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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS 26-39 | 65
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OSU 25-47 72
Kansas 65
KANSAS STAT LEADERS
Wiggins
Tharpe
Embiid
KANSAS
PLAYER PTS FG-FGA REBS A TO's
Andrew Wiggins 15 5-16 7 1 6
Wayne Selden Jr. 13 5-9 2 0 1
Joel Embiid 13 4-6 13 1 2
Perry Ellis 11 5-9 8 0 3
Naadir Tharpe 6 2-8 2 5 6
Jamari Traylor 3 1-1 2 0 2
Frank Mason 2 0-5 1 2 1
Tarik Black 2 1-3 6 0 1
Other Players 0 0-0 1 0 0
TOTAL 65 23-57 42 9 22
PLAYER PTS FG-FGA REBS A TO's
Markel Brown 21 4-7 2 4 2
Marcus Smart 21 5-14 6 5 3
Le'Bryan Nash 16 6-9 4 2 2
Kamari Murphy 8 3-8 4 0 1
Brian Williams 4 1-2 0 0 1
Phil Forte 2 1-6 3 1 1
Christien Sager 0 0-0 0 0 0
Leyton Hammonds 0 0-1 1 0 0
Other Players 0 0-0 4 0 0
TOTAL 72 20-47 24 12 10
OSU
GAME TO REMEMBER
There are not many layhawks to pick from, but Embid had his eighth double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Embid started strong by contributing eight of 13 points and 12 rebounds in the first half then got hurt while getting fouled. After he lost his back, Embid only scored two.
After he hurt his back, Embic only scored h
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Embiid
GAME TO FORGET
Naadir Tharpe, guard
if there was an option to put the whole team here, it would be. Tharpe struggled turning the ball over and couldn't find a groove to his offense. He had five assists, but forced six turnovers. He hurt his hand midway through the second half and missed his last three shots. Tharpe finished the game with a paint.
game with six points.
Tharpe
UNSUNG HERO
Perry Ellis, forward
After the Jayhawks gave up their 10-point lead in the second half, Ellis was the only player to fight to keep Kansas in the game. He was very effective with his midrange jump-shots. Ellis finished the game 5-9 from the field with 11 points and eight rebounds. In the last two minutes of the game Ellis only touched the ball once to help
Kansas stay in the game.
Ellis
BASKETBALL
Jayhawks' turnover troubles lead to loss against Cowboys
BRIAN HILLIX sports@kansan.com
Normally reliable, the guards were outplayed on Saturday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena as the Jayhawks committed 22 turnovers in a 72-65 setback to the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The trio of junior guard Naadir Tharpe, freshman guard Andrew Wiggins and freshman guard Wayne Selden Jr. combined for 13 turnovers and 36 percent shooting.
The Kansas backcourt is anchored by a veteran and two of the best freshmen in the country.
"We did a poor job handling the ball," coach Bill Self said. "Our guard play wasn't as good as it was in the past."
"Most of our turnovers were self-inflicted." Self said.
Many of the Jayhawks' turnovers were unforced and careless. It's something we saw against Oklahoma State in the teams' last meeting when the Cowboys nearly erased a 19-point deficit. While the Oklahoma State defense frustrated Kansas, many of the turnovers consisted of dribbling into a trio of defenders or getting a traveling violation situations that could have been avoided.
with two rebounds, no assists and no steals.
After dominating in the last 10 minutes of the team's last game against Oklahoma. Tharpe had as many turnovers (six) as points and made only
Without a notable rim protector looming, these guards seemed hesitant all night to attack the rim. While the Jayhawks had a 26-24 advantage
BILL SELF Coach
"We did a poor job handling the ball. Our guard play wasn't as good as it was in the past."
two field goals. The junior point guard failed to take over late in the game and struggled to manage the offense against the Cowboys' 1-3-1 zone defense.
Wiggins, who scored a season-low three points against Oklahoma State on Jan. 18, fared a little better this time around, but still shot poorly, making only five of his 16 field goal attempts in finishing with 15 points.
Selden chipped in 13 points and only committed one turnover, but managed just four points the last nineteen minutes of the game. He finished
While the Oklahoma State backcourt didn't have much success in the first half, it took over when the game was on the line.
in the paint, Oklahoma State shot 15 more free throws and reached the bonus early in the second half.
Led by sophomore guard Marcus Smart, the Cowboys came back from a 10-point deficit with more than 10 minutes remaining. Smart nearly outscored the Jayhawks by himself the rest of the way as he scored 12 points to give the Cowboys their third straight win and keep their NCAA
Tournament hopes alive
"He was playing hard," said sophomore forward Perry Ellis, who finished with 11 points and eight rebounds. "He played real well tonight."
Smart and senior guard Markel Brown each scored 21 points and combined for 19 made free throws — one more than Kansas attempted the entire evening.
Kansas seemed to settle for 3-pointers as it went 5-for-19 from 3-point range, with 18 of the attempts coming from Tharpe, Wiggins and Selden. Poor shooting from the outside has become a trend in the team's conference losses.
"We just weren't aggressive," Selden said. "We weren't attacking like we should've been."
This came after a game where Tharpe, Wiggins and Selden combined for 49 points on 50 percent shooting against Oklahoma.
These guards need to show more consistency heading into the NCAA Tournament, where teams with better defenses than Oklahoma State will be lurking.
Edited by Chelsea Mies
BRENT BURFORD/KANSAN
Sophomore forward Perry Ellis attempts to shoot over two Oklahoma State defenders on Saturday night in Stillwater, Okla. Ellis scored 11 points and had eight rebounds.
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