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Loss in Texas worst in Jayhawks' conference play
I MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
Kansas' 93-83 loss to Texas was surprising, but not the most shocking upset in Big 12 women's basketball on Wednesday night, not even in the state of Texas. Just before the end of the Jayhawks 'set back, No. 22 ranked Oklahoma State fell to last-place TCU in Fort Worth.
When the Jayhawks met Texas last month, the Longhorns were without their two top scorers, junior Cassidy Fussell and sophomore Nnekə Ennempki, Kansas won that game by nearly 40.
Fussell and Enempkali combined for 41 points in the 10-point win on Wednesday.
The 31 points scored by senior guard Angel Goodrich and the 23 points scored by senior forward Carolyn Davis were not enough for the Jayhawks to match the Longhorns scoring outburst of 93 points on 65 percent shooting from the field.
Senior Monica Engelman and sophomore Chelsea Gardner both fouled out after scoring eight
points each. Engelman had scored 47 points over the last two games for Kansas before the loss to Texas. Gardner provided just two rebounds in 21 minutes played before leaving the game.
The 83 points by Kansas is the most they have scored on the road in a non-overtime game all season.
The layhawks had fewer turnovers, more assists, and more points in the paint, but still could not keep up with Texas.
On Tuesday, before the jay-
hawks left for Austin, Kansas
coach Bonnie Henrickson said that she didn't think she needed to remind her team of the lack of energy they played with in the first half against TCU.
In the first half on Wednesday Kansas fell into another early hole, and its defense struggled to stop the Texas offense in any way.
"We dug ourselves in such a hole in the first half, (Texas) had easy shots, which was inexcusable, and they had us on our heels," Henrickson said. "We didn't play well defensively and didn't show any pop, which is really disappointing. In this league you have to be ready to play."
The Longhorns shot 76 percent in the first half, and went into the locker room with a 47-35 lead. In the second half, Kansas attempted to make a late run and scored 48 second half points, but Texas held them off.
It's hard to see how exactly this loss will affect the Jayhawks in March, but the team seemed to be on the bubble until defeating Oklahoma last Sunday. This loss could likely put them back on that bubble.
Kansas falls into a three way tie for fifth in the Big 12 standings with Oklahoma State and West Virginia at 7-7. Texas has just three wins against the Big 12 and 10 wins this season. It's never easy to win on the road in the Big 12, but Wednesday's loss is the worst this season for the Jayhawks.
On Saturday the Jayhawks will return to Allen Fieldhouse for an opportunity to bounce back with a win over Texas Tech.
Edited by Tyler Conover
THARPE FROM PAGE 1B
enough for fans to remember that if it was off, Kansas would no longer be in control of its quest for a ninth straight Big 12 title. It fell quick enough that there wasn't time to process what that meant.
There wasn't time to celebrate:
Oklahoma State still had enough time to create a fateful field goal of its own and there
was no doubt the ball was going back to Brown.
But sometimes, like when Kansas avenged its home loss to OSU from three weeks ago, you have to win on defense no matter how big of a shot you just made.
And whom else would it be but Travis Releford coming up with a steal to seal a Kansas victory?
Sometimes, you just need a little extra time to finish the job.
— Edited by Megan Hinman
TRACK AND FIELD
Men's team to compete in Iowa
COLIN WRIGHT
cwright@kansan.com
The Kansas men's track and field squad will compete in the Big 12 Indoor Championships this weekend Saturday at Iowa State University's Lied Recreation Center.
While the men have won 27 Indoor Conference Championships, the last one came 30 years ago. In order to rise to the top of the league this weekend, they will need a strong outing on the track. Senior Kyle Clemons is looking to become the first KU athlete on the men's side to win two titles at the same conference championship. He currently has the fastest time of the season in the Big 12 in the 600 meters and the second fastest
in the 400 meters.
The men's distance medley relay team of junior Nick Seckfort (1200 meters), freshman Drew Matthews (400 meters), junior Benndou Soucie (800 meters) and Munsch (1,600 meters) ran a season best time of 9:46.92 earlier this season, which currently stands as
Junior Josh Munsch will look to place in the 1,600 meters. He currently has the sixth fastest mile run in school history with a time of 4:03.18. The Jayhawks have a strong core of pole vaulters who will compete to score to valuable points. Junior Alex Bishop's season-best vault of 5.31 meters (17-5 ft.) currently ranks 21st in the nation, and sophomore Greg Lupton is only a half-inch behind him.
the tenth best time in the nation this season.
The Jayhawks have a number of athletes who will look to earn a spot in the NCAA Indoor Championships, which is just two weeks away. The men will send a total of 24 athletes to the conference championships, led by just two seniors, Clemson and Josh Baden.
Edited by Elise Reuter
The men will have a chance to have an individual win an event at the indoor conference championship for the first time since 2010. The meet is all day this Friday and Saturday on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
TENNIS
Team will host Kentucky, Drake
TYLER CONOVER tconover@kansan.com
Coming off a road trip to South Carolina, in which Kansas went 1-1,
The Jayhawk tennis complex will see two matches this weekend and Kentucky and Drake visit Lawrence.
the jayhawks will aim to keep improving in singles play while maintaining its high level of play in doubles competition. I An essential
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An essential dog in the architecture of the Kansas tennis team is Paulina Los, who has won every match she has played this spring except the two she played against a ranked Tulsa队. Los, a junior from Poland, is a good indicator of the team's success as the team has
only lost once in a 4-3 nail-biter against No. 67 College of Charleston, when she won both matches.
Another Jayhawk to look out for is freshman Anastasija Trubica, who went undefeated last weekend in South Carolina including one of the two wins in singles play on Saturday. Trubica couples with Haley Fournier in doubles play, and if the road trip was any indicator they appear to be hitting their mideason stride. The duo was 2-0 on the trip.
Notching a win against Kentucky is not going to be easy; the Wildcats are ranked No. 63 and are 5-2 with a three-game winning streak on the line Saturday.
For Kentucky, the player to watch is freshman Nadia Ravita, who is 7-1 on the season in singles play. She is a threat in doubles play with Junior Caitlin McGraw, forming Kentucky's No. 1 doubles duo, as they have already notched wins against
top-ranked teams such as No. 55 Ohio State.
On Sunday, the Drake Bulldogs are on the schedule. This match has the elements of a trap game for the jayhawks. While Drake is not ranked and is not above .500 on the season, they are not traveling to lose, and with a quick turnaround from a ranked team to an inferior team on paper, there is potential for compliance on the part of Kansas.
Both teams have something in common—they were unable to defeat Tulsa. After losing to Tulsa, Kentucky is 3-0, while Kansas is 1-1.
With the upper-class leadership on the team coupled with the grit shown throughout the season, Sunday should not be a tetow. Both matches are set for noon.
— Edited by Elise Reuter
115 YEARS FROM PAGE 1B
time, later estimated Stallworth would have had 63 points if the three-point shot had been in existence.
- April 4, 1988: Kansas 83. Oklahoma 79. Danny Manning scores 31 points and nabs 18 rebounds to help Kansas claim its second NCAA Championship. His 24.8 points per game are the most since Bud Stallworth averaged 25.3 points per game in 1971-1972.
- Dec 9, 1989: Kansas 150, Kentucky 95. The Jayhawks dismantle college basketball's winning program. Terry Brown leads Kansas with 31 points, while six other Jayhawks score in double figures. It's the most points Kansas has scored in a game.
- Feb., 25, 2012: With the Border War appearing to be on hold for the near future, Kansas' 87-86 overtime victory over Missouri proved to be one of the greatest games in the rivalries history while also adding to the lore of the Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks overcame a 19-point second half deficit to force overtime and the eventual victory.
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Tom Keegan has been the Sports Editor at the Lawrence Journal-World since 2005. He's seen countless baseball cathedrals, stepped on football's hallowed ground and placed his feet on some of the oldest hardwood in this country.
In his time as a sports journalist, however, the only place that's compared to Allen Fieldhouse is Indiana's Assembly Hall when Bob Knight led the Hoosiers to several national titles.
"Kansas was always dominant, but until you get here you don't realize how amazing that two-hour game atmosphere is", Keegan said. "The place is so intimate. People are just so into it.
I haven't been to Cameron Indoor Stadium, but the people I've talked to say that Allen Fieldhouse is better."
The Jayhawks had a celebration similar to the one this weekend for the 1952 national championship team last year, but this one seems different.
"It's the 25th anniversary of the '88 team, but in today's world you know every day where Danny Manning is and Chris Piper is still around so I don't think a 25 year anniversary is as that big of deal as it would have been for the '52 team because we're constantly writing about those guys," Keegan said.
In the time frame since Kansas won that national title the Jayhawks only have had three coaches: Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Bill Self.
And with many of the national powerhouses missing on coaches in that time frame it's pretty impressive for the Kansas basketball machine to move along steadily.
"What I think seperates Kansas from every other program in the country is you've got three back-to-back-to-back long-tenedured coaches who each have done amazing things and no other program can say that," Keegan said.
For Keegan he ranks the coaches at Bill Self, Roy Williams and Larry Brown in that order.
He discussed how after the amazing run Williams had, Self managed to elevate the Jayhawk program to an even higher level, including the Big 12 conference title streak that is currently at eight seasons.
"Who would have thought about that to upgrade what Roy Williams did?" Keegan said.
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Scot Pollard has a problem when he commentates Kansas basketball games for Channel 6 in Lawrence. His body doesn't fully understand that it doesn't play for the lavahws anmore.
As Pollard prepares to call the action he sounds stimulated by the sights and he's around him. The roaring band gets his adrenaline pumping, the capacity crowd gets his fingers twitching and by the time the introduction video plays, he's sweating all over.
"My body still thinks it's time to go," Pollard said. "The hardest thing for me is to not look like a mess on camera. I'm getting better at that."
It's not that Pollard isn't ready to be retired, he just can't help it. The venue brings it out in him. It has ever since his first trip to Lawrence back in high school.
The big man was set to play at Arizona until witnessing Late Night in the Phog. He realized he found something more special.
"When I came here it was just overwhelming how crazy the fans were about Kansas basketball," Pollard said. "That was a big deal to me. I committed right on the spot."
With the lajayhawks celebrating 115 years as a program, Pollard is just proud to be a part of the tradition.
"No one else has got 115 years to celebrate," Pollard said. "That in itself is very special just to say 'Yeah, 115 years of Kansas basketball. How long have you been playing?'
And he certainly hasn't forgotten what it means to be a part of that tradition. Even during Pollard's 11-year NBA career he kept close to his Kansas roots and other Jayhawks in the league. Or as Pollard puts it: his family.
That family was never closer than when it came to celebrate the best Kansas basketball players of all time in the Legends of the Phog game last season.
"The Legends game will always be the last time I play basketball," Pollard said. "That was the best way I could go out as a player. On my home floor in college in the place that created my NBA career for me."
It sums up the tradition of Kansas basketball better than anything else can. Pollard still can't stay away from it and his body isn't ready to leave it.
Still he knows the team, the history and the customs won't be going anywhere.
"Kansas basketball is in great hands," Pollard said. "Everybody knows that. Bill Self is the best coach in college basketball right now. There's not a better guy at winning games when it's time to win games."
— Edited by Hayley Jozwiak
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