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KANSAS 83, IOWA STATE 59
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
Jayhawks defeat Cyclones
Game advice proves beneficial to Arthur
Two minutes into Kansas' victory against Iowa State on Wednesday, sophomore forward Darrrell Arthur found himself in unlikely spot. After Arthur committed a turnover and a foul, Bill Self brought out the quick hook and summoned Arthur to the bench - replacing him with senior Sasha Kaun. Fortunately, Arthur picked the right guy on the bench to sit next to. It seems all the Dallas native needed was a quick chat with assistant coach Danny Manning.
"He was just walking me through different moves I could do on them, because I started off pretty slow." Arthur said, "It helped me a lot."
Manning's words of advice quickly translated to offensive buckets on the court.
Arthur finished with 16 points on eight of 13 shooting, and showcased every move in his arsenal.
"They didn't trap the post at all, so it was pretty easy to get anything you wanted."
When Self substituted his 69 sophomore back in to the game, Arthur quickly went to work. First, he used a short baby hook in the lane to give Kansas a 9-5 lead. Arthur scored inside again on the next possession, and displayed his soft shooting stroke on the next trip down the court to give him six consecutive points.
"I was just giving them different things to look at and trying to show my all-around game."
Arthur said.
It's an all-around game that Arthur—who's now averaging a team-high 13.4 points per game—works on everyday at practice with Manning.
"He just walks us through different moves everyday - something different everyday, Arthur said."
Arthur's offensive game was efficient, and he did everything Bill Self wanted him to do—except rebound.
Arthur—who's averaging 5.7 rebounds per game—finished with only one rebound in 19 minutes.
"I was pretty disappointed," Arthur said. "I couldn't get anything going on the glass, but Darnell did a nice job of cleaning up for us."
Self said Arthur hurt his call in practice yesterday, and he said that might have affected Arthur's ability to rebound.
"I hope it did," Self said, jokingly. "Because he had one more than I did, which isn't very good for a big guy with his athletic ability."
All joking aside, Self said Arthur was hurting during the shoot-around before the game, but the training staff cleared him to play.
"If you watched him today, he didn't run like he was capable of running. I think he was worried about trusting it, early in the game. After I subbed for him and got upset with him, the next thing you know, he was great."
plays
Here are some of the most important and best plays from Wednesday's game
2017- Sherron Collins follows a Brandon Rush three-pointer with a
FIRST HALF
steal and layup He puts the Jayhawks up 42-26.
3:14- Go see if this poster is on sale tomorrow. Cole Aldrich tried to get out of Rashon Clark's way, but he was a bit too late. Clark tomahawk-dunked over the freshman and drew a foul.
8:00- Wesley Johnson hits a three-pointer to cut Kansas' lead down to six.
15:34- Sasha Kaun breaks free of a pick and roll, gets the ball and slams it home. This gave the Jayhawks a 7-5 lead. They never trailed again.
14:34- Mario Chalmers makes a three-pointer to extend Kansas' lead to 18. Iowa State was deflated for good.
5:10. It wasn't quite as good as Clark's, but Chalmers came close to duplicating the highlight when he drove in on the left side of the basket for an uncontested dunk.
4:18- This had to have been a makeup for a past mistake. Earlier in the game, Collins missed a wide open jump shot after crossing someone over. This time, he made his top play count. Collins passed the ball to a streaking Aldrich by sending it through Diante Garret's legs.
SECOND HALF
Kansas' senior forward Darnell Jackson scores against Iowa State at Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday. Jackson scored 21 points for the Javahwks 83-59 victory against Iowa State
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Kansas Jayhawk forwards, Darrell Arthur, center, and Darnell Jackson, right, defend the basket from Iowa State Cyclone Craig Brackins at Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday with its 83-59 victory against Iowa State. Rachel A芹eyemour/KANSAN
Kansas 83 Iowa State 59
Player FG-FGA 3FG-2FGA Rebs Pts
Rashon Clark 2-5 0-0 1 5
Craig Brackins 5-14 2-7 8 13
Jiri Hubalek 4-10 0-3 8 8
Bryan Peterson 1-5 1-4 2 3
Wesley Johnson 6-17 3-10 2 21
Charles Boozer 0-1 0-1 0 0
Cameron Lee 0-1 0-1 1 2
Diante Garrett 0-4 0-1 3 3
Alex Thompson 0-1 0-1 3 2
Brock Jacobson 0-0 0-0 0 0
Sean Haluska 0-0 0-0 0 0
Cory Johnson 1-1 0-0 1 2
Mark Currie 0-0 0-0 0 0
Mike Smith 0-2 0-0 1 0
KANSAS
IOWA STATE
Player FG-FA 3FG-3FGA Rebs Pts
Darrell Arthur 8-13 0-0 1 16
Darnell Jackson 9-14 0-0 11 21
Russell Robinson 4-5 0-1 3 11
Mario Chalmers 3-6 2-2 4 10
Brandon Rush 3-7 3-5 5 11
Conner Teahan 0-1 0-0 2 0
Sherron Collins 1-8 0-1 1 2
Rodrick Stewart 1-1 0-0 4 2
Jeremy Case 0-2 0-1 1 2
Tyrel Reed 0-0 0-0 0 0
Sasha Kaun 3-5 0-0 4 6
Cole Aldrich 0-1 0-0 3 2
Matt Kleinmann 0-1 0-0 0 0