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Thursday, Januarv 15, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Women hopeful despite losses
By DAWN O'MALLEY Assistant sports editor
The Kansas women's basketball team, only three games into the Big Eight Conference season, has already noticed the effects of a lack of height.
The Jayhawks have a conference record of 0-2. 7-9 overall, with their most recent loss coming last night in Norman, Okla. against the Sooners, the defending conference champions.
The Jayhawks lost their first game of the Big Eight season 81-78 in overtime to Nebraska last Sunday in Lincoln.
"We've got a lot of quickness," Coach Marian Washington said recently. "But we are hurt on the inside, boards and height. It makes a difference."
Kansas' tallest starters are Jackie Martin, 5-11 junior center, and Lisa Baker, 5-11 junior forward. The tallest player on the team is Lynn Page, 6-4 freshman center, who comes off the bench.
Martin leads the team with 10.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Baker injured shoulder muscles during the Creighton game after colliding with teammate Shawna Waters and is still recovering.
Kansas lost height and experience when Vickie Adkins graduated and then graduated from Arkansas.
"We're trying very hard," Washington said. "I'm a competitor, I never approach a situation as though it's impossible. My attitude is that we can be effective."
The Jayhawks must control the
boards to be more effective, Washington said. However, Kansas does not enjoy a height advantage over many teams.
"If I could stretch a player, I would do that," Washington said. "We don't have room for mistakes. The pressure is on us all the time."
Washington predicted that Oklahoma and Missouri would probably lead the Big Eight race for the title, but she said she thought Kansas could be a contender to place high. Last year, Kansas tied for second place with Colorado. The Jayhawks posted a 9-5 record in the conference, 18-10 overall.
"I think we'll be in most of our games." Washington said, but she added that the team would have to be almost perfect to win.
Oklahoma is led by returning starters LaTrenda Phillips, 6-foot forward, and Lisa Allison, 6-3 center. Phillips is averaging 13.2 points and 5.8 rebounds a game, while Allison is averaging 11.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
"I have to say we are one of the stronger teams," said Oklahoma Coach Maura McHugh. "But we don't look at any one team as easy."
McHugh said her team would probably place in the top three, but she hadn't seen all of the teams play.
"I am reserving my judgment," she said. "Anyone can win the title."
Missouri will be led by three restarters this season with Tracy Ellis, 6-1 forward, Renee Kelly, 6-1 center, and Maggie LeValley, 5-8 guard. Kiley averages 26.9 points
and 10.5 rebounds a game. Last season, she was named the Big Eight Player-of-the-Year.
Kansas forward Diane Senne said she thought the Jayhawks could overcome their height disadvantage and win games with the talent they had.
"You play as big as you feel," Senne said.
Kansas team captain and senior guard Evette Ott, one of only two returning starters, said the team's inexperience could also be a problem. But she said she thought the team would mature and start winning games as the season progressed.
Martin is the other returning starter
The winning combination, Ott said, would be to take one game at a time and concentrate on that particular game.
"I think we have an excellent ball
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