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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY D
Kansas 47 | 33 - 80 North Carolina 47 | 20 - 67
KANSAS 80, NOF
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
TAYLOR
22
Rebounds
Assists
ROBINSON 9
JOHNSON
Assists
5
TAYLOI 5
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
T. Robinson 18 6-16 9 1 1
J. Withey 15 5-5 8 0 0
T. Taylor 22 10-19 6 5 3
E. Johnson 10 3-11 4 5 2
T. Releford 11 4-6 3 0 1
C. Teahen 0 0-1 1 1 0
J. Wesley 2 1-1 1 0 0
K. Young 2 0-4 8 2 1
Totals 80 4-14 41 14 8
NORTH CAROLINA
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
J. Henson 10 5-12 4 0 1
H. Barnes 13 5-14 4 4 3
T. Zellar 12 6-11 6 1 2
S. White 4 1-5 2 7 0
R. Bullock 5 2-6 7 2 2
P.J. Harrison 3 1-5 3 2 1
J. Watts 5 2-3 0 2 1
J. McAdoo 15 6-8 4 0 0
Totals 67 28-64 35 18 10
GAME TO REMEMBER
Tyshawn Taylor, senior guard
The senior guard did nearly everything in his power to ensure Sunday's game wouldn't be his last in a Kansas uniform. He finished with a game-high 22 points and shot over 50 percent from the field.
Taylor
GAME TO FORGET
Connor Teahan, senior guard
Teahan was held scoreless against the Tar Heels and has just 14 points in his last five games. He was 0-1 from the field and played just 13 minutes in the Kansas victory.
Teahan
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"I don't like domes, but you know what, domes love me, it seems like, because we won."
— Tyshawn Taylor on never making a three-pointer in a dome.
Taylor
KEY STATS
North Carolina was held to just three points in the final 8:34
22
Tyshawn Taylor led all scorers with 22 points.
25
100
Tyler Zeller and Harrison Barnes combined for 25 points. The duo averages a combined 33.9 points.
Jeff Withey shot 100 percent from the field, going 5-5 in 28 minutes
MEN'S BASKET Different defense quiets UNC
KORY CARPENTER
kcarpenter@kansan.com
ST LOUIS - Coming off a less than stellar performance just two days prior in the Edward Jones Domes and having yet to surpass 65 points in the NCAA Tournament, everything started to click for Kansas offensive in the first half against North Carolina. Unfortunately for the Jayhawk faithful, the Tar Heel offense was just as potent and the teams went into the locker room at halftime tied at 47.
Kansas held North Carolina to 20 points in the second half and gave up just three points in the final 8:46.
"The first half we didn't guard anybody," Bill Self said after Kansas 80-67 victory. "It was a horse contest, and they're not the type of team you want to get in a horse contest with."
"I don't know if anybody," Bill Self said after cutting the final threads of the net down and heading to the locker room. "I'm sure it hasn't happened in coach Williams' era, has held North Carolina to 20 points in a half. I guarantee that hasn't happened."
"We put their players who aren't used to scoring in a position to score, and it confused them a little bit." Taylor said. "That helped a lot."
"Once we realized that, they weren't scoring the ball." Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor said. "I think that hyped us up to want to be more active in that triangle and two."
It was an attempt to throw the Tar Heels off offensively, and it may have done more than that.
"I know they did for one possession," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said of Kansas switching to the zone. "And they may have for a second possession. I'm not sure about that."
Actually, the Jayhawks stayed in the zone for nearly the entire final eight minutes of the game and the Tar Heel offense that came into the game second in the country looked clueless.
Junior guard Elijah Johnson linked the defenseless first half to a street ball game where both sides were "getting the jitters out."
first 12 possessions it was used.
The offenses came back down to earth in the second half, but neither team was able to create much separation as Kansas held just a two-point lead with eight and a half minutes to play.
Edited by Pat Strathman
It was around that time that Self switched to a triangle-and-two defense to try and slow the North Carolina offense.
"We got some consecutive defensive stops which we hadn't able to get the first 30 minutes," Self said.
Assistant coach Joe Dooley alerted the players in a timeout that their gimmick defense held North Carolina to just five points in the
CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN
Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor takes a ball to the hoop over North Carolina's James McAdoo during the first half of Sunday night's victory in St. Louis, 80-67. Taylor scored a game-high 22 points Sunday.
CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN
Junior guard Elijah Johnson tosses a ball up to Tyshawn Taylor after stealing it away from a North Carolina player in the second half of Sunday's win over the Tar Heels. Johnson finished the game with 10 points and five assists.
CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN
Coach Bill Self shakes hands with North Carolina coach and former Kansas Coach Roy Williams prior to the tip off of Sunday night's Elite Eight match-up.
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