thursday, february 12, 2004
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the university daily kansar
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Eric Branning Kaiser
The Kansas State women's basketball team celebrated and waved to the crowd after time expired in Lawrence last night.
Wildcat fans made Allen Fieldhouse look like their home court last night, outnumbering and outcheering the Jayhawk faithful as Kansas State routed Kansas.
OVERWHELMED: Wildcats dominate in the paint
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get any closer.
Kansas struggled to the end, and were finished off as K-State put together a 12-0 run in the final minutes of the game.
Ohlde paced the Wildcats with 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Wecker added 21, and Madden also scored in double digits with 14.
Texas A&M loses ninth straight game,83 to 77
COLLEGE STATION, Texas Nate Johnson scored 19 points including all four of his free throws in the final minute, to lead Nebraska to an 83-77 victory over Texas A&M last night.
Nebraska (13-7, 3-6 Big 12) only hit two field goals in the last 14 minutes of play, but hit 25 of 26 free throws over the same stretch to outlast A&M for the lead.
Ervin, coming off a one-game suspension for violation of team policies, had six points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Kansas guard Erica Hallman, led the Jayhawks with impressive shooting from behind the arc. The 5-8 guard scored 14 points, and connected on 3-of-6 three-point attempts. Guard Larisha Graves contributed 10 points in the loss.
The two teams combined for 71 free throws and 55 fouls over the course of the game with 52 of those shots and 37 of the fouls occurring in the second half.
Texas A&M (7-13, 0-9) lost its ninth straight game. The Aggies were led by Jesse King's 18 points and seven rebounds.
Hallman said the team was disappointed that it could not stay with Kansas State.
Back-to-back scores from Ace Law along with just three Nebraska points in the final five minutes of the first period opened the door for the Aggies. A last second shot by Bobby Leach gave A&M A 33-32 halftime edge, its first lead of the game.
"We thought we could come out and give them a game," Hallman said, "but that didn't happen."
Nebraska's fast start hit a road block midway through the second half, as the Cornhuskers could not get any open looks and kept heading to the line.
Kansas will travel to Oklahoma Saturday for a matchup with the 15-6 Sooners.
The lead was shortlived as the Huskers opened the second half on an 18-3 run to take a 50-36 lead.
A&M trailed by as little as three with 1:04 remaining when Andrew Drevo left the game with a bloody nose. Drevo had 18 points and nine rebounds for Nebraska.
-Edited by Paul Kramer
Nebraska hit all eight of its free throws in the final minute to hold on to the win.
Final free throws give DePaul edge in St. Louis
ST.LOUIS — Delonte Holland made five free throws in the final 57 seconds, sparking DePaul, down by 21 in the first half, to a 70-68 win over Saint Louis yesterday.
DePaul (14-7) finished with 15-for-18 shooting from the free throw line and out rebounded Saint Louis 36-18. The Blue Demons, winners of four in a row and seven of their last eight games, snapped a four-game losing streak to Saint Louis and improved to 7-3 in league play. The Billikens (11-9, 4-5) lost their fourth consecutive game.
Josh Fisher led Saint Louis with 13 points. Reggie Bryant and Anthony Drejaj each scored 12 points and Tom Frericks added 11 for the Billikens.
half we did pretty good and matched them." Woodard said.
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Hallman was responsible for all of the team's three-point shots; her three in the first half were all the team could muster.
ALLMAN: Woodard says Hallman has promise
"It's always good when you can get the threes to go down," Hallman said. "I've been pretty consistent the whole season."
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Woodard claimed to have seen something extra from Hallman this week, and was hoping Hallman would give the team an extra presence.
"I work pretty hard in practice, maybe coach has seen something different," Hallman said. "Just trying to give everybody some energy because we're really lacking it right now."
Aside from putting points on the board, Hallman considers it important to the team for her to serve as a leader on the court.
Eric Braem/Kansan Sophomore guard Erica Hallman, dribbled around an opponent during the game last night against Kansas State. The Jayhawks lost the game 81-51
In addition to directing traffic and setting up plays, the boost she can give to players emotionally is equally important.
"I've played point guard my whole life. I try to lead by example, and tell people where to go," Hallman said.
While Hallman played well in this game, few Kansas fans were able to see her knock down 75 percent of her threes in the first half. The reason, two-thirds of Allen Fieldhouse was purple.
"We've got to win games to get people here," she said. "We've got to earn them."
Hallman is realistic, however, about her team's ability to fill the seats with crimson and blue.
Hallman was also noticed by her teammates.
"Erica played awesome."
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Northern Iowa had four players in double figures as the Panthers beat Southwest Missouri State 64-59 last night, to break a 14-game losing streak to the Bears dating to the 1996-97 season.
Victory moves Northern Iowa to fourth in the MVC
freshman forward Lauren Ervin said. "She saw the gaps and went for them."
As far as Ervin was concerned, several facets of Hallman's game were clicking.
Not only was she able to nail the outside shots that she took, she also drove to the lane for a couple of easy baskets.
By the end of the game, Hall-
Marrill Andrews and Monwell Randle each had 10 points to lead Southwest Missouri.
man was shooting just under 56 percent, but coming out of the first half, she was nailing 80 percent of her shots.
Going into last night's game, Hallman had been averaging about 21.4 minutes. Yesterday, she was on the court for 29 minutes.
The Panthers took an early 19-7 lead and led most of the way. Randle hit two free throws as Southwest Missouri finished a 7-0 run to cut the score to 19-14 with just over six minutes remaining in the half.
- Edited by Collin LaJoie
Northern Iowa led 30-22 at halftime.
With the game tied 48-48 with 4:36 remaining, Northern Iowa went on a 9-0 run and sealed the victory with free throws down the stretch.
With the victory, Northern Iowa took over sole possession of fourth place in the MVC.
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