Friday, March 12, 2010
Kansas’ season-high 34 defensive rebounds did little to prevent its 76-69 loss and first round exit from the Big 12 tournament.
While that rebounding total may look nice on the stat sheet, getting there wasn’t always pretty for the Jayhawks. At several instances in the first half Kansas struggled to find the toughness needed to fight for defensive rebounds.
“We don’t box out, we watch her miss it, watch our teammates watch her miss it and here they come over the back half,” coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Kansas trailed by eight at halftime after a last-second three-pointer from Oklahoma State senior guard Andrea Riley.
“She is quick and able to pop up for a shot before you know it,” senior guard Sade Morris said.
Kansas managed to keep the game within reach heading into the second half despite freshman forward Carolyn Davis, Kansas’ leading scorer for the game with 31 points, not taking a single attempt in the last eight-plus minutes of the first half.
The Jayhawks corralled nine defensive rebounds during that stretch to help keep the game close.
Kansas’ rebounding ability improved significantly in the second half as it allowed Oklahoma State to earn just three more offensive rebounds. In addition to that the Jayhawks grabbed 17 more defensive rebounds to equal their output from the first half. Kansas finished with 47 total rebounds.
“Now we were better in the second half,” Henrickson said, “but you shouldn’t dig yourselves such a big hole in the first place.”
That second half turnaround stands in stark contrast to a Jan. 12 defeat Kansas suffered at the hands of Oklahoma State in Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas had plenty of chances late in that game to get defensive rebounds and any one of them may have changed the outcome of the game in Kansas’ favor.
“That’s where they killed us at our place,” Henrickson said. “Andrea Riley goes 3-for-10 in the last 10 minutes and they get all seven of those misses, and we were going to need a rebound.”
Kansas’ renewed presence on the defensive boards could not make up for its difficulties getting rebounds off of its own misses. On the game Kansas grabbed just 13 offensive rebounds and managed to pull in just two in the first half.
“I just thought they got us on the offensive glass in the first half,” Henrickson said. “We cleaned that up and did a much better job in the second half.”
The Jayhawks’ struggles on the offensive glass allowed the Cowgirls to get 31 defensive rebounds of their own and equal the overall rebounding total at 47.
“Normally when we win the rebounding war we win,” Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke said. “So it was tied tonight and it was definitely going to be a close game. We just happened to make a few more shots.”
— Edited by Taylor Bern
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