Women's Basketball

K-State hands KU women first-round Big 12 loss

Dallas ? Kansas University rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to take a late lead, but Kansas State came up big down the stretch for a 57-49 victory Friday night in the first round of the Big 12 women’s basketball tournament.KU went on a 26-8 run and claimed a 46-44 lead on a ...

Jayhawks’ Aldridge always reliable

Forty minutes. Roughly the time it takes to get from Lawrence to downtown Kansas City. The total running time of several of those primetime television shows — minus the commercials, of course. Or the number of minutes freshman Lauren Aldridge plays just about every time the Kansas University ...

KU’s Gardner tapped all-Big 12

Kansas University senior Chelsea Gardner has been selected to the all-Big 12 women’s basketball first team.Guard Lauren Aldridge was named to the all-Big 12 freshman team, and senior guards Asia Boyd and Natalie Knight received all-Big 12 honorable mention.Gardner averaged a team-leading 16.8 ...

KU women hold on for 68-64, Senior Night victory over Iowa State

As hard as it is for a program to say goodbye to four seniors like the ones the Kansas University women’s basketball team said goodbye to on Monday night, big-time plays from a couple of freshmen sure made it easier.Freshmen guards Terriell Bradley and Chayla Cheadle made some of the biggest ...

Chelsea Gardner, women’s seniors set for home finale

It was not until the 19th game of her freshman season that Kansas University forward Chelsea Gardner truly knew she could play in the Big 12.That was the day — Feb. 12, 2012, at Kansas State — Gardner, a tall and thin 6-foot-3 forward from DeSoto, Texas, was asked to fill in for junior ...

KU women hit free throws, stun Sooners, 65-58

Norman, Okla. ? Maybe Kansas University should lobby to move up all its start times.With the threat of a winter storm looming, Oklahoma officials moved up tipoff for its women’s basketball Senior Night meeting with the Jayhawks by an hour Saturday.And the Jayhawks responded with a quick start ...

KU-OU women at a glance

Who: Kansas vs. OklahomaWhen: 7 tonightWhere: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OklahomaSeries: Sooners lead 34-29Notable: Wednesday night, OU snapped No. 3 Baylor’s 25-game winning streak with a 68-64 win in Norman.Time to rollWith just two games remaining in the regular season — tonight vs. OU ...

Column: End nearing for Bonnie Henrickson?

I must admit, I was excited about the future of the Kansas University women’s basketball program when I saw how the freshman class played three years ago.Carolyn Davis went down with an injury, and Chelsea Gardner stepped into the center position and played like a veteran, a very talented ...