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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015
PAGE 9
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BASKETBALL REWIND
HALF SUMMARIES
1ST HALF
Kansas got off to a solid start on the offensive end. Frank Mason Ill posted nine points on 3-of-6 shooting from the field. The Jayhawks led most of the first half, but entered the locker room trailing by three, due to-the 3-point shooting of Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker. Landen Lucas pulled down nine rebounds, including three offensive, but failed to score. Wayne Selden Jr. struggled from the floor, failing to score a point and turned the ball over once. Kansas recorded 10 team fouls and had four players with two fouls. Wichita State led 29-26 at the break.
2ND HALF
The defense fell apart as the Jayhawks allowed 44 points in the last 17 minutes of the game, after allowing 34 through the first 23 minutes. Evan Wessel led the charge, with 14 second-half points, as the Shockers held no less than a nine-point advantage in the last 15 minutes of the game, winning comfortably, despite a combined 22 second half points from Devonte' Graham and Perry Ellis. At the final buzzer, the Shockers outscored the Jayhawks by 10 points in the second half, winning 78-65.
GAME TO REMEMBER
Devonte' Graham
Graham kept Kansas in the game knocking down big three-pointers in the second half. Graham finished the game shooting 5-for-13 from the field and 3-for-8 from behind the arc.The freshman was Kansas' leading scorer with 17 points, 13 in the second half, and had five steals against the Shockers.
GAME TO FORGET
Selden
UNSUNG HERO
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The only category Selden didn't leave a blank was rebounding — he recorded one. He only played 23 minutes, due to his ineffectiveness. Due to his lack of scoring, Self only played Selden seven minutes in the second half when the game really mattered. If that doesn't tell you Selden had a game to forget, I don't know what does.
Lucas was huge for the Jayhawks, both metaphorically and physically. He gathered 10 rebounds, four of which came on the offensive glass. Lucas' lone-made field goal came on a dunk. His negative plus/minus score tied for the second best on the team, but with players who appeared for more than five minutes.
Lucas
Junior forward Jamari Traylor attempts to dunk the ball during the second half of Kansas' game against Wichita State.
ANNA WENNER/KANSAN
ANNA WENNER/KANSAN Kansas coach Bill Self reacts to a call made by referees in the game against Wichita State. Behind him, Kansas fans show their anger about the call. The Jayhawks fell to the Shockers 78-65 in the round of 32.
KANSAS (27-9,13-5)
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POINTS: GRAHAM, 17
REBOUNDS: LUCAS, 10
ASSISTS: GRAHAM, 3
STEALS: GRAHAM, 5
BLOCKS: LUCAS, 1
KEY STATS
65-78 26-39 29-49
WICHITA STATE (30-4,17-1)
POINTS: COTTON, 19
REBOUNDS: WESSEL, 9
ASSISTS: VANVLEET, 4
STEALS:WOODARD, 4
BLOCKS: 3 TIED, 1
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