LAWRENCE Kan.
The 400-foot climb to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge didn’t bother Danielle McCray all that much.
Crossing the street? For the Kansas sophomore, that was the real white-knuckle part of an exhibition trip to Australia for the Jayhawk women’s basketball team.
“The cars drive on the opposite sides of the street down there, so we looked the wrong way before we crossed and a few of us actually almost got hit a couple of times,” McCray said.
The Jayhawks went 3-1 on their 10-day trip, winning three straight after opening with an 88-54 loss to the Sydney Flames.
“We had a blast,” said guard Ivana Catic. “Besides losing the first game, that kind of spoiled it, because everyone has fun when we’re winning, and we were able to do that the other three games.”
The playing experience helped, too, coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
