The Kansas women's basketball team has struggled mightily this season with just one league victory, but as the Jayhawks prepare to host Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. Wednesday, it's worth noting a bright spot in Lawrence with local roots.
Jessica Washington was born in Tulsa and will go down among the most prolific high school players state history. The athletic 5-foot-8 guard averaged nearly 24 points as a Jenks senior, was named a 2013 McDonalds All-American and signed to play at North Carolina.
But after two seasons as a Tar Heel, Washington transferred to KU. Brandon Schneider, the Jayhawks' second-year coach, called her “a floor general with great vision and a high basketball I.