Texas women control boards to beat Kansas 74-63
Imani McGee-Stafford scored 12 poitns and snared 16 rebounds as Texas badly outrebounded Kansas in a 74-63 Big 12 women’s basketball victory in Lawrence on Saturday night.
The Longhorns (16-8, 5-8 Big 12) outrebounded KU 50-27. Texas’ 18 offensive rebounds led to 17 second-chance points, while KU had one second-chance basket and six offensive rebounds.
Chelsea Gardner had 16 points and seven rebounds to lead Kansas (13-13, 4-8). Natalie Knight had 11 points and five assists but missed 8 of 11 shots.
KU had a 38-34 lead after a Caelynn Manning-Allen layup with 17:19 to play, but Texas scored the next six points to take the lead for good. KU went without a basket for 6 1/2 minutes.
TEXAS (16-8): Lang 2-7 0-0 4, McCarty 2-6 0-0 6, Atkins 4-9 7-8 15, Sanders 3-7 2-2 11, Taylor 6-15 3-5 15, Akinbogun 1-1 0-0 2, McGee-Stafford 3-6 6-9 12, Henderson 1-1 1-2 4, Davenport 1-6 3-4 5, Foman 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-59 22-30 74.
KANSAS (13-13): Gardner 6-13 4-7 16, Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Aldridge 2-5 2-2 8, Knight 3-11 3-3 11, Cheadle 1-4 2-2 4, Manning-Allen 2-3 0-0 4, Boyd 5-11 4-5 16, Bradley 1-8 0-0 2. Totals 21-57 15-19 63.
Halftime – Texas 29-28. Three-point shooting – Texas 6-12 (Sanders 3-6, McCarty 2-3, Henderson 1-1, Atkins 0-2), Kansas 6-20 (Boyd 2-5, Aldridge 2-5, Knight 2-6, Cheadle 0-1, Bradley 0-3). Rebounds – Texas 50 (McGee-Stafford 16), Kansas 27 (Gardner, Boyd 7). Assists – Texas 15 (Sanders 4), Kansas 14 (Aldridge, Knight 5). Turnovers – Texas 20 (Davenport, McGee-Stafford 4), Kansas 17 (Manning-Allen, Boyd, Aldridge 3). Fouls – Texas 17, Kansas 21. Fouled out – None. A – 3,201.
This story was originally published February 14, 2015 at 9:17 PM with the headline "Texas women control boards to beat Kansas 74-63."