Kansas offense sputters, Jayhawks falls to Baylor Bears 75-62.

Simply 3 days after the Kansas trio of seniors seemingly could not be stopped, the Baylor Bears have been in a position to stifle the Jayhawks as they pulled away within the second half to get an important highway victory early in Massive 12 play.

Holly Kersgieter, Zakiyah Franklin and Taiyanna Jackson, who mixed to attain 67 factors on Wednesday, have been held to only a mixed 28 factors on 10-28 taking pictures. Wyvette Mayberry scored 19 to guide the Jayhawks, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient as Baylor elevated their lead all through the sport for the double digit victory.

From the start of the sport, the Bears seemed just like the group with extra power, they usually attacked Kansas early. Kansas head coach Brandon Schneider famous they have been “the extra aggressive group right now” in his postgame feedback, one thing that was clearly mirrored by Baylor outrebounding the Jayhawks by 14.

Early within the sport, it seemed just like the Jayhawks have been going to get a whole sport from everybody on the ground, as 4 completely different gamers scored to push the Jayhawks to a 5 level lead, However Baylor head coach Nicki Collen indicated that the Bears “knew we would have liked to play downhill” they usually did, driving into the lane early and infrequently. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs scored the primary three baskets for Baylor on layups, and Baylor went on a 10-2 run to finish the quarter with a 3 level lead.

The second quarter began with one other flurry of Kansas scoring, as Mayberry splashed in a three-pointer to tie it earlier than Jackson hit a pair free throws, however as soon as once more the Bears adjusted and went on a big run within the second half of the interval. Mayberry was in a position to claw again a pair factors to shrink the margin to five.

The Jayhawks did not go quietly within the second half, as they have been in a position to shrink the all the way in which to 2 factors within the third quarter and 4 factors within the fourth quarter. Nonetheless, every time they made a run, the Bears would regulate and reply with a run of their very own.

As Coach Brandon defined, “Baylor did a extremely good job of taking away our first choice”, after which Kansas “went to one-on-one play, which towards elite on-ball defenders, is not an excellent recipe” for fulfillment. To his level, ball motion gave the impression to be missing late within the sport and the Jayhawks solely completed the sport with 6 assists on 23 made baskets.

After Zakiyah Franklin was in a position to get Kansas again to inside 4 with simply 2:43 left within the sport, the Bears ended the sport on a 10-1 run, ending any hope of a comeback.

Solely three Kansas gamers scored in double digits, with Mayberry’s 19 being accompanied by 11 from Kersgieter and 11 from Chandler Prater, who fouled out late within the fourth quarter.

Taiyanna Jackson ended the sport with 8 factors and eight rebounds, however was coping with foul hassle for a lot of the second half, additionally fouling out of the sport.

It is a fast turnaround for the Jayhawks, as they journey to Austin on Tuesday to tackle the Longhorns. Final season, they upset the thirteenth ranked Longhorns down in Austin in time beyond regulation.