Shawnee Mission North drilled a dozen 3-pointers, including seven triples in the first half, en route to a 62-52 victory over Free State on Tuesday at FSHS. The Firebirds have now dropped all six of their contests since upsetting Derby in the semifinals of the Lady Firebirds Winter Classic on ...
After defeating a ranked opponent this past weekend, Kansas sophomore Sonia Smagina has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. The 96th-ranked Smagina logged a win Monday over Washington's No. 66 Vanessa Wong. The victory fueled a dominant singles performance ...
One of the clearest signs that Kansas point guard Devon Dotson is close to full speed again came just in time for the attention to switch to third-ranked KU’s looming matchup with No. 1 Baylor this weekend. With Kansas leading 72-55 with 10:30 to play against Iowa State on Monday, Dotson ...
It didn’t take Les Miles long to find the Kansas football team’s next running backs coach. Less than a week after Tony Hull announced he was leaving the Jayhawks, Jonathan Wallace, a former skill player at Auburn who also previously worked with KU offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon, was ...
Someone alert Dikembe Mutombo. Finger wagging isn’t just for blocked shots anymore. At least not in the inventive and adaptive mind of Kansas center Udoka Azubuike. The Jayhawks’ 7-footer went back Monday night, early in the second half versus Iowa State, to what has become his go-to ...
Throughout conference play, the Kansas Jayhawks have made it a point to tell anyone who would listen that the defensive end of the floor is where they hang their hats. On Monday night, the third-ranked Jayhawks showed that their offense can deliver, too, by knocking off Iowa State 91-71 in ...
For the past couple of weeks, as he looked forward to his jersey retirement at Allen Fieldhouse, former Kansas forward Marcus Morris said he did not think the moment would hit him until it arrived. He was right. On Monday night, during third-ranked Kansas’ 91-71 victory over Iowa State at ...
For weeks, the Kansas defense has carried the third-ranked Jayhawks to tough wins in tough places. On Monday night, inside the cozy confines of Allen Fieldhouse, it was the KU offense that took its turn, catching fire to spark a 91-71 Kansas victory over Iowa State. Point guard Devon Dotson ...
No one has or will confuse Marcus Morris’ college career with Wilt Chamberlain’s or Danny Manning’s. That doesn’t mean Morris should be denied a place among the pantheon of all-time Kansas greats. His last name and No. 22 took their rightful spot in the Allen Fieldhouse rafters Monday ...
No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (22-3 overall, 11-1 Big 12) vs. Iowa State (11-14 overall, 4-8 Big 12) Time: 8 p.m. | Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas TV: ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on ...
The Kansas women’s tennis team picked up a big 5-2 win on its home court Sunday afternoon against No. 23 Washington. Washington (8-4) earned the doubles point to open the match through wins on courts one and three. At doubles three, Maria Toran Ribes and Julia Deming got off to a slow start ...
The Kansas baseball team earned the series victory after beating Belmont, 7-6, in the finale Sunday at E.S. Rose Park. The Jayhawks (2-1) used another strong performance from their bullpen to stop a late Belmont (1-2) comeback attempt. Eli Davis earned the start for KU and pitched five innings ...
Free State sophomore Madyson Gray was one of four area wrestlers to make history this weekend. Based on her performance in the regional meet at Paola, Gray, along with three others, qualified for the inaugural girls state wrestling tournament. The regional meet featuring 20 area girls also was ...
Olathe — Lawrence High junior Trey Medina won the 152-pound weight class at the Sunflower League Invitational on Saturday after pinning Olathe North sophomore Landon Wilkes. LHS finished ninth as a team with 61 points. It was also a successful day for Free State, which finished in sixth ...
It was fitting that the Kansas women’s basketball team ended its losing skid against Texas. The Jayhawks started what would end up being a seven-game skid with an 85-77 road loss to Texas on Jan. 22. On Saturday, KU got back in the win column for the first time since Jan. 18 and got some ...
The Kansas softball team rounded out its St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational with a 12-2 upset victory over No. 20 James Madison and a 5-4 loss to No. 21 Northwestern in the Eddie C. Moore Complex on Saturday. Against Northwestern (3-4), the Jayhawks had runners on first and second with two ...
After not scoring in the series opener, the Kansas baseball team found its rhythm at the plate and won its first contest of the 2020 season, 5-1, over the Belmont Bruins at E.S. Rose Park. Everhett Hazelwood earned the start for the Jayhawks (1-1) and pitched 4.1 innings, while recording six ...
Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball needed some theatrics to pull out a 45-44 win over Mid-Buchanan in the Missouri Hall of Fame Classic at Benton High School on Saturday. Senior Cobe Green was fouled going to the basket with 3.6 seconds remaining, going to the line with the game tied at 44. ...
After spending so much of Saturday’s matchup with Oklahoma dealing with two or three defenders when the ball made its way to his massive hands, Udoka Azubuike wouldn’t be bottled up physically or emotionally any longer. The Kansas center’s patience and persistent energy in spite of a ...
There are still a couple of weeks to go in the Big 12 basketball race, but third-ranked Kansas is not basing its well-being on its position in the conference standings. One game behind No. 1 Baylor heading into Saturday’s 87-70 victory over Oklahoma at Allen Fieldhouse, the Jayhawks are ...
