THE UNIVERSITY HARY KANSAN
MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2007
SPORTS
3B
DEFLATED (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Nebraska coach Connie Yori was whistled for a technical foul after arguing what she thought was a travel.
Freshman forward Danielle McCray made one of two from the foul line. With 36 seconds remaining, freshman forward Sade Morris hit a wide open three-pointer from the corner.
On the following Nebraska possession, the Jayhawks played their best defense of the night, which forced a shot-clock violation. This set up Mosley to make her second buzer-beating shot in three games to end the first half with the score tied at 39.
Kansas couldn't carry the
momentum into the second half.
The Cornhuskers got off to a blazing
14-4 run to begin the half and never
looked back.
"We said in the locker room that both teams were capable of making a run, but wed have to weather the storm." Henrickson said. "We didn't do that."
The team will play Texas Tech at 7 p.m. Wednesday at home.
The Jayhawks were outscored 39-
19 in the second half.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at ckeefer@kansan.com.
— Edited by Carissa Pedigo
No. 25 Nebraska 78, Kansas 58
Kansas 39 19 — 58
Nebraska 39 39 — 78
Kansas ~ McIntosh 7-8 2-12 6-Mosley
7-11 1-2-2 18-Wedding, 1-4 0-2; Smith 1-2 0-0 2; Kohn 1-7 0-0 2;
Jacobs 0-4 1-2 1; Catic 1-2 0-0 2; McCray 3-4 1-2 1; Morris 1-8 0-0 3;
Smith 0-0 0-0; Feckert 0-0 0-0 0; Tatall 22-5 8-12 58.
Nebraska — Griffin 7-10 19-24-
Aubry 3-6 2-2 B Ford 3-1 3-8; Spheric 4-5 0-0 8; Hardy 4-1 3-1 6; Neals 0-0 0-0; LaFleur 0-2 0-0; Kuhlmann 0-0 2-0; Turner 0-3 0-0; Montgomery 0-0 0-0; Bober 0-0 0-0; Page 8-11 1-4 17; Tops 29-51 19-29.78
Kansas 6-14, 0-7 Big 12
Colorado 17-4, 5-2 Big 12
》 TRACK AND FIELD
Thrower weighs in at first DeHart Invitational prepares Jayhawks for track ahead
BY TAYLOR BERN
Egor Agafonov continued his dominance at the DeHart Invitational on Saturday, posting a season-best throw of 71-02.50 in the weight throw to win the event and automatically qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships in March.
Agatonov's victory highlighted an impressive showing for the University of Kansas at the meet held in Albuquerque, N.M.
Agafonov, a junior and the defending Big 12 Conference champion in the weight throw, has won the event at every meet this season and now holds the record for the second best throw in the nation.
Other jayhawks also performed well and fought for qualifying results.
Three women met the NCAA provisional requirements on Saturday, two of them in the pole vault. A provisional requirement means an individual may or may not qualify for
the Indoor Championships depending on the results of other competitors from across the nation.
Junior Kate Sultanova and freshman Britany Parker each surpassed their season-best heights and improved upon their provisional
marks in the pole vault. Sultanova finished second overall, clearing a height of 13-08.25 and Parker came in third with a vault of 13-04.25. Sultanova finished first and
Agafanov
Parker finished second at last week's jayhawk Invitational.
Junior Crystal Manning also met the NCAA provisional mark in the triple jump with her leap of 42-03.50. Manning, who finished fourth in the triple jump at last year's Big 12 Indoor Championships, placed 12th at Saturday's meet.
Junior Colby Wissel took the gold
medal in the men's one mile run with a time of 4:18.42, while sophomore Ashley Brown narrowly missed the NCAA provisional mark for the second straight week, winning the 60-meter hurdles with a career-best 8.43 seconds.
Sophomore Zlata Tarasova placed fourth in the women's weight throw with a toss of 61-10.25 and sophomore Julius luis finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.15.
The layhawk women finished in seventh place and the men took tenth despite leaving their middle distance runners back in Lawrence to prepare for this weekend's upcoming meet.
The lajhawks return to action Feb. 2 and 3, when they travel to Lincoln, Neb., for the Husker Invitational.
Kansan sportswriter Taylor Bern can be contacted at tbern@kansan.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Second half snaps hopes
BY ASHER FUSCO
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Kansas women's basketball team matched the Nebraska Cornhuskers in nearly every facet of the game for the first 20 minutes Saturday night. Unfortunately for the lajahawks, the game didn't end at halftime.
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
A game that was tied 39-39 at halftime slowly slipped from the Jayhawks' grasp, ending in a 78-58 Cornhouser victory.
Rebecba Feickert, freshman forward, goes up for a block against Nebraska for Danielle Page. Kansas, tied into half-time, failed to enter the second half and lost 58-78.
The first half contained arguably some of Kansas' strongest play so far this season. At times, Kansas looked like a team full of veterans, playing tight defense and running its offense efficiently.
When senior guard Shaquina Mosley beat the halftime buzzer with a long jump shot, the teams stood toe-to-heel in most statistical categories. Both teams shot 54 percent from the field and turned the ball over at the same rate.
In the opening half, the team performed in ways they had not previously been able to.
Junior forward Taylor McIntosh took advantage of frequent mismatches to post a career-high 16 points. With Nebraska focusing its efforts on freshman guard Kelly Kohn, McIntosh often found herself shooting over shorter defenders.
"Nebraska switched on a lot of screens so I was able to post up on a lot of guards." McIntosh said.
For as well as Nebraska played
Nebraska forwards Kelsey Griffin and Danielle Page were the two players the Jayhawks had trouble controlling. Griffin's ability to score her 24 points both off the dribble and on the offensive boards was too much for Kansas to handle. Page stretched the defense thin with her shooting touch and tired the Jayhawk defenders, putting up 17 points along the way.
When the teams took the floor at the beginning of the second half, the tone of the game changed almost immediately; the Cornhuskers consistently piled on points and added to their lead.
in Saturday's second half, Kansas failed to grant itself any favors. The Jayhawks fell back on old habits, making mental mistakes and playing tentatively on offense. Kansas was stuck in slow motion on defense, and messy play resulted in free throws and easy baskets for Nebraska.
Kansas' late struggles could be attributed to several factors. Foul trouble plagued McIntosh and freshman forward Porscha Weddington, which caused them to hold back on defense for fear of fouling out. Without injured sophomore center Marija Zinic, Kansas lacked depth and had few post options off the bench.
A lack of focus was also a problem. Kohn and Moseley were scarce.
seen for most of the second half,
combining to score just five points.
Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson did not fall back on excuses to explain her teams inconsistency.
"Give credit to Nebraska for making a run," Henrickson said. "We needed to weather the storm, and we did not do that."
The Jahawks remain winless in conference play this season, and unless the team learns to put together two consistent halves of basketball, a conference victory might continue to be unattainable.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
Edited by Ashley Thompson