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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY HANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
Shaquina Mosley, senior guard, puts up a shot during Wednesday's game against Texas Tech.
Turnover troubles cost victory
Lady Raiders challenge Jayhawks despite team leaders' impressive statistics, efforts
BY CASE KEEFER
Shaqina Mosley set yet another career high Wednesday with eleven assists. But, it was her nine turnovers that made a bigger difference in the end.
It wasn't only the senior guard who struggled with turnovers, but the entire Jayhawk team. Kansas committed 24 turnovers in a 66-65 loss to Texas Tech
"The turnovers make it difficult to say we played a good game," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "There were too many empty possessions."
Kansas did play well as far as scoring points, Junior forward Taylor McIntosh had a
career-high 16 points for the second straight game, but that was over-shadowed.
"It's very frustrating to turn the ball over that much," she said.
Many times the Jayhawks needed a big play on the offensive end; it seemed that the ball wound up in the hands of a Lady Raider.
The Jayhawks had just taken their largest lead at 23-17 after freshman guard Kelly Kohn hit a three-pointer from the corner with six minutes remaining in the first half.
Kansas would fail to build on the six-point lead, Sophomore guard Ivana Catic had passes intercepted on both of the following possessions that turned into easy Texas Tech points.
The half would end with a Mosley turnover that translated into a three-point play at the other end for Lady Raider forward Alesha Robertson. The layhawks headed to the locker room with 14 turnovers.
"Some of those were just silly mistakes." Henrickson said.
"The turnovers make it difficult to say we played a good game. There were too many empty possessions."
When the game was on the line in the second half, the trend continued. With 7:30 remaining, Kansas needed two points to tie the game. Off of a fast break, Mosey saw McNtosh wide open under the basket but overthrew her for her eighth turn-over of the night.
With 5:40 remaining McIntosh opted to pass instead of taking a wide open shot. The Lady Raiders
BONNIE HENRICKSON Women's basketball coach
came up with the ball and raced down the court for a wide-open three-pointer for Robertson.
59-52. For the next four and a half minutes, however, Kansas committed no turnovers and creeped back into the game.
At that point, Texas Tech seemed to be pulling away with its largest lead.
"I thought I was going to the hoop," Mosley said. "But I bobbled it and the last time that happened I turned it over."
Henderson was fouled and after missing both free throws, Mosley had one more chance. But for fear of turning the ball over, she settled for a jump shot.
With eight seconds left in the game, the Jayhawks were down one and Mosley attempted to penetrate from the left wing, Texas Tech guard LaVonda Henderson batted it out of her hands and she lost the ball.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@kansan.com.
— Edited by Lisa Tilson
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
LaChelda Jacobs, freshman guard, drives in a lay up against Texas Tech freshman forward Jordan Murpuree. Tech defended Kansas 66-65 with a strong second half.
Texas Tech 66. Kansas 65
GOALS
Kansas 3134----65 Texas Tech 2937----66
Kansas: McIntosh 6-10-4-5 16, Weddington 1-2-0-0-2; Smith 0-1-0-0-0; Kohn 1-6-2-2;
Moseley 7-21-4-1 48; Jacobs 2-5-1-5; Boyd 0-0-0-0; Morris 2-3-0-0; McCray 5-8-
3-14; Catic 0-1-0-0-0. Totals 24-57 14-17 65.
Texas Tech: Myric 2-4 0-0 4; Flowers 1-1 1-2 3; Robertson 6-10 6-7 20; Baughman 2-5, 0-0 5; Murphree 5-13 4-4 14; Edwards 5-7 1-2 11; Christian 1-8 0-0 2; Griffin 1-1 0-0 2; Henderson 2-6 1-4 5; Totals 25-55 13-19.66.
RECORDS
Kansas 6-15 (0-8 Big 12)
Texas Tech 14-8 (5-8 Big 12)
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DEFEAT (CONTINUED FROM 12A)
Erin Myrick presented major problems for the Jayhawks as the game wore on.
The Lady Raiders appeared to have control of the game with 9:12 remaining and a six point lead. However, as has often been the case this season, the Jayhawks had a bit of fight left in them.
Edwards secured rebounds and scored easily over the smaller Kansas defenders. Though she fouled out with four minutes remaining. Edwards tallied 11 points and six rebounds.
It was at this moment that McIntosh and McCray took control
of the game. In the next five minutes, McIntosh scored four straight points and took a charge underneath the basket, drawing a standing ovation from the crowd.
McCray quickly followed suit, making a three-point shot and taking a charge on back-to-back possessions.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
"We work so hard to get things right in practice," McCray said. "To come up short again is frustrating."
McIntosh tled the score at 65-65 with 39.5 seconds remaining on a fall away jump shot. However, on the ensuing Texas Tech possession McIntosh committed a hooking foul that sent Robertson to the free throw line. She made only one of the two free throws, but that was enough to
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ice the game, as Kansas' final shot fell short at the buzzer.
This kind of frustrating loss has become routine of late for the Hawks. Despite their winless conference record, they have given strong teams close calls on several occasions.
GAMEDAY (CONTINUED FROM 12A)
"I'll just hang out in my room and get some rest," he said. "There will be a lot of attention. We just can't let it to our heads."
of the GameDay show if it doesn't interfere with their schedule. Junior guard Russell Robinson said he won't bother, although he usually watches the show when the team is in town on Sundays.
Last year the Jayhawks played the spotlight game in Austin, Texas, losing to the Longhorns 80-55. That Jayhawk team was comprised of several young players who said they didn't handle the pressure as well as they could have.
"We went into a tough road environment and got blown out of the water," sophomore guard Brandon Rush said.
Aside from the blowout in Austin, the Jayhawks also appeared on GameDay in 2005, the show's inaugural season. In that game, Wayne Simien and Keith Langford led the Jayhawks to a 90-65 victory against the Longhorns in front of the Allen Fieldhouse crowd.
"I don't think wed been in an atmosphere like that where you have
Self said one of the keys to success will be not getting too tired up about the game and the surroundings. He said that's part of what did in the Jayhawks last year.
to deal with those things" he said. "I think we wasted a lot of energy by not being poised."
This will be the first time in that environment for Kansas freshmen Darrell Arthur and Collins.
"We're probably going to come out more enthusiastic and more eager to play." Collins said.
He'll look to feed off the students, who will bring an extra level of energy to the fieldhouse on Saturday.
Kansan senior sportswriter Michael Phillips can be contacted at mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Jyl Unruh
KEALING (CONTINUED FROM 12A)
the occasion of a battle during the War of 1812. It's played at solemn ceremonies, like an inactivation of a military unit I attended this past weekend. It's played at the funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq.
I graduated from high school in a town where people like to call
Kansas fans like to call themselves the best basketball fans in the country, but this behavior makes me question that title.
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themselves the best baseball fans in the country. I can assure you, even when the Atlanta Braves come to town, no one changes the words of the National Anthem at a St. Louis Cardinals game.
It's time for all of you to stand up and tell the guy sitting next to you that the last word in the National Anthem is brave. The Kansas City Chiefs can keep their tradition, but it has no place at the University of Kansas.
Kealing is a Chesterfield, Mo., senior in journalism and political science.
Edited by Lisa Tilson
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