TEXAS TECH 66, KANSAS 65
Last-minute disappointment
Sloppy second-half play leads to eighth-straight division loss in as many tries
BY ASHER FUSCO
If the jahwavas are feeling a bit of deja vu, it would be understandable.
After the teams eighth conference loss in as many tries, every game is beginning to look like the last. Kansas took a two point lead into halftime, but sputtered in the second half on the way to a narrow 66-65 loss against Texas Tech.
Early in the game everything seemed to be falling in the jayhawks favor. Freshman forward Danielle
McCray came off of the bench and scored four quick points to give Kansas an 8-4 advantage.
The teams stuck to their trademark styles in the first half, turning the ball over and missing the majority of their shots. At several points the sloppy style of play and frantic pace played into the layhawks hands, allowing for easy lay-ups and baskets in transition.
Senior guard Shaquina Mosley benefited the most from the uptempo pace, scoring 18 points along with 11 assists and nine rebounds.
"Shaq was aggressive," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "She did a good job of getting rebounds and racing the ball down the floor."
Texas relied on the steady play of forward Alesha Robertson to keep the Kansas lead within six points. Robinson, a versatile player with the shooting ability of a guard and the size of a forward, scored 12 points in the first half and 20 overall.
"She is quick for a player her size," junior forward Taylor McIntosh said. "I knew coming into the game that
she would be tough, and she was."
The Lady Raiders went into half-time on a high note after scoring six points in the final minute and a half. This scoring spurt proved to be just a hint of what was to come.
It became apparent in the first few minutes of the second half that Kansas simply lacked the size to defend Texas Tech near the basket. 6-foot-6 senior center Patrice Edwards and 6-foot-3 junior center
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Shaquina Mosley,
senior guard, puts
up a shot on a fast break.
The Jayhawks played
Texas Tech Wednesday night in Allen Fieldhouse.
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ESPN to feature KU on GameDay
Hype surrounds Big 12 rival game KU vs. Texas A&M
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
The spotlight is always bright at Kansas, but it will be turned up another notch this weekend. ESPN's College GameDay is coming to town, and that means a week of hype and festivities building up to Saturday night's game against No. 10 Texas A&M.
Students are expected to come out in big numbers for the game and the Saturday morning pregame show.
"When the fans get into it, we feed off of them," freshman guard Sherron Collins said. "It's like a boost of energy for us."
Early Wednesday afternoon there
were 59 camping groups inside Allen Fieldhouse, and there are still three days until the game. Coach Bill Self said the enthusiasm from the students helps sell recruits on Kansas
"It is not what we do that gives us the exposure as much as the atmosphere," he said. "When they film the students camping out, that's what shows people that fans here are pretty serious about their basketball."
The pregame show begins at 10 a.m., beginning a day full of coverage from inside Allen Fieldhouse.
"There's a lot of buildup to it, and I think ESPN does a great job making it comparable to the football Saturdays," Self said.
The team will treat the 8 p.m. game like any other night game, including a morning shoot around and an afternoon nap.
Rush and Collins said they'll probably catch the pregame portion
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Home of the Jayhawks doesn't need Chiefs chant
Oh, say, can you see, by the downs early light.
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight.
Oer the ramparts we watchid, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air.
Gave proof thre the right that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave?
was born in Kansas City; I grew up a fan of the Chiefs.
When I was young, I thought it was really cool that all the fans at Arrowhead Stadium would yell out "CHIEF'S" at the end of the national anthem. I moved out of Kansas City when I was 10, and completely forgot about that tradition.
A hefty portion of Kansas student-fans yell out "CHEIFS" at the end of the national anthem here too. It's been going on since I was a freshman, and according to others I've talked to, it dates back well beyond that.
BY JONATHAN KEALING
KANSAN SPORTS COLUMNIST
JKEALING@KANSAN.COM
That is, until I came to the University of Kansas as a freshman
I don't understand it
Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium are the home of the Jayhawks. The Chiefs have never played at either venue. On top of that, as angry as most KU students are with the Border Showdown being moved to Arrowhead, I don't understand why those same students would be celebrating the host team — the Chiefs — by screaming their name before the Kansas Jayhawks took the floor against the Missouri Tigers, or any other team for that matter.
Just as importantly, though, the University of Kansas is the home of the Jayhawk. Show the Jayhawk players enough respect not to yell out the name of another team while they're standing on the court.
The national anthem is a symbol of our country. It was written on
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