game 08 JANUARY 14, 2021 |AT NO. 21/20 TEXAS | GAME NOTES 2020-21 KANSAS SCHEDULE TIPOFF Rank Time/Results SEPTEMBER 5 // MEMORIAL STADIUM • Kansas travels to Austin, Texas to play No. 21/20 Texas DATE KU/OPP OPPONENT (CT) VS Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. The game, which was originally 11/25 - - NORTHERN COLORADO W, 78-62 scheduled for Dec. 17, is the Jayhawks second Big 12 11/29 - - TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI W, 85, 43 game of the season. The meeting will be broadcast on 12/3 - - at Ole Miss L, 53-70 JAN. 14 // FRANK ERWIN CENTER //7 PM CT the Longhorn Network at 7 p.m., and can also be heard 12/6 - - ORAL ROBERTS W, 100-59 on the Jayhawk Radio Network with Jimmy Chavez doing 12/10 - - OKLAHOMA* W, 74-64 LONGHORN NETWORK JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK play-by-play. Play-by-Play: Alex Loeb Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 12/14 - - UTRGV CANCELED Analyst: Andrea Lloyd Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio • KU last played Dec. 29, beating New Mexico State, 12/17 - - at Texas* RESCHEDULED TO JAN. 14 Play-by-Play: Jimmy Chavez 78-59. The Jayhawk offense is led by Holly Kersgieter, 12/21 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE L, 69-72 TALE OF THE TAPE who averages a team-best 16.8 points in her six starts this 12/29 - - NEW MEXICO STATE W, 78-59 season. Tina Stephens boasts 12.3 points per game and is 1/2 - - WEST VIRGINIA* POSTPONED RANK second on the team with 6.7 rebounds per game. Ioanna 1/6 - - at Iowa State* POSTPONED 21/20 -/- AP / COACHES POLL Chatzileonti has 66 total rebounds in her seven starts this 1/9 - - at Oklahoma State* POSTPONED season and averages a team-high 9.4 rebounds per game. 1/13 - - BAYLOR* POSTPONED 76.7 POINTS 78.6 • Kansas ranks in the top-25 in both rebound margin (21st) 1/14 - - at No. 21/20 Texas 7 PM PER GAME and defensive rebounds per game (6th). The Jayhawks 1/17 - - at TCU* 1 PM are second in the Big 12 in defensive rebounds per game 1/20 - - TEXAS TECH* 7 PM .428 FG% .443 (33.0) and are only behind Baylor's 34.1 average. KU holds 1/23 - - KANSAS STATE* 4 PM a 10.9 rebound margin over its opponents this season. 1/27 - - at Oklahoma* 7 PM 3FG% 1/30 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 4 PM .304 .323 About Kansas 2/3 - - at Baylor* 7 PM • Entering his sixth year as head coach, Brandon Schneider 2/6 - - TCU* 4 PM REBOUNDS 46.3 PER GAME 38.4 and the Jayhawks are coming off their best finish in seven 2/10 - - at West Virginia* 6 PM years after going 15-14 (.517) in the 2019-20 season. The 2/13 - - at Kansas State* 1 PM Jayhawks posted an undefeated (11-0) regular-season 2/17 - - IOWA STATE* 7 PM ASSISTS 14.14 PER GAME 13.80 against nonconference opponents and qualified for 2/20 - - at Texas Tech* 3 PM postseason play for the first time since 2013. KU garnered 2/24 - - TEXAS* 7 PM STEALS All times Central. Home games in ALL CAPS. * Conference games 8.0 PER GAME 10.60 its best home record under Schneider, collecting an 11-6 ledger inside Allen Fieldhouse. KANSAS VS texas (LAST 10) BLOCKS • In Big 12 play, Kansas held a 4-14 mark, which gave KU ALL-TIME: 29-11, texas Leads 4.57 PER GAME 4.70 its best showing in five seasons. After getting their first HOME: 7-11 // AWAY: 4-14 // NEUTRAL: 0-4 DATE OPPONENT OUTCOME Big 12 victory over Texas Tech on Jan.18, the Jayhawks .358 DEF. FG% .416 stunned the Longhorns of Texas in Allen Fieldhouse 1/27/16 at Texas L, 46-70 (2/15/20), one of their 11 wins in the historic building. The 3/5/16 vs. Texas (Oklahoma City, Okla.) L, 50-66 triumph over Texas was the Jayhawks’ first time defeating 1/4/17 TEXAS L, 54-66 STAT LEADERS the Longhorns since 2013. KU claimed two more wins to 2/11/17 at Texas L, 42-75 round out the conference season. 1/13/18 at Texas L, 62-79 #13 Kersgieter #35 Collier (16.8) PPG (21.6) • KU returns 11 players from last season's team, including 1/31/18 TEXAS L, 41-55 All-Big 12 Freshman Team selection Zakiyah Franklin (12.1 1/23/19 at Texas L, 43-62 ppg) and the Jayhawks’ leading scorer, Aniya Thomas 2/9/19 TEXAS L, 73-91 #1 Stephens #35 Collier (.554) FG% (.579) (12.6 ppg). Thomas and Franklin are joined by returners 1/22/20 at Texas L, 77-85 senior Tina Stephens (10.2 ppg) and sophomore Holly 2/15/20 TEXAS W, 82-67 #11 Chatzileonti #35 Collier (9.4) RPG (9.9) Kersgieter (10.1 ppg), who both finished the 2019-20 season in double-digits in scoring. Joining the returners TEAM HISTORY #15 Franklin #15 Lambert are four newcomers, who include three freshmen (Mia (3.57) APG (3.25) Vuksic, Katrine Jessen and Ioanna Chatzileonti) and one Year Opened 1955 graduate transfer (Julie Brosseau). First Season of Basketball 1968-69 #11 Chatzileonti #23 Gaston BPG (2.22) All-Time Record (%) 842-668 (.557) (1.86) KANSAS-NEW MEXICO STATE LEFTOVERS All-Time Big 12 Record (%) 132-272 (.234) KANSAS 78, NEW MEXICO STATE, 59 | THURSDAY, DEC. NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last) 13 (2013) SERIES AT A GLANCE 29; LAWRENCE, KAN. WNIT Appearances (Last) seven (2011) OVERALL 29-11; Texas Leads • Kansas opened the game with a 15-2 run, including a AIAW Postseason (Last) three (1981) IN LAWRENCE 7-11 12-0 run midway through the first quarter. Last Postseason Opponent Notre Dame (3/31/13) IN AUSTIN, TEXAS 4-14 • Kansas led 38-27 at halftime to mark the fifth time this Results L, 63-93 in Norfolk, Va. NEUTRAL 0-4 season KU has led at intermission. The 11-point lead at CURRENT STREAK W1 halftime was KU’s third widest lead at half this season. SCHNEIDER VS TEXAS 1-13 Kansas improved to 4-1 when leading at half this season. LAST MEETING W, 82-67 // 2/15/20 in Lawrence, Kansas • KU had five players score in double digits, marking the third time this season KU had four or more double-figure last game starters scorers in a game this season. • The Jayhawks had four score 10 or more against Texas 1 5 11 13 21 A&M-Corpus Christi (11/29) and six versus Oral Roberts (12/6). TINA STEPHENS aniya thomas Ioanna Chatzileonti Holly Kersgieter Brooklyn Mitchell KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 12.3 PPG 11.1 PPG 8.6 PPG 16.8 PPG 5.3 PPG DANIEL BERK BRENT BEERENDS Director of Communications Assistant Director of Communications 6.7 RPG 3.O RPG 1.86 BPG 5.8 RPG 2.57 APG e: [email protected] e: [email protected] .554 FG PERCENTAGE .527 FG PERCENTAGE 9.4 RPG .452 3FG PERCENTAGE .355 FG PERCENTAGE 2020-21 @KUWBBALl KANSAS-NEW MEXICO STATE LEFTOVERS CONT... 2020-21 BIG 12 STANDINGS • Senior forward Tina Stephens just missed a double- double with nine points and a season-high 11 rebounds. -- BIG 12 -- -- OVERALL -- Her 11 boards marked her ninth double-figure rebound TEAM W-L % H A W-L % H A N game in two-season KU career. Oklahoma State 6-0 1.000 4-0 2-0 10-2 0.833 7-2 3-0 0-0 Baylor 3-0 1.000 1-0 2-0 8-1 0.889 5-0 3-1 0-0 About Texas • No. 21/20 Texas enters the game against Kansas 8-2 Iowa State 3-1 0.750 1-0 2-1 7-4 0.636 4-1 3-3 0-0 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 play and are coached by Vic Texas 2-1 0.667 1-0 1-1 8-2 0.800 7-1 1-1 0-0 Schaefer in his first season as head coach of the program. West Virginia 2-2 0.500 1-1 1-1 8-2 0.800 5-1 1-1 2-0 Schaefer has previous stops at Sam Houston and Kansas 1-1 0.500 1-0 0-1 5-2 0.625 5-1 0-1 0-0 Mississippi State, tallying a career record of 309-174. West Oklahoma 1-3 0.250 0-2 1-1 4-5 0.444 3-3 1-2 2-0 • The Longhorns last played Jan. 9 at West Virginia, Texas Tech 1-4 0.200 1-2 0-2 6-5 0.545 6-3 0-2 0-0 falling to the Mountaineers 92-58. Joanne Allen Taylor led Kansas State 0-2 0.000 0-1 0-1 5-4 0.556 4-3 1-1 0-0 UT with 12 points, while Celeste Taylor tallied 10 points. TCU 0-5 0.000 0-3 0-2 5-5 0.500 5-3 0-2 0-0 • Texas opened the season 3-0 before dropping the Big 12/SEC Challenge game to then-No. 12/13 Texas A&M. After beating Idaho to move to 4-1, Texas had games Numerical roster postponed against Tennessee and Kansas before beating No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Drake Dec. 18. UT rattled off three-consecutive wins before its lost at West Virginia. 0 Erica Haynes-Overton G 5-5 Jr.