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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS 34-41 75
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GEORGETOWN 32-38 70
Kansas 75
KANSAS STAT LEADERS
Greene
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Ellis
KEY STATS
11 Kansas assists
37 Georgetown rebounds
39 Kansas rebounds
Georgetown assists
BY THE NUMBERS
11 - Brannen Greene points during a four-minute stretch in the second half
39 - Minutes for Perry Ellis, a season-high
32 - Kansas free throw attempts, second-most in a game this season
The sophomore forward logged a career-high 19 points and made all five of his three-point field goal attempts. Four of them came in the second half, helping Kansas hold off a stingy Georgetown team. He was extremely efficient, only missing one field goal and making all of his four free throw attempts. All of this came in 18
GAME TO REMEMBER
minutes of action.
Greene
GAME TO FORGET
Despite starting, the freshman only recorded five minutes of playing time after one field goal attempt. All of his playing time was taken up by Greene and Kelly Oubre Jr., who were both playing well on Wednesday. Mykhaiilu remains one of the team's best three-point shooters and on-ball defenders, so don't expect too many losses for him. This season forward.
Mykhailiuk
on-ball defenders, so don't expect too many performances like this moving forward.
Mason hit one of the most important shots in the game in the second half as he made a 3-pointer to break a 7-0 Georgetown run. He scored 14 points on 50-percent shooting and also added three rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot. He continues to play big minutes for coach Bill Self during crunch time.
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Sophomore guard Wayne Selden, Jr., sails over Georgetown's Paul White during Wednesday night's game in Washington. D.C. Selden shot 67 percent from 3-point range against the Hoyas and had seven points.
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BASKETBALL REWIND
BBALL FROM PAGE 1B
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Georgetown 70
A 7-0 run in the second half was anchored by Greene hitting 3-pointers in back-to-back possessions. The two 3-pointers came after Georgetown took its first lead of the second half, and Kansas responded with the run to get the Jayhawks back on top, 51-47, with 10 minutes left.
The second half started similar to the first half — Kansas went on a 5-0 run led by sophomore guard Frank Mason, who was second on the team with 14 points and led the team with three assists.
"[Greene] did what he does," Georgetown coach John Thompson said. "He's a terrific shooter. I don't think he did anything different from what he's been doing. If he gets an open shot, it's going to go in and we gave him too many open shots."
Even though the Hoyas made a 7-0 run late in the second half, Georgetown wasn't able to recapture the lead. But the Hoyas did tie the game at 61 with three minutes left in the game.
Georgetown center Josh Smith, who had two blocks and scored a team-high 20 points, caused a lot of problems for Kansas, and was the reason the Hoyas kept the game close throughout the second half. The Kansas frontcourt couldn't contain him and struggled to shoot over him.
"That vas a big dude we played against," freshman Kelly Oubre Jr. said.
The tie didn't last long. On the next two possessions, with Smith on the bench, Kansas went to the paint and convert on two layups by junior Perry Ellis and freshman Cliff Alexander. Ellis had his second double-double of the season, recording 13 points and 10 rebounds. Alexander played a season-high 26 minutes due to junior Landen Lucas's foul trouble.
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like he was focused of late. He's a talented kid."
Thompson put Smith back
in, and Smith bullied Alexander down low for a hook shot to bring the Hoyas with two. It was the last of Brannen Greene 3-pointers that put
Cliff Alexander free throws (.59 left in second half)
"According to [Greene], if I let him play, he can do it every night," Self said. "He seemed
After seven straight points by Georgetown, Mason hit a key 3-pointer to silence the crowd and help Kansas regain control
Like he did against Florida on Friday. Mason gave Kansas some momentum going into halftime by making a layup with seven seconds to go, giving the Jayhawks the halftime lead.
Frank Mason 3-pointer (7:44 left in second half)
the Jayhawks up five and out of reach for Georgetown.
Up by one point with about a minute to play. Alexander continued his success at the free throw line by sinking two important free throws to extend the Kansas lead to three. Georgetown would never get closer the rest of the way.
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