12A the university daily kansan
sports
Women's basketball wrap
thursday,december 11.2003
The Jayhawks prepare to face upcoming challenges
By Daniel Berk
By Daniel Berk
dberk@kansan.com
k kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's basketball team will play 12 games against top competition during the holiday break. Here is the rundown on the opponents.
Dec.13-Ball State (4-4)
Probable Starters:
Forward- Kate Endress, 19.0 points pergame, 5.9 rebounds pergame Center- Jessica Reiter, 9.0 ppg, 10.4 pg
Guard-Dana Collins, 5.8 ppg
Guard-Johna Goff, 2.8 ppg, 4.3
assists per game
Guard-Julie Just, 5.8 ppg
The Ball State Cardinals have had an up and down season so far. The Cardinals started 0-2, then won their next four games and are currently in a two-game losing streak. The Cardinals did capture the East Carolina Lady Pirate Invitational by defeating Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and Eastern Washington.
Dec. 20-21 at Denver Tournament (Texas-Arlington, Denver and Lafayette)
Dec. 20 - Texas-Arlington (2-4)
Probable Starters:
Forward- Melanie Lane, 3.2 points per game
Forward-Tojijinay Thompson, 7.5
ppg
Forward- Rola Ogunoye, 13.5 ppg, 6.8 rebounds per game
Guard- Krystal Buchanan, 5.8 ppg, 3.8 assists per game
Guard- LaToya Lewis, 7.3 ppg
Texas-Arlington started the season 2-0 with victories over Texas A&M Commerce and at Oral Roberts. Since, the team is 0-4 with losses against Texas Christian
and Nebraska.
Dec. 29-30 at Dartmouth Blue Sky Restaurant Classic (Dartmouth, Fairfield and UNC Wilmington)
Dec.29 - Dartmouth (3-1)
Probable Starters:
Forward- Jaime Librizzi, 3.3 points per game
points per game Forward-Ashley Taylor, 6.8 ppg
Forward- Ashley Taylor, 6.8 ppg Center- Elise Morrison, 20.5 ppg, 9.8 rebounds per game
Guard-Jeannie Cullen, 16.3 ppg,
5.5 rpg
Guard- Angie Soriago, 8.0 ppg,
4.3 assists per game
Dartmouth is currently on a three-game win streak. Its last two victories have been against Fordham and Providence. Dartmouth dropped its first game of the season versus Charlotte 75-39.
Jan.3 - San Diego (1-5)
Probable Starters:
Guard- Tiara Harris, 5.7 points
pereg
Guard- Polly Dong, 4.2 ppg, 5.7 assists per game
Forward- Jaime Corwin, 8.5 ppg
Forward- Melissa Padgett, 8.0 ppg,
8.3 rebounds per game
Forward- Marta Menuez, 16.5 ppg,
7.0 rpg
San Diego's only victory of the season came in the second game of the season versus Nevada 96-74. Since that victory, San Diego is on a four-game losing streak.
connected on 13 three-pointers Guard- Nina Norman 9.6 points per game, 5.6 rpg
Jan.7-Texas(7-1)
Probable Starters:
Forward-Kala Bowers, 8.9 points per game
Forward- Heather Schreiber, 12.5 ppg, 5.4 rebounds per game Center- Stacy Stephens, 9.8 ppg, 5.1 pg
Jan.10-Missouri(5-1)
The Longhorns started the season with a 7-0 record and an impressive victory over powerhouse Duke. Texas also won a key road game at North Carolina State and won the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic tournament title. The Longhorns sole loss came from nationally-ranked Penn State 79-59.
Guard-Jamie Carey 13.0 ppg,
Forward- Evan Unrau, 17.3 points pergame,9.5 rebounds pergame Forward- Stretch James, 12.3 6.8rg
Probable Starters:
Center-Megan Roney, 6.5 pp
Guard-Tracy Lozier, 10.2 pp,
hit 13 three-pointers
J. Jeffery, Read, 11.5 pp
The Tigers are coming off a tournament championship as they beat Alcorn State and Tulsa to secure the Unilever Tiger Tournament. The Tigers started the season 3-0 before losing on the road to Wisconsin-Green Bay 74-66.
Guard-LaToya Bond, 11.5 ppg
Forward- Veronica Johns-Richardson, 8.8 points per game Forward- Randie Wirt, 9.6 ppg, 6.5 rebounds per game
Probable Starters:
Jan.13-Colorado (7-1)
Center-Tera Bjorkland, 22.5 ppg,
7.9 pg
Colorado is currently on a fourgame win streak and is climbing up the national rankings as the Buffaloes are ranked No. 15. Colorado's most recent victory came against No. 23 Washington 78-64. The Buffaloes only loss came in the championship game of the Subway Classic at Minnesota.
Guard-Kate Fagan, 15.3 ppg, hit
25 three-pointers
Guard-Maria Billingslev, 1.4 ppg
Guard-Maria Billingsley, 1.4 ppg
2. 41 to 1.76 per game, considering the circumstances they did okay. A lot of blocks came at key times and pumped up the crowd. GRADE:B
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DIGS: The Jayhawks excelled here. Not so much statistically, but with effort. Junior libero Jill Dorsey led Kansas with 3.51 digs per game. But Rome was not far behind, averaging 3.09 per game. She also tallied a career-high 31 digs in a home match against Missouri.
Dorsey, Rome, Lima and senior Abbie Jacobson constantly ignored
Effort means something, and even though the team average of 15.46 per game wasn't outstanding, it was good.GRADE:B+
COACHING: The easiest of all to grade. Coach Ray Bechard led the team to the most victories since 1991, with 22. The best the team had finished in the Big 12 coming into the year was 10-10, and they went 13-7 this season.
There was never bickering between players on the court, and advancing to the tournament speaks for itself.
The players respected and listened to assistant coaches Christi Posey, Jill Jones Stucky and Trent Jones whenever they offered advice. There is only one choice for this category. GRADE: A+
A tournament appearance, third place finish in the Big 12 and the good chemistry of the team made it a season to remember. GRADE: A
OVERALL: Almost everything that's been mentioned has been positive. That's because there weren't many negative times during the season. A midseason slump and poor serving detracted from the otherwise good season
Edited by Jonathan Reeder
SURPRISES: The season's best
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fewer touches for the senior wide receiver from Odessa, Texas, who finished with 982 yards receiving. Rashaun Woods was double and triple teamed all season, which led to him posting decent but not great numbers with 66 catches for 1,144 yards after a 1,700-yard receiving performance last year. He still managed to grab a NCAA record seven touchdown
catches against SMU. But the best wide receiver was Mark Clayton of Oklahoma. Clayton was downright couldn't be guarded for most of the season, grabbing 71 balls for 1,289 yards and 15 touchdowns. In Oklahoma's loss to Kansas State, Clayton was one of the few Sooners that showed up to play. Clayton had a breakout freshman season, but last season was slow for him as the Sooners relied on the running game with
Quentin Griffin. As soon as the Sooners switched back to the pass this season, Clayton reestablished himself as a go-to receiver and helped make the offense with quarterback Jason White, one of the conference's most explosive. With decent height and outstanding quickness, athleticism and great hands, Clayton could play on Sundays as soon as next season, but he could be a major force if he comes back to Oklahoma.
BASKETBALL: Double bonus
Flaherty is aLenexa senior in journalism.
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minutes.
play to get some confidence," Self said. "Defensively, we did some good things, but don't read into the point total too much."
"Those guys deserve it, and they kick our butts in practice every day," freshman guard J.R. Giddens said.
While it's tough to read too much into a 40-point victory, Self was able to use the game to give all of his players some playing time. The Kansas walk-ons, senior forward Brett Olson, sophomore forward Christian Moody, sophomore guard Stephen Vinson and freshman guard Nick Bahe, all played at least 5
The Jayhawks were able to secure the victory without second-leading scorer, junior forward Wayne Simien. He was out with a groin injury. Self said he believed Simien would be ready Saturday when the lavihawks play the Oregon Ducks.
"Wayne has not been 100-percent healthy, not even in close, since the Michigan State game," Self said.
With Kansas' size advantage, it didn't need Simien. The Tigers didn't have a player over 6 feet 7 inches, which helped the Jayhawks dominate the glass. They out-bounded the Tigers 59-25. Two Kansas guards, Langford and Giddens, each grabbed 10 rebounds each.
"I watched some film and really wasn't going to the boards like I should have been." Langford said. "It's going to be more important for me to do that come Saturday and through the rest of the season."
- Edited by Cate Batchelder
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