When the Kansas Jayhawks came back from 18 points to defeat the Iowa State Cyclones on Jan. 30, it had appeared they had found their mojo and were going on the right track through Big 12 play. Over a month later, the Jayhawks stumbled off the right track and are in a whirlwind spiral despite [...]
Losing a basketball game is rough, no matter if it’s a 20-point loss or a two-point loss, as it was Sunday afternoon against Texas Tech. But losing basketball games becomes increasingly frustrating if the way the team loses is something that can be controlled, such as turnovers. And turnovers were at a maximum for the [...]
The personal accolades continue to pile up for senior point guard Angel Goodrich. First, it was being named an All-American. Then, it was being named a John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 finalist. Next, it was scoring 1,000 points and becoming the 26th Kansas Jayhawk to do so. Now, she has her name on [...]
Twenty-two point deficit, not a problem. Early in the season, the Kansas Jayhawks came back from an 18-point deficit to defeat Iowa State in overtime. So why not make it even more thrilling? Fueled by senior guard Monica Engelman and her career-high 26 points, the Jayhawks found a way to erase the large deficit and [...]
Facing the No.1 team in the nation as an underdog always has the possibility of getting ugly. And ugly it got for the Kansas women’s basketball team. Traveling to Waco, Texas, the Jayhawks faced off against the No.1 Baylor Bears in a rematch of the 82-60 victory by the Lady Bears on Jan. 13. And [...]
As the clock dwindled down, senior guard Angel Goodrich dribbled at the top of the arc with 30 seconds left in the game. To that point, the Jayhawks erased a 18-point deficit with 8:56 remaining in the game to be within three. Goodrich got a screen and fired up a shot and as the ball [...]
Compete on the glass. That’s what’s written on Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson’s practice notes as priority number one. Lately, the Jayhawks haven’t been able to secure rebounds on the defensive side. The offensive rebounds that the Jayhawk defense has given up have been the difference between victory and defeatand losses. Even though it’s reiterated before [...]
It was a game of two halves for the Kansas Jayhawks, especially grabbing rebounds on the defensive end. The Jayhawks aggressive play on the boards fell to the way side in the second half. In the first half, the Jayhawks held the Oklahoma State Cowgirls to just three rebounds but in the second half, the [...]
Senior guard Angel Goodrich came into the game against the Texas Longhorns needing only four points to reach the 1,000-point milestone. After an early bucket, Goodrich was only a field goal away from being the 26th player in Kansas women’s basketball history to reach the milestone. Then with under 10 minutes left in the first [...]
A streak will end this weekend as the Kansas Jayhawks prepare to face the No.1 team in the nation, the defending national champion Baylor Bears. With the huge showdown between two ranked teams in the Big 12, Kansas is ranked No. 17, going on in Allen Fieldhouse, something has to give. Entering the game against [...]
After an 8-0 start, the Kansas Jayhawks have gone 4-3 in their last seven with all three losses coming on the road. The No. 17 ranked Jayhawks traveled to Stillwater, Okla., to square off against a top-25 team in Oklahoma State. The Cowboys were up to the task as they walked out of Gallagher-Iba Arena [...]
Coming off their first loss of the season to the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Kansas Jayhawks responded with a 97-64 victory against Newman University on Sunday. Senior forward Carolyn Davis carried the load as she scored the opening 10 points of the game and finished with a team-high 24 points and nine rebounds in just 14 [...]
With all but one game in the comfort of Allen Fieldhouse so far this season, the No. 17 Kansas Jayhawks will face a stiff challenge as they prepare to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Ark., on Thursday. The Jayhawks (7-0) have had the luxury of having a home-heavy schedule to start out the year [...]
After seven straight victories, coach Bonnie Hendrickson and the women’s basketball team find themselves ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press Top-25 coaches poll. This is the highest ranking since Dec. 6, 1999 when they were ranked No. 14 in the nation. After a victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Sunday, the Kansas Jayhawks [...]
After another punch to the gut in the opening minutes, the Kansas Jayhawks rallied in the second half to improve to 7-0 on the year as they defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers. For the second straight game, the No. 20 ranked Jayhawks found themselves looking at an early deficit only to find a spark to [...]
