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2008-2009 KANSAS BASKETBALL
Dunks punctuate career game
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Tyshawn Taylor turned and looked straight at the end of the Kansas bench after he threw down a one-handed dunk with four minutes left in Kansas' 100-79 victory against New Mexico State.
Taylor, a freshman guard, wanted to make sure Mario Little saw the play.
Little, an injured junior guard, teased Taylor repeatedly in practice Tuesday.
Little told Taylor he didn't think he could actually dunk. Taylor promised to prove him wrong.
"I told him I was going to show it," Taylor said. "I did."
Twice. Three minutes before, Taylor drove the lane for a two-handed jam. The two dunks were merely the exclamation points to add to the end of Taylor's career-night.
He scored a career-high 23 points with three assists and a steal.
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Freshman forward Quintrell Thomas and freshman forward Markeiff Morris work to keep New Mexico State's Troy Gillenwater from dropping in the lane.
Reed helps bail out Hawks
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Call Tyrel Reed a bondsman, because he's becoming accustomed to bailing Kansas out of close games.
Three days after helping Kansas escape from New Mexico State, Reed did it again in an 86-62 victory against Jackson State.
The Tigers stuck with the Jayhawks for most of the game and trailed only 48-42 with 15 minutes remaining. Reed, a sophomore guard, proceeded to score eight points — off of two three-pointers and two free throws — in the next minute and a half to put the game out of the Tigers' reach.
Still, there was plenty of frustration. Aldrich, a sophomore center, played only 10 ineffective minutes because he got into foul trouble. Collins, a junior guard, missed his first seven shots.
"It was a pretty stale performance," coach Bill Self said.
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Sophomore guard Tyrel Reed tries to come up with a loose ball that got stuck under him during the first half of the name.
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