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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Kansas 27 | 36 — 93 Notre Dame 40 | 53 — 93
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Davis 25
Rebounds
Assists
Gardner
6
Goodrich 13
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Chelsea Gardner 8 4-6 6 0 0
Carolyn Davis 25 11-17 4 0 0
Angel Goodrich 7 3-11 4 13 6
Monica Engelman 10 4-16 1 3 1
Markisha Hawkins 2 1-6 4 0 0
Asia Boyd 7 1-4 4 0 0
Lamaria Cole 0 0-0 0 0 1
Bunny Williams 0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 63 26-67 32 16 12
NOTRE DAME
Notre Dame
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Natalie Achonwa 17 7-11 10 1 2
Ariel Braker 6 3-4 7 2 2
Skylar Diggins 27 11-19 3 9 1
Kayla McBride 13 5-13 7 4 0
Jewell Lloyd 15 6-8 4 3 2
Whitney Holloway 0 6-8 0 0 0
Kaila Turner 0 0-0 1 1 0
Madison Cable 7 0-2 0 2 0
Totals 93 37-69 43 25 10
GAME TO REMEMBER
Carolyn Davis, Forward
Davis was a force all game for the Layhawks against the No. 1-seeded Irish. She put together a 25-point campaign in her last outing as a Layhawk.
Davis
GAME TO FORGET
Kansas Seniors
It's going to be easy to focus on the 30-point loss to Notre Dame, but the Jayhawks have to put that behind them and remember how great and memorable the season has been. The seniors won't ever play another game wearing the crimson and blue, so why remember the one bad blemish they had in otherwise amazing season.
UNSUNG HERO
Davis led the team with 25 points, and was the only player besides Monica Engelman, who scored 10 points, to score in the double digits. Under pressure, Davis delivered more than any of her teammates did.
Carolyn Davis, Forward
Davis
KANSAS 63, NOTRE DAME 93
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
Senior guard Angel Goodrich covers her mouth as she watches the final minute of Sunday's Sweet Sixteen game in Norfolk, Va. The Jayhawks lost to the Notre Dame Fight- ing Irish 93-63.
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Cinderella story ends for Jayhawks
NATHAN FORDYCE nforceyce@kansan.com
It had been a sweet ride for the Kansas lahayws until Sunday.
Before Sunday's showdown with the No.1 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Jayhawks hadn't shot under 45 percent, and on top of that, hadn't allowed an opponent to shoot over 38 percent in the tournament.
That all flipped in a chance to punch a ticket to the Elite Eight. The Cinderella story of the Jayhawk season came to an end as they couldn't make enough shots nor get enough stops to try to contain the high-octane offense of the Irish.
"When they are comfortable and confident, they play well," Kansas senior guard Angel Goodrich said after the 93-63 loss. "You have to make them uncomfortable and we did not do that today. We did not disrupt their flow at all and they did a good job of taking advantage of that."
The Irish seemed comfortable all day as they shot nearly 54 percent from the field and had four of the five starters score 13 or more points.
The lajhawks couldn't find a groove to start hitting buckets in either half of play. They managed to shoot just 37.7 percent for the game and only senior guard Monica Engelman and senior forward Carolyn Davis scored in
double figures.
But the story for the Jayhawks was the inability to contain All-American guard Skylar Diggins as she gave the Jayhawk defense fits in the scoring column, and with her ability to create shots for her teammates.
"Skylar [Diggins] is as good as advertised," Goodrich said. "She is the whole package. She gets everyone involved; she knows how to create for herself and her teammates."
Diggins went 11-of-19 for 27 points and also had nine assists on her way to the Elite Eight.
"I thought Skylar [Diggins] did a great job on [Angel] Goodrich," Notre Dame coach Muffet Graw said. "She still had a great floor game with 13 assists, but I thought we were able to contain her a little bit more." [Carolyn] Davis was a tough matchup for us. She played really well, but I was pleased with our second half. We shot the ball extremely well, and got our running game going."
Diggins wasn't the only Irish who gave the Jayhawks fits while they were on the defensive side. Natalie Achonwa, Kayla McBribe and Jewell Loyd combined to shoot 56.3 percent and eight assists.
TARA BRYANT/KANSAN
The Irish were a tough match-up for the Cinderella Jayhawks from the beginning, but shooting 37 percent made life that much harder. On this Sunday afternoon
Sophomore guard Chelsea Gardner attempts to block Notre Dame senior guard Skylar Diggins in the second half of Sunday's Sweet Sixteen game in Norfolk, Va. On her 26th point of the game, Diggins broke the Notre Dame career scoring record with 2,323 points.
KEY STATS
game, the clock struck midnight and all Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson could do was tip her hat to the victors.
"But, give Notre Dame credit,"
Henrickson said. "It was disap pointing our defensive effort wasn't better."
Edited by Julie Etzler
46. 2
37. 7
3,917
the percentage the Irish shot from downtown
the percentage the Jayhawks shot, lowest of the tournament
career minutes for Angel Goodrich, the most in Kansas history
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"We'll do that. We'll do that getting out of here. Today, right now, in this moment, whatever time it is, isn't the right time for that, but we'll do that."
— Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson on building off the 30-point loss for next season
Henrickson
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