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Show THE UNNERS1TY JO RNAL · HOopsters fight off 'Roos with 11 minutes remaining. However, UMKC used a 16-0 run By HAD LAMB to pull within three, forcing th 'Birds to con ider p laying JO RNAL PORT EDITOR some defense and not aJ low the ballgame to get away . After coming up empty in more than four minute , After two tough Mid-Con lo e on the road to tart the Kenyatta lyde rebounded a bad shot then almmed it back in new year, the men ' ba ketbaJI team continued its to maintain the lead and slow do":'.n the Kangaroos. The final dominance at home this season with a 90-80 victory over the minutes saw the ' Birds on the fouJ MK Kangaroo . The 'Birds now line a MKC was forced to fo ul to face Denver University tonight in top th e c lock in to do e the gap the Centrum beginning at 7:35 p .m . which ended in a I 0-point win for before heading on a four-game road the ' Birds. trip. The ' Birds had five players finish After losing to VaJparai o and in double figure . Jeff Monaco led nJPUl on the road last week, the the ' Birds in scoring with a gamemen were looking to cay o ut of the high and career-high 24 points. league cellar by lo ing to the Tyson Han ock added 18 points Kangaroos at the Centrum acurday. and Kenyatta Clyde fini ·hed with The Birds opened the contest with 17 points and 13 rebounds . an 11 -0 run and didn ' t allow the S hot 6 perecent for the night Kangaroo to core until the 14:46 a a team and held MKC to ju t mark in the first half. The under 40 percent. "We didn ' t Kangar o did come back however, :cl shoot-as good a we can , but 1 making it 11- with 10:29 think we will ," said Head Coach remaining in the half and returning the favor to the ' Bird by not 0 Bill Evan . "We were more ~ aggre ive all in all. We need to allowing them to core for more ffi continue to he aggre sive." than three minute . 1-The win take the sting off of last Tyson Hancock ended the weeks losses at ValparJiso and drought with a big three-pointer ~ IUP I. At Val po Hancock went giving park to an offen e that has sputtered in its last three game . score les · for the first time as t the half the ' Bird led 8-27, Kenyatta Clyde goes up 01-w of his 13 rebounds Thunderbird as fell behind early which included six three-pointe rs against UMKC Saturday. ly de added 1 points in a lopsided 90-69 lo s to the and 1 percent hoo ting while and pick ed up f o ur block ed shots in the win. C~usaders. Two days later the 'Birds uffe red the ame fate a ho lding the Kangaroos to 29 1 P r held SU lO just four fi eld goaJs in the first half in pe rcent hooting for the haJf. 1 handing · a 73-46 lo ·s. pulled away in the econd half and led by 19 point S 1 ••• •L.:::Jlfj~•" Lady 'Birds lose third straight did manage to pu hed lhe lead to a mu has 17 points. The phra e "there is no place like home for the holidays " cut the lead to 10 before the half at 32-22. rang out like a bell for the women 's ha kctball team after I P I maintained a double-digit lead for the entire econd consecutive conference losses to Valparaiso and [UP I put a half, enjoying a 28-point hulge at 59-31 with 7: 0 remaining. damper on the beginning of the Mid-Con ca on . The ladic Myer was the only ' Bird in do ubl figure · with a game-high were unable to bounce back aturday a the UMKC Lady · 27 points, including 17 in the Kangaroo topped U 73-67 at . econd half to lead a late SU rally. the Centrum . The Lady 'Birds were hcld to ju t After losing hy an average of 13 3 .5 percent hooting from the points in two game again t field and were outrebounded 39· Valparai o and IUPUI , the Lady 27 by the Lady Jaguars. 'Birds played well aga inst MKC, "We didn 't hoot the ball very opening up 10-2 to start the game . well and we didn 't shoot in the The Lady Kangaroos then context of our offense," Hillock re ponded with a run if their own , said about the game against IUPUI. tying the game at 11 . loppy play "We are not an aggres ive road didn 't help U as the women were team and out attention to detail unahle to open up any big leads in uffers on the road." the fi rst half, and settled for a 34. In their fir t game of the new 34 tie at the break. year, the Lady ' Birds uffcred a 15· MK opened the second half polnt lo s to Valparai o losing with a 7-2 run , and the Lady 'Birds 71 -56 to the league leading Lady were unable to get open hots to Crusader . Myers turned in clo e the gap. After U pulled another fine performance , leading ahead 50-47 with 12 minutes U with 15 points on 6 of 11 remaining , UMKC took the lead for :cl shooting. Freshman Megan good coring ix traight points ~ Lofthouse finished in double and making the Lady 'Birds play 0 figure with 12, but there wasn't catch-up a the team traded ~ much help from anyone else in . baskets in the final minute of the ~ coring. Valparaiso had three game. :;! players fini h in double figures, "We have oot been in sync the ~ including a game-high 23 points last couple of weeks," aid , .'f Z.Jffo._!l!!flliai,;J, § from arrab tricldett who was Head Coach Joe Hillo k. "We " . .. .•. " didn ' t defend very well tonight. SU center Melissa Hines scored eight points in the named Mld-Con Co-Player of the You have co step ap and find Lady 'Birds loss to UMKC Saturday. Week for her performance. The women will not have a somebody to make play (to WiP)." break any time oon as they head back on the road for a four's third conference lo of the season , dropping It was them to 1-3 in Mid-Con play after dropping its second-straight game Mid-Con road trip. However this week the ladies do face Western Ulino is and hicago State, two of the weaker Mid-Con road contest at IUPUI last week in Indianapolis 72team in the conference this season. 60. The. Lady Jaguar jumped out to a quick 10-4 lead and MEN Conference Overall w L w L Valparaiso Oral Roberts IlJPlil 4 11 7 7 4 suu 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 Youngstown St. UMKC Chicago St. Western Illinois Oakland 3 4 4 4 0 7 6 9 9 6 5 7 11 1 14 6 5 10 9 WO MEN Conferen ce Overall w L w L Valparaiso 3 UMKC 4 8 8 Oral Rob erts Western Illinois IlJPlil 7 6 8 2 1 2 2 2 1 Youngstown St. Chicago St. Oakland I 3 3 3 3 6 8 8 10 suu I 0 8 13 5 MI 3 3 1 0 -<CON JHIO 6 3 11 7 7 11E§ • BOlh che Oakland men 's and wome n 's ha ketball squads are ineligible fo r post eason competition , therefore games against Oakland will not counl in the c'.onference standings this sea on . • The rLJPUI men '. ·quad is not eligible co compete in the Mid-Con tournament this season , hut can earn an at-large berth in the CAA tournamenl. • MKC' Eddie mith p ted an average of 18.3 points p r game before facin SUU -aturday . mith shot 58 pe rcent from the field , 91 percent from the free throw line and grabbed four rebounds over a thr -game tretch. Hi high this season i 28 points again c Cal Poly. • IUP J's Rodney Thomas is number one in the CAA in three-point field goal percentage. In 11 games he has hit 32 treys in 55 attempts for a 58.2 average. • Valparaiso's arrah Stricklen recorded two double-doubles last week in leading the Lady Crusaders to a 3· l conference mark. In Mid-Con action , Stricklett tallied 23 points and and 10 rebound in a win over VU. • The U women 's squad has had two players named Mid-Con player of the week this eason in Sarah Pratt and Melissa Hine . Both won the award in con ecutive weeks, with Pratt taking the honors the final week of November and Hines belng honored the first week of December. • Ke nyatta Clyde i the only player from the men's quad to be named Mid-Con player of the week. He was honored last semester for his play in the final week of ovember. Clyde i averaging 17.2 points per game. \' • |