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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013
KANSAS
TIPOFF
AT A GLANCE
Kansas is coming off a disappointing second half in a loss to Oklahoma State. The team needs to be more aggressive against Iowa State.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Chelsea Gardner, Forward
Gardner has been the team's best offensive player at times this season, and at other times has disappeared. She has recorded a game with 26 points in 24 minutes
Gardner
played, and another with four points in 33 minutes played. She played well against Oklahoma State, as Goodrich and Davis struggled to score. She is the biggest factor in the Jayhawks rebounding efforts.
QUESTION MARK
How many three's will Angel Goodrich make?
Goodrich has been looking to become a legitimate three-point threat, but so far there have been mixed results. She leads the team at 35 percent from long range. In the last four games, Goodrich has taken the 29 three-point shots. Against Baylor, she was 3-for-10. Against Texas, she was 5-for-7. What will be the result against Iowa State?
BY THE NUMBERS
4 The number of games that Kansas has lost since Jan. 8.
The number of shots that Carolyn Davis had against OSU. This number needs to be higher.
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BIG JAY WILL CHEER
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9 Kansas' defensive field goal percentage ranking in the Big 12. Just a reminder, the Big 12 only has ten teams.
Kansas can stop Iowa State from grabbing offensive rebounds and getting second chance points. The Jayhawks need to box out better, and stop the Cyclones from swimming around them. Oklahoma State took advantage of those against Kansas, and Iowa State is also a good offensive rebounding team. Coach Bonnie Henrickson and Angel Goodrich talked about a lack of aggressiveness after the OSU game, that needs to change.
BABY JAY WILL CRY
If the Jayhawks don't pressure the ball well. The Iowa State backcourt is dangerous from beyond the arc. Allowing Hallie Christofferson to get hot from midrange will pose problems for a Jayhawk defense that isn't rebounding the ball well.
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Kansas Faces Top 25 ISU Jayhawks look to rebound against the cyclones KANSAS VS.NO.23 IOWA STATE
KANSAS (12-6, 3-4) STARTERS
Gardner
After Davis shot the ball just six times against Oklahoma State, Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said that she needed to take more shots. Some of that is on Davis, Henrickson said. The guards do not deserve all of the blame for not getting the ball inside. The key for Kansas right not is aggressiveness, especially for Carolyn Davis.
CAROLYN DAVIS, FORWARD
CHELSEA GARDNER. FORWARD
Gardner led the team in both rebounds and points against Oklahoma State. She is difficult to stop when she is playing well offensively, but she has been on a statistical roller coaster lately, with games of 18, four and 14 points in the last three games.
Engelman
MONICA ENGELMAN. GUARD
Engelman has not been playing like herself lately. The Jayhawks have relied on Engelman for consistent rebounding for most of the season, but in the last four games Engelman has not grabbed any more than two rebounds. It is most troubling for the Jayhawks because this decline in rebounding began in the game after Tania Jackson, who was leading the team in rebounding, left the team.
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Knight
NATALIE KNIGHT. GUARD
Even when Knight is at her worst, she still manages to take care of the ball. Knight has an assist to turnover ratio of 4.28. Nobody else on the Kansas roster has a ratio over 1.87. Kansas could really use some three-point shooting from Knight, as they have struggled to make shots from behind the arc, and so has Knight.
ANGEL GOODRICH, POINTGUARD
Goodrich is the team leader. After the Oklahoma State game, Goodrich said that the team had played passive. It will likely be up to her to bring out that aggression in her team, and she will have to lead by example on the court.
Goodrich
IOWA STATE
(14-4,5-3)
STARTERS*
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A sophomore from Kansas City, Mo., Williamson leads the Cyclones in made three-pointers and shoots 38 percent from behind the arc. Williamson is an unusual player: her three-point shooting percentage is actually better than her regular field goal percentage.
Prins is a 6-foot-7 senior, just one inch shorter than Baylor's Brittany Griner. She scored 17 points against Griner in the Cyclones loss to the Bears earlier this season. On the season, Prins is averaging 10.2 points per game and leads her team in blocked shots.
IOWA STATE
**STARTERS CONTINUED
ANNA PRINS. CENTER
Poppens
CHELSEA POPPENS, FORWARD
BRYNN WILLIAMSON, GUARD
Iowa State is a good rebounding team, and Poppens is a major part of that. She is the Big 12's active leader in career offensive rebounds, and currently third in that category this season. Poppens can also score, she is averaging 11.6 points per game as a senior. The last time the Jayhawks and Cyclones met, Poppens scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.
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Christofferson is a 6-foot-3 forward who shoots 46 percent from three-point range and 84 percent from the free throw line. She leads the Cyclones with 14.6 points per game and also collects 6.8 rebounds. Her shooting ability creates a difficult match up for forwards, but her height is an impossible match up for most guards.
HALLIE CHRISTOFFERSON. FORWARD
Christofferson
NIKKI MOODY, GUARD
Moody has recorded five assists or more in 15 of the 17 games she has played this season. She is third nationally with 7.5 assists per game. She is a 5-foot-8 sophomore point guard that will create another interesting match up between Big 12 point guards as she goes up against Angel Goodrich.
The no. 23 Iowa State Cyclones head to Lawrence in search of their first win in Allen Fieldhouse since 2010. Iowa State is building on their recent come-bhind victory at West Virginia. Hallie Christofferson led the 14-point comeback with 23 points on 6-of-7 shooting.
IOWA STATE TIPOFF STATE AT A GLANCE
AT A GLANCE
PLAYER TO WATCH
Williamson
Hallie Christoffer-
Christofferson
son, Forward- Hallie Christofferson is eighth in the Big 12 averaging 14 points per game and 10th in rebounding at 6.8 boards per game.
The Cyclone junior eclipsed double digits in 15 of 18 games this season.
QUESTION MARK
The Cyclones shot 39 percent from the field in their last game, but turned the ball over 20 times. To continue their upward momentum, the Cyclones have to hold on to the ball.
Will the Cyclones take care of the ball?
BY THE NUMBERS
Moody
18 turnovers per game
+12.5 Scoring margin
+8.9 rebounding margin
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