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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007
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Kelly Kohn, freshman guard, looks to pass off to one of her teammates. Last night's loss dropped Kansas to 8-17.
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Danielle McCray, freshman forward, pushes the ball up the court after an inbounds pass. Coach Bonnie Henickson has a 3-1-record against Missouri now
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"She's been playing confident lately," she said, "but tonight I certainly wasn't thrilled with her performance."
Part of Henrickson's disappointment stemmed from what McCray did with her rebounds. Although she pulled down tour offensive boards, McCray had trouble capitalizing on the opportunity for second-chance points.
It wasn't only McCray but the whole layhawk frontcourt who struggled in this area. Despite grabbing 17 offensive boards as a team, Kansas had only 18 second-chance points.
"That's great that we got offensive rebounds but we need to convert them." freshman forward Sade Morris said, "If we do that, this game is another story."
Coming off of the bench, Morris was effective in her 24 minutes of play Wednesday. She had ten points, which is more than she has had in
Even Morris waking up from a slump was not enough to dig Kansas out of their offensive hole. Henrickson expected junior forward Taylor McIntosh and freshman guard Kelly Kohn to contribute a substantial amount of points, but that didn't happen. The two combined for only four points on a miserable 11 percent from the field.
nearly a month, and grabbed five rebounds, only one shy of tying a career-high.
"When Taylor and Kelly shoot like that, I don't know who were going to beat." Hendrickson said.
Shaquina Mosley was sensational again despite the loss. The senior guard had a career high 22 points and nine rebounds.
But the Jayhawks couldn't find a way to complement her at the most critical of times. With 10:24 remaining, Mosley hit a three from the top of arc to cut the Tiger lead to 47-46 it was followed by nearly
a six minute scoring drought by the lajhawks.
"Some of us lost our confidence after we missed easy shots," Mosley said. "Then we started shooting tentatively."
Mosley once again revived Kansas small hopes of a comeback with 3:21 remaining as she penetrated the lane for a lay up to make the score 59-51. Once again, the Jayhawks's shots didn't fall and they were held scoreless for over three minutes.
"I don't know if they were scared of getting their shots blocked or what?" Henrickson said, "but we weren't posed."
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@kansan.com.
Edited by Will McCullough
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Porscha Weddington, freshman forward, looks for an outlet during the border showdown last night. Kansas shot only 28 percent in the second half.
top three players
Mosley
Shaquina Moslev
Mosley is the bright spot for the Jayhawks again scoring a game-high and career-high 22 points.
Sade Morris added 10 points for Kansas in 24 minutes of play. Morris also tallied one block.
Morris
Sade Morris
McCray
Danielle McCray
McCray had nine points and 11 rebounds.
Jayhawks fall despite productive first half
BY TAYLOR BERN
After falling to a quick eight point deficit to rival Missouri, Kansas responded with an empowering 15-0 run.
Freshman Sade Morris finished the first half with nine points, nearly three more points than her game average. However, Morris cooled down and scored one point in the second half.
"The hungriest team dominates the boards and dominates in transition," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "We didn't come out the hungriest team and that is disappointing."
A game high 22 points from senior Shaquina Mosley wasn't enough for the lajahwaks to overcome a lackluster defense and a balanced Missouri attack, as the Tigers won. 67-57.
As soon as her team fell behind, Missouri guard Alysse Hollins stepped up and hit 3-4 of 4 beyond the arc in the first half.
In the second half, the Jayhawks' defensive woes moved from the arc to the paint where Missouri forward FelTisha Riddle took advantage of every misstep that Kansas made. Riddle finished the game with a team high 15 points, while senior forward Carlyn Savant poured in 11. Both players were given than a few open lay ups due to miscommunication amongst the Jayhawk defenders.
"For a team that leads the league in three-point field goal percentage defense, we didn't look like it," Henrickson said.
Kansan sportswriter Taylor Bern can be contacted at tbern@kansan.com.
Kansas clawed and scratched its way to consecutive Big 12 victories over Colorado and Texas, but according to Mosley and Morris, the team didn't have the same intensity or confidence going into the Missouri game. Henrickson chalked it up to playing soft.
Edited by Jyl Unruh
"Welet shooters run away from us and got hung up in screens and just played soft defensively," Henrickson said. "We had a lot of people who did not show up."
Missouri 67, Kansas 57
Missouri 35
Kansas 28
FIELD GOALS
BORDER WAR
Kansas - McCray 4-11 0-9; McIntosh 2-10 0-9; Smith 1-3 0-9;
Kohn 0-8 0-0; Mosley 9-22 3-4 2-1;
Catic 0-0 0-0; Zinc 2-2 1-1 5; Morris 4-10 2-4 10; Weddington 2-2 1-2 5;
34 26 8-7 11.57.
PA
FF
Missouri - Savant 2-5 7-7 11; Riddle
7-14 1-2 15; Hollins 5-11 0-1 14;
Hardiek 2-1 4 8; Brooks 3-9 2-2 8;
Campbell 1-2 0-0 3; Richbow 0-0 0-0;
Drew 1-4 0-0; Jackson 3-8 0-6.
Totals 24 60 14 16 67.
RECORDS
RECORDS Kansas 8-17,2-10 Missouri 15-10,3-9
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