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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
37-41 78
BAYLOR 35-3368
KANSAS 78
KANSAS STAT LEADERS
Ellis
Mason
KANSAS
Wiggins
PLAYER PTS FG-FGA REBS A TO'S
Perry Ellis 18 6-8 5 1 1
Andrew Wiggins 17 3-7 7 0 4
Joel Embiid 12 4-7 4 1 3
Frank Mason 9 4-5 1 6 1
Wayne Selden Jr. 7 1-5 1 2 3
Naadir Tharpe 6 2-3 3 1 0
Jamari Traylor 4 0-0 6 0 2
Brannen Greene 3 1-2 1 0 1
Other Players 2 1-2 1 1 1
TOTAL 78 23-40 29 12 16
PLAYER PTS FG-FGA REBS A TO's
Brady Heslip 19 6-10 3 1 1
Isaiah Austin 16 6-15 5 0 1
Cory Jefferson 16 6-10 6 1 3
Royce O'Neale 8 3-7 5 3 3
Rico Gathers 6 1-4 7 0 2
Kenny Chery 3 1-8 1 8 2
Taurean Prince 0 0-3 1 1 3
Gary Franklin 0 0-2 1 1 1
Other Players 0 0-0 2 0 0
TOTAL 68 23-59 31 15 16
BAYLOR
GAME TO REMEMBER
After scoring just three points, three rebounds in the first half and zero free throw attempts, Perry Ellis finished the game with 18 points on 6-8 shooting, five rebounds and 6-7 from the free throw line. Perry sparked the team in the 2nd half when he was fouled on a breakaway dunk.
Ellis
Black only played 13 minutes, but when on the court Black wasn't effective. Black was 1-2 from the field with only one rebound, and to add insult to injury, Black rolled his ankle late in the second half.
GAMETO FORGET
Black
UNSUNG HERO
Traylor stepped in for Ellis in the first half. Traylor played 12 minutes, added four points and six rebounds just in the first half. Traylor could be a reason why Kansas was alive and leading goose into half.
Traylor
Kansas remains undefeated in Big 12
BASKETBALL
BRIAN HILLIX sports@kansan.com
Five games into the conference season, these Jayhawks have seen it all.
Kansas (14-4, 5-0) has faced the explosive offense of the shot-happy Sooners, the gritty defense of the Wildcats, the hostility of a tough road environment at Iowa State and the quickness of the undersized Cowboys.
On Monday, the Jayhawks took on the tall and physical Bavlor Bears (13-5, 1-4).
from long-range.
"Coach Drew told us after last game we were passing up too many shots," Austin said.
Having faced two smaller teams in Iowa State and Oklahoma State in its last two games, Kansas faced a new challenge on Monday in Baylor center Isaiah Austin. At 7-foot-1, the sophomore ranks just behind Joel Embiid in the conference with 2.82 blocks per game and also averages 10 points and six rebounds.
Austin managed 16 points against Kansas but on just 6-15 from the floor to go with five rebounds. He did most of his damage from beyond the arc as 12 of his points came
"That was probably the difference in the game," coach Bill Self said.
Baylor came in averaging 26 defensive rebounds a game but were held to just 11 against the Jayhawks. The Bears grabbed 20 rebounds on the offensive end but only turned them into 15 sec-
team shot 90-percent, making 26 of its 29 attempts.
Kansas came out strong in the second half and were able to push its lead to double digits for the first time. The Jayhawks outscored the Bears 41-33 as the game always
"Normally we score more efficiently inside the arc," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "Their length, size, contesting bothered us."
SCOTT DREW Baylor coach
Perry Ellis scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half to lead Kansas while Wiggins and Embibd added 17 and 12, respectively.
"Each and every night you have the chance to play against a great team."
seemed to be in Kansas' control.
The lajhawks outscored the Bears 26-16 in the paint and made nine more trips to the free-throw line. Kansas had its best performance from the charity stripe all season as the
ond-chance points.
After stumbling into the conference slate with four losses, Kansas stands at first in the conference and remains undefeated in the Big 12 play.
Kansas has taken advantage of a frontloaded conference schedule and looked primed to earn a tenth consecutive conference championship.
"We came into the Big 12 with a new mindset, a new season." Wayne Selden said.
While the schedule doesn't get any easier, this team has shown it can handle anything that comes its way.
The Jayhawks have now faced every Big 12 team currently ranked in the Top 25 of the Associated Press poll with each team likely to make the NCAA Tournament.
"Each and every night you have the chance to play against a great team." Drew said of the Big 12 conference
The only thing left for Kansas to prove is that it can take every team, regardless of ranking seriously. The Jayhawks will get that opportunity on Saturday, Jan. 25, as they take on the last-place Texas Christian University Horned Frogs at 8 p.m.
- Edited by Jack Feigh
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Freshman center Joel Embiid denies sophomore Isaiah Austin's shot for his only block of the game. Embiid finished the game with 12 points and three rebounds.
3:55 - Frank Mason finds Joel Embiid cutting to the rim in transition and feeds him for an easy ally-oop. Kansas leads 31-28.
8:23 - Brady Heslip knocks down his fourth 3-pointer of the half. Baylor leads 22-20.
PRIME PLAYS
First Half
12. 20 - Andrew Wiggins pulls up from three to tie the game. Kansas 13, Baylor 13
15:54 - Perry Ellis misses a 3-pointer but Andrew Wiggins barely gets a finger on the rebound to tip it in. Kansas leads 43-37.
Second Half
12:32 - Perry Ellis knocks down a free throw after a steal and dunk. Kansas leads 51-44.
11:19 - Wayne Selden Jr. dives out of bounds to save a loose ball and knocks it perfectly to Joel Embiid who hits an easy jumper. Kansas leads
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