LINCOLN, NEB. ? Nebraska put an end to Kansas University’s two-game women’s basketball winning streak, 59-48, Saturday at the Devaney Sports Center.
Kiera Hardy led the Huskers (12-7 overall, 4-3 Big 12 Conference) with 17 points, and Danielle Page added 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Kaylee Brown led KU (9-9, 2-5) with 15 points. Erica Hallman added 12 points and eight assists, and Crystal Kemp contributed 10 points for KU.
NU forced 23 turnovers and had a commanding 32-18 edge in points in the paint.
Kansas will play host to Oklahoma on Wednesday. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse.
Stillwater, Okla. — Again Kansas University came close, and again the Jayhawks came up short.
The KU women’s basketball team rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit, but fell to Oklahoma State, 60-56, on Wednesday at Gallagher-Iba Arena. It was the Jayhawks’ 19th-straight regular-season Big 12 Conference loss, and it came against the team with the worst overall record in the league.
Trisha Skibbe collected 21 points and eight rebounds for Oklahoma State (5-9 overall, 1-2 Big 12). Chantoya Hawkins scored 12 points and had four rebounds for OSU.
Kansas (7-7, 0-3) outshot Oklahoma State 46 percent to 39 percent in the first half, but still trailed 35-28 at the half. Both teams shot 41 percent from the field for the game.
Erica Hallman led Kansas with 17 points, three rebounds and two assists. Tamara Ransburg scored 10 points and had four rebounds.
It was KU’s second straight close loss. The Jayhawks fell to Iowa State, 72-70, on Saturday in Ames, Iowa.
Counting two losses in the Big 12 tournament, Kansas has lost 21 straight games to Big 12 teams. KU hasn’t beaten a league opponent since a 66-56 victory over Texas A&M in the 2001 regular-season finale.
Kansas and Oklahoma State committed a combined 53 turnovers and were a combined 4-for-20 on three-point tries.
OSU doubled up the Jayhawks, 16-8, on made free throws. Kansas was 8-for-10 from the free-throw line to OSU’s 16-for-21. Kansas was called for 20 fouls to OSU’s 19.
KU will play host to Colorado on Saturday. Tipoff will be 1:05 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse.
Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKevin Cook didn’t want to coach against Marian Washington so much that he tried to get out of his coaching duties with the Houston Jaguars.
“There is another Jaguars team on the East Coast and I begged them to let me coach that one,” said Cook, who was an assistant at Kansas from 1984-93 and is now an assistant with the WNBA Houston Comets. “They made me stay with this team. Don’t get me wrong, I love KU and Allen Fieldhouse, but it was really hard coaching against coach Washington.”
Washington took the coaching battle a different way. “It’s an exhibition game,” she said with a laugh regarding Cook’s comment. “I never even thought about it.”
She will, however, think about Kansas’ 67-60 women’s basketball loss to the Jaguars Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jaguars are a club team consisting of former college players and current-WNBA players.
Washington will watch film of the second half and see the Jayhawks, half of whom had never played in a Div. I-A game before Tuesday night, outscore a team with more experience and athleticism 39-31. And none of those were garbage points.
Kansas pulled within 50-49 with six minutes remaining.
She’ll also see senior guard KC Hilgenkamp, who needs to shoot more and pass less this season to give her team needed offense, make a 15-footer with a defender in her face. Hilgenkamp made just four of 13 attempts, but those attempts are a career high.
Three-point goals: 5-13 (Atchison 3-5, Reid 1-3, Terry 1-4, Buchanan 0-1). Assists: 7 (Terry 3, Ried 2, Buchanan, Reynolds). Turnovers: 20 (Buchanan 5, Howell 3, Reid 3, Siebrandt 3, Reynolds 2, Terry 2, Atchison 2). Blocked shots: 4 (Howell 2, Reynolds, Terry). Steals: 4 (Terry 2, Howell, Atchison). |
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Three-point goals: 5-11 (Scott 3-4, Thompson 1-1, Hilgenkamp 1-2, Menguc 0-1, Waltz 0-3). Assists: 13 (Hilgenkamp 5, Geoffroy 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). Turnovers: 14 (Geoffroy 3, Hilgenkamp 2, Scott 2, McGinest 2, Spencer, Thompson, White, Waltz, Beachem). Blocked shots: 2 (Geoffroy, Beachem). Steals: 8 (Hilgenkamp 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). |
| Houston | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| Kansas | 21 | 39 | 60 |
Washington will watch newcomer forward/guard Keila Beachem use her long arms and athleticism to grab a game-high 11 rebounds in 22 minutes. Kansas’ coach will see flashes of what might be from freshman Blair Waltz.
In a one-minute span in the first-half, Waltz head-faked a defender and knocked down a long baseline jumper, stole a ball and on the way back down the court passed to freshman guard Chelsey Thompson for an assist.
Then she might rewind the tape and see that her team lacks a true power forward and the glaring rookie mistakes that the freshmen made. And that’s OK, because that’s what exhibition games are for.
“Exhibition games are opportunities to see where you are,” Washington said. “Certainly we can look forward to better things.”
Kansas will find greener pastures, but when the Jayhawks get there is anyone’s guess. It might, however, be sooner than most people thought.
“This motivates us,” said senior point guard Selena Scott of the close loss to the Jaguars. “These are great college players and some of them play in the WNBA. Those players play against the best in the world. We played them close and we’re not going to see teams with players like that all season.”
If a few breaks and plays went Kansas’ way in the first half, the Jayhawks might have had a better chance at winning.
“We lost the ball game in the first-half,” Washington said. “We didn’t shoot well. We shot a lot better in the second half, we played defense better in the second half. In the first half we blew at least three layups and we lost by seven.”
Those three layups and a handful of other missed opportunities were the result of nerves, Scott said.
“The first half was getting over our jitters,” she said. “That’s all it was there. It was too late once we got over them, but that’s a one-game thing.”
Kansas will play Fort Hays State in an exhibition at 2 p.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKevin Cook didn’t want to coach against Marian Washington so much that he tried to get out of his coaching duties with the Houston Jaguars.
“There is another Jaguars team on the East Coast and I begged them to let me coach that one,” said Cook, who was an assistant at Kansas from 1984-93 and is now an assistant with the WNBA Houston Comets. “They made me stay with this team. Don’t get me wrong, I love KU and Allen Fieldhouse, but it was really hard coaching against coach Washington.”
Washington took the coaching battle a different way. “It’s an exhibition game,” she said with a laugh regarding Cook’s comment. “I never even thought about it.”
She will, however, think about Kansas’ 67-60 women’s basketball loss to the Jaguars Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jaguars are a club team consisting of former college players and current-WNBA players.
Washington will watch film of the second half and see the Jayhawks, half of whom had never played in a Div. I-A game before Tuesday night, outscore a team with more experience and athleticism 39-31. And none of those were garbage points.
Kansas pulled within 50-49 with six minutes remaining.
She’ll also see senior guard KC Hilgenkamp, who needs to shoot more and pass less this season to give her team needed offense, make a 15-footer with a defender in her face. Hilgenkamp made just four of 13 attempts, but those attempts are a career high.
Three-point goals: 5-13 (Atchison 3-5, Reid 1-3, Terry 1-4, Buchanan 0-1). Assists: 7 (Terry 3, Ried 2, Buchanan, Reynolds). Turnovers: 20 (Buchanan 5, Howell 3, Reid 3, Siebrandt 3, Reynolds 2, Terry 2, Atchison 2). Blocked shots: 4 (Howell 2, Reynolds, Terry). Steals: 4 (Terry 2, Howell, Atchison). |
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Three-point goals: 5-11 (Scott 3-4, Thompson 1-1, Hilgenkamp 1-2, Menguc 0-1, Waltz 0-3). Assists: 13 (Hilgenkamp 5, Geoffroy 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). Turnovers: 14 (Geoffroy 3, Hilgenkamp 2, Scott 2, McGinest 2, Spencer, Thompson, White, Waltz, Beachem). Blocked shots: 2 (Geoffroy, Beachem). Steals: 8 (Hilgenkamp 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). |
| Houston | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| Kansas | 21 | 39 | 60 |
Washington will watch newcomer forward/guard Keila Beachem use her long arms and athleticism to grab a game-high 11 rebounds in 22 minutes. Kansas’ coach will see flashes of what might be from freshman Blair Waltz.
In a one-minute span in the first-half, Waltz head-faked a defender and knocked down a long baseline jumper, stole a ball and on the way back down the court passed to freshman guard Chelsey Thompson for an assist.
Then she might rewind the tape and see that her team lacks a true power forward and the glaring rookie mistakes that the freshmen made. And that’s OK, because that’s what exhibition games are for.
“Exhibition games are opportunities to see where you are,” Washington said. “Certainly we can look forward to better things.”
Kansas will find greener pastures, but when the Jayhawks get there is anyone’s guess. It might, however, be sooner than most people thought.
“This motivates us,” said senior point guard Selena Scott of the close loss to the Jaguars. “These are great college players and some of them play in the WNBA. Those players play against the best in the world. We played them close and we’re not going to see teams with players like that all season.”
If a few breaks and plays went Kansas’ way in the first half, the Jayhawks might have had a better chance at winning.
“We lost the ball game in the first-half,” Washington said. “We didn’t shoot well. We shot a lot better in the second half, we played defense better in the second half. In the first half we blew at least three layups and we lost by seven.”
Those three layups and a handful of other missed opportunities were the result of nerves, Scott said.
“The first half was getting over our jitters,” she said. “That’s all it was there. It was too late once we got over them, but that’s a one-game thing.”
Kansas will play Fort Hays State in an exhibition at 2 p.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKevin Cook didn’t want to coach against Marian Washington so much that he tried to get out of his coaching duties with the Houston Jaguars.
“There is another Jaguars team on the East Coast and I begged them to let me coach that one,” said Cook, who was an assistant at Kansas from 1984-93 and is now an assistant with the WNBA Houston Comets. “They made me stay with this team. Don’t get me wrong, I love KU and Allen Fieldhouse, but it was really hard coaching against coach Washington.”
Washington took the coaching battle a different way. “It’s an exhibition game,” she said with a laugh regarding Cook’s comment. “I never even thought about it.”
She will, however, think about Kansas’ 67-60 women’s basketball loss to the Jaguars Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jaguars are a club team consisting of former college players and current-WNBA players.
Washington will watch film of the second half and see the Jayhawks, half of whom had never played in a Div. I-A game before Tuesday night, outscore a team with more experience and athleticism 39-31. And none of those were garbage points.
Kansas pulled within 50-49 with six minutes remaining.
She’ll also see senior guard KC Hilgenkamp, who needs to shoot more and pass less this season to give her team needed offense, make a 15-footer with a defender in her face. Hilgenkamp made just four of 13 attempts, but those attempts are a career high.
Three-point goals: 5-13 (Atchison 3-5, Reid 1-3, Terry 1-4, Buchanan 0-1). Assists: 7 (Terry 3, Ried 2, Buchanan, Reynolds). Turnovers: 20 (Buchanan 5, Howell 3, Reid 3, Siebrandt 3, Reynolds 2, Terry 2, Atchison 2). Blocked shots: 4 (Howell 2, Reynolds, Terry). Steals: 4 (Terry 2, Howell, Atchison). |
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Three-point goals: 5-11 (Scott 3-4, Thompson 1-1, Hilgenkamp 1-2, Menguc 0-1, Waltz 0-3). Assists: 13 (Hilgenkamp 5, Geoffroy 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). Turnovers: 14 (Geoffroy 3, Hilgenkamp 2, Scott 2, McGinest 2, Spencer, Thompson, White, Waltz, Beachem). Blocked shots: 2 (Geoffroy, Beachem). Steals: 8 (Hilgenkamp 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). |
| Houston | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| Kansas | 21 | 39 | 60 |
Washington will watch newcomer forward/guard Keila Beachem use her long arms and athleticism to grab a game-high 11 rebounds in 22 minutes. Kansas’ coach will see flashes of what might be from freshman Blair Waltz.
In a one-minute span in the first-half, Waltz head-faked a defender and knocked down a long baseline jumper, stole a ball and on the way back down the court passed to freshman guard Chelsey Thompson for an assist.
Then she might rewind the tape and see that her team lacks a true power forward and the glaring rookie mistakes that the freshmen made. And that’s OK, because that’s what exhibition games are for.
“Exhibition games are opportunities to see where you are,” Washington said. “Certainly we can look forward to better things.”
Kansas will find greener pastures, but when the Jayhawks get there is anyone’s guess. It might, however, be sooner than most people thought.
“This motivates us,” said senior point guard Selena Scott of the close loss to the Jaguars. “These are great college players and some of them play in the WNBA. Those players play against the best in the world. We played them close and we’re not going to see teams with players like that all season.”
If a few breaks and plays went Kansas’ way in the first half, the Jayhawks might have had a better chance at winning.
“We lost the ball game in the first-half,” Washington said. “We didn’t shoot well. We shot a lot better in the second half, we played defense better in the second half. In the first half we blew at least three layups and we lost by seven.”
Those three layups and a handful of other missed opportunities were the result of nerves, Scott said.
“The first half was getting over our jitters,” she said. “That’s all it was there. It was too late once we got over them, but that’s a one-game thing.”
Kansas will play Fort Hays State in an exhibition at 2 p.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Scott McClurg/Journal-World PhotoKevin Cook didn’t want to coach against Marian Washington so much that he tried to get out of his coaching duties with the Houston Jaguars.
“There is another Jaguars team on the East Coast and I begged them to let me coach that one,” said Cook, who was an assistant at Kansas from 1984-93 and is now an assistant with the WNBA Houston Comets. “They made me stay with this team. Don’t get me wrong, I love KU and Allen Fieldhouse, but it was really hard coaching against coach Washington.”
Washington took the coaching battle a different way. “It’s an exhibition game,” she said with a laugh regarding Cook’s comment. “I never even thought about it.”
She will, however, think about Kansas’ 67-60 women’s basketball loss to the Jaguars Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jaguars are a club team consisting of former college players and current-WNBA players.
Washington will watch film of the second half and see the Jayhawks, half of whom had never played in a Div. I-A game before Tuesday night, outscore a team with more experience and athleticism 39-31. And none of those were garbage points.
Kansas pulled within 50-49 with six minutes remaining.
She’ll also see senior guard KC Hilgenkamp, who needs to shoot more and pass less this season to give her team needed offense, make a 15-footer with a defender in her face. Hilgenkamp made just four of 13 attempts, but those attempts are a career high.
Three-point goals: 5-13 (Atchison 3-5, Reid 1-3, Terry 1-4, Buchanan 0-1). Assists: 7 (Terry 3, Ried 2, Buchanan, Reynolds). Turnovers: 20 (Buchanan 5, Howell 3, Reid 3, Siebrandt 3, Reynolds 2, Terry 2, Atchison 2). Blocked shots: 4 (Howell 2, Reynolds, Terry). Steals: 4 (Terry 2, Howell, Atchison). |
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Three-point goals: 5-11 (Scott 3-4, Thompson 1-1, Hilgenkamp 1-2, Menguc 0-1, Waltz 0-3). Assists: 13 (Hilgenkamp 5, Geoffroy 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). Turnovers: 14 (Geoffroy 3, Hilgenkamp 2, Scott 2, McGinest 2, Spencer, Thompson, White, Waltz, Beachem). Blocked shots: 2 (Geoffroy, Beachem). Steals: 8 (Hilgenkamp 3, Thompson 2, Waltz 2, Scott). |
| Houston | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| Kansas | 21 | 39 | 60 |
Washington will watch newcomer forward/guard Keila Beachem use her long arms and athleticism to grab a game-high 11 rebounds in 22 minutes. Kansas’ coach will see flashes of what might be from freshman Blair Waltz.
In a one-minute span in the first-half, Waltz head-faked a defender and knocked down a long baseline jumper, stole a ball and on the way back down the court passed to freshman guard Chelsey Thompson for an assist.
Then she might rewind the tape and see that her team lacks a true power forward and the glaring rookie mistakes that the freshmen made. And that’s OK, because that’s what exhibition games are for.
“Exhibition games are opportunities to see where you are,” Washington said. “Certainly we can look forward to better things.”
Kansas will find greener pastures, but when the Jayhawks get there is anyone’s guess. It might, however, be sooner than most people thought.
“This motivates us,” said senior point guard Selena Scott of the close loss to the Jaguars. “These are great college players and some of them play in the WNBA. Those players play against the best in the world. We played them close and we’re not going to see teams with players like that all season.”
If a few breaks and plays went Kansas’ way in the first half, the Jayhawks might have had a better chance at winning.
“We lost the ball game in the first-half,” Washington said. “We didn’t shoot well. We shot a lot better in the second half, we played defense better in the second half. In the first half we blew at least three layups and we lost by seven.”
Those three layups and a handful of other missed opportunities were the result of nerves, Scott said.
“The first half was getting over our jitters,” she said. “That’s all it was there. It was too late once we got over them, but that’s a one-game thing.”
Kansas will play Fort Hays State in an exhibition at 2 p.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas University’s women’s tennis team didn’t win so much as a set in a 7-0 loss to No. 6-ranked Notre Dame on Sunday at Alvamar.
“We fought really hard today, but Notre Dame is really good and came out with a lot of confidence and it showed,” KU coach Kilmeny Waterman said.
“But it is good experience to play a team at that level, and competing against teams like this will help us in the long run.”
Kansas fell to 5-3, with two of those losses coming to top-10 teams.
KU will travel to Iowa State on Saturday and to Iowa on Sunday.
Singles
Michelle Dasso, ND, def. Monica Sekulov, 6-0, 6-4
Becky Varnum, ND, def. Cheryl Mallaiah, 6-0, 6-0
Nina Vaughan, ND, def. Courtney Steinbock, 7-5, 6-2
Caylan Leslie, ND, def. Lisa Mallaiah, 6-4, 6-4
Kimberly Guy, ND, def. Christi Wagenaar, 6-2, 6-1
Katie Cunha, ND, def. Emily Haylock, 6-2, 6-2
(#7) Dasso/Varnum, ND, def. C.Steinbock/K.Steinbock, 8-6
Guy/Cunha, ND, def. Sekulov/L.Mallaiah, 8-6
Vaughan/Leslie, ND, def. Haylock/Lorenz, 8-5
