Kansas women easily handle Arizona 75-51
Jessica Washington scored 16 points and McKenzie Calvert had 14 points to lead the Kansas women’s basketball team past Arizona 75-51 on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas (5-5) never trailed Arizona (7-2) after the game’s first three minutes.
Washington made 6 of 11 shots and added five rebounds and five assists.
A three-pointer by Calvert and consecutive baskets by Aisia Robertson gave KU a 16-6 lead with 1:29 to play in the first quarter. Arizona cut the lead to seven midway through the second quarter, but Kansas scored eight straight points to build a comfortable lead.
Kansas concludes its non-conference schedule with a Wednesday home game against UC Riverside. The Jayhawks being Big 12 games Dec. 29 at home against Oklahoma.
ARIZONA (7-2): Washington 7-21 3-3 17, Workman 5-10 2-7 12, Jones 3-11 3-6 10, Alonso 2-8 0-0 4, Bennett 1-5 2-4 4, Evans 2-5 0-0 4, Bell 0-1 0-0 0, Graham 0-4 0-0 0, James 0-0 0-2 0, Rice 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 20-65 10-22 51.
KANSAS (5-5): Washington 6-11 3-5 16, Calvert 5-10 1-1 14, Manning-Allen 3-5 3-4 9, Kopatich 3-7 0-0 8, Umeri 4-5 0-0 8, Robertson 2-4 3-4 7, Brown 2-5 2-2 6, O’Neal 1-4 0-0 3, Cheadle 1-4 0-0 2, Christopher 0-1 2-4 2, Lott 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 27-57 14-20 75.
Arizona | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | — | 51 |
Kansas | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | — | 75 |
3-Point Goals—Arizona 1-13 (Jones 1-2, Alonso 0-1, Bennett 0-1, Graham 0-1, Washington 0-6, Workman 0-2), Kansas 7-21 (Calvert 3-7, Kopatich 2-5, O’Neal 1-4, Washington 1-2, Brown 0-1, Cheadle 0-1, Robertson 0-1). Assists—Arizona 7 (Alonso 2), Kansas 17 (Washington 5). Fouled Out—Bennett. Rebounds—Arizona 35 (Jones 6), Kansas 48 (Kopatich 7). Total Fouls—Arizona 20, Kansas 20. A—1,884.
This story was originally published December 17, 2016 at 2:57 PM with the headline "Kansas women easily handle Arizona 75-51."