The SMU womens basketball team fell to the University of Kansas Thursday night during a two-game road trip.

Christine Elliott was the Mustangs leading scorer with 15 points. Elliott also finished the ball game with 10 rebounds, two assists and three steals during her 31 minutes of play. The 6 feet 2 inches forward was the only Mustang to leave Lawrence, Kan. with double digits.

While SMU shot 35.1 percent from the field, it was still no match to KU’s 56.9 percent.

When the first whistle blew Jayhawk Carolyn Davis set the tone after completing a layup with only 20 seconds off the clock. KU led the first half with SMU not far behind. The biggest point deficit between the teams was seven points before the Mustangs held KU to a score of 33-25 for the final minutes of the first half.

Coming out of the locker room revamped for the second half, the Mustang stampede quickly narrowed the point gap to 33-29.

However, just as quickly as the Mustangs nearly caught up to their opponents, the Jayhawks pushed farther ahead to regain control of the ball game.

Kansas finished with three players scoring in double digits. Forward Carolyn Davis left the stadium with 17 points while Angel Goodrich finished with 15 points and Aishah Sutherland with 14.

Overall the Jayhawks had 50 points in the paint and shot 57.1 percent from behind the arc.

The Mustang squad will finish its two-game road trip against Wichita State on Saturday at 2:05 p.m.