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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JANUARY 20. 2014
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STREAK SNAPPED
San Diego State 61 Kansas 57
The Jayhawks' suddenly-revived offense had been averaging 86 points a game in its last three outings, but San Diego State put an end to that success with a 61-57 win against Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 5, snapping the Jayhawks' 68-game non-conference winning streak. The Aztecs frustrated the Jayhawks with their length and athleticism as the Jayhawks shot a wretched 29.8 percent from the field—the worst shooting percentage by a Kansas team at home in the Bill Self era. San Diego State took the lead midway through the first half and would eventually increase it to 11 in the second frame. The Jayhawks cut the lead to one, but the Aztecs got key offensive rebounds late to ice the game and hand Kansas its first home loss of the season. Andrew Wiggins and Frank Mason scored 14 a piece while Joel Embiid had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
STAT OF THE GAME
17
PLAYER OF THE GAME
After setting a season high for field goals the previous game, Kansas made a season-low 17 against San Diego State.
Embiid
SELDEN'S BREAKTHROUGH
Kansas 90 Oklahoma 83
Despite stumbling against San Diego State, the Jayhawks recovered in their conference opener to defeat the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman 90-83 on Jan. 8. During the pregame shootaround, Bill Self told Wayne Selden he needed to be more aggressive. Selden responded with his best game of the season as he scored 24 points on 5-10 shooting from long-range. He scored 15 in the first eight minutes of the game as the Jayhawks opened up an early lead. Kansas closed the first half on an 11-1 run after a technical foul from Self to take a six-point lead into halftime. Kansas held off a late Sooner rally with clutch free throws from Naadir Tharpe to earn the win. Perry Ellis logged a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds while Tharpe chipped in 17 on just seven field goal attempts.
STAT OF THE GAME
Kansas made a season-high 80-percent of its free throws.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Selden
SUNFLOWER STOMPING
Continuing its dominance against their in-state rivals, the Jayhawks crushed Kansas State 86-60 in Kansas' home conference opener on Jan. 11. The Jayhawks played a nearly perfect first half as they took a 17-point lead into halftime having not committed a single turnover, Kansas State came into the game on a 10-game winning streak behind one of the nation's stingiest defenses, but the Jayhawk offense erupted for 86 points on 56 percent shooting. Andrew Wiggins scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half to lead Kansas, while Wayne Selden had 20 in his encore performance. Kansas State guard Marcus Foster came into the game as one of the conference's highest-scoring freshman but struggled and only managed seven points on 25 percent shooting. The win was Kansas' sixth consecutive victory over the Wildcats. With Iowa State and West Virginia also losing that day, the Jayhawks became the only Big 12 team still undefeated in conference play.
Kansas 86 Kansas State 60
STAT OF THE GAME
7
Kansas committed a season-low seven turnovers all of which occurred in the second half.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Wiggins
THARPE SETS THE TONE
Kansas 77 Iowa State 70
With just two days of rest and taking on No. 8 Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, the Jayhawks topped the Cyclones 77-70 on Jan. 13 to remain atop the Big 12 standings and earn their first win against a ranked team on the road this season. Led by 19 rebounds from Andrew Wiggins, Kansas outrebounded the Cyclones 53-36 for the night. A Naadir Tharpe 3-pointer sparked a run to open each half for Kansas, who held the lead for all but 12 seconds in the game. Tharpe scored a career-high 23 points on 7-9 shooting. Wiggins notched out 17 and Joel Embiid totaled 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocks. The Jayhawks were helped out by poor shooting from Iowa State as the Cyclones shot a season-low 31 percent from the floor including 4-25 from 3-point range. It was the fourth straight win against Iowa State for Kansas, who is the only team that has won a game in Ames the past two years.
STAT OF THE GAME
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Iowa State made just four 3-pointers after making 17 against Kansas in Ames last season.
17
Tharpe
Edited by Callan Reilly
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