McIntosh rallies team to victory against Nebraska

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Kansas City, Mo. — Taylor McIntosh couldn’t stand the thought of six consecutive losses to conclude her senior season. Her performance in Tuesday night’s 73-67 victory against Nebraska certainly showed how determined she was to stop Kansas’ slide.

“I just felt loose and ready to play,” she said. “OK, this might be our last conference game but just leave it out on the floor and have no regrets. I felt it and I think my teammates fed off of my energy.”

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Senior forward Taylor McIntosh takes the ball to the basket during the first half of the game. McIntosh scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the game.

With season leading scorer Danielle McCray held scoreless in the first half, Kansas relied on McIntosh to provide offensive punch. The Wichita native responded by scoring seven points and ripping down seven rebounds in the first 20 minutes to pace the Jayhawks. It was exactly the kind of response Coach Bonnie Henrickson needed from her most experienced player.

“She kind of had that look in her eye, flew around and was all over the boards,” Henrickson said. “Made big shots in the paint off of extra passes, and ironically that was how she was during the Nebraska game at our place.”

Against Nebraska’s dominating post duo of senior Danielle Page and junior Kelsey Griffin, McIntosh showed why she has started 115 of 118 games for Henrickson in four years. Nearly every loose ball and defensive rebound found its way into her hands.

The 5-foot-11 senior forward brought her best when it mattered most. McIntosh scored 13 points on 5-5 shooting and was 3-3 from the free-throw line. On the boards she was even more dominant, helping the Jayhawks win the rebounding battle 38 to 35 with 11 hard-earned boards. The spike in production couldn’t have come at a more opportune time for Kansas, she averaged 6.7 points and 6.8 rebounds a game during the previous 29 games.

“I think we just got tired of losing and how we were losing,” McIntosh said. “We are better than we’ve shown lately.”

In the end she gave all she had, fouling out with 4:25 left and Kansas up by 12. But her teammates simply wouldn’t allow her effort to go to waste. Though a 17 point lead deteriorated, leading to a more than a few anxious moments, Kansas will play at least one more game.

“I wasn’t nervous,” McIntosh said about the four minutes she spent on the bench at the end of the game. “Especially since everyone came off the bench ready to play.”

— Edited by Patrick De Oliveira

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