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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012
THE UNIVERS
Kansas 28 | 31----59
Kansas State 18 | 35----53
KANSAS 59,KA
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
TAYLOR 20
Rebounds
WITHEY
11
Assists
JOHNSON
5
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Tyshawn Taylor 20 8-19 5 5 3
Elijah Johnson 5 2-9 5 5 4
Travis Releford 4 2-7 6 0 0
Thomas Robinson 10 3-7 9 2 5
Jeff Withey 18 6-8 11 1 1
Conner Teahan 2 0-2 2 0 1
Kevin Young 0 0-1 1 0 0
Justin Wesley 0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 59 39 13 14
KANSAS STATE
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Jamar Samuels 20 7-15 12 1 1
Jordan Henriquez 4 2-4 4 1 1
Rodney McGruder 12 5-15 8 1 0
Will Spradling 10 4-13 1 4 0
Angel Rodriquez 0 0-8 2 5 7
Shane Southwell 0 0-4 2 0 1
Thomas Gipson 7 2-5 8 1 0
Adrian Diaz 0 0-0 2 0 1
Totals 53 39 13 11
GAME TO REMEMBER
Jeff Withey, junior center
The undersized Kansas State frontcourt couldn't contain Withey as he continued his domination of opposing teams since being held scoreless against Missouri by scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Withey fell one block shy of recording the first triple-double of his career.
Withey
GAME TO FORGET
Thomas Robinson, junior forward
Even though Robinson played tough on the glass, Kansas has come to expect more from Robinson then the 10 points he put up against rival Kansas State. In big games, the cream of the crop is expected to rise to the top, and Monday night in Manhattan, Robinson blended too into the crowd.
Robinson
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"I just suck at free throws right now, I have no idea what it is. I shoot free throws tired all the time and I make a bunch of them in practice and in the games and just miss them."
Tyshawn Taylor, guard
Taylor
KEY STATS
Kansas allowed the Wildcats to score only two fast break points all game.
2
6
Kansas State outrebounded the Jayhawks by six boards. The last time these teams met, the Jayhawks held a 24 rebound advantage over the Wildcats.
Three pointers made by Kansas State forward Jamar Samuels. Samuels was the only Wildcat to make a shot from beyond the arc all game.
4
192
Wins the Jayhawks have in the Sunflower Showdown, twice as many as the Wildcats, who have won 91 games in the series.
- Kansas has now won 21 or more games for the 23rd consecutive season
NOTES
- Kansas holds a 183-91 record against Kansas State.
- Tyshawn Taylor scored 20 or more points for the eighth time this season.
- Jeff Withey recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
MEN'S BASKET
Similar mistakes, different outcomes
MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
He almost did it again.
In the final minutes on Feb. 4 at Missouri, he missed two free throws and was called for a charging foul.
The difference? The Jayhawks won this time, edging the Wildcats 59-53 at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan.
"It crossed my mind a few times," Taylor said of the similarities between the rivalry games. "I was trying not to think about it."
Junior center Jeff Withey starred for the third consecutive game, falling just one block shy of a triple-double. But when Withey cooled off and Kansas State took a 37-36 lead with 11:49 left, Taylor hit two consecutive three-point shots and keyed an 11-0 run.
"That gave us a little bit of a cushion," Self said. "Ty made some great plays. He made some plays that weren't so great, but certainly those were huge at that moment," Self said of the three-point shots.
Even with a fairly comfortable lead and Self's guidance to do nothing but waste away the rest of the shot clock, Taylor found a way to create points. Usually this portion of the game, a time to secure, not
Taylor heard the fan, turned around, held up the front of his jersey and flaunted "Kansas" on his chest.
When the game was already decided but the clock had yet to run out, a Wildcats fan screamed at Taylor and reminded him of his failures at Missouri.
attack, stalls even the best guards in the nation. When the Jayhawks led 51-44 with only three and a half minutes left, Taylor dribbed the shot clock down to its final few seconds, shook his defender with a cross-over, drove to the hoop, nearly tripped himself, but lobbed a pass to an airborne Withey who laid it in for two points.
"Tyshawn has been unbelievable in conference play. Unbelievable," Self said, "Arguably as good a player in our league."
Just as he did at Missouri, when he nearly carried the Jayhawks to a victory, then unraveled in the closing minutes, he struggled at the end of Monday night's Sunflower Showdown. But Taylor won this
time and he breathed easy after the game knowing that fact.
"They had their time to talk to me when I was warming up and during the game," Taylor said. "So I figured that I had my time to talk to them a little bit after the game."
Edited by Jeff Karr
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN
Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor grimaces in pain as he hurts his hand in the second half of Monday night's game. Taylor went 8-19 for 20 points in the Kansas 59-53 victory.