Jayhawks Drop Road Match-Up at Texas, 77-85

Wednesday, January 22

Austin, TX

07:00 PM

University of Kansas

Texas

Jayhawks Drop Road Match-Up at Texas, 77-85

1/22/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

AUSTIN, Texas – Sophomore guard Aniya Thomas’ career-high 21 points wasn’t enough as the Kansas women’s basketball team fell to Texas, 85-77, inside the Frank Erwin Center Wednesday night. Thomas hit four 3-pointers and shot 8-of-17 (47.1%) from the field along with four assists.

The Jayhawks’ record drops to 12-5 on the season and 1-5 in Big 12 play, while Texas improves to 12-6 on the year and 4-2 in the conference.

MOMENT OF THE GAME

At the start of the first quarter, Thomas scored 10-straight points for the Jayhawks in a span of 2:34. Thomas started with a quick layup to take the lead, 4-2, followed by a jumper and then back-to-back threes.

STAT OF THE GAME

56.3 – As a team, KU shot 56.3% from the 3-point line, which marks the best percentage the team has shot this season. The Jayhawks hit nine shots of their 16 attempts with four of the 3-pointers coming in the fourth quarter alone.

NOTES

Thomas matched her career high, knocking down four 3-pointers in the game.
Sophomore guard Brooklyn Mitchell set a career high in steals with six.
Freshman guard Holly Kersgieter had a career-high four assists.
Kersgieter hit a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining in both the first and second quarters.
Junior forward Tina Stephens finished with 11 points, marking back-to-back games scoring in double-figures since returning from injury.
Stephens led the team in rebounds with seven in the game and has now led the team in rebounding on five separate occasions this season.
Junior center Bailey Helgren matched her season high in points with eight on 4-of-5 (80.0%) shooting from the field and grabbed six rebounds.
Freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin finished with 12 points and led the team in assists with five.

UP NEXT

The Jayhawks will play in the second of back-to-back road in Ames, Iowa, when they take on Iowa State Saturday, Jan. 25, inside James H. Hilton Coliseum at 2 p.m. CT.

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A ???????????? by Franklin!

KU ???????????? a Texas turnover!

Thomas gets a ??????????!

4Q 1:41 | Texas 75, KU 69 pic.twitter.com/AM9tjPC8ix

— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020

SHE. IS. ON. FIREEE ??@Aniya5Thomas connects for a triple giving her 21 points on 4-of-6 from behind the arc. She clears her career-best in scoring!

4Q :41 | Texas 80, KU 75

— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020

.@Aniya5Thomas has 1??3??, leading KU in scoring!

4Q | Texas 68, KU 55 pic.twitter.com/V3fB48FqQh

— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020

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Media TO

3Q 4:55 | Texas 50, KU 41 pic.twitter.com/ymSNkzsrFO

— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020

Z. Franklin gets the ??????-1!

Puts KU within seven.

3Q | Texas 54, KU 47

— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020

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.@xmerriweatherx gets the layup to give KU its largest lead of the game!

2Q | KU 25, Texas 20 pic.twitter.com/FqPoho9xgi

— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020

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— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020

Thats 1??0??quick points for @Aniya5Thomas ! She is 4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from the three ??

KU takes the lead at the media timeout.

1Q 5:04 | KU 14, Texas 11 pic.twitter.com/fV55m0kik7

— Kansas Women's Bball (@KUWBball) January 23, 2020