Before practice on Monday, coach Bonnie Henrickson and juniors Danielle McCray and Sade Morris spent 25 minutes analyzing the past.

The routine is normally reserved for point guards, but Henrickson wanted to watch — and actively discuss — every offensive play from Saturday’s 69-54 loss against No. 2 Oklahoma with her two most experienced players.

“We call them Batman and Robin all the time,” Henrickson said, “but they have to play better together and set each other up.”

In Kansas’ loss to Oklahoma, McCray and Morris combined for 33 points and nine rebounds. But the duo also combined to make just nine of 33 shots and committed six turnovers.

After lunch Monday, Henrickson watched an edited version of the game to reinforce the need for Morris and McCray to effectively lead the Jayhawks when they face Colorado tonight in Boulder, Colo.

“I refer to both of those two as juniors playing senior minutes,” Henrickson said. “We have got to be able to be more consistent. And that’s what good teams have. They have kids that are not consistently great or perfect, but you have to be able to bring what you can bring.”

The loss to Oklahoma highlighted some of those individual problems for both players.

After the game, Henrickson voiced her displeasure with McCray on the defensive end. McCray’s offensive numbers have been near the top of the Big 12 throughout the year. But defensively it has been a different story.

“That’s what great players do; they pay attention to small things every play and don’t take a play off,” McCray said. “That’s where I have to grow my game and not relax on the defensive end.”

Morris has the opposite problem of McCray.

Morris, Kansas’ second-leading scorer, has been less aggressive on offense since her return from a concussion on Jan. 31. While it’s unlikely the two are directly related, Morris needs to return to being the attacking, drive-to-the-basket player she was before the injury.

“You just want to say to her, ‘Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right,’” Henrickson said. “And there’s a little bit of that in her. I don’t understand that from a kid that I just think is unbelievably talented on both ends of the floor.”

Twenty-five minutes of edited film won’t completely solve either player’s problems, but Henrickson said the session seemed beneficial enough to warrant repeating it again this season.

Now, McCray and Morris must put those lessons into action against Colorado tonight.

“It’s something we both need to work on,” Morris said. “Danielle needs to get better on her defense, and I need to get better on my offense,”

“What we can do is take from each other. I can learn from her on how great she is on offense, and she can learn from me how good I am on defense. Once we do that, we’ll be all right.”

— — Edited by Andrew Wiebe