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in the past two or three games." McIntosh said. "I've just been trying to make myself more available to get the ball."
Junior guard McNittos was not the only layhawk upperclassman to record some impressive statistics Thursday night. Senior guard Shaquina Mosley recovered from a concussion suffered last weekend to score a career high 26 points on 11-for-23 shooting. Mosley's driving layup with less than 14 seconds on the clock put Kansas on top to stay.
The stellar performances of Mosley and Mcintosh made up for the shaky defense of sophomore center Marija Zinic and a foul-plagued game from Kohn.
Danielle McCray, freshman forward, takes a shot over the outstretched hand of a Missouri defender. Thursday night's win in Columbia moved the Jayhawks into the 11th seed going in to the Big 12 tournament.
When Kohn picked up two fouls in the first two minutes of the game, Mosley rose to the occasion, scoring 12 points in the first half. If she was still feeling the effect of Saturday's injury, she hid it well.
"I thought she was a little tentative at first with the ball," Henrickson said. "But later she started to look like the Shaq of old."
Late in the first half, the Tigers managed to scrap together a 12-3 run by exploiting Zinic's lack of agility on the defensive end. During this three-minute stretch, Missouri forward EeTisha Riddle scored nine points to the Jaihawks' three. Fortunately for Kansas, freshman forward Danielle McCray was able to team with McIntosh to stop the bleeding and keep the lead at six points entering halftime.
It was a close game for the entire second half, with Missouri grabbing its only lead, 43-42, with 14:28 remaining. From that point on, Mosley scored 10 points and McLintosh added six as Kansas put the finishing touches on its fourth victory of the conference season.
Kansas' victory not only put a damper on Missouri's senior night festivities, but also gave the team the 11th seed in next week's Big 12 tournament. The Jayhawks' 4-12 conference record is tied for last in the Big 12 but by virtue of a tiebreaker, they
push Kansas State to the bottom of the bracket.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
>> SHAQUINA MOSLEY
Concussion can't stop her Guard logs career-high 26 points in final game
BY CASE KEEFER
Throughout the game, it became apparent that Mosley wasn't going to leave Columbia empty-handed. The concussion she sustained would be no factor in stopping her from what she does best; making big plays when the Jayhawks need them.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Under normal circumstances, it would come as no surprise that senior guard Shaquina Mosley led Kansas to a 70-66 victory against Missouri.
With 14:29 left in the second half, the Tigers took their first lead of the game off a three-pointer
"We just needed this game really bad," Mosley said, "and I wanted to do everything in my power to help the team to win."
"That was a lot of confidence in our medical staff," coach Bonnie Henrickson said, "and her trusting that we wouldn't put her in a situation where she was in danger."
What made Mosley's career high 26-point performance on Thursday so impressive was that it came only five days after a concussion suffered against Colorado.
Henrickson said the decision to play was ultimately up to Mosley. That decision wasn't very hard to make. As soon as Mosley found out she was cleared to play, she knew what she was going to do.
from Marchele Campbell. Mosley answered by gliding to the basket to make sure the Missouri lead didn't last.
"It's her ability to take off from the perimeter and hang and hang and hang." Henrickson said. "Not many people can hang with her."
It wasn't only her ability to score that had an impact. Mosley displayed toughness and determination on the defensive end as well.
The game was tied at 64 with 1:21 remaining when it seemed that the Jayhawks had just committed a costly turnover. But Mosley raced down the floor and dove on the loose ball to cause a jump ball, disregarding her own well-being for the sake of her team.
With 15 seconds remaining the game was still tied. It was no surprise who Kansas went to when it needed something big to happen. Mosley raced from the top off the key to the right for a contested layup that bounced in to make the score 68-66.
"It ites like every game with a couple of seconds left, I set a screen for her and she dribbles off and makes it," junior forward Taylor McIntosh said. "I'm just waiting behind her in case it doesn't go in but she always makes it."
Despite ending her regular season career on such a high note,
Mosley was more content with how Kansas overcame its adversity in the season.
"It just feels really nice to get some wins in," she said. "Like I was saying earlier in the season after that seven-game losing streak, we're a better team than the way we were playing."
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@ kansan.com.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
Kansas 70, Missouri 66
Kansas 35 35 — 70
Missouri 29 37 — 66
Kansas — McCray 5-9-0-11; Smith 2-4-1-2-5; Kohn 1-1-2-2-4; McIntosh 8-10-1-2-17; Mosley 1-12-2-3-26; Catic 1-1-0-2-0; Zinic 1-3-0-0-2; Morris 1-5-1-2; Weddington 0-1-0-0. Totals 30-57-1-70. 10
Missouri — Brooks 6-15-7-8-19
Savant 2-8-2-3-7; Riddle 7-13-2-
5-16; Hollins 2-5-0-5; Hardiek
2-5-0-1; Campbell 4-6-0-9;
Johnson 0-0-0-0; Richbow 2-
0-0-5; Drew 2-0-0-0; Jackson
0-0-0; Totals 25-11-6-17
Records — Kansas 10-19, 4-12
Big 12 Conference, Missouri
17-12, 5-11.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Triple threat coming to Kansas
BY MARK DENT
When Conner Teahan arrives in Lawrence this fall, he'll quickly find a counterpart in freshman guard Sherron Collins.
Like Collins, who was a three-sport star in high school. Teahan hasn't found too many challenges when it comes to athletics. The Rockhurst senior is a scoring machine in basketball for his Kansas City, Mo., high school. He led his football team to the state semifinals as the quarterback when he was a junior. And as for baseball? Well, he doesn't actually play the sport, but that's only because he doesn't want to.
"From what I've heard, he could've played baseball," Rockhurst basketball coach Mark Nusbaum said. "Supposedly he was a very good pitcher when he was younger."
Also like Collins, Teahan decided to play basketball in college. He recently announced his intentions to walk on at Kansas next season. He joins McDonald's All American Cole Aldrich and Tyrell Reed, who plays on the Pump 'N' Run AU队 with Teahan, as members of Kansas' 2007 recruiting class.
Teahan, who averages 25 points and 8 rebounds per game for his 18-9 Rockhurst team, received an offer from Wichita State and interest from Kansas State and Missouri. None of those teams enticed Teahan. His decision to become a Jayhawk was a nobrainer.
"I've always watched KU and loved
KU since I was a little kid," he said.
"They made me feel like I was welcome and could be a contributor down the road."
That's apparent judging by the complete game Teahan will bring to Kansas. At 6'5", he creates match-up nightmares on the basketball court. "He's not just a slasher, and he's not just a shooter." Nusbaum said. "If you get up on him, he'll take it to the hole. And if you back off him, he can shoot over you."
Nusbaum also said people would be surprised by Teahan's athletic ability and deceptive quickness, skills that he honed from four years on the grid-iron.
Rockhurst routinely has one of the top 25 teams in the country, and he has been the starting quarterback for the last two years. Teahan could have played the sport in college if he wanted, but he said basketball was always his true love.
Football helped Teahan improve speed and it made him tougher, but he also said it was a distraction at times.
I haven't been able to focus on bas
ketball completely because of football." Tealan said. "I know my abilities and with only one focus, I think I'll be able to improve more."
He may not get a chance to showcase his abilities on the court next season. Unless some Kansas players unexpectedly enter the draft, the layhawks will be stocked at Teahan's guard position.
That's OK for Teahan, though. He knows his chances could be limited next year but sees plenty of opportunities down the road. Two or three years from now, he hopes to be playing significant minutes every night.
"I'm just going to do whatever the coaches tell me to do," he said. "I don't know exactly what that will be, but I want to make the team better."
Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent can be contacted at mdent@kansan. com.
Edited by Trevan McGee
》COWBOY CUT
Bledsoe, five others released
BY DAVE GOLDBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS — As expected, the Dallas Cowboys cut Drew Bledsoe on Thursday.
Bledsoe, who lost his quarterback job to Tony Romo after six turnover- and Tony plaged starts last season, was one of a number of aging players cut Thursday as teams adjusted their rosters to get more salary cap room for the free agent period that begins Friday.
Joe Horn, one of the leaders of the New Orleans Saints during their 2005 season in Hurricane Katrina-enforced exile, also was cut.
The 35 year old wide receiver, whose image did a 180-degree turn after Katrina forced the team from its home and left it to spend that year in Texas, was let go at his own request after he declined to take a pay cut.
He could come back
"Joe really wanted to see where his value is around the league for his services," general manager Mickey Loomis said. "With as much as Joe has meant to the Saints and to New Orleans, we don't want to impede his desire to do so, and we have kept the door open for him to return to our team."
Among the other transactions Thursday:
Wide receiver Keenan McCardell, who turned 37 in January, was released by San Diego. San Diego also let go two troubled players: linebacker Steve Foley, who missed the season after being shot by a policeman, and safety Terrence Kiel, who pleaded guilty last month to felony and misdemeanor drug charges for shipping codeine-based cough syrup to Texas.
San Francisco waived receiver Antonio Bryant, just one season after signing him to a lucrative
four year, free-agent contract. Bryant caught 40 passes for a team-leading 733 yards last season, but repeatedly ran afoul of coach Mike Nolan's disciplinary standards. Bryant was arrested in November after a wild escape in his orange Lamborghini, and he later angered Nolan for being late to a team meeting. Bryant ended last season midway through a four-game suspension for violating the NFLs substance-abuse policy.
Pittsburgh cut linebacker Joey Porter, an outspoken sack specialist whose trash-talking was one of the subplots leading up to the 2006 Super Bowl, won by the Steelers.
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Mike Alstott, the six-time Pro Bowl fullback who considered retirement after each of the past two seasons, signed a one-year contract with Tampa Bay.
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