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6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
RIGHT: Senior guard Aaron Miles drives past Missouri sophomore forward Linas Kleiza during the game yesterday. Miles scored 13 points and made five assists.
BELOW: J.R. Giddens, sophomore forward, catches his breath. Giddens scored 13 points and had four steals during the loss to Missouri yesterday in Columbia, Mo.
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005
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Junior guard Stephen Vinson and sophomore guard Nick Bahe watch the game yesterday during a crucial Kansas run in the second half. The Jayhawks tied the game at 64 late in the second half after being down by as many as 15 points, but they eventually fell to the Tigers, 72-68.
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With Hawkins, Robinson, and Galindo seeing important minutes late in the game, the Jayhawks slowly chipped away at the Tigers' lead. Also helpful was that Missouri cooled off from behind the arc. They went 0-8 in the second half.
Senior guard Aaron Miles kept the Jayhawks in the game. On one play, he stripped a Missouri player on defense, pushed the ball up-court and set up sophomore guard J.R. Giddens for a three-point shot. Giddens missed, but Moody tipped the rebound to Miles who fired immediately.
Kansas was within three.
It tied the score at 64 when Giddens hit a shot from behind the arc. The Jayhawks switched to a zone on the next possession and got the ball back and an opportunity to take the lead. Galindo missed a three from the corner and fouled Missouri forward Linas Kleiza on the other end.
"When we had it tied with the ball, and we have a bad possession and go down and fouled them, that about as bad a series you can ask from guys." Self said.
Hanging within four points, Miles passed to Galindo for a quick bucket, but with time running out, Kansas had to foul. A couple of free throws by Kleiza put the Tigers back up by four with 30 seconds left.
This time, it was Miles who drove to the basket in the game's final seconds, a job usually reserved for Langford. Miles lost the handle on the ball and Missouri ran the clock out. After the game Langford was frustrated that it wasn't him shouldering the load with the game on the line.
"It was a tough situation knowing that I could have been out there helping," Langford said.
The good news for Kansas fans is that Langford said it would take more than an injury to keep him out of his last NCAA Tournament.
"Come on man, there is no way I won't play in the post season," Langford said. "If I can move whatsoever, I'll be out on the floor."
Langford's mother, Charlene Taylor, said her son's injury was to a bone on the inside of his left foot. She said it was swollen and excruciatingly painful.
"If it's not cracked, I'd say Keith would play on Friday," Taylor said referring to the Jayhawks first round match-up in the Big 12 tournament. She said that, barring any worse news, perhaps that the injury was season-ending. The coaches and medical staff would want Langford to sit out until the NCAA Tournament. But she said with so much to gain in the Big 12 tournament, her son wouldn't want to watch from the bench.
"If it is not medically impossible for him to play, he'll play Friday," Taylor said. "To help our seeding or to solidify our No. 2 seed we basically have to win the Big 12 tournament," Taylor said. "If it is not medically impossible for him to play, he'll play Friday."
Edited by Austin Caster
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