LAWRENCE, Kan. – Senior Day at Allen Fieldhouse is set for Saturday, March 2, as the Kansas Jayhawks host No. 21 Oklahoma State in the final game of the regular season.
Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Josh Klingler (play-by-play) and
Wayne Simien (analyst) on the call. Fans can also listen to the game on the Jayhawk Radio Network from Learfield, with Steven Davis and David Lawrence calling the action.
Prior to tipoff against Oklahoma State, Kansas will honor two senior members of the 2024-25 team in center
Danai Papadopoulou and guard
Jordan Webster.
Kansas (16-12, 6-11 Big 12) has won two of its last three games following a 71-66 victory at BYU on Tuesday evening. The Jayhawks have now clinched the No. 11 seed in the upcoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, which will take place on March 5-9 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Elle Evans led the Jayhawks in scoring for the second straight game as she poured in 24 points at BYU on 7-of-12 shooting, which included hitting 4-of-6 three-pointers.
Regan Williams added a career-high 20 points and six rebounds, marking the fourth time this season that KU has had two players score 20 or more points in the same game.
Evans has made four three-pointers in each of the last two games to move into a tie for second place in school history with 69 made three-pointers this season. Evans is 69-of-164 (42.1%) from downtown, matching the previous mark set by Kylee Kopatich (2018) and Angie Halbleib (1996). She is KU's No. 2 leading scorer this season, averaging 14.4 points per game.
Williams reached double figures in scoring for the third-straight game and fourth time in the past five games as she scored a career-high 20 points at BYU. Williams is KU's No. 3 leading scorer with 9.0 points per game and leads the Jayhawks with 4.9 rebounds per game. She also leads the Jayhawks by shooting 54.5 percent (109-200) from the field.
S'Mya Nichols scored 14 points, recorded a career-high eight rebounds and had seven assists at BYU. Nichols, who became the second-fastest player in program history to score 1,000 career points, is now No. 32 on KU's all-time scoring list with 1,041 career points, which is 10 away from moving into the top 30 for career scoring in program history.
Nichols leads the country in free throws made (213) and attempted (255), and shooting 83.5 percent from the stripe, which ranks sixth in the conference. Nichols is one of eight players in Big 12 history to make more than 200 free throws in a season and now ranks fifth on the league's single season free throw list.
Oklahoma State comes to town ranked No. 21 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll with a record of 23-5 (13-4 Big 12) on the year. The Cowgirls are riding a three-game winning streak and OSU currently sits tied for third in the league standings.
Sunday's matchup will be the 83rd all-time between Kansas and Oklahoma State in a series dating back to 1976. KU has won six-straight meetings in the series, including a 75-66 win on Jan. 4 in Stillwater, to tie the series at 41-41.
Up Next
Kansas opens play at the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Wednesday, March 5, against an opponent to be determined. Tipoff from the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, is set for 8 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.