Spring Break
On Saturday night, the Kangaroos picked up one more kick to the mouth when it was learned the team's leading scorer and the fifth most prolific in the Summit League, junior Dane Brumagin, would not be playing due to an ankle sprain. Eighteen points (Brumagin's average is 18.
Sitting in the interview room on Jan. 24 after Oral Roberts (ORU) University had kicked the living daylights out of our Kangaroos turned out to be pretty tough. Sitting just two chairs down from this reporter was UMKC Athletics Director Tim Hall. The man who confidently came to Kansas City 11 months ago to rebuild a moribund UMKC athletic program was perhaps at his lowest point.
Western Illinois University (WIU) head basketball coach Derek Thomas must have pinched himself Thursday night after his Leathernecks exacted their second straight victory off the backs of the UMKC Kangaroos, 77-62. Playing in front of a home crowd of just 539 fans on a snowy night in Macomb, Ill.
On Saturday night, Feb. 2, the UMKC men's tennis team took its show on the road to battle the Wichita Shockers, at the Genesis Health Club in Wichita, Kan. Despite the Roos' effort, they could not avoid a complete sweep by Wichita, of all six single matches and the three double matches as well, giving Wichita the decision 7-0.
On a chilly Friday afternoon at the Green's Tennis Club in Columbia, Mo., the UMKC Women's Tennis team was ousted by the Missouri Tigers 7-0. The Roos were swept in all three double's matches to start the day, and were dominated in each of the singles matches as well.
Home court advantage couldn't shake the second-half blues for the UMKC women's basketball team, which ultimately faded down the stretch in a 67-63 loss against the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts University (ORU) Monday night inside Swinney Recreation Center.
IUPUI sophomore center Julia Whitted and junior forward Jernisha Cann dropped in 19 points each on Saturday afternoon to lead the Jaguars to a 65-47 victory over a UMKC women's basketball team that continues to struggle. The Kangaroos (9-12, 2-8 Summit) have had trouble putting two strong halves of basketball together this season, and they were forced to play catch-up all evening.
UMKC freshman guard Sarah Stewart considers herself to be somewhat of an adventurer off the court but feels she may come off as more of a home-body on it. The Kangaroo newcomer believes traveling has had a big impact on her life. "You see different cultures and different people," Stewart said.
