LAWRENCE, Kan. – The sixth-ranked Baylor Lady Bears had five players score in double figures and collected a total of 59 rebounds to top host Kansas 93-67 Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.
NaLyssa Smith scored 21 points and added 12 rebounds (both game highs) to pace the Bears, who improved to 21-2 on the season and 16-1 in the Big 12.
The Lady Bears didn’t waste any time heating up offensively in Saturday’s affair. Baylor jumped out to an 8-0 lead less than three minutes into the game. The Jayhawks (7-17, 3-15) continued to battle and cut it to a five-point game at 13-8 when Brooklyn Mitchell cashed in on a free throw.
The Jayhawk softball team won both games on day two of the Wooo Pig Classic. Kansas started the day with a 3-2 win over Drake followed by a 5-0 shutout over Northwestern State.
Course: San Diego Country Club
Par/Yards: 72/7,033
Participating teams: Air Force, BYU, Cal Poly, Colorado, Colorado State, Denver,
Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Diego, San Diego State, San Jose State, Saint Mary’s, UC-Davis, UCLA, USC, Washington, Wyoming.
SAN DIEGO – The Kansas men’s golf team will return to action Monday at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic at San Diego Country Club. The Jayhawks will tee off beginning at 9:10 a.m., CST.
Kansas returns to action for the first time since Feb. 19 when it competed in the first round of the Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert, California. The Jayhawks were forced to withdraw after the opening round because of a positive COVID-19 test within the program.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Kansas men’s and women’s track and field teams opened its 2021 outdoor campaign at the Longhorn Invitational at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas on Saturday, marking the Jayhawks’ first appearance at an outdoor meet in 637 days.
Kansas last competed outdoors at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas from June 5-8, as the 2020 outdoor season was canceled. A group of Jayhawks competed on the same track on Saturday.
Senior Mariah Kuykendoll made her first appearance of 2021 on Saturday in the women’s 400 meters, where she wasted no time catching her rhythm. The senior ran a personal best 53.63 to win the event and become the No. 6 performer in KU outdoor history.