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Home tournament brings team high hopes and high expectations
BY KATHLEEN GIER kgier@kansan.com
After a challenging victory on the road against Wisconsin, the Jayhawks will face another obstacle when they host the Basketball Travelers Inc. Tip-Off Classic this weekend.
"We had a few easy wins and then we got challenged on the road and I think that we came through and that shows that we can be a really good team if we just keep fight-
focusing on all season.
"We have to stay consistent with our defense intensity," Davis said. "We kind of laid off at times and that is when they would go on runs. If we could have just stuck with them we could have pulled away in the game."
"It is exciting that we have three games in three days and we need to go out and get wins."
ing," sophomore forward Carolyn Davis said.
For the tournament Davis said she wants to work on defense, which is an area the team has been
CAROLYN DAVIS Sophomore forward
The last time that Kansas hosted a tournament was in 2005.
Davis is happy to returnto Allen Fieldhouse for tournament play.
"It is exciting that we have three games in three days and we need to go out and get wins." Davis said. "I am happy it is a home tournament."
The rest of the team also has
Against Wisconsin, Davis scored a game high 29 points and led the Jayhawks in scoring for the second straight time. Davis also added nine rebounds and three steals. With help from her teammates, the Jayhawks finished the Sunday night game with a 93-86 victory over the Wisconsin.
high spirits going into the weekend, considering the team has a perfect 3-0 record in the regular season.
Some players on the team attribute the success to a good ability to move the ball around the court rapidly and getting touches in the paint and on the perimeter.
"The ball doesn't stick in anybody's hands," coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "They really believe in a good shot means nobody else on the floor has a better shot and we'll let go of it and share it. And that was not
This ball rotation allowed almost every Jayhawk to score during Sunday's game. Three athletes scored in double figures including junior Aisha Sutherland's double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Sutherland shot 6-8 from the field and sunk all four free throw attempts.
only important today but that will be important for us all year"
"We have to have other people in double figures and we did tonight, so that was great," Davis said.
Kansas is set to face North Dakota State at 7 p.m. Friday. Memphis at 6 p.m. Saturday and Fordham at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Edited by Emily McCoy
Freshman guard Keena Mays blocks a shot from Texas &M Corpus Christi guard Lauren Smith. Mays guard with two blocks as the Jahwyns奖 85-44.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lumberjacks chop down Owls for win
KENNESAW, Ga.  — Cameron Jones scored 20 points and Shane Johannsen had a double-double to lead Northern Arizona past Kennesaw State 74-66 on Monday night.
Kennesaw State, which was outrebounded 41-31, shot just 38.6 percent from the field (22 of 57). The Owls (2-3) struggled to get open shots and tallied just seven assists, while turning it over
Crawford had 18 points for the Falcons (1-3).
While the Dukes (2-1) enjoyed 34-of-56 shooting from the field (60.7 percent). Bowling Green made just 12 of 44 shots from the field (27.3 percent). Jordon
The Falcons hung within single-digit striking distance until McConnell made a pair of
free throws with five minutes remaining in the first half. The free throws were the beginning of an 11-0 run that ended with Bill Clark's 3-pointer giving Duquesne
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a 37-17 lead with 2:42 left. Clark scored 16 points.