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Champions from the start
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Coach Turner Gill answers questions from the football supporters Thursday night at the Oread Hotel. Gill said that his new recruits all come from winning teams, many of which have won state championships.
Jayhawks enjoy the taste of victory
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Senior forward joins 1,000 point club
BY KATHLEEN GIER kgier@kansan.com
"It was a big night," Mays said.
From the beginning of the game to the post-game interviews, something was different. For the first time in two weeks, the lajayhaws had reason to celebrate. Senior forward Krysten Boogaard joined the 1,000-point club for her career, freshman guard Keena Mays scored a career high 16 points and, most importantly, the lajayhaws won 81-53 against Colorado.
Kansas got the taste of victory it needed to get back on track midway through the conference season.
"We have to find a way to win just to feel better about ourselves," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "It's just like an open sore and we finally got a Band-Aid on it, now we just have to let this sucker heal."
Sophomore guard and co-captain Angel Goodrich attributed the victory to teamwork. She said talking to one another in practice and thinking about the inspirational quotes their coaches had given them kept the Jayhawks together.
Kansas now sits at 15-7 on the season and 2-6 in league play. Saturday, the Jayhawks will travel down to Austin to face the Longhorns.
"We came together and said we needed this win and we needed to get back on track," Goodrich said.
Henrickson talked about how the team was counting down the points
Where: Austin, Texas
Time: Saturday, 2 p.m.
for Boogaard and wanted to help her get there.
"I think we threw away a thousand balls trying to get it to her," Henrickson said. "I think everyone wanted to be the person who threw Krysten the ball to get her 1,000 points."
This may have led to some of the team's 19 turnovers, but had a bigger effect on its 18 assists, led by eight from Goodrich.
Each time Boogaard scored and during other pivotal moments in the game, the team jumped off of the bench in excitement.
"We get hyped for each other," Goodrich said.
Goodrich said the game improved togetherness and created a renewed confidence.
"Getting a win like this builds us up." Goodrich said. "It shows us what we can do."
Edited by Helen Mubarak
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Sophomore guard Angel Goodrich puts up a lay up for two points in the second half Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse. Goodrich only had four points but led the Jayhawks with eight assists in the victory.
HOCKEY
Jayhawks drop the puck to Tigers but still hope to make the playoffs
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
Nearing three minutes left in the third period, the Kansas men's hockey team entered desperation mode.
After taking a 2-0 lead midway through the first period, they allowed the Mizzou Tigers to score four unanswered power play goals.
The Jayhawks took the lead after a failed wrap-around attempt turned into a mad scramble in front of the Tigers' net with KU's Schilar Kessler batting it home at 14:53 of the first period.
"I got hit when I was in front of the net, and I was down, I got back up, and picked up my stick and the puck just happened to be there," Kessler said.
Kessler was responsible for both KU goals, with the second coming fairly easy.
The Tigers goalie overplayed a puck in the corner, letting it get behind him. Kessler promptly picked up the puck and tucked it in the Mizzou net before the Tigers had enough time to stop the goalie miscue from going up on the scoreboard.
With a two-goal lead, the Jayhawks entered the final minute of the first period on the penalty
kill, which was for the most part very effective. The Jayhawks did an outstanding job of staying in the box zone defense and keeping their sticks and bodies in the passing lanes, but with 26.4 seconds left in the period, the Tigers
ripped a shot from the right face off circle that went top shelf behind KU goalie Brendan Cooper.
"I gave the kid a little too much respect, I guess, Cooper said.
able to work the cycle down low and get good scoring chances, but no shots were able to penetrate the Tigers' goal line.
When it came to the penalty kill, the Jayhawks had a hard time defending the extra man, giving
"That was tough, we couldn't overcome that. We couldn't do anything about the extra man."
TOM PRENDERGAST Coach
Cooper would unfortunately make the same mistake twice after allowing another power play goal to come from the same spot in the second period. However, the freshman from Plano, Texas, stopped an incredible 44 out of 48 shots, a tough number to face at any level.
"It's a pretty good amount, a lot more than I've seen in a while, but it would have been nice to have a couple more," Cooper said.
In even strength play, the Jayhawks were dominant, however, special teams became an issue early and often.
On the power play, Kansas was
up four power play goals.
"That was tough, we couldn't 'overcome that,' coach Tom Prendergast said. "We couldn't do anything about the
extra man."
With the Jayhawks one spot ahead of the Tigers in the playoff hunt, this was not the game to lose and not the team to lose against.
The Jayhawks have two games remaining, both against St. Louis University, and it's going to take one win to secure the final playoff spot, but this loss is one that will resonate with the team until the next puck drops.
"Well, we got dollar night on Wednesday, and then St. Louis next weekend," Cooper said.
Edited by Samantha Collins
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PORTLAND, Ore. — Jared Cunningham had 19 points and the Oregon State Beavers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 68-56 upset victory over No. 20 Washington on Thursday night.
Beavers upset Huskies, 68-56
Scott Suggs had a careerhigh 18 points, including five 3-pointers for Washington (15-6,7-3 Pac-10) which lost its second straight.
Oregon State (9-12, 4-6) took a 58-52 lead on Omari Johnson's layup off an offensive rebound. After Isaiah Thomas made 2 of 3 free throws for the Huskies, Calvin Haynes made one for the Beavers.
It was back-and-forth for much of the game.
Oregon State hasn't defeated Washington since Feb. 22, 2007, a 73-65 victory in Corvallis.
Haynes' layup and foul shot with 1:48 left extended it to 62-54 and put the Gill Coliseum crowd on its feet. The Beavers made free throws the rest of the way to put it away, snapping an eight-game winning streak for Washington in the series between the two teams.
Washington was coming off an 87-80 loss at rival Washington State on Sunday that dropped them two spots in the rankings.
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