game 25 MARCH 11, 2021 | VS NO. 8 TCU | GAME NOTES 2020-21 KANSAS SCHEDULE TIPOFF Rank Time/Results vs • Kansas women's basketball (7-17, 3-15 Big 12) last DATE KU/OPP OPPONENT (CT) played on Saturday, falling to the No. 6 ranked Baylor 11/25 - - NORTHERN COLORADO W, 78-62 67-93. 11/29 - - TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI W, 85, 43 MARCH 11 // MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM // 5 PM CT • Leading the offensive effort for the Jayhawks was Holly 12/3 - - at Ole Miss __L, 53-70 12/6 - - ORAL ROBERTS W, 100-59 Kersgieter with 16 points through her 20 minutes on the BIG 12 NOW ON ESPN+ JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK hardwood. 12/10 - - OKLAHOMA* W, 74-64 Play-by-Play: Brenda VanLengen Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 12/14 - - UTRGV CANCELED Analyst: Chuckie Kempf Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio • Kersgieter is the Kansas' leader in points per game Play-by-Play: Jimmy Chavez 12/21 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE L, 69-72 (16.7) and has reached the 385 point mark on the season. 12/29 - - NEW MEXICO STATE W, 78-59 TALE OF THE TAPE • Julie Brosseau had 15 points against the Lady Bears, 1/2 - - WEST VIRGINIA* POSTPONED which is a new Big 12 high. Brosseau was 4-for-7 from the 1/6 - - at Iowa State* POSTPONED floor, 3-for-4 from deep, and a perfect 4-for-4 from the 1/13 - - BAYLOR* POSTPONED RANK -/- AP / COACHES POLL -/- free throw line. 1/14 - 21/20 at Texas L, 72-79 1/17 - - at TCU* L, 78-81 (OT) 1/20 - - TEXAS TECH* L, 65-75 7-17, 3-15 BIG 12 W-L 9-14, 4-14 BIG 12 About TCU 1/23 - - KANSAS STATE* W, 70-63 • TCU (9-14, 4-14 Big 12) last played on Sunday, March 7 1/27 - - at Oklahoma* L, 81-84 POINTS falling to Texas in a close contest, 60-69. Lauren Heard 1/30 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* L, 51-75 70.3 PER GAME 68.2 set the tone for the Horned Frogs with her fifth double- 2/2 - - at Oklahoma State* L, 55-82 double of the season (ninth on career) with 28 points and 2/4 - 8/8 at Baylor* L, 50-83 .396 FG% .405 10 rebounds. 2/7 - - TCU* W, 82-72 • As announced by the conference office, Heard was 2/10 - 19/21 at West Virginia* L, 61-69 tabbed as the Big 12 women's basketball Player of the 2/13 - - at Kansas State* L, 66-77 3FG% 2/17 - - IOWA STATE* L, 82-84 .312 .313 Week. She averaged 31.1 points per game through several 2/20 - - at Texas Tech* L, 98-99 (OT) contests, notching two 30-point games, and back-to- 2/24 - - TEXAS* L, 52-61 38.5 REBOUNDS 36.3 back double-double performances. This was Heard's 2/27 - - WEST VIRGINIA* L, 68-72 PER GAME second conference honor this season, for her fourth 3/3 - - at Iowa State* L, 53-83 overall in her career. 3/6 - - BAYLOR* 67-93 ASSISTS 12.5 PER GAME 14.6 • Heard leads TCU in almost every statistical category PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP this season. 3/11 - - vs. TCU8 5pm All times Central. Home games in ALL CAPS. * Conference games STEALS 7.3 PER GAME 7.2 TCu Earlier this season | Feb. 7 In the second meeting this season versus TCU, Kansas KANSAS vs. TCU (LAST 10) BLOCKS notched the win to split the season series, 82-72. The 3.9 PER GAME 3.3 ALL-TIME: 14-7, TCU Leads Jayhawk's big second half aided in the defeat of the HOME: 4-4 // AWAY: 1-9// NEUTRAL: 2-1 Horned Frogs after trailing by as many as 13 points in the DATE OPPONENT OUTCOME .409 DEF. FG% .420 first half. Kansas ended the contest with five players in 2/10/21 TCU W, 82-72 double figures. 1/17/21 at TCU L, 78-81 STAT LEADERS 2/8/20 TCU L, 74-87 up next 1/12/20 at TCU L, 59-73 #13 Kersgieter #20 heard If the Jayhawks win its first round contest, Kansas will 2/27/19 TCU L, 66-76 (16.7) PPG (21.7) play No. 1 seeded Baylor on Friday, March 12 in the 1/27/19 at TCU L, 53-58 quarterfinals at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU. 1/20/18 at TCU L, 66-77 #45 ajekwu #32 Morris (.537) FG% (.678) 12/21/17 TCU W, 86-77 Senior Day 2-5-17 TCU L, 68-80 #11 Chatzileonti #20 heard Kansas celebrated Senior Day Saturday, Feb. 27 against 12/22/17 TCU L, 68-83 (6.8) RPG (7.0) West Virginia, honoring Julie Brosseau. Brosseau received the start and tallied five points, including #15 Franklin APG #20 heard Kansas' first 3-pointer. TEAM HISTORY (3.5) (5.0) Year Opened 1955 #11 Chatzileonti #32 morris Mia Vuksic First Season of Basketball 1968-69 (1.41) BPG (0.9) Mia Vuksic tied a program record in three point field All-Time Record (%) 844-683 (.553) goals made (8) and attempts (14) in the loss to Kansas All-Time Big 12 Record (%) 134-287 (.318) SERIES AT A GLANCE State. Vuksic tied the mark set in 1996 by Charisse NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last) 13 (2013) Sampson. WNIT Appearances (Last) seven (2011) OVERALL 33-8; Baylor Leads IN LAWRENCE 4-4 AIAW Postseason (Last) three (1981) IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS 1-9 Schedule update Last Postseason Opponent Notre Dame (3/31/13) NEUTRAL 2-1 • Kansas' postponed games against Big 12 foes Baylor, Results L, 63-93 in Norfolk, Va. CURRENT STREAK W1 Iowa State and West Virginia have been rescheduled SCHNEIDER VS TCU 3-10 LAST MEETING W, 82-72 // 2/7/21 in Lawrence, Kan. during the week prior to the Big 12 tournament. KU will host Baylor Feb. 27 and travel to Iowa State March 3 before last game starters concluding the regular season March 6 at home against West Virginia. 5 12 13 15 45 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship schedule March 11-14 ~ Kansas City ~ Municipal Auditorium aniya thomas Katrine Jessen holly kersgieter zakiyah franklin Chisom ajekwu KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 8.6 PPG 1.1 PPG 16.7 PPG 9.9 PPG 2.4 PPG ASHA EVANS Assistant Director of Communications 1.70 SPG 2.5 RPG 6.6 RPG 3.5 APG 3.3 RPG e: [email protected] .383 FG PERCENTAGE .263 FG PERCENTAGE .410 FG PERCENTAGE .537 FG PERCENTAGE .383 FG PERCENTAGE c: 785-393-7505 2020-21 @KUWBBALl Thursday, March 11 (all times Central) 2020-21 BIG 12 STANDINGS Game 1: No. 8 TCU vs. No. 9 Kansas (5 p.m.) Game 2: No. 7 Texas Tech vs. No. 10 Kansas State (8 p.m.) -- BIG 12 -- -- OVERALL -- TEAM W-L % H A W-L % H A N Friday, March 12 Baylor 17-1 .944 8-1 9-0 22-2 .917 12-1 10-1 0-0 Game 3: No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 5 Texas (10:30 a.m.) West Virginia 13-5 .722 7-2 6-3 19-5 .792 11-2 6-3 2-0 Game 4: No. 1 Baylor vs. Game 1 Winner (1:30 p.m.) Game 5: No. 2 West Virginia vs. Game 2 Winner (5:30 p.m.) Oklahoma State 13-5 .722 8-1 5-4 17-7 .708 11-3 6-4 0-0 Game 6: No. 3 Oklahoma State vs. No. 6 Oklahoma (8:30 p.m.) Iowa State 12-6 .667 7-2 5-4 16-9 .640 10-3 6-6 0-0 Texas 11-7 .611 6-3 5-4 17-8 .680 12-4 5-4 0-0 Saturday, March 13 Oklahoma 9-9 .500 4-5 5-4 12-11 .522 7-6 5-5 0-0 Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner (Noon) Texas Tech 5-13 .278 4-5 1-8 10-14 .417 9-6 1-8 0-0 Game 8: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner (3 p.m.) TCU 4-14 .222 3-6 1-8 9-14 .391 8-6 1-8 0-0 Kansas 3-15 .167 3-6 0-9 7-17 .292 7-7 0-10 0-0 Sunday, March 14 Kansas State 3-15 .167 3-6 0-9 8-17 .320 7-8 1-9 0-0 Game 9: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner (Noon) Kansas vs. Oklahoma State back-to-back Numerical roster • Kansas and Oklahoma State played the rare back-to- back series Jan. 30 and Feb. 2 with the first meeting No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) in Lawrence and the second in Stillwater. The last time 0 Erica Haynes-Overton G 5-5 Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (East Nashville Magnet HS) Kansas played a single opponent in back-to-back games 4 Mia Vuksic G 5-10 Fr. Sibenik, Croatia (Srednja Strukovna Skola Sibenik) was the 2015-16 season against TCU. KU played at TCU Feb. 29 and played the Horned Frogs March 4 in the Big 5 Aniya Thomas G 5-7 Jr. Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville HS) 12 Championship tournament. KU won the second game 11 Ioanna Chatzileonti F 6-3 Fr. Athens, Greece (1st Lyceum of Voula) 81-64. 12 Katrine Jessen F 6-2 Fr. Skovlunde, Denmark (Borupgaard Gymnasium) About Kansas 13 Holly Kersgieter G 5-10 So. Sand Springs, Okla.