MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Besides winning against Ohio state and Texas Tech, Kansas' largest victory was by five points against Texas and West Virginia.
Last year, the Jayhawks had to battle at Kansas State, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State to finish out the season.
On the bright side, tough stretches of games like this can prepare the jayhawks for a great NCAA tournament run. The mental toughness builds in this stretch.
Still, this isn't something new to Kansas basketball.
If Kansas wants to win its ninth straight Big 12 title, the Jayhawks have no choice but to win these games. If the Jayhawks lose one game, they will have to hope for a loss to keep them in the running for the conference title.
Edited by Brian Sisk
It has become a theme that in each of Kansas' most recent wins, going back to the victory over Iowa State, the seniors have acted as leaders and played like veterans.
for 62 of the Jayhawks' 81 points, and it was the second consecutive game in which Engelman has scored over 20 points.
As Henrickson said, when Oklahoma made a second half run and cut the lead to single digits, it was Angel Goodrich who had the answer. Goodrich and Engelman were able to
"There's poise and compose," Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "There's a sense of calm, not without a heartbeat, but their huddles are tighter, their voices are louder."
"I felt like we were slowing up," Davis said. "We had to keep pushing the tempo. We had to keep attacking. We couldn't up. I was trying to get my teammates to be more aggressive. I knew I had to take over as a senior, as a captain. I just tried to push my teammates to give me the ball."
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Davis and her teammates are familiar with fighting back from double-digit margins in the second half as they did against TCU and Iowa State, but against Oklahoma on Sunday it was the Jayhawks trying to hold off Oklahoma's run. Herickson and Davis both agreed that those situations gave them a lesson of how to handle the lead.
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In the end, Davis had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Engelman had 21 points and five rebounds, and Goodrich had 17 points and 10 assists.
The win is the second this season for the lajahwaws over a team ranked in the AP top-25 poll, and gives them a winning record in conference play at 7-6. Kansas still sits at sixth in the conference standings.
Sophomore Chelsea Gardner also contributed 10 points and nine rebounds in the game.
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Senior guard Angel Goodrich rushes toward the basket for a layup in the second half of Sunday's game against Oklahoma. Goodrich scored 17 points in the 81-71 win.