KKansasansas BBasketballasketball 22007-08007-08 GGameame NNotesotes Contact: Katy Lonergan Email: [email protected] Office: 785/864-7314 Cell: 785/691-7026 Fax: 785/864-7944 2007-08 Schedule/Results Kansas Travels To Oklahoma To Face 11th-ranked Sooners Date Opponent TV Time/Result N4 Pittsburg State (Exh.) Sun W, 82-48 N8 Emporia State (Exh.) Sun W, 74-64 (OT) N11 Hartford Sun W, 76-72 N14 UMKC Sun W, 64-58 vs. N23 vs. Drake (1) W, 69-64 N24 vs. SMU (1) L, 56-68 N27 Creighton MS W, 91-56 D2 Saint Louis Sun W, 81-55 D6 Marquette Sun W, 74-55 Matchup: #11 Oklahoma Sooners (13-4, 3-2) vs. Kansas Jayhawks (12-7, 1-5) D9 Indiana Sun W, 69-61 Date: Wednesday, Jan. 30 Probable Starters D16 UC Riverside Sun W, 62-49 Tip-off: 7 p.m. Kansas D19 at San Jose State W, 59-52 Location: Norman, Okla. G Ivana Catic, Jr. D21 at #12 California L, 41-74 Venue: Lloyd Noble Center D30 Boston University Sun W, 71-57 G Sade Morris, So. Capacity: J4 at Xavier CSTV W, 62-60 12,000 G Danielle McCray, So. J9 #24/25 Oklahoma State* MS L, 54-59 Series: 27-23 Kansas leads F Taylor McIntosh, Sr. J12 at Nebraska* FSN L, 51-71 KU Coach: Bonnie Henrickson C Krstyen Boogaard, Fr. J16 at #6/7 Baylor* CSTV L, 35-59 Record: 210-118 overall and 52-56 at KU J19 Missouri* Sun W, 66-60 vs. OU: 0-3 J22 at Colorado* FSNRM L, 41-59 OU Coach: Sherri Coale Oklahoma J26 #20/21Texas A&M* Sun L, 51-58 Record: 235-122 overall and at OU G Danielle Robinson, Fr. J30 at #11 Oklahoma* SS 7 p.m. vs. KU: 9-3 G Jenna Plumley, So. F2 Iowa State* MS 7 p.m. F Amanda Thompson, So. F9 at Kansas State* 1 p.m. F Ashley Paris, Jr. F13 Colorado* Sun 7 p.m. F17 Nebraska* Sun 2 p.m. C Courtney Paris, Jr. F20 at Texas Tech* TTTN 7 p.m. F24 at Missouri* FSN 1:30 p.m. Game Center F27 Texas* Sun 7 p.m. Radio Television Internet M1 at Iowa State* MC 1 p.m. •Jayhawk Radio Network •Sooner Sports Network •www.kuathletics.com M5 Kansas State* MS 7 p.m. Play-by-Play: Nate Bukaty Play-by-Play: Bob Carpenter GameTracker M11-15at Big 12 Championship TBA Home game are in Bold Color Analyst: Brian Hanni Color Analyst: Debbie Antonelli Live Audio All times Central Standard and subject to change * Big 12 Conference Game 1 = SMU Hoops For The Cure Classic (Moody Auditorium, Dallas, Texas) CSTV = College Sports Television 2007-08 Kansas Roster FSN = Fox Sports Net No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School/High School) FSNRM = Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain MC -- Mediacom 00 LaChelda Jacobs G 5-10 So. Mansfi eld, Texas (Mansfi eld Summit HS) MS = Metro Sports SS -- Sooner Sports Network 2 Kelly Kohn G 5-9 So. Adrian, Mich. (Adrian HS) Sun = Sunfl ower 3 Ivana Catic G 5-8 Jr. Zrenjanin, Serbia (Mt. deChantal Academy, Wheeling, W.Va.) TTTN -- Texas Tech Television Network 4 Danielle McCray G/F 5-11 So. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East HS) 5 Chakeitha Weldon G 5-7 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Mays HS) Quick Facts Location .................................................... Lawrence, Kan. 10 Jamie Boyd F 6-0 Sr. Underwood, Iowa (Underwood HS) Enrollment ............................................................. 29,613 11 Marija Zinic F 6-2 Jr. Novi Sad, Serbia (Svetoszar Markovic HS) Chancellor .......................................Dr. Robert Hemenway 13 Taylor McIntosh F 5-11 Sr. Wichita, Kan. (Heights HS) Athletics Director ........................................... Lew Perkins 14 Krysten Boogaard C 6-5 Fr. Regina Saskatchewan (Archbishop M.C. O’Neill HS) Conference .............................................................. Big 12 Colors .....................................................Crimson & Blue 20 Sade Morris G 5-11 So. Norman, Okla. (Norman HS) Home Court (Capacity) .............Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) 22 Katie Smith G 5-10 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic HS) Head Coach ........Bonnie Henrickson (St. Cloud State, ‘86) 24 Nicollette Smith F 6-2 Fr. Tulsa, Okla. (Bishop Kelley HS) Career Record .................................210-118 (11th season) 34 Porscha Weddington F 6-1 So. Temple, Texas (Temple HS) Record at KU ........................................52-56 (4th season) Assistant Coach ............................Karen Lange (Iowa, ‘96) 40 Rebecca Feickert F/C 6-2 So. Goodrich, N.D. (Sheridan County HS) Assistant Coach .........................Kyra Elzy (Tennessee, ‘01) Assistant Coach .......... Katie O’Connor (Virginia Tech, ‘00) Coaching Staff Dir. of Bball Oper. .. Trena Anderson (Southeast Missouri St., ‘97) Head Coach: Bonnie Henrickson (St. Cloud State ‘86) Admin. Assistant ....... Katie Capps (Western Kentucky, 02) Graduate Asst. Manager .........Steven Wallace (Kansas, ‘07) Assistant Coaches: Karen Lange (Iowa ‘96); Kyra Elzy (Tennessee ‘01); Katie O’Connor (Virginia Tech ‘99) 2006-07 Record ................................. 11-20 (4-12 Big 12) Director of Basketball Operations: Trena Anderson (Southeast Missouri State ‘97) Starters Returning/Lost .................................................3/2 Administrative Assistant: Katie Capps (Western Kentucky ‘02) Newcomers ..................................................................... 3 Game Notes www.kuathletics.com 1 Kansas’ Weekly Schedule (Subject to Change) Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 27 28 29 30 31 12 Practice Practice Game Practice Practice Game Off 3-6 p.m. 1:30-4:30 at Oklahoma 3-6 p.m. 2:30-5:30 p.m. vs. Iowa State AFH AFH 7 p.m. HFAC HFAC 7 p.m. Depart for Norman SSN Media Services OPENING TIP INTERVIEWS The Kansas women’s basketball team travels to #11 Oklahoma for a Wednesday evening contest. All interviews with KU players or coaches must be KU, 12-7 overall and 1-5 in conference play, will attempt to pick up its fi rst league road win when arranged through assistant media relations director it travels Norman. OU, 13-4 overall and sporting a 3-2 mark in league play, enters Wednesday’s Katy Lonergan by calling 785/864-7314 or emailing match-up 2-1 in home Big 12 contests. The game is slated for a 7 p.m. tip-off at the Lloyd Noble [email protected]. Interviews can not be set up by calling Center and will be televised on the Sooner Sports Network. the women’s basketball offi ce. Practices are generally open to the public. FAST BREAKS •Kansas freshman Krysten Boogaard turned in a solid performance in KU’s last outing versus CREDENTIALS Texas A&M. Boogaard tallied a team-high nine rebounds to go along with eight points and three Credentials are on a game-by-game basis. Media blocks. representatives planning to cover women’s basketball games should contact Katy Lonergan in the media •KU will be facing its fi fth ranked team on the season when they travel to #11 Oklahoma. KU is relations offi ce at 785/864-7314. Please give at least 24 hours advance notice. Media will have a credential left 0-4 versus ranked teams with losses to #11 Cal, #24/25 Oklahoma State, #6/7 Baylor and #20/21 for them at media will call, located at the entrance of the Texas A&M. Wagnon Student-Athlete Center, adjacent to and west of Allen Fieldhouse. No parking passes are necessary. •Kansas sophomore Danielle McCray has averaged nearly 10 rebounds per game over the last three outings. McCray pulled down 12 boards in KU’s win over Missouri. She followed that up WWW.KUATHLETICS.COM with 10 caroms at Colorado and had seven more versus Texas A&M. Visit www.kuathletics.com to obtain all updated women’s basketball information throughout the season. •The Jayhawks are ranked No. 32 in the latest collegerpi.com rankings, with a strength of schedule Look for the ‘Printer Friendly’ documents in the side bar listed as the 15th best in the country. on the right hand side of the women’s basketball page. Updated PDFs of the roster, schedule, stats, notes, box A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA scores, latest quotes and player and head coach bios are The Sooners are 13-4 on the season, including a 3-2 mark Big 12 games. Oklahoma is 2-1 at home all available. during Big 12 Conference play, with its lone home loss coming at the hands of Baylor. OU is led E-MAIL on the season by junior center Courtney Paris who averages 16.4 points and 15.4 rebounds per Releases, games notes and other information about KU game. Paris, a consensus All-American in 2007, has turned in 78 consecutive double-doubles in women’s basketball are emailed to media who cover her career and recently set a new Big 12 Conference career rebounding record. Freshman guard Kansas on a regular basis. To be added to the list, e-mail Danielle Robinson is also in double fi gures with 13.4 points per game, while leading the Sooners Katy Lonergan at [email protected]. with 4.4 assists per game. Junior forward Ashley Paris and sophomore forward Amanda Thompson are two more double-digit scorers as A. Paris drops in 11.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game and BONNIE HENRICKSON RADIO SHOW Women’s Basketball HalkTalk airs throughout the Thompson contributes 10.1 points to go along with 6.9 boards an outing. OU out-rebounds its season. The show, hosted by Nate Bukaty, can be heard opponents by nearly 16 rebounds per game. Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 235-122 in her on Jayhawk Radio Network stations carrying women’s 12th season in Norman. Coale’s overall coaching record is the same. basketball. The show begins Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007 and runs through March 7, 2008. OKLAHOMA ROSTER No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr.