Waco, Texas ? Back-to-back Big 12 Conference defeats don’t mean Bonnie Henrickson is reaching for the button with the capital P on it.

“It’s not time to panic,” said Henrickson, Kansas University’s women’s basketball coach.

The Jayhawks won’t have any easy time stopping the bleeding tonight when they face the Big 12’s highest-ranked team, No. 6 Baylor, in the Bears’ lair.

Tipoff will be at 6 p.m. at the Ferrell Center. CSTV (Sunflower Broadband cable 143) will carry a live telecast.

“Our energy is good,” Henrickson said. “We’ve just got to get (Kelly) Kohn healthy and get our rotation back to normal.”

Last Saturday at Nebraska, Kohn missed the first game of her college career after suffering a sprained right ankle in practice. The 5-foot-9 sophomore had played in 44 straight games and, although not a prolific scorer, Kohn’s defensive energy has been valuable off the bench.

Energy was something the Jayhawks lacked in the 71-51 loss to the Cornhuskers, a fact Henrickson was quick to point out.

“We were awfully disappointed in our play at Nebraska,” she said.

With Kohn out indefinitely – she made the trip to Waco but won’t play – Henrickson is hoping LaChelda Jacobs, a 5-10 sophomore, will take up some of the slack.

Jacobs, who hails from suburban Dallas, was impressive against Baylor last year in Allen Fieldhouse, scoring a career-high 18 points and grabbing 7 boards in a 71-64 loss.

“I think her play has improved,” Henrickson said, “and I anticipate her being productive.”

Jacobs’ weakness has been turnovers. She ranks second on the club with 40 giveaways even though she averages fewer than 15 minutes a game. TOs have been a team problem as well. KU ranks last in the league with an average of 19.4 a game.

“There’s not one person. It’s a team thing,” Henrickson said of the ball-handling errors. “We haven’t made good passing decisions, and we haven’t done the simple things.”

Turnovers in abundance would be fatal against the Bears, who have dropped only one game in 15 starts. Baylor has captured seven in a row and is 11-0 at home. All five starters are averaging double-figure scoring, led by guard Angela Tisdale’s 14.7 points per game.

Baylor has won nine straight from the Jayhawks, including last year’s victory in Allen Fieldhouse and a 71-54 triumph in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.

Kansas will be back home Saturday to entertain Missouri in a 2 p.m. tipoff.