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Kansas' Lamaria Cole (1) defends against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Alexis Chappelle (23) during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Bunny Williams (5) pulls down a rebound in front of three Southern Illinois-Edwardsville defenders during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Chelsea Gardner (15) and Markisha Hawkins (54) cut off Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Micah Jones (11) in the lane during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Chelsea Gardner (15) fights with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville players for a rebound during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Chelsea Gardner (15) gathers herself for a shot while Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Allyssa Decker defends during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' CeCe Harper (24) gets a hand on the ball while pressuring Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Alexis Chappelle (23) during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Chelsea Gardner (15) heaves up a shot while falling after being fouled during Kansas' game against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Alexis Chappelle (23) can only watch as Kansas' Lamaria Cole (1) scores on a fast break during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Natalie Knight (42) makes a move past Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Raven Warford (55) during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Jada Brown, right, congratulates teammate Asia Boyd (0) after Boyd hit a three point shot during Kansas' game against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Caelynn Manning-Allen (25) puts up a shot against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Raven Warford during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Dakota Gonzalez (2) gets a shot off over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Coco Moore (1) and Raven Warford (55) during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' CeCe Harper (24) take control of the ball after teammate Dakota Gonzalez (2) flipped the ball to her after taking it away from Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Coco Moore (1) and Jessie Wendt (20) during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Lamaria Cole (1) makes a move past an Illinois-Edwardsville's defender during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Asia Boyd (0) flips the ball up after being fouled by Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Raven Warford (55) during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Lamaria Cole, left, and CeCe Harper (24) cheer on their teammates from the bench late during their game against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Kansas' Chelsea Gardner shoots over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Tierny Austin (24) during their game Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.