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FANTASTIC FINISHERS
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Reed, Collins key to Manhattan victory
or guard Sherron Collins attempts to drive past Jacob Pullen in the final seconds of regulation before turning the ball over. Kansas State's Dominique Sutton nearly scored the game-winning basket before being stripped by Tyrel Reed.
Tyrel's stopped shot drove game into overtime to set up Sherron's heroics
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BY COREY THIBODEAUX
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Sherron Collins' layup sealed the 81-79 victory for Kansas in overtime against Kansas State Saturday. But he might not have had the opportunity to do that if it weren't for junior guard Tyrel Reed's defensive play at the end of regulation.
With the game tied 69-69 and about 10 seconds to go in regulation, the Jayhawks had the ball to take the final shot. Collins tried to drive inside the lane but met a double team, stumbled and threw the ball back to Kansas State.
With just under four seconds left, K-State freshman guard Dominique Sutton had time to sprint down the court for the game winning basket.
"I was nervous," junior center Cole Aldrich said. "He was running down and I was like, oh please, somebody get the ball and run the clock out."
The Jayhawks outscored the Wildcats 12-10 in overtime.
Staying with Sutton the whole way, Reed slapped the ball away from Sutton, right when he went up for a shot, sending the game into overtime.
Coach Bill Self said he didn't know how big Reed's play was at the time because he was on the opposite end of the floor when it happened. When he got home, he saw game highlights on television and saw how significant the play was.
the play.
"I texted him right then, 'Hey, you saved the game.' "Self said.
At the time, Reed said he was not aware of the significance of
But afterward, he said watching the game later that night told him the magnitude of his game-saving slap. The text message he received from Self confirmed this.
"He said 'hey, that was a big play. I didn't realize it at the time," Reed said.
While the crowd pleaded for a foul, television replay confirmed Reed slapped the ball away cleanly
from Sutton, who was running full speed.
With multiple fouls called early on in the game, the crowd was irate when no call was made.
refs got it right. Reed said he hasn't studied the video close enough to see if he fouled Sutton.
But Reed said he thought the
"I don't think I fouled him," Reed said. "I thought I got all ball in reaction from trying to stop
him from getting the shot up.'
For Reed, who played 10 minutes and scored two points, that was about as much as an effect
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Russian athlete at home on the court
Victoria Khanevskaya adjusts to KU with support from her coach, team and family.
Freshman Victoria Khanevskaya follows through on a shot during singles play at the Jayhawk Invitational in September.
BY KATHLEEN GIER
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Before and after matches or practices, freshman Victoria Khanevskaya returns to the Jayhawker Towers, sits down at her computer and makes the connection back home to Moscow through Skype.
On most days, she talks to her dad, who also served as her coach from age 10, when she started playing tennis, until August, when she came to Kansas.
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It's a small connection that makes the nearly 5,800 miles of separation easier.
Dalmagro and Khanewskaya have one major playing style in common: a single-handed backhand. It's uncommon because of the intense upper arm strength that is necessary and, generally, it's not the usual style taught to female players.
"If I lost,
he asks about the problems";
Khanevskaya said.
"If I have trouble in practice, he
"When I got here and started practicing with coach Dalmagro, it was crazy because he says things just like my dad," Khanevskaya said. "The first couple days of practice I had to turn around and make sure it was not my dad."
similar to that of her father.
helps. He is still my coach when I go home. When I went back over break we practiced."
"If I have trouble in practice he helps. He is still my coach when I go home."
"I was taught the one-handed
VICTORIA KHANEVSKAYA Moscow, freshman
Being countries away creates obstacles, not only with the changes in environment, but also in dealing with new coaches. But Khanevskaya's transition has been eased by assistant coach German Dalmagro, whose coaching style is
backhand and I guess the style that she plays I can relate to well because I grew on it and I have coached a few players that have that style of game," Dalmago said. "So I guess some
things that I say she can look back and say, "Oh, those are the same things my dad used to say"
--doubles team from Georgetown.
So far as a doubles team, the pair has gone 3-1.
Khanevskaya, along with Kate Morozova, who hails from Togliatte, Russia, got off to a quick start in competition defeating a
For the entire fall season, Khanevskaya finished with a 3-5 singles record and a 7-2 doubles record.
"We communicate really well and in doubles communication with your partner is very
important," Morozova said. "We play different ways, but we got together and it has been really good."
In the fall, Khanevskaya and Morozova were two of four players invited to play at the Intercollegiate
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TRACK AND FIELD
Lesser-known athlete garners recognition
other Kansas athletes might be getting more attention, but no one is
as impressive as middle distance runner Lauren Bonds.
At the Jayhawk Classic Saturday, Bonds broke an 18-year-old school record when she ran a 9:30.9 in the 3,000 meter.
Bonds' record setting performance was also an NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
Remarkably, this was only another layer on Bonds already historic career at Kansas. She already owns two other Kansas track and field records.
During the 2009 indoor season, Bonds set the mile record at the ISU Classic with a time of 4:43.74. At the 2009 Big 12 Championships, she set the 1,000 meter record with a time of 2:46.60.
Bonds gives fans a reason to spread their enjoyment of successful Kansas athletics around to other lesser publicized programs. She has been turning heads at track and field meets for years but has yet to receive the local recognition she deserves. Bonds is the best athlete at Kansas no one is talking about.
Last fall during the 2009 cross country season, Bonds established a legacy described as "one of the greatest individual seasons by a KU women's runner in school history"
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by the KU Athletics Track and Field department.
There had not been a female athlete from Kansas to compete in the NCAA Cross Country National Championships in 16 years since Bonds did last November. Bonds finished 61st overall. She was selected to the All-Big 12 team for the second consecutive year, becoming the first woman in school history to do so.
It may be hard to believe that someone who holds three indoor track and field school records is able to concentrate much on schoolwork but Bonds' academic resume is just as impressive as her athletic accomplishments.
At the conclusion of the 2009 cross country season, Bonds was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the third consecutive season. She will take her degree
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