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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
THE UNIVERSIT
Kansas 40 | 43 - 83
Texas A&M 28 | 38 - 66
KANSAS 83.7
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Johnson
Johnson
26
Rebounds
Robinson
4
Robinson 10
Assists
Robinso
4
Taylor 4
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A T0's
Thomas Robinson 19 6-9 10 4 2
Jeff Withey 11 3-4 6 1 1
Tyshawn Taylor 16 6-11 3 4 4
Travis Releford 7 2-2 2 2 1
Elijah Johnson 26 8-11 3 4 1
Connor Teahan 0 0-2 4 3 1
Kevin Young 4 2-3 0 0 1
Justin Wesley 0 0-0 0 0 1
Jordan Juenemann 0 0-1 0 0 0
Totals 83 27-43 30 19 13
TEXAS A&M
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
David Loubeau 8 4-12 1 0 2
Khris Middleton 24 9-15 2 3 3
Dash Harris 7 2-7 4 2 1
Elston Turner 8 3-11 2 2 3
Naji Hibbert 0 0-1 1 2 0
Zach Kinsley 3 1-2 0 0 0
Ray Turner 8 3-8 8 0 1
Daniel Alexander 0 0-2 1 0 0
Keith Davis 8 3-5 7 0 1
Jordan Green 0 0-1 0 0 0
Totals 66 25-64 26 8 1
GAME TO REMEMBER
Elijah Johnson, junior guard
Johnson just loves playing the Aggies. He scored 21 in College Station on Feb. 8 and then scored a career-high 26 points on Thursday afternoon. Unlike most of the season, his three-point shot consistently dropped this time. When Taylor struggled early in the game, Johnson saved the Jayhawks with much needed points.
Johnson
GAME TO FORGET
Conner Teahan, senior guard
While Teahan tallied four assists and three rebounds, he committed three fouls in 18 minutes played. As Sell's top reserve, Teahan must avoid fouling regularly so he can stay in the game if needed. Teahan also missed his two three-point shots.
Teahan
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Everything I let go just felt like it was going in, nowhere else."
Elijah Johnson, guard
Johnson
KEY STATS 10-15
The Jayhawks shot this rate from three-point range, their best of the season.
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Robinson made two three-point shots, the first time he'd done that in his career.
61. 4-39.1%
The Jayhawks shot 61.4 percent from the floor, while the Aggies shot just 39.1 percent.
The Jayhawks scored 83 points, but just four points were scored by the bench. (All from Kevin Young)
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Jayhawks selfless against Texas A&M
The Jayhawks recorded 19 assists compared to the Aggies' 8.
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Things remained roughly even for the next six minutes of game time, but Kansas began to open up their lead in the final five minutes of the first half. The extra passes led to open looks, and the Jayhawk guards knocked them down to the tune of 10-for-15 from beyond the three-point line.
"Everything we do is contagious," Self said of his team's selflessness. "When we play our best, the ball really moves."
off of a guard to trap and we were able to make some extra passes"
KORY CARPENTER
Edited by Nadia Imafidon
Teahan added three assists, two more than his season average.
MEN'S BASKET
KANSAS CITY, Mo., — With a comfortable double-digit lead nearing 20 points in the second half of Thursday's 83-66 victory over Texas A&M, senior guard Tyshawn Taylor waited on the wing for a screen from junior center Jeff Withey. The screen came, and Withey rolled to the basket. Taylor looked like he might shoot it but opted for the difficult pass to a streaking Withey near the hoop, much to the surprise of the seven-foot big man.
of his team's ball movement. "We talk about getting it to the second and third side, and that's able to get our bigs in good position so we can throw it in. And the more you get the defense to move, the more chances you'll have of bad close-outs. It's a huge emphasis."
The smooth offense was nowhere to be found in the beginning of the first half, however. The Jayhawks missed five shots and committed three turnovers in the first eight minutes, and the Aggies held a 14-12 lead.
"After the 12-minute timeout, I thought the ball moved pretty well," Self said. "A lot of times they came
The ball bounced off Withey's head and out of bounds, and as the teammates jogged back on defense, Withey told Taylor to shoot it next
time, while motioning with his hands.
At that point, a tough three-point attempt by Taylor would have had little effect on the final score, but he was determined to make the extra pass whether it was a good decision or not.
"I think that's the thing I've liked most about them, that for the most part, they're pretty selfless," said coach Bill Self about his players.
The Jayhawks are 22nd in the country and second in the Big 12 with 15.6 assists per game, and finished with 19 against the Aggies Thursday afternoon in the Sprint Center.
"It's something we stress," senior guard Conner Tehan said
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A&M Aggies
Junior forward Thomas Robinson is awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year award prior to the tip-off in Thursday afternoon's game against the Texas A&M Aggies.