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Texas has won four in a row and is looking to extend that streak to five. Kansas looking to get past a tough 67-60 loss to Nebraska and win its fourth game in the last five. Texas is currently 16-6 overall and 6-3 in conference. Kansas stands at 14-8 and 4-5. Texas is ranked 14th in the AP and 19th in the USA/ESPN polls. Kansas is unranked. Texas is also looking to match their second longest win streak (3 games) in this series.
With the loss of Angel Goodrich, their PG, on 01/12/2010 and Danielle McCray during practice on 02/04/2010 to ACLs, the Jayhawks lost two of their best players. McCray was their leading scorer when she went down. Sade Morris (#10, 5-11 Sr. G} and Carolyn Davis (#21, 6-3 Fr. F) are the leading scorers for Kansas at 10.7 and 10.4 ppg, respectively. With the loss of McCray and Goodrich, Monica Engelman (#13, 5-11 Fr. G), is the top 3pt threat for the Jayhawks. She is hitting 32% (8-25)from BTA and is the only remaining player to have attempted more than 5 3s in conference play. Morris (35-92, 38%), Davis (34-52, 65.4%), Engelman (26-54, 48.1%) and Aishah Sutherland (#1, 6-2 Soph. F; 36-61, 59%) are carrying the scoring load for the Jayhawks. Morris (25-34, 73.5%) and Davis (26-33, 78.8%) are the only Jayhawks that have attempted more than 9 FTs in conference. With the loss of McCray, who was the leading rebounder, Davis (6.7 rpg) and Sutherland (6.6 rpg) are tops in rebounding.
Sutherland and Morris are the only players to have started all nine conference games. Davis and LaChelda Jacobs (#00, 5-10 Sr. G) have started seven games. The fifth recent starter is Engelman. The Jayhawks have twelve active players on their roster. Two have gotten into one conference game. Three others have played in between 4 and 6 conference games. All five are averaging less than 10 minutes a game. That leaves 7 players that are averaging over 10 minutes a game that have played in at least 8 of the 9 conference games.
Texas is led in scoring by Brit (15.8 ppg), Ashleigh (12.4 ppg) and Kat (10.4 ppg). Erika adds 9.0 ppg while the rest are averaging between 8.1 and 2.1 ppg. Those four are the top three point threats for the Horns, having made and taken 52-129 of the team’s 58-150 3s. Kat’s 35.9%, an excellent mark, is the lowest of the four with Ashleigh’s 50% topping the quartet. Bri’s 41-54 (75.9%) tops the team in FTs made and attempted. Two players are hitting over 92% on FTs while three others are over 82%. Four players have at least 16 assists, led by Ashleigh’s 28, who is 9th in the conference with her 3.1 apg. Brit and Earnie are 10th and 13th in the Big 12 is steals with 15 and 13, respectively. Gayle’s 27 blocks is second in the Big 12. Kat continues to lead the team in rpg at 6.9. Six others are averaging between 3.6 and 4.9 rpg.
Ashleigh ((#2), Brit (#6), Erika (#7) and Kat (#13) are among the top 3pt shooters in the league. Three also are among the top 13 in average number of 3s made per game: Brit (#10), Kat (#11, and Erika (#13). As a team, Texas is first in the league in 3pt FG percentage (38.7%) and second in number of 3s made per game (6.4).
Nine of the ten players are averaging double digit minutes with no one over 29.7. All nine have played in all nine league games. Lauren has averaged 9.1 minutes a game in the seven games she has played in.
Probable Starters
[pre]Texas Kansas
Ashleigh Jacobs
Brit Morris
Kat Engelman
Earnie Sutherland
Ashley Davis [/pre]
Look for Texas to continue to run and pop the open 3. The Horns have been playing excellent defense since the ISU loss. Their ball movement has been excellent and Ashley and Cokie have provided a strong last line of defense and have started to show up offensively. Kansas has been playing very well in compensating for the loss of McCray the past two games. Nebraska was only the second home league game that Kansas has lost. The first was 70-68 loss to OSU. Of their five losses, only the loss at KSU could be called a blowout loss (24 pt loss). They lose by 11 at ISU and by 12 at OU in addition to the two point loss at home to OSU (70-68) and by 7 to Nebraska (67-60). Expect the Jayhawks to come in feeling that they will be able to pin a loss on the Horns. To supplement the young post players, KU can call on 6-5 Kyrsten Boogaard (#14,Jr. C).
[pre]TEAM STATISTICS UT KU
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SCORING................. 683 552
Points per game....... 75.9 61.3
Scoring margin........ +7.4 -2.3
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 234-534 211-476
Field goal pct........ .438 .443
FG made per game...... 26.0 23.4
FG attempted per game. 59.3 52.9
2 POINT FG-ATT.......... 176-384 183-379
2-point FG pct........ .458 .499
2-pt FG made per game. 19.6 20.3
2-pt FG att’d per game 42.7 42.1
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 58-150 28-97
3-point FG pct........ .387 .289
3-pt FG made per game. 6.4 3.1
3-pt FG att’d per game 16.7 10.8
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 157-226 102-141
Free throw pct........ .695 .723
F-Throws made per game 17.4 11.3
FT attempted per game. 25.1 15.7
REBOUNDS................ 351 348
Rebounds per game..... 39.0 38.7
Rebounding margin..... +2.4 +6.0
ASSISTS................. 113 101
Assists per game...... 12.6 11.2
TURNOVERS............... 137 159
Turnovers per game.... 15.2 17.7
Turnover margin....... +0.9 -5.4
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.8 0.6
STEALS.................. 71 43
Steals per game....... 7.9 4.8
BLOCKS.................. 50 36
Blocks per game....... 5.6 4.0
ATTENDANCE.............. 30243 25708
Home games-Avg/Game... 5-6049 5-5142
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total
-------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----
Texas............... 304(33.8) 352(39.1) 15 12 - 683
Kansas.............. 274(30.4) 278(30.9) - - - 552[/pre]
KU will have to guard the perimeter. They will have to keep Texas off the boards to stop the fastbreak. Can they do that for 40 minutes? Texas, if they continue to play as they have the last two weeks, will frustrate Kansas, not allowing them to get open shots and blocking some when KU does get inside. Horns have taken twice as many 3s as Kansas. Don’t look for that to change unless Kansas decides that they need to match the Horns’ perimeter scoring. While Kansas is shooting the ball better from the FT line (.723 to .695), Texas has really improved in two of the last three games, hitting over 80%. Take out Cokie’s 2-8 from the FT line last game, and the Horns hit at 73%.
Kansas will have trouble scoring inside with Ashley and Cokie guarding the paint. Next to Baylor, no other team proficient at blocking shots as Texas is.
One KU fan forum that Horn fans can check out.
game preview from texassports.com
KU baskbl/spec-rel/021110aac.html> game story.
The game will be on KVET 1300 AM with tipoff set for 1 PM. It will be carried in the KC area by Metro TV. Looks like it also will be on ESPN PPV5 905 on TW in the Austin area.
With the loss of Angel Goodrich, their PG, on 01/12/2010 and Danielle McCray during practice on 02/04/2010 to ACLs, the Jayhawks lost two of their best players. McCray was their leading scorer when she went down. Sade Morris (#10, 5-11 Sr. G} and Carolyn Davis (#21, 6-3 Fr. F) are the leading scorers for Kansas at 10.7 and 10.4 ppg, respectively. With the loss of McCray and Goodrich, Monica Engelman (#13, 5-11 Fr. G), is the top 3pt threat for the Jayhawks. She is hitting 32% (8-25)from BTA and is the only remaining player to have attempted more than 5 3s in conference play. Morris (35-92, 38%), Davis (34-52, 65.4%), Engelman (26-54, 48.1%) and Aishah Sutherland (#1, 6-2 Soph. F; 36-61, 59%) are carrying the scoring load for the Jayhawks. Morris (25-34, 73.5%) and Davis (26-33, 78.8%) are the only Jayhawks that have attempted more than 9 FTs in conference. With the loss of McCray, who was the leading rebounder, Davis (6.7 rpg) and Sutherland (6.6 rpg) are tops in rebounding.
Sutherland and Morris are the only players to have started all nine conference games. Davis and LaChelda Jacobs (#00, 5-10 Sr. G) have started seven games. The fifth recent starter is Engelman. The Jayhawks have twelve active players on their roster. Two have gotten into one conference game. Three others have played in between 4 and 6 conference games. All five are averaging less than 10 minutes a game. That leaves 7 players that are averaging over 10 minutes a game that have played in at least 8 of the 9 conference games.
Texas is led in scoring by Brit (15.8 ppg), Ashleigh (12.4 ppg) and Kat (10.4 ppg). Erika adds 9.0 ppg while the rest are averaging between 8.1 and 2.1 ppg. Those four are the top three point threats for the Horns, having made and taken 52-129 of the team’s 58-150 3s. Kat’s 35.9%, an excellent mark, is the lowest of the four with Ashleigh’s 50% topping the quartet. Bri’s 41-54 (75.9%) tops the team in FTs made and attempted. Two players are hitting over 92% on FTs while three others are over 82%. Four players have at least 16 assists, led by Ashleigh’s 28, who is 9th in the conference with her 3.1 apg. Brit and Earnie are 10th and 13th in the Big 12 is steals with 15 and 13, respectively. Gayle’s 27 blocks is second in the Big 12. Kat continues to lead the team in rpg at 6.9. Six others are averaging between 3.6 and 4.9 rpg.
Ashleigh ((#2), Brit (#6), Erika (#7) and Kat (#13) are among the top 3pt shooters in the league. Three also are among the top 13 in average number of 3s made per game: Brit (#10), Kat (#11, and Erika (#13). As a team, Texas is first in the league in 3pt FG percentage (38.7%) and second in number of 3s made per game (6.4).
Nine of the ten players are averaging double digit minutes with no one over 29.7. All nine have played in all nine league games. Lauren has averaged 9.1 minutes a game in the seven games she has played in.
Probable Starters
[pre]Texas Kansas
Ashleigh Jacobs
Brit Morris
Kat Engelman
Earnie Sutherland
Ashley Davis [/pre]
Look for Texas to continue to run and pop the open 3. The Horns have been playing excellent defense since the ISU loss. Their ball movement has been excellent and Ashley and Cokie have provided a strong last line of defense and have started to show up offensively. Kansas has been playing very well in compensating for the loss of McCray the past two games. Nebraska was only the second home league game that Kansas has lost. The first was 70-68 loss to OSU. Of their five losses, only the loss at KSU could be called a blowout loss (24 pt loss). They lose by 11 at ISU and by 12 at OU in addition to the two point loss at home to OSU (70-68) and by 7 to Nebraska (67-60). Expect the Jayhawks to come in feeling that they will be able to pin a loss on the Horns. To supplement the young post players, KU can call on 6-5 Kyrsten Boogaard (#14,Jr. C).
[pre]TEAM STATISTICS UT KU
--------------------------------------------------
SCORING................. 683 552
Points per game....... 75.9 61.3
Scoring margin........ +7.4 -2.3
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 234-534 211-476
Field goal pct........ .438 .443
FG made per game...... 26.0 23.4
FG attempted per game. 59.3 52.9
2 POINT FG-ATT.......... 176-384 183-379
2-point FG pct........ .458 .499
2-pt FG made per game. 19.6 20.3
2-pt FG att’d per game 42.7 42.1
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 58-150 28-97
3-point FG pct........ .387 .289
3-pt FG made per game. 6.4 3.1
3-pt FG att’d per game 16.7 10.8
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 157-226 102-141
Free throw pct........ .695 .723
F-Throws made per game 17.4 11.3
FT attempted per game. 25.1 15.7
REBOUNDS................ 351 348
Rebounds per game..... 39.0 38.7
Rebounding margin..... +2.4 +6.0
ASSISTS................. 113 101
Assists per game...... 12.6 11.2
TURNOVERS............... 137 159
Turnovers per game.... 15.2 17.7
Turnover margin....... +0.9 -5.4
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.8 0.6
STEALS.................. 71 43
Steals per game....... 7.9 4.8
BLOCKS.................. 50 36
Blocks per game....... 5.6 4.0
ATTENDANCE.............. 30243 25708
Home games-Avg/Game... 5-6049 5-5142
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total
-------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----
Texas............... 304(33.8) 352(39.1) 15 12 - 683
Kansas.............. 274(30.4) 278(30.9) - - - 552[/pre]
KU will have to guard the perimeter. They will have to keep Texas off the boards to stop the fastbreak. Can they do that for 40 minutes? Texas, if they continue to play as they have the last two weeks, will frustrate Kansas, not allowing them to get open shots and blocking some when KU does get inside. Horns have taken twice as many 3s as Kansas. Don’t look for that to change unless Kansas decides that they need to match the Horns’ perimeter scoring. While Kansas is shooting the ball better from the FT line (.723 to .695), Texas has really improved in two of the last three games, hitting over 80%. Take out Cokie’s 2-8 from the FT line last game, and the Horns hit at 73%.
Kansas will have trouble scoring inside with Ashley and Cokie guarding the paint. Next to Baylor, no other team proficient at blocking shots as Texas is.
One KU fan forum that Horn fans can check out.
game preview from texassports.com
KU baskbl/spec-rel/021110aac.html> game story.
The game will be on KVET 1300 AM with tipoff set for 1 PM. It will be carried in the KC area by Metro TV. Looks like it also will be on ESPN PPV5 905 on TW in the Austin area.