayhawks was Amanda Miller. The sophomore finished with a time of 21:53.
Miller said she improved from the previous year at regionals, but the windy conditions played a factor. She also said the wind
"It was nice to have to run the course twice." Miller said.
prevented anybody from setting any personal records.
Redshirt freshman Kara Windisch came in third for the team and 60th overall followed by sophomore Alison Knoll in 65th and senior Megan James in 80th place. It was the final meet for James before going into the track and field season.
Soon came the Men's 10K. It was the first time all season that the team had to run a 10K, which Oklahoma State won. For the third straight meet, freshman Donny Wasinger finished as the front-runner for the team and 29th overall with a time of 32.09.
Right behind Wasinger was junior Bret Imgrund at 31st overall and second for the team with a personal best time of 32:11.
In 59th overall and third was Kaleb Humphreys. Humphreys filled in for fellow freshman Zach Zarda who was forced to sit out the rest of the season because of injuries.
"It gave me more time to gain ground on some talented people," he said. "I ran conservatively at the beginning and it helped when I needed energy."
Both teams came into the meet ranked No. 10 and in the end cracked the top 10.
Humphrey said that he actually preferred the 10K distance over the normal 8K.
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"We did better than we expected," said Humphreys.
regionals results
MEN'S 10K
Kansas: Eighth place
Average Time: 32:33
29. Don Wasinger: 32:09.80
31. Bret Ingrund: 32:11.60
59. Kaleb Humphreys
32:46.95
62. Dan Van Orsdel: 32:49.95
64. Nick Caprario: 32:50,70
WOMEN'S 6K
Kansas: Seventh place
Average Time: 22:18
16. Lauren Bonds: 21:29.70
35. Amanda Miller: 21:53.90
60. Kara Windisch: 22:36.65
65. Alison Knoll: 24:40.40
Megan James: 22:50.60
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