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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, DECEMBER 4. 2006
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Poor second-half play leads to loss
During the first half of Sunday's game at Wisconsin, Kansas played just well enough to stay in the game. The second half was a different story.
Kansas can't catch up to Wisconsin
BY ASHER FUSCO
After trading baskets with the Badgers for much of the first half, the layhawks struggled through poor second-half performance on the way to a 68-41 loss.
Kansas shot just 30 percent from the field and was not effective offensively at any point in the game. Hardheaded defense and scrappy play played the lajayhawks in the game for the first 20 minutes on Sunday. Kansas trailed 29-21 at halftime but had held its own against a taller Wisconsin team and stayed out of foul trouble. The lajayhawks out-rebounded the Badgers 19 to 17 in the first half.
"We did a great job on the boards in the first half," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "But in the second half we just didn't match their intensity."
Things turned ugly for the Jayhawks early in the second half. Wisconsin scored five points in just over a minute to begin what would become a 19-2 run during the first six minutes of the period.
The Badgers dominated the second half in nearly every facet of
the game. Wisconsin both outscored and out-rebounded Kansas by wide margins thanks in part to an efficient nine-point, four-rebound performance off the bench from freshman Teah Gant.
Junior Jolene Anderson helped protect the Wisconsin lead with 15 points, nine rebounds and four steals.
No Kansas player enjoyed a strong individual performance, although senior guard Sharita Smith brought some much-needed defensive energy to the court in her 12 minutes of play.
Freshman forward Sade Morris led Kansas with 10 points on 4-for 8 shooting. Morris was the lone Jayhawk to score in double figures on Sunday.
After the disappointing trip to Wisconsin, the young Jayhawks have the luxury of three straight home games and the added experience that can sometimes come from a deflating loss.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
"We'll learn a lot from this," Henrickson said. "This will help us toughen up"
Wisconsin guard Rae Lin D'Alie drives past Jayhawk freshman guard Lindsay Ballweg during Sunday's game in Madison. Ballweg struggled, scoring no points during the game and attempting only one shot. The rest of the team did not fare much better, as the Badgers easily defeated the Jayhawks. It was only the second loss of the season for Kansas.
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Edited by Kate Shipley
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Wisconsin 68. Kansas 41
Valid until Jan 31,2007
Wisconsin 29 39 — 68
Kansas 21 20 — 41
WISCONSIN
Banks 7-10 1-2 15, Anderson 6-14 1-1 15, Gant 2-5 5-6 9, Dunham 3-4 0-0
Gibson 2-3 3-4 7, Ward 2-8 2-2 6, D'Alie 2-7 0-0, Inglison 0-1 2-2 2, Mijacec
vic-1 1-0 2, Heins 0-2 0-0. Totals 25-5 14 17-11.
Morris 4-8 0-10, Zinic 2-8 4-4, Jacobs 3-8 2-4-8, Kohn 2-12 0-4, Smith 2-3 0-4, McCray 2-7 0-4, Boyd 1-2 0-2, McIntosh 0-1 2-1, Catic 0-3 0-0, Ballweg 1-0, Weddington 0-1 0-0, Totals 16-53 7-11 41.
KANSAS
RECORDS — Wisconsin 7-1, Kansas 4-2
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