THI
UNIVERSITY DAIRY KANSAN
SPORTS
5B
KEALING (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
have another WNIT appearance.
Maybe more
Back to Emporia State though. The banners inside White
The batters include five conference champion ships since 1998, two Final Fours including one national runner up. The Lady Hornets also have a pair of Sweet Sixteens and Elite Eights to their credit too. Sure they play in Division II, but the victories are still something that should be considered impressive.
The end of this season should give Kansas fans hope that the layhawk women will soon be adding to their banner collection in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse.
Kealing is a Chesterfield, Mo., senior in journalism and political science.
— Edited by Mark Vierthaler
Baylor 71, Kansas 54
Kansas 19—35
Baylor 35—36
GOALS
Kansas: McCray 5-18 2-2-14;
McIntosh 3-6 0-6; Kohn 0-4
0-0; Moseley 4-11 6-16; Smith
3-6 2-0-2; Jacobs 2-4 0-0; Zinc
1-2 2-4; Boyd 0-0 0-0; Morris
1-2 2-4; Catic 1-2 0-0; Wed-
dington 1-2 0-1. Total — 20-55
10-13 54.
Baylor, Allison 4-7 0-0 8;
Mosby 4-6 4-4 12; Morrow 3-7 1-
2 7; Tisdale 1-6 4-4 7; Player 5-1
0-0 10; Bradley 3-5 1-2 7; Darrent
1-3 0-0 2; Wyatt 3-4 0-0 7; Wilson
5-8 1-4 11; Oberg 0-0 0-0 0. Total
— 29-56 11-16 71
29-5611-1671.
RECORDS
RECORDS
Kansas 11-20
Baylor 25-6
SPORTS BRIEFS Porter signs on for 5 years with the Miami Dolphins
MIAMI — Joey Porter has agreed to a five-year, $32 million contract with the Miami Dolphins, making the former second team All-Pro linebacker the first marquee player to join the club during this free agent period.
Porter is guaranteed $20 million in the deal, according to a person with knowledge of the discussion who requested anonymity because Porter has not yet passed his physical and the contract may not be signed until Thursday.
Former St. Louis Cardinal accused of extortion
ST LOUIS —The athlete targeted in an alleged $150,000 shakedown by an unemployed excon was former St Louis Cardinal second baseman Ronnie Bellard, a person close to the matter confirmed to The Associated Press.
Federal prosecutors have described the athlete in court only as "the victim." George Edwards, 48, is accused of extortion for allegedly seeking money for silence about the player supposedly impregnating Edwards' daughter.
The person familiar with the investigation identified the player as Belliard, who recently signed with the minor-league Washington Nationals.
Mosley's tireless efforts not enough to win
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
OKLAHOMA CITY Kansas' season was supposed to center around the development of its seven freshmen, but senior guard Shaquina Mosley had her own story to write.
So it was appropriate that the focus, once again, revolved around Mosley in Wednesday's season-end baking to Bavior.
"A lot of people asked me at the beginning of the season if I regretted coming here." Mosley said. "And I didn't. Coming here has made me a better person."
Mosley led the team with 16 points.
When seemingly everything was going wrong. Mosley was the leader the lahwacks needed.
By all accounts, the first half was a disaster. Kansas went into the locker room shooting only 27 percent and down 35-19. Mosley had of 10 those 19 points.
The Jayhawks also came out in the first half looking undoubted edly tired. A hard fought first round win over Oklahoma State on Tuesday, in which only seven players played all 40 minutes, was to blame.
Every Jayhawk that checked into the game seemed tired and unable to play with the same intensity as they did only 24 hours before.
Mosley was the only exception. She raced up and down the court for the first 20 minutes looking as fresh as could be.
Near the end of the first half, Mosley took a dangerous dive into the Baylor cheerleaders for a loose ball. For a second, it looked like she might not get up. But as anyone who has watched Kansas this season knew she would, Mosley got up.
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The 5-foot-6 guard from Lancaster, Calif., that has served as the Jayhawks spark plug all year found herself in an unfamiliar position. Suddenly, Mosley was spending her time watching the game buried at the end of the bench.
Mosley played only eight minutes out of the final 20.
Things weren't the same in the second half. After adding an assist and a rebound to her stat line, the fatigue appeared even in Mosley.
Although after the first half it didn't look like things could get much worse for the Jayhawks, they did in the second.
Without Mosley's direction, not only did Kansas' shots continue not to fall, but the team played tentatively. Defensively, the guards merely watched as Bear guards Angela Tisdale and Jhasim Player penetrated the lane on numerous occasions.
Junior forward Taylor Mcintosh jumps to the basket in front of Baylor forward Bernice Mosky in the second half of the second round game in the Big 12 Tournament.
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By the time Mosley checked back in with seven minutes remaining, the game was of out reach as Baylor had extended its lead to 59-40.
Mosley didn't let it faze her, though. She played as if the game was still a close one. Right before her tenure as a Jayhawk ended, she converted on a rare four-point play opportunity.
Despite the disappointing loss, there's no doubt what coach Bonnie Henrickson will remember from the 2006-2007 Kansas basketball season: the feisty guard in the No. 21 jersey, Shaquina Moseley.
"Shaq to the rack, that's probably fair," she said. "Just her aggressiveness and willing to step up and make big shots."
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@kansan.com.
— Edited by Jyl Unruh
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
(CONTINUED FROM 1B)
"Coming out early we were just not expecting it," freshman forward Danielle McCray said. "We were down, I could feel it in the huddle."
At one point in the first half,
Henrickson inserted seldom used
freshman guard LaChelda facos
in an effort to build some momentum. In the second half, Henrickson pulled out McCray in favor of junior forward Jamie Boyd. The experiments were ill-fated. Jacobs had as many turnovers as points, and Bovd did not score.
"I went to the bench early to see if anyone would respond." Hendrickson
Baylor forward Bernice Mosby drives past junior forward Taylor McIntosh in the second half.
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"It's disappointing to struggle, but in time we'll walk away from this with great pride," Hendrickson said. "These seniors will be able to walk away with pride in the name on the front of their jerseys."
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
As the final game of the season neared its conclusion, Kansas showed the grit and determination that earned the team victories over larger and more talented opponents. Trailing by 26 with six minutes remaining, seniors Smith and Mosley led a 10-1 run over the course of three minutes that ended in a standing ovation from the small, but vocal, group of Kansas fans in attendance.
On Wednesday,dayright,most things seemed to work against Kansas.
said. "But we didn't, and they just controlled the game."
She tried to stop Baylor using several different defensive schemes. The layhawks implemented both zone and man-to-man defenses at different times, but failed to contain the Bears, who shot 49 percent from the field.
Henrickson's frustration boiled over when the usually reserved coach received a technical foul with 12,38 remaining in the second half for arguing a call. The technical was Henrickson's first during her three seasons at Kansas.
Senior guard Shaquina Mosley scored 16 points and played with her usual flair, but she was the lone bright spot from much of the game. Apart from Mosley, the layhawks shot a combined 4-for-18 in the first half. The result of the poor shooting was a 35-19 Baylor halftime lead.
When the layhaws took the court in the second half, they possessed renewed energy but could not cut into the sizeable deficit.
Senior guard Sharita Smith was the most aggressive Kansas player
in the second half. She shed her usually timid offensive style of play and focused on attacking the basket. Smith scored four points early in the second half and finished the final game of her collegiate career with six points.
Edited by Mark Vierthaler
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