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TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2006
1,2006
BASKETBALL REVIEW
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5
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Tournament capped off season that saw 12-0 Kansas start, major Big 12 slump
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BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
mphillips@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson's second season will mostly be remembered for the Jayhawks' first postseason appearance in six years.
The Jayhawks defeated Northern Iowa in the WNIT before falling to Mississippi. Both games were at Allen Fieldhouse. The WNIT provided a way for the Kansas senior class to leave on a positive note, after starting the year strong and faltering in conference play.
The Jayhawks charged out to a 12-0 start. Most of those victories against smaller schools, and all of them came in Allen Fieldhouse. The games provided early-season momentum and helped Kansas gain national attention.
The final victory of the 12 was against then-No. 23 Texas in Allen Fieldhouse. It was the Jayhawks first conference game, as well as their first game against a ranked team, but they dispatched Texas with relative ease, winning the game 70-61 in front of a season-high crowd of 5,634.
Also during the winning streak Kansas picked up a victory against Wisconsin, the Jayhawks first of the season against a team from a major conference.
Senior forward Crystal Kemp called the game the best of the season because of the way the game was won. Kansas was down 17 before coming back and winning the game in double-overtime. As the conference season started, the Jayhawks began to slump, which was accentuated by their inability to win on the road. It took until Feb. 18 for the team to pick up a victory on the road, a 57-56 victory against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks were also unable to shake off what became a 10-game losing streak to the Kansas State Wildcats, falling short in all three opportunities, including a neutral-court game to open the Big 12 Tournament.
Despite the late-season setbacks, the Jayhawks were still able to finish with a 16-12 record, good enough to be selected for the WNIT.
After winning in the preliminary round and losing in the first round, the Jajahaws finished at 17-13, picking up the most victories by a Kansas women's basketball team in this decade.
— Edited by Frank Tankard
Crystal Kemp shoots over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls on Jan. 22 in Allen Fieldhouse. Kemp was named Big 12 Player of the Week twice this season.
Season numbers
2 Times last season Crystal Kemp was named Big 12 Player of the Week.
2,875 Average attendance for Kansas home games. up from 2,127 two seasons ago.
3-0 Kansas' record in overtime games last season, with the three victories coming against Wisconsin, Iowa State and Missouri.
29-29 Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson's record during her two years at Kansas.
56 Consecutive games started by Kemp to finish her career.
Freshmen who will join the team next year.
18. 6 Kemp's scoring average last season, the highest in the Big 12 Ninth.
3-Jayhawk players (Kemp and sophomore forwards Taylor McIntosh and Jamie Boyd) named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team.
12-for-52 Senior guard Kaylee Brown's three-point shooting in the final six regular season games [she finished the season with a 37 percent shooting average).
4. 57 Assists per game for freshman guard Ivana Catic last season, which was seventh best in the conference.
36 Kansas three-point shooting percentage last season, the best in the conference.
36 What Kansas allowed opponents to shoot from behind the three-point line, worst in the Big 12.
12 Games Kansas won in a row early in the season, the longest streak in school history.
10 Kansas State's winning streak against Kansas after three victories this season.
100 The Jayhawks broke the century mark on Dec. 3 against New Orleans.
1-8 Record away from Allen Fieldhouse including a neutral-court game in Dallas
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18 The number of times Kemp was the team's leading scorer out of 30 games last season. Edited by Frank Tankard
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