Kansas City Hosts William Jewell in Home Opener

Saturday, November 8

Kansas City, Mo.

2:00 PM

Kansas City

William Jewell

11/7/2025 6:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball

The Roos and Cardinals tip off at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the Swinney Center

Kansas City Notes

Kansas City Women's Basketball is set for their home opener against William Jewell at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. The Roos hung tough with Kansas in the season opener, falling 74-64 after leading by a three point margin through the first quarter.
Living up to her lofty preseason status, Emani Bennett posted 29 points, eight rebounds and two steals on 10-23 shooting and connected on a career-high six three pointers in Wednesday night's season opener. The junior guard was named to the Preseason All-Summit League First Team and showed why with a breakout night against the Jayhawks. Bennett's 29 point outing is the junior's second highest career scoring total behind a 30 point outburst last season against Omaha.
The Roos saw four transfers see the floor against Kansas, headlined by graduate point guard Tierra Trotter. The UTRGV transfer made a splash in her KC debut, totaling 17 points, seven assists, two steals and going 2-4 from behind the three point arc.
Dionnah Jackson-Durrett is a perfect 3-0 in home openers in her tenure in Kansas City. The Roos have won their past three home openers under Coach Jackson-Durrett by an average margin of 30.33 points.
Kansas City met with William Jewell in last year's home opener as the Roos took care of business, beating the Cardinals 74-32 en-route to their second largest margin of victory in the 2024-25 season behind a 103-49 beatdown over Westminster in late December.

William Jewell Notes

For William Jewell, Saturday afternoon's matchup will be an exhibition game. The Cardinals begin their season on November 18 against Wayne State in the Mabee Center.
Last season, the Cardinals went 8-18 overall including a 6-14 record in conference play. William Jewell ended the season on a three game win streak, staging an 18 point comeback victory to take down Truman State 70-69 in their final game of the regular season.
William Jewell has a very young roster as 11 of the 13 players on their 2025-26 card are underclassmen, including six freshman.
The Cardinals are led by first year Head Coach Jenni Croy. In her time at North Central Missouri, Croy led the Pirates to over 320 wins and seven Region XVI championships.