Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women's basketball team suffered a 65-47 defeat at the hands of Kansas on Wednesday evening, at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
 
"Let me just say, the hardest we played against Oklahoma and TCU, we didn't play today," WVU coach Mike Carey said. "All you need to know is that they had eight dead ball rebounds. That's all you need to know. We were slow motion. Two steps slow. Wouldn't reverse the ball. Went too deep. Turned it over. How many fast breaks we had and didn't score. How many airballs we shot. It's just ridiculous."
 
West Virginia was led by freshman guard JJ Quinerly, who scored a career-high 22 points in the loss to go along with five rebounds and two steals. Junior forward Esmery Martinez hauled in a game-high 11 rebounds to pace WVU on the glass.
 
Kansas got on the board first with a 3-pointer, but Martinez tacked on five to take the lead back for the Mountaineers. Following another score from KU, West Virginia got a pair of scores from Quinerly and Martinez to jump back out in front. The Jayhawks scored once more to make it a 9-7 Mountaineer lead at the first media break.
 
KU tied the game up after the break and finished the quarter on an 8-2 run. WVU trailed by four points heading into the second period.
 
After neither team scored through the opening four minutes of the second, Kansas netted two tallies at the free-throw line to increase the deficit to 17-11 with just over five minutes to play in the half. Senior guard Madisen Smith tallied WVU's first points of the quarter before the media timeout, as the Mountaineers trailed by four with 4:55 to play in the second.
 
Kansas extended its lead to 11 points following the break, as WVU found itself in another scoring drought and trailed, 24-13, with 1:56 to play in the half. West Virginia strung together six points over the final two minutes of the quarter to cut into the deficit, but a last-second triple by the Jayhawks made it a 27-19 game in favor of KU at halftime.
 
West Virginia got five points from Quinerly to open the quarter, which cut Kansas' lead to three. The Jayhawks then got back up by six points, and despite several attempts from the Mountaineers, continued to hold that margin until the media timeout. Quinerly added another score before the break, as WVU trailed KU, 37-33, with 4:20 to play in the quarter.
 
West Virginia fell behind by eight coming out of the timeout, as Kansas netted four free throws. The Mountaineers tallied five points down the stretch, including a 3 from Quinerly, but the Jayhawks added five of their own to make it a 46-38 deficit for WVU heading into the final 10 minutes of the game.
 
Of note, Quinerly tallied 15 of her points in the third quarter.
 
The two teams traded scores to open the quarter, but the Jayhawks tacked on six more points to increase the deficit to 14 points with 6:03 to play. A pair of free throws from fifth-year senior forward Ari Gray cut it 54-42 for WVU at the final media timeout.
 
West Virginia tacked on five more points down stretch, but Kansas tallied 12 points of its own on the other to seal its 16th win of the season.
 
Next up, West Virginia travels to Waco, Texas, on Saturday, Feb. 12, for a matchup against Baylor. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. ET, inside the Ferrell Center in Waco. The contest will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.