Volume 126 Issue 78
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Monday, February 17, 2014
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COMMENTARY Ellis's skill leads Kansas to victory
KANSAS 95 — TCU 65
Ellis proves talent against Horned Frogs
BRIAN HILLIX sports@kansan.com
Kansas made a slight adjustment on Anderson as the Jayhawks held the Horned Frogs'
Senior Tucker Tharp connected with a walk-off RBI single in the second game of a doubleheader against BYU Saturday, capping off an impressive 4-9, three-RBI day. The Jayhawks are currently 3-0.
vision, precision and patience to operate inside of it.
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When Ellis had an open look in the second half, he tossed up a lob to Andrew Wiggins instead. Trading a high percentage shot for a higher one.
"I would do the same for him." Wiggins said.
Maybe so, but it wouldn't have seemed as effortless as the way Ellis played.
Without taking more than three trips to the free throw line to inflate his numbers, Ellis quietly put away every pass that was fed to him and every rebound he could grab.
No chest pounding, loud roars or even signals for the crowd to get louder.
"He's still our most consistent scorer," Self said. "He's going to get his in some way, shape or form."
Pass. Post up. Score.
The crowd did the celebrating for Ellis. Any other way just wouldn't be his style
Edited by Callan Reilly
this. These are the situations that separate the clutch players from the good players, and senior outfielder Tucker Tharp is clutch.
Tharp connected with a walk-off RBI single in the second game of a doubleheader against Brigham Young University Saturday, capping off an impressive 4-9, three-RBI day.
"The whole game was crazy," Tharp said. "It was the typical back-and-forth college game. I tried to stay in and put a good swing on the ball and hit it hard somewhere. It felt really great to get the game-winner. It was a lot of fun for the team early in the season."
mighty, recording 17 hits and scoring 10 out of 11 runs with two outs.
"I was most impressed with our offense," coach Ritch Price said. "All nine guys got a base hit, and 10 two-out runs is almost unheard of in the game of baseball."
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Kansas went into the 10th inning trailing to the Cougars by one run. After a drag-bunt single from junior third baseman Tommy Mirabelli, the Jayhawks proceeded to load the bases. Junior infielder
"The weather felt great on my arm," Kahana said. "I was
Tucker Tharp was not the only Jayhawk to have an impressive day at the dish. Hernandez and junior outfielder Michael Suiter recorded three RBI's while Mirabelli and junior first baseman Blair Beck scored two runs. Beck also posted a 4-5 game with 14 putouts at first.
ters while only allowing five hits and two walks. Kahana was dueling BYU's Kolton Mahoney the whole way.
Kansas won another close game in the opening game of the doubleheader. Junior pitcher Robert Kahana kept Kansas in the game with a very strong pitching performance. Kahana went seven strong, striking out four bat-
very happy with my performance. It was my first Saturday start of the season and it lived up to the hype."
Mahoney took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, until
the jayhawks were finally able to break through. Hernandez scorched a bases-loaded single up the middle to drive
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