Women's Basketball

Comeback falls short and Kansas women’s basketball season ends

Oklahoma City ? The Kansas women’s basketball team made a late charge in the fourth quarter, but it fell short, and the Jayhawks’ season ended Friday night in Chesapeake Energy Arena.Kansas couldn’t overcome Oklahoma State’s height and strength advantage and the Cowgirls advanced to the ...

KU-OSU women at a glance

Who: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State, in Big 12 TournamentWhen: 8:30 tonightWhere: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma CitySeries: Oklahoma State leads, 34-32Rubber matchThe Kansas women’s basketball team has a chance to take the season series over Oklahoma State. The two teams split the two meetings ...

Big 12 coaches name KU’s Jessica Washington Newcomer of Year

The Kansas women’s basketball team’s 2-16 record in conference play didn’t dissuade the Big 12’s coaches from choosing the Jayhawks’ top player, junior guard Jessica Washington, as the conference’s Newcomer of the Year.In her first season with the Jayhawks, after transferring from ...

KU women fall to West Virginia, 73-54

West Virginia built a 16-point first-quarter lead and went on to defeat Kansas, 73-54, in Big 12 women’s basketball Monday night in Morgantown, W.Va.The Jayhawks trailed 24-8 after one quarter and 41-18 at halftime.Jessica Washington scored 18 points to lead Kansas, but no other Jayhawk ...

Kansas-West Virginia women’s basketball preview

When: 6 p.m. MondayWhere: WVU ColiseumSeries: West Virginia leads, 7-4Road woes: Kansas will look for its first Big 12 road win in its last 17 tries Monday at West Virginia. Its last conference road win was almost exactly two years ago at Oklahoma on Feb. 28, 2015. However, the Jayhawks ...

KU women slip in Sunflower Showdown on Senior Day

Kansas guard Jessica Washington could only put her hands on her hips as she shook her head in disbelief. With 27 seconds to go, Washington got a near-perfect look at the rim from the top of the key on a designed play from the sideline. Had her 3-pointer found the bottom of the net, it would ...