March 8, 2012

Recap |  Box Score |  Photo Gallery 

Postgame Notes
Kansas 63, Texas A&M 78
March 8, 2012

Kansas’ loss to Texas A&M:
--Drops the Jayhawks to 19-12 on the season.

--Gives Kansas a 10-16 record in Big 12 Championship games.

--Gives KU a 12-7 deficit in the all-time series versus Texas A&M.

--Makes Kansas 6-6 away from home in 2011-12.

--Gives coach Bonnie Henrickson a 0-10 record against Texas A&M, 136-120 at Kansas and 294-182 for her career.

--Makes KU 733-517 all time. 

Team Notes
--Kansas starters (career starts): G Angel Goodrich (73), G Natalie Knight (31), G CeCe Harper (9), F Chelsea Gardner (7), F Aishah Sutherland (82).

--For the second-straight game, the Jayhawks hit a season-high eight three-pointers. Their 18 attempts from long range also tied a season high set their previous outing at Oklahoma.

--KU snatched a season-low one steal.

--Four Jayhawks combined for 62 of the team’s 63 points. Goodrich, Knight, Harper and Sutherland also scored in double figures while freshman Asia Boyd scored one point. 

Individual Notes
--Angel Goodrich scored a team-high 21 points and has 10 or more points 24 times in 2011-12, including four outings reaching the 20-point mark. She has led the team in scoring eight times this year.

--Goodrich added nine assists to fall one dime short of her fifth double-double. Goodrich owns five or more assists in 26 games this season.

--Senior Aishah Sutherland added 14 points, her 25^th contest of double-digit points in 2011-12. Sutherland also appeared in her 127^th contest, which ties for the sixth-most games played in KU history.

--Freshman Natalie Knight connected for a career-high four shots from behind the three-point arc on her way to 14 points, her second-straight game with double-figure scoring. She also tied her personal best with seven rebounds.

--Freshman Chelsea Gardner finished with a personal-best 13 points versus Texas A&M. She went 5-for-8 from the free throw line, personal highs for both makes and attempts.

--Freshman Asia Boyd tied a personal-high 24 minutes versus Texas A&M.

--Gardner was just shy of her first career double-double pulling down a team-high nine rebounds to tie her personal best. It was her second time leading the team on the boards.