Their 9-0 start has brought plenty of joy to Kansas basketball fans at Allen Fieldhouse so far this season, but on Wednesday morning the KU women’s basketball team was handing out smiles in a new setting. Roughly twelve hours after the men’s team left Walmart following its annual holiday ...
Sophomore guard Brooklyn Mitchell posted a career-high 24 points as Kansas women’s basketball battled to an 86-81 win over Saint Mary’s on Sunday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse. Five players scored in double figures for the Jayhawks, who improved to 9-0 on the year. Mitchell added two ...
After falling into an early 8-2 hole, Kansas women’s basketball had to regroup and refocus quickly. And KU did just that Sunday, as the Jayhawks defeated Florida 76-66 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. “They’re a good team,” KU coach Brandon Schneider said. “We played a really quality ...
With three players setting career-highs in scoring and two in rebounding, Kansas rolled past FAU for a 90-60 win to clinch first place in the FAU Thanksgiving Tournament in FAU Arena on Saturday. Sophomore guard Brooklyn Mitchell led the team in scoring with a career-high 23 points on 10-of-13 ...
Behind freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin’s career-high 19 points, Kansas came back to defeat Wright State, 74-63, in the opening game of the FAU Thanksgiving Tournament in FAU Arena on Friday. Franklin led the way in the scoring column, but sophomore guard Aniya Thomas (15) and freshman guard ...
Senior forward Mariane De Carvalho stepped into a 3-pointer with under a minute to go, stretching the Kansas lead to 20 and putting an exclamation point on what proved to be a more stressful game than anticipated. While KU women’s basketball defeated Texas State 68-48 Sunday, the final score ...
The Kansas women's basketball team eased past UMass Lowell for a 79-44 win Sunday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse. Senior Mariane De Carvalho matched her career-high of 15 points and secured her first double-double at Kansas with 10 rebounds. Junior Tina Stephens (14) and sophomore Aniya Thomas ...
Late in the fourth quarter, Kansas sophomore Aniya Thomas fought through multiple defenders, somehow maintaining her dribble as she found her way to the top of the key. Thomas quickly found freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin in the corner, leading to a drive and a score. It was resourcefulness ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team won its second straight game in dominant fashion, beating the University of Illinois at Chicago by a 91-50 margin on the back of 17 points from leading scorer Aniya Thomas and a double-double from newcomer Tina Stephens. Kansas opened the contest on a 13-5 ...
Needing an offensive spark in the second quarter, freshman guard Holly Kersgieter found herself open on the wing. Fellow freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin promptly dished to Kersgieter for a 3-pointer to regain the lead for Kansas. “Shooting the ball was something that I’m very encouraged, ...
Kansas juniors Bailey Helgren and Tina Stephens dominated the second half to lead the KU women’s basketball team to a 66-55 win against Emporia State in exhibition play Sunday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. With the win, Kansas ended exhibition play with a 1-1 record. Both Helgren and ...
According to KU's annual Equity in Athletics report, at the University of Kansas the average salary of head coaching positions of men’s teams is over $1.5 million more than that of the head coaches of women’s teams. The report, which was due Oct. 15 to the NCAA, was recently requested and ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team fell to Pittsburg State 90-82 in its first exhibition game of the 2019-20 season in Allen Fieldhouse on Sunday. The Jayhawks had six players score in double-figures in the loss. Sophomore Brooklyn Mitchell led the team, scoring 19 points on 52.9% shooting ...
With turnover in college basketball becoming more prevalent with the addition of the transfer portal and players leaving due to graduation or turning professional, coaches constantly have to adjust. “I think even if you lose one player it still looks different chemistry-wise,” Texas ...
With losing nine players — including seven seniors — from the 2018-19 team, Kansas women’s basketball has emphasized filling gaps this offseason. “This has been a critical offseason for us, dating all the way back to when they reported in June,” KU coach Brandon Schneider said at ...
World-famous rapper, producer and television personality Snoop Dogg will be the headlining performer at the University of Kansas' annual Late Night in the Phog. The 35th annual Late Night in the Phog, which kicks off the start of the KU men's and women's basketball seasons, will be held ...
The Big 12 released its 2019-20 conference schedule Wednesday morning. The Kansas women's basketball team will begin its 18-game conference schedule when it travels to Stillwater, Okla., to take on Oklahoma State on Jan. 4. KU’s first home contest against a conference opponent will be four ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program on Thursday afternoon announced Friday, Oct. 4 as the date for this year’s Late Night in the Phog at Allen Fieldhouse. This year’s event will be the 35th annual Late Night extravaganza that annually kicks off another season of Kansas basketball. As ...
Kansas will have 10 homes contests, including a pair of exhibition games, ahead of Big 12 play during Brandon Schneider's fifth season at the helm of the women's basketball program, according to a news release Wednesday. KU will begin exhibition play on Sunday, Oct. 27 against Pittsburg State. ...
Forty Kansas Athletics employees specializing in sports medicine are now reporting to actual doctors and medical professionals instead of KU administrators. Through a collaboration with The University of Kansas Health System and LMH Health, Kansas Athletics on Wednesday morning announced the ...