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UConn flips script on glass in second half to beat KU

To hear UConn coach Dan Hurley tell it, the driving force behind the Huskies’ second-half rebounding surge against Kansas on Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse was pain. Pain stemming from a realization that the Huskies’ lone previous loss on the year — a 71-67 defeat at home against Arizona on ...

Free State basketball teams split season opening twin bill with Junction City

The Free State boys and girls basketball teams began their seasons on Tuesday night, with the girls defeating the Blue Jays, 53-28, while the boys fell, 64-51. The Firebirds’ girls team failed to score in the first quarter, but kept itself in the game on defense in the first quarter, ...

KU loses grueling 61-56 result to No. 5 UConn

For the first time ever, Connecticut has beaten Kansas, and it dealt the Jayhawks a rare nonconference home loss in the process. On the strength of a 7-0 run engineered entirely by veteran forward Alex Karaban, taking advantage of some rare lapses in an otherwise rock-solid KU defense, the ...

Big 12 confers all-league honors on 7 KU volleyball players

Seven Kansas volleyball players received All-Big 12 honors on Tuesday afternoon as part of a poll of league head coaches. Freshman opposite hitter Jovana Zelenović was the Jayhawks’ most decorated player, as she received both a first-team all-league selection and a unanimous spot on the ...