March 24, 2012

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Postgame Notes
NCAA Tournament – Sweet 16
Kansas 73, Tennessee 84
March 24, 2012

Kansas’ loss to Tennessee:
--Drops Kansas to 0-3 all time in regional semifinal games and 11-12 overall in NCAA Tournament games.

--Ends KU’s NCAA Tournament run at the hands of an SEC opponent for the sixth time.

--Makes the Jayhawks 0-3 all time versus Tennessee.

--Gives KU an 8-7 record away from home this season.

--Makes coach Bonnie Henrickson 0-2 against Tennessee, 138-121 at Kansas and 296-183 for her career.

--Makes KU 735-518 all time. 

Team Notes
--Kansas starters (career starters): G Angel Goodrich (76), G Natalie Knight (34), G CeCe Harper (12), F Chelsea Gardner (10), F Aishah Sutherland (85)

--Kansas lost for just the fourth time this season when leading at the half. Despite a 35-30 halftime advantage, KU fell to 19-4 this season when leading after the first 20 minutes.

--The Jayhawks’ 35 first-half points were their most in a first half since they scored 40 at Texas on Jan. 4. 

Individual Notes
--For the fourth-straight contest and 11^th time this year Angel Goodrich led Kansas in scoring. The guard collected 23 points in her fourth consecutive game with 20 or more points.

--Goodrich went 3-for-9 from beyond the three-point arc as she finished with three treys for the second-straight game. Her nine attempts tied for the most by a Jayhawk this season.

--Goodrich dished six assists and had five or more dimes 29 times in 34 games this season.

--Chelsea Gardner recorded her second career double-double, both during the NCAA Tournament, as she finished with 14 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. She led Kansas on the boards in three of the last four games.

--Gardner’s 14 points were one shy of her career high, which she recorded versus Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (March 18).

--Aishah Sutherland needed one more tally to get her seventh 20-point contest of the season. Her 19 points versus Tennessee conclude her career with 1,236 points, good enough for 16^th in program history.

--Sutherland also finishes her time at KU with the fourth-most appearances in a Jayhawk uniform playing in 130 games.

--Monica Engelman contributed eight points in 17 minutes in the game, her highest outputs since scoring eight in 38 minutes versus Missouri on Feb. 18.

--Tania Jackson hit her lone three-point attempt during the contest. She is 5-for-8 (62.5 percent) from long range in her last seven appearances.