Returning UMKC women’s basketball coach Candi Whitaker comes in with high expectations from university leadership and sports faculty during her introductory press conference on April 10.   After coaching at the university from 2006-2012, Whitaker is returning to UMKC.    With...

There is little down time for a college basketball coaching staff with new transfer rules and name, image and likeness deals changing college athletics.   Before getting the ball fully rolling on recruiting and next season, Coach Jackson-Durrett took time to reflect on this...

  Free throws are a part of any basketball game. But what happens when the disparity between teams is unbelievably large?   That question was answered this season with Kansas City’s women’s basketball team.    During the season, the Roos averaged 17.3 free throw...

  The Roos women’s basketball team fought valiantly during the team’s first round match in the Summit League Basketball Championships.     Unfortunately, a tenacious fight was not enough to beat the ninth-seeded Omaha Mavericks. The Roos lost 61-55.     The...

After the final game of the regular season for the Kansas City Roos women’s basketball team, Head Coach Dionnah Jackson-Durett expressed her frustration at the outcome.    The Roos experienced a 38-point loss to Oral Roberts on Kansas City’s Senior Day, March 2.   “That...