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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
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first 29 minutes I was watching the game, and I was thinking, 'Shoot, we are playing with them,' Francis said. "It was neck and neck. But that's what good teams do. They punish you."
JAYHAWKS PREVAIL IN FIRST ROUND
Sophomores Christen Press and Morgan Redman added goals of their own halfway through the second half to remove any doubt. Stanford outshot Kansas 21-7 as Press led the way with seven shots.
Before losing to Stanford, Kansas defeated Denver 2-1 Friday night at Cagan Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif., to claim its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2004.
Denver (18-3-2) began the game on the front foot, putting Kansas' defense under pressure, but Williams' goal ignited coach Mark Francis' team for the rest of the half.
Sophomore defender Katie Williams relieved some early jitters with her third goal of the season, and junior forward Shannon McCabe added her game-winning goal before halftime to stake the Jayhawks to a lead they didn't relinquish.
Williams rose above the Pioneer defense to clang a header in off the crossbar from junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky's corner kick. It was a team-leading 10th assist for Dolinsky.
"It was a really big goal," Dolinsky said, "especially considering the beginning of the game was pretty hectic. It let us relax a little bit more, and it was a shot to the heart for our team."
The Jayhawks outshot the Pioneers 14-7 in the first half, and found the all-important second goal when McCabe got behind the defense just seconds before halftime. Senior midfielder Missy Geha slipped McCabe on goal and she made no mistake, slipping a shot into the bottom corner from the top of the penalty area.
The beginning of the second half wasn't so kind as Denver pulled a goal back when two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Taryn Hemmings headed past junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley.
"We had some mental errors in the first 10 minutes of the second half," McCabe said. "That ended up being our downfall because they scored. But I think we stayed composed, played good defense and were able to find a way to win at the end of the day."
Denver had two late chances from dead-ball situations, but Kansas held on to give Francis his fourth tournament victory. Hanley is the second Kansas goalkeeper to win a NCAA Tournament game. Meghan Miller won the previous three.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL Wichita State beats Florida A&M. 77-53
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State dominated in rebounding and pulled away to beat Florida A&M 77-53 Sunday at Koch Arena. The Shockers (1-0) had four players score in double figures, led by Clevin Hannah's 13 points. Ramon Clemente and
Graham Hatch added 11 each for Wichita State.
Florida A&M (0-2) was led by Lamar Twitty's 13 points.
Florida A&M hung with the Shockers for a half. Dunnell Webb and Twity each had eight points before halftime, and Wichita State led 36-32 at the break.
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Aldrich converted on a three-point play seconds later to tie the game. UMKC never led again.
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on their first possession after half time.
The layhawks set out on a 14-2 run from which the Kangaroos never recovered. Aldrich slammed two dunks with one hand to electrify the crowd in the middle of the stretch.
His young teammates, in turn, fed off the energy.
"I thought we did some good things in the second half," Self said. "We had some rookies really step up and play big for us."
Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor followed one of Aldrich's jams with an explosion toward the basket for two easy points. Then Taylor picked off the following in-bounds pass and added two more.
Freshman guard Travis Releford scored six points. With 10 minutes left in the game, he poked the ball away from a UMKC ball handler and took it all the way down the court for two fast-break points.
But freshman forward Markieff Morris stood out the most. He pulled down eight of his game-high
15 rebounds in the second half. Not a bad way to start a collegiate career.
"I could have had more." Morris said. "But I fell like five times."
Aldrich was at the center of it all. Even Collins, who scored a game-high 16 points, should thank Aldrich for some of his buckets.
When the layhawks were pulling away in the second half, Collins burst through a small hole near the block and made a layup falling over. A Kangaroo defender could have stepped in Collins' way and contested the shot. But he was too focused on staying with Aldrich.
Self and Collins didn't need the second half — where the Jayhawks out-scored the Kangaroos 39-24 — to convince them of the importance of Aldrich. They already knew how much Aldrich's performance would correlate to the team's success. If anything, it just reinforced what they already knew.
"We've got some young bigs who don't understand the game like Cole does," Collins said. "We need him in the game."
Junior guard Sherron Collins takes the ball hard to the basket during the first half of Sunday's game against UMKC at Fieldhouse. Collins was whistled for a charge on the play. The Jayhawks went into the locker room at the half tied at 32 with the Kannanos.
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Jayhawks win despite lack of three-point shots
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Sometimes, it just one of those days. No matter how good you are, no matter how wide open you are, no matter how many you take — sometimes the ball just won't go in the basket.
It was one of those nights for the Jayhawks from the three-point line, who hit just one of thirteen tries from beyond the arc.
"We just couldn't buy one tonight," said freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor. "I think that's why we got down early because we had open shots and we just weren't making them."
Sherron Collins hit the Jayhawk's first three-point attempt less than a minute into the game, but little did the 16,300 fans in attendance know that they wouldn't see another Kansas three-pointer the rest of the night.
"It was just one of those nights," Collins said. "The main players that mostly hit three's just weren't hitting them. We just didn't make shots."
Collins finished with a team high 16-points but finished just one of four from three-point range. Tyrel Reed, who hit six of 10 three-pointers during the two exhibition games, missed on all five of his attempts from behind the arc. Brady Morningstar, Conner Teahan, Markieff Morris and Taylor all missed on three-point attempts as well.
very often and expect to win. And 65 percent from the line, we have to do better than that."
The Jayhawks shot 40 percent from the three-point line a season ago and made 38 percent of their threes during the two exhibition games so Sunday night's performance from the three-point line figures to be just a rare occurrence.
"We will definitely be a good three-point shooting team," Taylor said. "Tyrel and Brady are great shooters and they were just off tonight. I'm sure they are going to bounce back and we're going to make a lot of threes on Tuesday"
When the Jayhawks weren't bricking threes in the first half, they were driving the lane and getting called for charges. The Jayhawks were whistled for four offensive fouls in the first half.
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"We just got too deep in the
lane," Collins said. "Instead of pulling up or throwing a floater or something, we just tried to go too far in. We have to do a better job of seeing that and dish the ball off to someone who is open."
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Kansas also committed 21 fouls and had both Cole Aldrich and Marcus Morris sit most of the first half with foul trouble. Conner Teahan had three first-half fouls in just four minutes.
The Jayhawks also committed 15 turnovers after averaging just 13.3 per game a year ago. UMKC had only four steals, meaning that 11 of the Jayhawk turnovers were basically them giving the ball right to the Kangaroos.
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"Let's just call it like it is", coach Belf Self said. "We can't go 1-for-13
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"We'll get it together but right now it's a little sloppy," Collins said. "It's early in the season and we're just getting used to playing with each other. For some of these new guys, it's their first time playing college ball. I think we'll get it together."
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