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OSU women's basketball: Former Jenks star Jessica Washington carries Kansas into OSU matchup

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.