Hawks beat Roos 64-58

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Kansas has played with a double-digit lead in all four of its games this season, and in three of those the Jayhawks allowed their opponent make a run at the lead in the second half.

Photo by Lisa Lipovac

Sade Morris, sophomore guard, passes the ball to a teammate last night at Allen Fieldhouse. Morris, along with Taylor McIntosh, senior forward, led the team in points scored with each contributing 13 points to the Jayhawks 64 total points.

Wednesday night, Kansas led by as much as 25 points in the first half, only to let UMKC pull within four before grinding out a 64-58 victory.

“You would think that would be enough that we could keep coming and be more aggressive, but we didn’t. We just got softer and softer,” coach Bonnie Henrickson said.

The inside game was working early for the Jayhawks, with freshman Krysten Boogaard and senior Taylor McIntosh teaming up for 19 first half points.

For McIntosh, who scored just 3 points in regular season debut on Sunday, the key was getting off to a good start.

“It gives me more confidence when I score early, then I kind of get going,” McIntosh said.

Boogaard was solid in the first half, adding five rebounds and a block to her 10 points, but she failed to duplicate that in the second half.

Kansas couldn’t rely on sophomore Danielle McCray in the second half either, because she was on the bench in foul trouble.

“It wasn’t a very good experiment, it blew up on me,” Henrickson said about her decision to leave McCray in with two fouls early in the game.

The Kangaroos slowly chipped away at the Kansas lead and brought themselves back into the game. But every time the Jayhawks needed a bucket they got one.

Sophomore Sade Morris had 10 second half points, which helped Kansas keep UMKC from taking the lead.

McIntosh also finished with 13 points, and pulled down a team high 12 rebounds to prevent any second chance opportunities for the Kangaroos.

As far as an answer to why the Jayhawks continue to relinquish big leads, Henrickson had none.

“I can’t get a pulse on why we aren’t being able to hold onto leads and it is driving me a little nuts right now,” Henrickson said.

In the first half, Kansas held UMKC to 25 percent shooting from the floor and capitalized on its mistakes with 16 points off turnovers.

However, the Kangaroos matched Kansas with 16 points off turnovers in the second half and looked like the better team for much of the final minutes.

McIntosh thinks her team may need to add a killer mentality.

“We get a team down and then everyone kind of lets up,” McIntosh said. “When we have someone down, keep them down.”

Edited by Elizabeth Cattell

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