Lofty numbers

Kansas put up some of its biggest offensive numbers of the season during the five-game match. Senior right side/setter Emily Brown scored her sixth triple-double of the season with 17 kills, 29 assists and 15 digs. But Brown still didn’t lead Kansas in any of those categories. Sophomore setter Katie Martincich led Kansas with 32 assists, while freshman libero Melissa Manda had a career-high 30 digs. Manda is eighth in the Big 12 with 3.93 digs per game. Junior middle blocker Natalie Uhart led Kansas with 19 kills.

Feeling better

Uhart, who missed 10 games earlier this season for treatment for a congenital heart defect, said she’s still not feeling 100 percent. But Uhart had one of her best games in a Kansas uniform with 19 kills and 12 blocks. Bechard said Uhart had been impressive on and off the court.

“She was great tonight,” Bechard said. “And she was very good during timeouts and in the locker room.”

Play “What if?”

With Uhart missing 10 games, and sophomore middle blocker Brittany Williams out for the season since Sept. 24 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her knee, it’s easy to think about how the season might have turned out differently with completely healthy team. “Yes, we’d like to have a couple of other players out there,” Bechard said. “But Missouri’s missing a kid, too. It’s the way of the world in the Big 12.”

— Rustin Dodd