Women's Basketball

KU women blitzed in third quarter in loss to West Virginia

Depending on who you asked, you'd get a different story.Moments after his 15th-ranked West Virginia squad dropped the Jayhawks to below .500 in conference play, winning 74-54 in Allen Fieldhouse, coach Mike Carey strolled to the post-game press conference and offered his coaching counterpart a ...

Baylor roars past KU women, 83-48

For the first four minutes of the Kansas women's basketball team's 83-48 loss to No. 6 Baylor, the Jayhawks went possession-for-possession with the Big 12 powerhouse on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.On the Jayhawks' first two possessions, Kansas junior Austin Richardson knocked down 3-pointers ...

Tom Keegan: Kansas women’s basketball program gets off the schneid

It took third-year Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider 27 tries to win his first regular-season Big 12 game. It took him three tries to win two of them this season.That’s what progress looks like.Here’s what else it looks like: In Schneider’s first two trips to Hilton ...

KU women surge past Texas Tech, 60-47

Third-year Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider picked up his first road Big 12 victory, defeating Texas Tech, 60-47, Wednesday night in United Supermarkets Arena.Kansas (11-3 overall, 2-1 in the Big 12) never trailed and led 24-7 heading into the second quarter.In just the third ...

Unselfish Jayhawks roll to 86-77 win over TCU in Big 12 home opener

As the shot clock dwindled down in the final minute of the fourth quarter, Kansas junior Kylee Kopatich was unable to shake free of a defender for an open shot. Rather than heave up a contested jumper, Kopatich dished it out to junior Christalah Lyons for a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that capped ...

KU women’s basketball dropped in overtime at Iowa State

Despite leading for a majority of the second half, the KU women's basketball team was unable to hold off Iowa State, falling 71-69 in overtime at Hilton Coliseum. Led by Christalah Lyons (19 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds) and Kylee Kopatich (15 points, 11 rebounds), the Jayhawks overcame an ...

KU women cruise past Iona, 72-58

Austin Richardson completed a double-double and the Kansas women's basketball team rolled past Iona, 72-58, on Wednesday at Hynes Athletics Center. Micaela Wilson, who scored 13 points, helped start a 12-4 run in the fourth quarter to help the Jayhawks (9-2) pull away. Winless Iona (0-11) led ...

KU women fall to St. John’s in overtime

After a potential game-winning shot from Kansas junior Austin Richardson was ruled no good following a monitor review at the end of regulation, the KU women's basketball team suffered a 65-53 overtime loss to St. John's on Monday in Queens, N.Y.The Jayhawks were outscored 14-2 in overtime in ...