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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012
THE GRADING SCALE
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Jayhawks close with a solid performance
Commentary by:
commentary by
NATHAN FORDYCE
nfordyce@kansan.com
JESSICA JANASZ/KANSAN
Teahan was very quiet for the Jayhawks on his last home game in Lawrence. He went just 1-of-3 for three points in 24 minutes of play. He played solid defense, but his last game in front of the home crowd, not what he probably wanted.
CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN
The last time that Tyshawn Taylor will ever play a game on the hardwood of Allen Field-house happened on Saturday against the Texas Longhorns. He wasn't going to let the Horns beat the Jayhawks for the second straight year in Lawrence. Taylor was great throughout the whole game. He went for 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting and 8-of-8 from the line. He also added four rebounds, four assists and three steals on the night.
reietord was quiet for most of the game. He was his normal pesky self on the defensive side and contributed some on offense. He finished with just five points but he had five rebounds, three on the offensive glass, two assists and a steal.
CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN
After the game was over, coach Bill Self acknowledged that that game might have been Robinson's last home game as a member of the Jayhawks. If that is the case, he had a great ending in Allen Fieldhouse. He had yet another double-double and the Horns didn't have a way of stopping him. He went for 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds, five on the offensive glass. He also added a couple assists and a block.
JESSICA JANASZ/KANSAN
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Withey played a good game, especially on defense. He altered several shots by the Horns and had three blocks on the men from Austin. Withey continued to be quiet on offense however, even though this is what he has been doing all season. Jayhawk fans still have the three-game stretch where he just went off, but he's back to his normal self and it works for the 4. Team in the nation. He had nine points and all but two of those points came from the line. Withey added six rebounds as well.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Johnson played great in the first half, especially on the defensive side of the ball. But after haltime, he had a tough time containing junior guard J'Covan Brown. That wasn't necessarily his fault. Brown was the only offense for the Horns so he had to produce and it just happened to come at Johnson's expense. Johnson did score nine points, all his points were from long distance. He grabbed six rebounds on the defensive glass and had two assists on the opposite side of the court.
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
When the Texas Longhorns rolled into Lawrence, they had aspirations of beating the Kansas Jayhawks two years in a row in Allen Fieldhouse. And if the Longhorns would have came in and won, it would have cemented them into March Madness, but the Jayhawks weren't going to let them polish their resume on their home court. Jayhawk fans might had been worried through the first half of play, even though they went into halftime with a five point lead. It was a sloppy half and the Longhorns managed to stay close. But in the second half, the Jayhawks cleaned up their acts and even though they won by 10, it felt like it was more. As mentioned before, J Covan Brown was the only reason the Longhorns were even in the game with his 33 points. For the Jayhawks, it would have been nice to get more from the supporting cast outside of Robinson and Taylor. Robinson and Taylor combined for 47 of the 73 points. It was a good win, especially since they knew Texas needed this victory.
GRADE: B