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MEN'S BASKETBALL: 70-67
Kansas falls short in Classic loss
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Sophomore forward C.J. Giles goes up for a shot against St. Joseph's senior forward Dave Mallon on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden during the Jimmy V Classic.The Jayhawks lost the game 70-67.
Six-of-19 free-throw shooting haunts Kansas
BY RVAN COLAIGNI rcolaanni@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
NEW YORK — For the third time this season, a final shot would have either tied or won the game for Kansas. Kansas has now lost all three of these games.
Freshman guard Micah Downs missed a deep three-point shot in front of the Kansas bench, which caused Kansas to fall to St. Joseph's 70-67 Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.
Self said Downs was wide open earlier on the possession, but sophomore guard Russell Robinson was not able to get the ball to him quickly enough.
The 6-foot-8-inch Downs received the pass only to have 6-foot-10-inch forward Dave Malton guarding him with his hands up. Downs heard Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self telling him to shoot it with about five seconds remaining in the game. The shot didn't fall, and Kansas fell to 3-4 on the season.
"We got a good look," Self said. "With that much time left you can't ask to get a much better look than that because Micah is tall enough to shoot over. We just missed it."
"I wasn't open very good; I mean I had a little bit of daylight, but it just didn't fall this time," Downs said.
That wasn't the only shot that
Kansas built early leads of 13 and 12, but squandered the lead late in the first half. St. Joseph's went on an 8-0 run at the end of the half to cut the Kansas lead to three points.
didn't drop. Kansas struggled mightly from the free-throw line, missing 13-of-19 attempts.
Much of the reason for the comeback was senior forward Chet Stachitas. He scored 17 points in the second half and 27 for the game to lead all scorers. Stachitas missed just three times in the game and was six of seven from beyond the arc to fuel the Hawks' offensive attack.
"If we make our free throws we probably win the game, not handily but we probably win the game," Self said.
St. Joseph's guard Dwayne Lee hit a three pointer at the first-half buzzer to cut the score to 34-11. The Hawks finished the half on an 8-0 run to cut the Jayhawks' lead to three.
"I think we lost that game in the first half. We had a nice lead, and we gave them momentum going into the second half," Robinson said.
Kansas made up for the missed free throws by making a season-high 11 three-pointers. The Jayhawks shot 52.4 percent from beyond the arc.
"What I like about Chet's three-point ability shooting is
St. Joseph's would trail only once after that.
Kansas got out to a quick start thanks to freshman guard Brandon Rush. Rush scored 10 of the first 17 Jayhawk points, leading to a 17-4 lead just six minutes into the game.
that they are open shots, which means his teammates are delivering the ball properly and he is being properly screened," St. Joseph's men's basketball coach Phil Martelli said.
Kansas took a page out of St. Joseph's play book, using the three-point shot as an offensive weapon. St. Joseph's came into the game shooting 45.5 percent from three-point range. Kansas had six three-pointers during the first half and nearly tied its previous season high of seven during the first 20 minutes. St. Joseph's continued its strong shooting Tuesday night going 10 of 21 from three-point land.
Senior guard Jeff Hawkins hit three shots from distance in the first half to help the Jayhawks. Rush added three.
Sophomore center Sasha Kaun picked up two quick fouls and was forced to sit for the majority of the first half. Kaun and sophomore center CJ. Giles scored just nine points. Kansas was unable to get any post play for the entire game.
Rush did not score again during the half and scored three points in the second half.
First-half run swings game for St. Joe's
NEW YORK — Late in the first half with his team up 12 points, Bill Self used a motivational tactic and told his team that Kansas could end the half up 15 or only five.
BY RYAN COLIAanni
rcolaiani@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
- Edited by Alison Peterson
The half ended even worse than the Kansas men's basketball coach imagined. Kansas went into the locker room only up three points.
St. Joseph's went on an 8-0 run to finish the first half. That run included a three pointer from St. Joseph's senior guard Dwayne Lee at the buzzer.
"We lost the game in the last two minutes of the first half. We are up 11 and go in up three. That was the difference in the game," Self said. "Instead of having all of the momentum at halftime we gave it to St. Joe's."
Kansas built leads of 13 and 12 in the game.
The 13-point lead came six minutes into the game, thanks to the hot shooting of freshman guard Brandon Rush, who had 10 early points to lead Kansas to a 17-4 lead.
St. Joseph's fought back and cut the lead to three.
Kansas built a 12-point lead with less than three minutes remaining in the half, but Lee's shot helped St. Joe's gain momentum to start the second half.
The Hawks carried the momentum of Lee's three-pointer to the second half and took the lead with 17:41 remaining in the game.
That lead enabled St. Joe's to control the tempo of the game, and the Hawks only trailed once from that point on.
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Downs said the team neede
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halves.
"I think we never recovered from playing from behind the rest of the game," sophomore guard Russell Robinson said.
He added that except for the team's exhibition games, this was the first time Kansas played a solid first half.
"We put together a first half and come out like we did, but then we have to carry it over," Downs said.
The Jayhawks went 4-of-14 from the foul line during the second half.
Kansas didn't help its cause in the second half when it attempted to get back in the game.
"I guess we will be practicing some free throws when we get back to Lawrence," Downs said. "We just have to get our heads right and focus in when we are on the line, especially when it is down the stretch like that in close games."
The Jayhawks relied on the three-point shot throughout the game and received little post play from sophomore forwards C.J. Giles and Sasha Kaun.
The duo combined for just nine points and four rebounds.
FORT WORTH BOWI
Edited by Kellis Robinett
Houston Cougars 2005 regular season schedule:
Date
Thursday, Sept. 1
Saturday, Sept. 10
Friday, Sept. 16
Saturday, Sept. 24
Saturday Oct. 1
Saturation, Oct. 8
Saturation, Oct. 15
Saturation, Oct. 22
Saturation, Nov. 5
Sunday, Nov. 13
Saturation, Nov. 19
Saturation, Nov. 26
Opponent Result
No. 6 Oregon L 24-38
Sam Houston State W 31-10
at UTEP L 41-44
Southern Miss Ppd.
at Tulsa W 30-23
at Tulane W 35-14
Memphis L 20-35
at Mississippi State W 28-16
at Central Florida L 29-31
Southern Miss W 27-24
Southern Methodist L 24-29
Rice W 35-18
Houston scouting report:
Houston scouting report:
Average National
Rank
Rushing Offense 178.8 35
Passing Offense 277.6 20
Rush Defense 175.4 88
Pass Defense 209.3 47
Houston average points scored =29.45 Houston average points allowed=25.63
— Eric Sorrentino
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Kansan file photo
Kaylee Brown, senior guard, goes up for a shot against Northeastern in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas competes against UMKC at 7 tonight in Allen Fieldhouse.
Jayhawks hope to stay perfect
BY MICHAEL PHILIPS mphillips@kansan.com KANSAN SPORTWRITER
After a record-setting 100-50 victory against New Orleans Saturday, the women's basketball team will try to keep its momentum rolling against UMKC tonight.
The UMKC Kangaroo enter the game at 2-5 after losing to Arkansas 84-57 Sunday afternoon.
The game tips off at 7 p.m.
Kansas will try to protect its undefeated 5-0 record. Baylor is the only other undefeated team in the Big 12 Conference.
Junior center Stephanie Brown will lead the Kangaroos. She had a career-high 18 points against Arkansas last Sunday. Brown has scored in double figures five times this season.
UMKC's junior forward Leigh Mead does not play like a traditional forward. She scores almost
TONIGHT'S GAME
What: Kansas vs. UMKC
When: 7 p.m. tonight
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
Admission: Students:
free with valid KUID;
adults: $6
Source: Kansas Athletics
90 percent of her points from behind the three-point line.
During the Northwest Missouri State game, Mead set a school record with 23 attempts from behind the arc — connecting on seven to finish the game with a career-high 21 points.
Kansas women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson said it would be hard to duplicate the success of Saturday's game, in which the Jawhawk second 100 points.
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