Women's Basketball Completes First Day of Practice

Oct. 2, 2012

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Coming of its 2012 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance, the Kansas women’s basketball team held its first official practice of the 2012-13 season Tuesday.

Head coach Bonnie Henrickson returns nine letterwinners, including four starters, from last season’s squad which finished 21-13 overall. The Jayhawks have three seniors on the 2012-13 roster in Carolyn Davis, Monica Engelman and Angel Goodrich. Davis and Goodrich are two of the 25 NCAA Division I women’s basketball student-athletes to be named to the 2012-13 State Farm® Wade Trophy Watch List, which is presented annually to the NCAA Division I Player of the Year by the National Association of Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS) and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

The Jayhawks open the 2012-13 season with a pair of exhibition games, including the opener against Washburn on October 28, at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas will open the regular-season on Sunday, Novemeber 11, when the Jayhawks host Idaho State.

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