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MONDAY, JANUARY 20. 2014
KANSAS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
47-3380
OKLAHOMA STATE 30-4878
KANSAS STAT LEADERS
Tharpe
Tharpe
KANSAS
Embiid
PLAYER PTS FG-FGA REBS A TOs
Naadir Tharpe 21 7-8 2 6 6
Joel Embiid 13 5-6 11 1 4
Wayne Selden Jr 9 2-9 3 4 5
Jamari Traylor 9 3-3 3 1 1
Tarik Black 8 4-5 2 0 0
Perry Ellis 6 3-8 4 0 0
Frank Mason 6 2-4 4 0 1
Angrew Wiggins 3 1-5 2 1 2
Other Players 5 2-4 6 0 0
TOTAL 80 29-52 37 13 19
OKLAHOMA STATE
<table><thead><tr><th>PLAYER</th><th>PTS</th><th>FG-FGA</th><th>REBS</th><th>A</th><th>TOs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Phil Forte</td><td>23</td><td>7-11</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Marcus Smart</td><td>16</td><td>3-14</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Markel Brown</td><td>15</td><td>5-13</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Kamari Murphy</td><td>12</td><td>5-10</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Le-Bryan Nash</td><td>10</td><td>5-11</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Brian Williams</td><td>2</td><td>1-5</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Stevie Clark</td><td>0</td><td>0-1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Marek Soucek</td><td>0</td><td>0-1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Other Players</td><td>0</td><td>0-0</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>78</td><td>26-66</td><td>33</td><td>17</td><td>11</td></tr></tbody></table>
GAME TO REMEMBER
The only thing better than Joel Embid setting the Kansas
word-for-blocks in a single scale (eight) against
record for blocks in a single game (eight) against Oklahoma State is the fact that he broke his own Kansas record. Embibd previously swatted away seven shots against UTEP in the Bahamas. Two more blocks against the Cowboys would not only have made the record harder to beat, but it would have given Embibd his first career triple-double. As it stands, the freshman finished the game with 13 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks...
Embiid
GAME TO FORGET
The matchup with Oklahoma State was billed as a showdown between guard Marcus Smart and Andrew Wiggins. Only Wiggins never really showed up. The freshman knocked down one 3-pointer in the early goings which accounted for all of his points on Saturday. Not that the Jayhawks needed him to put the Cowboys, but 1-5 shooting and early
away the cowboys, but I-5 shooting and early
foul trouble is worth forgetting about.
Wiggins
UNSUNG HERO
It might have been Traylor's best game as a lashawk, but will likely go unnoticed thanks to Joel Embiid, Naadir Tharpe and a lack of Andrew Wiggins. Coming off the bench, Traylor scored nine points and grabbed three rebounds. The numbers aren't astounding but coupled with his physical play on both offense and defense there's a lot to like about the sophomore from Chicago.
KANSAS 80 OKLAHOMA STATE 78
BASKETBALL REWIND
Jayhawks hold off No. 9 Cowboys
Traylor
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Freshman guard Wayne Selden works to get around junior forward Kamari Murphy during Kansas' 80-78 win against Oklahoma State.
Freshman forward Joel Embiid rejects Georgetown's Aaron Bowen during the first half of Kansas' 86-64 rout. Embiid continued his dominance with 17 points and 8 rebounds, including an incredible put back jam in the second half.
KEY STATS
34 — Kansas points in the paint
28 — Kansas bench points
2 — Kansas fast break points
NOTES
Had Marcus Smart tallied one more assist he would've become just the second Kansas opponent to record a triple-double against the Jayhawks. The only person to do so was Earvin "Magic" Johnson (12 points, 10 rebounds 11 assists) in East Lansing, Mich. on Feb. 4, 1979.
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