Thursday, January 17, 2008
WACO, TX – The Kansas women's basketball team made history against Baylor on Wednesday night -- but not in a good way.
The Lady Bears beat the Jayhawks 59-35 at the Ferrel Center. The 35 points scored by Kansas tied for the lowest point total in the history of the storied program.
“We made it easy for them,” Henrickson said. “They were good, but we made them look real good defensively.”
Once again, the Jayhawks were plagued with foul trouble to their leading scorer Danielle McCray as Baylor used a 16-4 run after McCray headed to the bench to turn a six point 15-9 lead into a 31-13 advantage just before the half. The Jayhawks tried to mount a comeback early in the second half but fell victim to Baylor’s 21-24 performance from the free-throw line.
Oklahoma State and Nebraska used runs of 16-3 and 17-2 respectively in the Jayhawks past two games once McCray had exited with foul trouble. In three conference games, McCray has played just 32 of 60 first-half minutes with the Jayhawks being outscored 49-9 without McCray on the floor.
Against Baylor, McCray struggled to get into a rhythm while she was on the floor, shooting three of 15 from the field and finishing with only six points and four rebounds.
“She just really seems out of sorts,” Henrickson said. “She seems like she is trying to dribble and shoot at the same time. She has her head down, people are taking it from her, blocking her on the way up. She’s just not in a rhythm.”
As a team, Kansas shot only 33 percent from the field including a 27 percent clip in the first half when they hit only six of 22 shots.
Baylor entered the game shooting 49 percent from the field which was good for fifth best in the nation, but a tough Kansas defense held the Lady Bears to only 32 percent from the field. But Baylor, who came in out-rebounding opponents by 11 rebounds per game, had more offensive rebounds, 25, than Kansas did defensive rebounds, 20.
“Obviously, it’s really disappointing,” said guard LaChelda Jacobs, who led the Jayhawks with nine points off the bench. “We’ve got to find a way to win on the road and play together when we’re down. You can’t put yourself in that big of a hole before the game gets going.”
Rachel Allison led with Baylor with 11 points, all coming on free throws, and Jessica Morrow added 10 points off the bench for the Lady bears, who came in with five players scoring in double figures.
Taylor McIntosh added eight points and seven rebounds for Kansas, which will look to avoid an 0-4 conference start when they play host to Missouri Saturday at 2 p.m.
—Edited by Jared Duncan
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