THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014
TEXAS 54
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REWIND
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Freshman center Joel Embiid celebrates Tarik Black's dunk late in the second half.
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MICHAEL STRICKLAND/KANSAN Joel Embiid blocks a shot by Texas guard Javan Felix. Embiid broke the all-time blocking record and had 13 points, three assists and six blocks against Texas.
Senior forward Tarik Black reaches over a Texas defender. Black scored eight points off of field goals in Satur- day's victory over Texas 85-54.
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10/29/2013 Pittsburg State Lawrence 7 p.m. W/97/57
11/5/2013 Fort Hays State Lawrence 7 p.m. W/92/75
11/8/2013 Louisiana-Monroe Lawrence 7 p.m. W/80/63
11/12/2013 Duke Chicago 8:30 p.m. W/94/83
11/19/2013 Iona Lawrence 7 p.m. W/86/66
11/22/2013 Towson Lawrence 7 p.m. W/88/55
11/28/2013 Wake Forest Bahamas 2:30 p.m. W/87/78
11/29/2013 Villanova or USC Bahamas 8:30 or 2:30 p.m. L/59/63
11/30/2013 UTEP Bahamas 7 p.m. W/67/63
12/7/2013 Colorado Boulder, Colo. 2:15 p.m. L/72/75
12/10/2013 Florida Gainesville, Fla. 6 p.m. L/61/67
12/14/2013 New Mexico Kansas City, Mo. 6 p.m. W/80/63
12/21/2013 Georgetown Lawrence 11 a.m. W/86/64
12/30/2013 Toledo Lawrence 7 p.m. W/93/83
1/5/2014 San Diego State Lawrence 3:30 p.m. L/57/61
1/8/2014 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 6 p.m. W/90/83
1/11/2014 Kansas State Lawrence 1 p.m. W/96/60
1/13/2014 Iowa State Ames, Iowa 8 p.m. W/77/70
1/18/2014 Oklahoma State Lawrence 3 p.m. W/80/78
1/20/2014 Baylor Lawrence 8 p.m. W/78/68
1/25/2014 TCU Fort Worth, Texas 8 p.m. W/91/69
1/29/2014 Iowa State Lawrence 8 p.m. W/77/70
2/1/2014 Texas Austin, Texas 3 p.m. L/69/81
2/4/2014 Baylor Waco, Texas 6 p.m. W/69/52
2/8/2014 West Virginia Lawrence 3 p.m. W/83/69
2/10/2014 Kansas State Manhattan 8 p.m. L/82/85 (OT)
2/15/2014 TCU Lawrence 3 p.m. W/95/65
2/18/2014 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 7 p.m. W/64/63
2/22/2014 Texas Lawrence 6:30 p.m. W85/54
2/24/2014 Oklahoma Lawrence 8 p.m.
3/1/2014 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 8 p.m.
3/5/2014 Texas Tech Lawrence 7 p.m.
3/8/2014 West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va. 11 a.m.
SCHEDULE
PRIME PLAYS
First Half
15:28 - Joel Embiid comes up with a huge block, Wayne Selden, Jr., picks it up and throws it in on the fast break, Kansas trails 8-5 with 15:28 left in the first. Embiid sets the freshman block record with 63 in the season.
10:00 - An Andrew Wiggins dunk caps off an 11-2 Kansas run, the now-energized Jayhawks lead 14-10 midway through first half.
4:00 - Embiid runs down the floor, catches a feed from Naadir Tharpe and takes off for a Tomahawk Slam. Kansas leads 35-13 with four minutes remaining in the half.
Second Half
5:15 - Tarik Black takes off from the low block, hovers in the air way longer than gravity normally allows and throws down a massive dunk. Kansas leads 75-48 with 5:15 remaining in regulation.
5:15 - Selden jumps over the Kansas bench and runs back around before jumping into Niko Roberts' arms. Embild tries to hold back his teammates and Tharpe does the robot across the floor as the bench reacts to Black's aforementioned dunk.
3:28 - Jamari Traylor throws a perfect lob to Black for a bruise brother alley-oop with the game coming to a close. Kansas leads 82-52 with 3:38 remaining in regulation.
KEY STATS
Straight points the Jayhawks scored in the first half before a Texas 3-pointer ended the drought
Kansas players that played more than 30 minutes on Saturday
42
Texas free throw percentage (8-19)
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The Kansas bench reacts to an incredible dunk by Tarik Black during the second half of the game against Texas on Saturday night.
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