THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009
SPORTS
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numbers. But Kansas dropped a surprising game at Colorado on Oct. 17 before squandering two solid defensive efforts against Big 12 South tops dogs Oklahoma and Texas Tech.
Then came
the big surprise Kansas traveled to Kansas State with the goal of flipping this season's script Saturday. Instead, the Jayhawks stumped at 17-16
loss against their in-state rivals
"But going down to your in-state rival that's right up the road—that really hurt."
The Jayhawks have been disappointed with their season and with losses to Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas Tech. But the loss to Kansas State stung deeper than the others.
ANGUS QUIGLEY Senior linebacker
Quigley's sentiment bounced around all corners at Kansas' weekly media gathering, leaving a generally accepted impression:
"It really hit us last week," Quigley said. "We lost a couple on the road and those were tough. But going down to your in-state rival that's right up the road — that really hurt. We pride ourselves on at least beating our rivals."
"Any time that you lose more than just a couple games and then you lose
to a rival you know you should have won," Stuckey said, "the gate doesn't look any shorter to get over. You start to realize you're finding more ways to lose than you are to win. And it hurts."
Yet the Jayhawks have been down this road before.
Kansas dropped four of five games toward the end of last year, falling to a 6-5 record before the season finale against No. 13 Missouri.
The Jayhawks will have to do so again in their final three games this year.
Coach Mark Mangino's teams have always prided themselves on their resiliency and their ability to remain levelheaded regardless of the situation during the season.
"We prepare our kids for those types of things so that they are emotionally prepared to deal with both adversity and success," Mangino said. "Both can be difficult. And we have faced both during our tenure here."
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Edited by Jacob Muselmann
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Collins said it was a breath of fresh air to see their performance, but when the big games are on the line, look for
the line, look for him or Aldrich to have the ball
"It was more of a freedom thing in the first two games," he said. "Coach gave everybody the same amount of freedom. I think me and Cole will
Self said if he were to grade his freshmen on defense, he would give them a "C." He said Henry
"Although we played good against Pittsburg State, I think we have been exposed a little bit ... "
have the ball in our hands a little bit
more as these games come in?
BILL SELF Kansas coach
and Johnson have the potential to be lock down defenders and for Robinson to be a disrupter in the post.
"The exhibitions are fine and certainly should show you from different competition what some weaknesses are," he said. "Although we played good against Pittsburg State I think we have been exposed a little bit and certainly against Fort Hays we were exposed."
Another area of concern for Self's team is the guarding of the ball, he said. The preseason competition was
nowhere near the level the next
of weeks will be.
"The competition is definitely going to be elevated a tremendous amount."
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Edited by Meqan Morriss
NCAA BASKETBALL
Ohio State wins 2K Sports Classic against James Madison
Associated Press
BY RUSTY MILLER
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Turner followed up his triple-double with 24 points and 17 rebounds and No. 16 Ohio State recovered from a listless spell to beat James Madison 72-44 on Thursday night in the 2K Sports Classic.
David Lighty added 14 points and William Buford had 12 for the Buckeyes (2-0), who advance to meet sixth-ranked defending national champion North Carolina in the semifinals next Thursday night in Madison Square Garden.
Turner had the program's second recorded triple-double in Monday night's opener, going for 14 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in a 100-60 win over Alcorn State. He finished with four assists and two steals Thursday night.
PRESENTED BY Ohio State's Evan Turner dunks the ball against James Madison during the first half of an NCAA basketball game at Ohio State University in Columbus, on Thursday.
Pierre Curtis had nine points for James Madison (1-0), which was 21-15 last season.
Turner received a standing ovation from a crowd of 11,356 when he left the game with just over 5 minutes remaining.
Dallas Lauderdale, who had
missed the exhibition game and the season opener with a broken bone in his hand, also received a nice ovation when he entered the game at the 14:50 mark of
the first half. Ohio State's starting center last season played 13 minutes and had two points and four rebounds.
VOLLEYBALL
Adam Bubbler/KANSAN Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Hagan keeps her eye on the ball after spiking it past a Kansas State blocker. Kansas defeated Northwestern on Wednesday night at the Horeisi Faculty Athletics Center.
Jayhawks face ranked foes push for NCAA tournament
BY ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
UPCOMING GAMES
With just five games left in the season, there is a sense of urgency with the Kansas volleyball team in reaching one of its highest goals: making the NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
In 2005 Kansas made the tournament with a 15-15 (7-13) record with only one victory against a ranked opponent. Kansas could post a similar record this season with a victory against Texas Tech, and one or two victories against upcoming ranked teams.
It won't be an easy task for Kansas since four of its five final matches are against ranked opponents. The first match of the final gauntlet takes place 11 a.m. Saturday at the Horeisi Family Athletic Center when Kansas faces Baylor.
No. 21 Baylor at Kansas When: 11 a.m. Nov. 14 Where: Horejsi Family Athletic Center, Lawrence
Kansas at No. 8 Iowa State
When: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18
Where: Ames, Iowa
"This is a game we really need, and we need to go out and give Baylor our all," sophomore setter Nicole Tate said.
Kansas' road ahead is going to be hard, but Kansas is going to work hard and hopefully get some good scouts on the teams, sophomore outside hitter Allison Mayfield.
"We got to pull out a couple more games somewhere." Mayfield
said. "Baylor is one we have a shot in, so we have to come out ready for practice for the rest of the week."
Baylor is coming in with a 21-6 (10) record and is currently fourth in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is 14-11 (6-9) but is coming off a major victory Wednesday as Kansas swept Kansas State for the season.
Coach Ray Bechard said he hopes Kansas uses the victory over Kansas State for momentum for Baylor and Kansas' future matches.
In the first match of the season, Baylor swept Kansas 3-0. Kansas had 20 errors for the match, and not a single player hit over .300, but Kansas was without one of its highest offensive producers, junior outside hitter Karina Garlington.
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Edited by Abbey Strusz
LPGA
Song-Hee Kim takes two-stroke lead at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
BY STEPHEN WADE Associated Press
Kim had six birds on the first 10 holes at Guadalajara Country Club and also birded the last to
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Song-Hee Kim shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to take a two-stroke lead over Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Mariajo Uribe — and six-shot advantage over the top-ranked Ochoa.
Shin, a three-time winner this season and the money leader, has already won the rookie of the year award and leads Ochoa in the player of the year race.
top the 36-player field. Winless in three seasons on the LPGA Tour, she's trying to become the ninth South Korean to win this year.
Ochoa shot a 71, making three birdies and two bogeys on her home course.
"I have no excuses." Ochoa saut.
"I played good today. I wasn't nervous. I controlled my game,
Ai Miyazato, second on the money list, had a 71, and defending champion Angela Stanford finished with a 73.
Catriona Matthew and Eun-Hee Ji opened with 68s, Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome and Brittany Lang had 69s, and Michelle Wie, Katherine Hull and M.J. Hur shot 70s.
but I couldn't get used to the green speeds. Hopefully, I won't make the same mistakes tomorrow"
Kim has 10 top-10s this season, including a fifth place.
finish two weeks ago in South Korea at the Hana Bank KOLON Championship. One of 47 South Koreans on the tour, Kim said she believes she's close to winning.
"I have had a lot of chances this year," Kim said. "I think I didn't have luck and that is why I lost the wins. If I play well this week, I think I can win."
She savored her 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole.
"That one I was thinking if I make this I can get more confident," she said. "That was really
wrap up the player of the year award if Ochoa fails to finish at least seventh. Nancy Lopez is the only player to win both the rookie and player of the year awards in the same season, accomplishing the feat in 1978.
If Shin wins this week she will
important to me."
With two tournaments remaining, Shin leads Ochoa by four points in the player of the year race. The season ends next week at the LPGA Tour Championship in Houston.