When: 7 p.m. today
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
Who: Creighton
Series: KU leads, 25-13
Rematch: Kansas University’s women’s basketball team had beaten Creighton 11 straight times until last season. It was nearly a year ago now that the Jayhawks lost to the Bluejays in overtime, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Both teams, of course, have different rosters and rotations headed into tonight’s game at Allen Fieldhouse. And KU has a new coach, Brandon Schneider.
A few Jayhawks who suffered that road OT loss have a chance to redeem Kansas tonight. Lauren Aldridge played 44 minutes in the last meeting, scoring 13 points, and Chayla Cheadle scored nine points in 31 minutes. Jada Brown also played 12 minutes in the setback.
Streaking: A Bluejay who didn’t play last season (because she was in high school), Creighton freshman Audrey Farber has made 54 percent of her shots this season. The 6-foot-2 forward leads Creighton in scoring, with 16.5 points, and has made 19 of her 21 free throws.
Slumping: On their first road trip away from Lawrence, a three-game stint, the Jayhawks lost two out of their past three games. Even in KU’s neutral-floor win over Northern Illinois during that stretch, the team didn’t shoot the ball well. KU hit just 32.2 percent of its field-goal attempts in a loss at Arizona, 37.3 percent against NIU and 37.7 percent at SMU. In each of the two setbacks, Kansas shot just 4-for-20 from three-point range.
Probable starters
Kansas (3-2)
G — Lauren Aldridge, 5-7, so.
G — Aisia Robertson, 5-7, fr.
G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, fr.
F — Jada Brown, 6-0, jr.
F — Caelynn Manning-Allen, 6-4, jr.
Creighton (4-2)
G — Sydney Lamberty, 5-10, so.
G — Marissa Janning, 5-8, sr.
G — MC McGrory, 5-8, jr.
F — Bailey Norby, 6-2, so.
F — Audrey Faber, 6-2, fr.
