THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
SPORTS
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
9B
Kansas defeated despite early lead against OSU
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Sophhore guard LaChelda Jacobs takes a shot over Oklahoma State defenders during the first half. Jacobs scored 15 points on 5-for-13 shooting and grabbed six rebounds in 40 minutes.
Iowa State upsets Kansas State Texas defeats Baylor after 16-point halftime deficit
BY TAYLOR BERN tbern@kansan.com
NO.8 IOWA STATE 66, NO.1 KANSAS STATE 65 (OT)
Sophomore guard Alison Lacey scored six points in the final 11 seconds to get Iowa State a thrilling upset overtime victory.
Wildcat guard Shalee Lehning made a full-court drive of her own and nearly won the game with a five-foot floater, but the shot bounced off the rim twice and harmlessly fell to the floor.
This time K-State guard Danielle Zanotti made only one of her two free throws, and Lacey took the rebound coast-to-coast for a layup and foul. Lacey converted the old-fashioned three-point play to put Iowa State up 66-65.
Cyclone junior guard Heather Ezell hit a big three-pointer with less than 30 seconds left to draw K-State's overtime lead back to two. Then after a pair of Wildcat free throws, Lacey drilled a three and the Cyclones fouled again.
Ezell came into the week averaging just 9.5 ppg on the season but has scored 25 and 26 points in her first two tournament games, respectively.
NO. 4 TEXAS A&M 65, NO.
12 MISSOURI 39
Sophomore guard Danielle McCray gets ready to put up a shot during the first half of the game. McCray led the Jayhawks with 18 points and 12 rebounds in 37 minutes.
On Wednesday, No.11 Texas A&M,
brought Missouri back to earth. The
Aggies out-scored the Tigers, who
seemed emotionally drained a day
after their big win, 36-17 in the second
half.
Tuesday afternoon the Tigers stunned the entire country with their upset of the Sooners, ranked No. 13 in the AP Poll.
Junior guard Takia Starks led the
NO. 7 TEXAS 76,
NO. 2 BAYLOR 61
Aggie attack with 18 points and nine rebounds. Tiger guard Alyssa Hollins, one of many heroes from the Sooner victory, led the team with 11 points but needed 16 shots to get there.
Faced with a 16-point half-time deficit, Texas junior guard Carla Cortijo took it upon herself to carry her team to victory.
guard, had only seven points at halftime but ramped up her offense to lead all scorers with 24 points while still dishing out four assists.
Cortijo, normally a pass-first point
The Longhorns shot just 23 percent from the field in the first half then turned up the heat to 55 percent in the second half. Meanwhile, Baylor went ice cold and shot 23 percent after the break.
Texas out-scored Baylor 52-21 in the second half, thanks in large part to a 23-for-28 day from the free-throw line.
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Kansas City, Mo. — With the number of times sophomore guard Andrea Riley and the Cowgirls found themselves open under the basket, they must have thought they were in a pregame layup line.
It was a fitting ending for a Kansas squad that never lived up to the potential a sparkling 11-2 nonconference record suggested. Although Kansas jumped to an early 11-8 lead, Oklahoma State was always in control, ruthlessly exposing Bonnie Henrickson's team's weaknesses. The Jayhawks turned the ball over 18 times, sparking the Cowgirls' offense and leading to 20 points off turnovers.
"We just didn't respond and get back and get underneath Riley," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "We gave her a lane. I kept telling the guards she could take the ball and physically roll it to the rim and not hit anybody"
"It was very frustrating," sophomore guard LaChelda Jacobs said of the Jayhawks' defensive struggles. "We couldn't seem to find a way to stop the layups."
ATLANTIS
Oklahoma State used 20 layups to beat Kansas 82-62 and eliminate them from the Big 12 Tournament for the second year in a row. The bad habits that plagued the layhawks all season came back to haunt them once again against the explosive Cowgirls. Costly turnovers? Check. Early foul trouble for key players? Check. Even Kansas' normally dependable defense could be best described as lackadaisical.
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"It's just a lack of discipline on the offensive end for us to turn it over," Henrickson said. "I'm sure when you watch it live like I watch it live you think 'I'm not sure what you saw.' Then it's even worse when you watch it on film and can pause it."
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Kansas couldn't break down the Oklahoma State zone, and the Cowgirls' constant penetration into the paint left sophomore guard Danielle McCray and freshman center Krysten Boogaard saved with four fouls early in the second half. Just as the lajhawks were starting to show signs of life behind Boogaard's
Oklahoma State's run. Though the loss is a disappointing end to a disappointing conference season, Henrickson said she and her team were quietly optimistic about the possibility of WNIT play at Allen Fieldhouse next week.
10 early second half points, turnovers and Boogaard's fourth foul allowed the Cowgirls to build a 28-point lead and effectively put the game on ice.
"It was important to get the foul on her," Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke said about Boogaard's fourth foul. "She is a great player, and she is going to be a great player in this league. She was changing the game for them."
Henrickson said her team just didn't have the emotional maturity to weather
"We'll certainly know a lot more in the next couple days," she said. "But it's about managing the ups and downs and being able to bounce back."
—Edited by Madeline Hydem
Kansas
Player Name FG-FGA FT REB TP MIN
00 Jacobs, LaChelda 5-13 5-6 6 15 40
13 McIntosh, Taylor 1-3 0-0 5 2 22
14 Boogaard, Krysten 7-10 3-5 7 17 21
20 Morris, Sade 2-5 0-0 3 4 38
04 McCray, Danielle 8-17 0-2 12 18 37
02 Kohn, Kelly 0-3 0-0 2 0 15
24 Smith, Nicollette 0-2 0-0 0 0 8
03 Catic, Ivana 0-2 0-0 0 0 10
34 Weddington, Porscha 3-5 0-0 1 6 9
TEAM
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Totals 26-60 8-13 40 62 200
Oklahoma St.
## Player Name FG-FGA FT REB TP MIN
10 Riley, Andrea 9-19 4-7 3 23 37
13 Hardeman, Taylor 5-7 1-2 2 15 36
24 Cordero, Maria 6-12 0-0 9 14 31
31 Green, Danielle 4-8 2-4 6 10 30
32 Smith, Shaunte' 4-8 4-7 7 12 39
11 Clardy, Ally 0-0 0-0 0 0 1
20 Walter, Chontaye 0-0 0-0 0 0 3
33 Byford, Megan 0-0 0-0 0 0 4
40 Spears, Shyvon 0-2 0-0 1 0 6
05 Hernandez, Kristin 3-6 1-2 3 8 13
TEAM
Totals 31-62 12-22 35 82 200