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Kansas drops rivalry game
The Jayhawks struggle down the stretch at Missouri, losing their fourth straight game
The Missouri Tigers went on a 15-0 run late in the second half that led the Tigers to a 66 to 52 victory against the Jayhawks Wednesday night in Columbia, Mo. Missouri Guard RaeShara Brown highlighted the run with a three-point shot that brought the Missouri fans to their feet and shot down any hope Kansas had for a comeback.
BY ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@ku.edu
The Jayhawks started out the night fast. Sophomore forward Carolyn Davis scored a quick layup early in the game. Senior forward Aisha Sutherland then hit two shots, one from each elbow, giving the Jayhawks an early six to three lead.
The Jayhawks had a 22 to 14 lead with 9:43 left in the first half, but it didnt last long. Missouri roared back and tied the game up at 25 after Brown was fouled hard by Kansas's Monica Engelman. Brown
made the bucket and the ensuing free throw. Missouri ended the first half with a 30 to 27 lead on a 14-5 run.
Kansas struggled during the first half of the game, but after a quick timeout by coach Bonnie
Kansas struggled from the free-throw line all night, making just seven of its 16 attempts. Davis especially struggled, dropping just three of her eight attempts from the charity stripe.
The Jayhawks also gave up the ball 21 times on turnovers, and managed to take the ball away from the Tigers just 14 times.
"We have struggled all year and I don't know why. I couldn't do much in college, but I could make a free throw. That might have been it for me, but I could make one. We have to focus and concentrate," Henrickson said.
"They are all great rebounders and they found us early and made contact and that is what kept us off the boards," Davis said.
Despite having Sutherland, the top rebounder in the Big 12, the Jayhawks were outbounded 41 to 30. Sutherland managed to grab just five boards off the glass.
"I think we just weren't patient as a team. We didn't communicate,
"It doesn't matter who we play in this league, you have to be able to fight."
Henrickson they pulled it together and chipped away at Missouri's lead. Kansas tied up the game at 41 with 12:34 left in the game after Sophomore guard Angel Goodrich hit a three-point shot.
BONNIE HENRICKSON Coach
Missouri and Kansas traded buckets before RaeShara Brown and BreAnna Brock made back-to-back jumpers to spark Missouri's 15-0 run.
"Well (getting the ball to Davis) has always been the message. Then the lane gets more crowded. Ten people living in a one-bedroom apartment--that is what it looks like in there." Henrickson said.
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we didn't attack the ball like we should've and we just turned it over on ourselves," Goodrich said.
With the loss, Kansas dropped to 14-6 on the season, and 1-5
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in Big 12 play. They extended then losing streak to four games.
"We've not won the toughness battle. We've not come out, not been competing at a higher level than who we play. It doesn't matter who we play in this league, you have to be able to fight. There are nights when you have to be able to make a run and you have to be able to answer runs, and we have allowed people to make big runs on us and not answered. That is a toughness, gut check, teamwork thing," Henrickson said.
—Edited by Jacque Weber
Sophomore guard Angel Goodrich fires off a three-pointer during the last minutes of the second half. Goodrich was one of two Jayhawks in the double figures with 10 points and dished out a team-high six assists.
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Selby's talent paves the road to team's success
During his first 11 games, Selby had his ups and downs. The way he plays the remainder of the season will be key for Kansas.
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
Freshman guard Josh Selby is the key. Ask an expert — any really, from SI to ESPN to CBS to The University Daily Kansan and on — about who is most essential to Kansas' success, and you'll likely get that answer. Selby is the key.
So while it's nice for Kansas that
Brady Morningstar scored in double figures for the first time in just under a calendar year, and it's good that Marcus Morris is arguably the best player in the Big 12, and it's a little frustrating
Self has spelled out Selby's essentialnesssto the Kansas offense a number of times. Kansas has a bushel of talented guards. Tyshawn
5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio
"It's huge for him," Morningstar said. "Of course, in the first half he came out hot, and that's what we needed. He hasn't been like that for a while, and it's good for him to get his stuff rolling."
"It's good to see Josh be aggressive. Josh hasn't been aggressive at all."
that Tyrel Reed couldn't buy a shot Tuesday at Colorado, that all goes by the wayside in looking at the box score.
The eyes fix on Selby's stat line, which, after so many games of struggling from the field, saw a whiplash-inducing reversal of the trend. Selby hit 7-of-14 shots (3-of-6 from three) for 17 points to go along with four rebounds and
BILL SELF Coach
Taylor's better than most in the country at getting into the lane and kicking to an open shooter on the wing. Reed and, now. Morningstar are the benefactors of
Taylor's skills. Both are also spot shooters and steady caretakers of the ball. Elijah Johnson is somewhere in between those three. He's a sniper from outside with the help offeed and Morningstar and possesses Taylor's athleticism.
But no one on the roster, not even Morris, has Selby's talent for taking a broken play and turning it into points. The scouting report
Because he can mix his shots so drastically, Selby becomes the toughest matchup on the Kansas roster, but only when he's on, which has recently been rare. Which is why Tuesday—apart from bouncing back from a loss, picking up a half-game on Texas and winning without the grieving Thomas Robinson—was huge for Selby.
on Selby is that he can catch-and-shoot, score off the dribble, post on a guard and can shoot from well outsidethe three-point line.
That's why at practice Monday, Self told Selby to stop thinking so much and just be aggressive. It's not something coaches tell a lot of freshmen — there's an inherent risk of turnovers and sloppy play included with that — but not many freshmen have Selby's talent.
"It's good to see Josh be aggressive," Self said. "Josh hasn't been aggressive at all."
And Selby's responding well.
"I was playing not to make mistakes," Selby said. "Now since I had that conversation with coach, everything's fine."
Edited by Erin Wilbert
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COMMENTARY
Reed on fire as the game heats up
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bshuster@kansan.com
Is it too soon to label Tyrel Reed "Big Game Reed" or "La Flama Blanca"?
It seems very hard to argue against it.
The senior guard has been putting up stellar numbers as of late, and he's doing so against increasingly tougher opponents.
Looking at his last eight games, Reed's average playing time was 31.5 minutes per game. During the year he has averaged 28 minutes, the highest average on the team. During his last four games Reed had 58 points and 18 rebounds (14.5-4.5 per game). In the four games previous to those, Reed had 27 points and 14 rebounds (6.75-3.5 per game).
The strange part is that Reed had statistically worse games against Miami (OH), UMKC, Michigan, and Iowa State, than playing against Nebraska, Baylor, Texas, and Colorado. It appears that the tougher the opponent, the more likely Tyrel Reed is to put up bigger numbers.
No offense to UMKC, Michigan, and Miami (OH), but these teams aren't of the caliber that the Big XII teams are. With regards to Michigan, who put up a hell of a fight, none of the aforementioned schools would succeed in the Big XII, which makes the case for Reed all that more interesting. At the end of a close game, it seems like Reed is one to come up in the clutch, as further evidenced by his two free throws against Colorado on Tuesday to put KU up by four, and the game out of reach for the Buffaloes.
In the loss to Texas, Reed put up some of his best numbers of the season. His 34 minutes tied his second highest total this season. His 17 points and 6 rebounds also tied his second highest totals of the season.
It's becoming increasingly evident that when the going gets tough, Tyrel Reed goes going.
Reed also has the highest free throw percentage on the team at 85.4% (35-41), which if he stays at this pace would be his highest career average, second to the 83.3% that Reed shot from the line last year.
It isn't just his stats that make Tyrel Reed a threat; Reed has the intangibles that make him a more than noteworthy weapon on the KU offense.
Reed is never one to quit on a play, and always hustles back hard to play defense; he can shoot the three from just about anywhere on offense, and always seems to get the last second pass for a wide-open shot.
On a team full of talented leaders, as most Bill Self coached teams are, Tyrel Reed is as poised a leader as they come. When the game is on the line I can't think of one person on the roster I would substitute for Reed. His stats don't lie. If it's crunch time, look out for "La Flama Blanca" to ignite.
Edited by Brittany Nelson