Spring Break
The UMKC women's basketball team started the 2006-07 season the right way - they won. But the Kangaroo squad immediately afterward took to the road and started a five-game skid. The women started the losing streak with a 72-89 loss Nov. 13 at the hands of the Colorado State University Rams.
The men's basketball team fell short of their goal to win the 2006 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. The squad lost a heartbreaker in the opening round against the University of Pacific, 70-71, and played an agonizing and unrewarding game of catch-up with the University of Alaska-Anchorage, falling 70-77.
Sometimes, and senior guard Jowan Ortega will attest to this, the decision not to make a move can prove to be very rewarding. Three years ago, former Kangaroo women's coach Dana Eikenberg left the program to head the Southern Illinois University team.
Something special happened the night that the UMKC men's basketball team faced the Baker University Wildcats at Municipal Auditorium. The man that already poses the biggest shadow on the court for the Kangaroos, sophomore center Alex Pledger, took his game to a place that he had never before visited at the Division I level.
The committee formed to present candidates for the university's athletic director position kicked off its search just prior to UMKC's Thanksgiving break. "The tentative plan [for the committee] is for a relatively aggressive search," said Interim Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Rick Anderson.
Women's Volleyball - Caitlin Koenig Redshirt freshman Caitlin Koenig received Mid-Continent Conference freshman honors for her performance this season. The Cary, Ill., native had over 900 assists in her first season, which got her in the UMKC record books.
Top Scoring Top Rebounds Day, Quinton UMKC 112 Igbavboa, Urule Valpo 46 Starr, Alexander Centenary 85 Green, Caleb ORU 41 Montgomery, Austin IUPUI 85 Smith, Angelo IUPUI 39 Barlow, David IUPUI 83 Logan, Larry Centenary 38 Jackson, David Western Ill.
Senior guard Quinton Day scored 24 alarm-free points and freshman guard Dominique Johnson netted 25 on his 19th birthday in the Kangaroos' 85-70 victory over Florida Atlantic University Monday night. Day was late for the pre-game shoot around at Municipal Auditorium, earning himself a seat on the bench beside associate head coach Ken Dempsey at the start of the game.
