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Sophomore scores 20 points, grabs nine rebounds in first half of Jayhawks' victory
By Max Rothman mrothman@kansan.com
Someone forgot to tell Aishah Sutherland that this was Danielle McCray's team.
The wiry forward had a coming out party in Sunday's exhibition game against Pittsburg State, tallying 20 points and nine rebounds in the first half alone. The sophomore showcased her athleticism right off the bat, dominating the paint with powerful lay-ups and forceful rebounding. She ran wild in transitions, leading to easy baskets on the other end. With senior guard Sade Morris benched because of foul trouble, Sutherland and senior guard and forward Danielle McCray displayed an unstopable inside-outside tandem.
"It causes the guards to suck in and try to get something inside," McCray said.
Sutherland's dominance leaves opposing defenses with a troubling question.
"Are you gonna leave Danielle and Sade to go double?" coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Once the defense is drawn to Sutherland, in other words, it's bombs away for McCray and Morris.
But the game didn't start as smoothly as the 86-56 final score implies. The first exhibition game of the year for Kansas women's basketball justly fit its title. Each team kicked off the contest sloppily, with basketballs soaring out of bounds as if they were magnetically repellent from the players' hands.
Contact-heavy fouls were frequent and jump shots clunked off of an unforgiving rim. The opening four minutes of the game were polluted with eleven total turnovers (eight from Pittsburg State, three from Kansas). But the chaos cooled down and Sutherland took over.
In her first ten minutes of play, Sutherland
went six for six from the field and two for two from the stripe. She collected five rebounds. She had no turnovers and only one foul. Pittsburgh State simply had no answer for the 6-foot-2 slasher with twisting tree branches for arms.
The only time Sutherland showed any shyness on the floor was after she snagged a
rebound from a McCray miss. As she swiveled her body and soared towards the hoop for the put-back, Sutherland's trademark white headband popped off her head and to the floor and her shot was blocked.
"There's just something about my headband," Sutherland said later.
Redshirt freshman point guard Angel
Goodrich showed flashes of brilliance with 10 assists but was also bitten by the turnover bug. If the clairvoyant passer can take care of the ball, she will continue to feed the bevy of scorers that Henrickson has at her disposal.
"She sees things that most players don't," Henrickson said. "The post players benefited the most from how Angel can play."
2009-2010 women's basketball roster
No. Name Year Pos. Ht.
00 LaChelda Jacobs Sr. G 5-10
1 Aishah Sutherland So. F 6-2
2 Kelly Kohn Sr. G 5-9
3 Rhea Codio Jr. G. 5-5
4 Danielle McGray Sr. G-F 5-11
10 Tania Jackson Fr. F 6-2
13 Monica Engelman Fr. G 5-11
14 Krysten Boogaard Jr. C 6-5
20 Sade Morris Sr. G. 5-11
21 Carolyn Davis Fr. F 6-3
22 Marisha Brown Jr. G 5-9
23 Angel Goodrich Fr. G 5-4
24 Nicollette Smith Jr. F 6-2
22 Annette Davis Fr. F 6-1
34 Porscha Weddington Sr. F 6-1
2009-2010 women's basketball schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Time | | | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 11/1 | Pittsburg State | Lawrence | W, 86-56 | 1/12 | Oklahoma State | Lawrence | 11 a.m. |
| 11/8 | Emporia State | Lawrence | 2 p.m. | 1/17 | Missouri | Lawrence | 1 p.m. |
| 11/15 | Oral Roberts | Lawrence | 2 p.m. | 1/20 | Iowa State | Ames, Iowa | 7 p.m. |
| 11/18 | Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | 7 p.m. | 1/23 | Oklahoma | Norman, Okla. | 2 p.m. |
| 11/22 | Michigan | Lawrence | 2 p.m. | 1/27 | Colorado | Lawrence | 7 p.m. |
| 11/26 | Xavier | Grand Bahama Island | 3 p.m. | 1/30 | Missouri | Columbia, Mo. | 5 p.m. |
| 11/28 | TCU/Minnesota | Grand Bahama Island | TBA | 2/7 | Kansas State | Lawrence | 1 p.m. |
| 12/3 | UCLA | Lawrence | 7 p.m. | 2/10 | Nebraska | Lawrence | 7 p.m. |
| 12/6 | Northern Colorado | Lawrence | 1 p.m. | 2/13 | Texas | Lawrence | 1 p.m. |
| 12/10 | UMKC | Lawrence | 7 p.m. | 2/16 | Colorado | Boulder, Colo. | 8 p.m. |
| 12/13 | Creighton | Lawrence | 2 p.m. | 2/21 | Texas Tech | Lubbock, Texas | 5 p.m. |
| 12/20 | UC Riverside | Lawrence | 1 p.m. | 2/25 | Iowa State | Lawrence | 6 p.m. |
| 12/22 | Houston | Houston | 7 p.m. | 2/28 | Baylor | Waco, Texas | 4 p.m. |
| 12/30 | Pepperdine | Lawrence | 1 p.m. | 3/3 | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | 7 p.m. |
| 1/3 | New Mexico State | Las Cruces, N.M. | 3 p.m. | 3/6 | Texas A&M | Lawrence | 7 p.m. |
| 1/9 | Kansas State | Manhattan | 11 a.m. | 3/11-14 | Big 12 Championship | Kansas City, Mo. | |
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE WAVE NOVEMBER 6,2009