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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011
THE UNIVERSIT
Kansas 24 | 46 — 70 South Florida 21 | 21 — 42
KANSAS 70, SO
Javhawk Stat Leaders
Points
Taylor 24
Rebounds
Robinson
8
Assists
Taylor 5
Kansas
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Tyshawn Taylor 8-10 4-6 2 5 24
Elijah Johnson 2-9 1-8 4 3 5
Travis Releford 2-3 1-2 3 3 5
Jeff Withey 1-5 0-0 3 1 6
Thomas Robinson 6-9 0-0 8 1 14
Conner Teahan 3-8 1-6 2 4 11
Justin Wesley 0-1 0-0 3 0 1
Naadir Tharpe 0-2 0-0 0 0 0
Kevin Young 0-1 0-0 6 0 2
Totals 23-50 7-25 36 17 70
South Florida
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Ron Anderson Jr. 1-3 0-0 2 1 2
Victor Rudd Jr. 1-7 1-5 5 1 5
Toarlyn Fitzpatrick 2-8 1-4 6 1 5
Anthony Collins 2-5 0-0 4 1 8
Blake Nash 0-2 0-1 1 2 1
LaVonte Dority 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Shaun Noriega 3-6 2-5 0 0 8
Augutus Gilchrist 5-11 0-1 3 0 11
Totals 15-46 4-17 29 8 42
Notes
- With 14 points but just eight rebounds, Thomas Robinson failed to extend his double-double streak to seven games.
- The Jayhawks are now 42-6 all-time in games broadcast on ESPN2.
- Through seven games this season, Kansas has yet to trail at the half.
- The Jayhawk bench was outscored for the fifth time this season
Imagining America Series
GREGORY JAY
Senior Director of the Cultures and Communities Program and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Scholarship, Engagement, and the Future of the University
A presentation on the challenges facing engaged scholarship, including questions of tenure and promotion, community partnerships, financial support, and the relationship between engaged research and learning.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow Lied Center Pavilion
Jay's visit is part of an ongoing series of events on publicly engaged scholarship in the humanities, arts and design sponsored by the School of the Arts, the Lied Center, and the Hall Center for the Humanities.
For more information on Imagineing America, please contact one of the consortium's campus contacts:
LIZ KOWALCHUK, Associate Dean,
School of the Arts at kowalchu@ku.edu
KRISTINE LATTA, Associate Director,
Hall Center for the Humanities, at klatp@ku.edu
KU SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
The University of Kansas
KU HALL CENTER
FOR THE FILMANTIES
The University of Kansas
LIED CENTER OF KANSAS
MEN'S BASKET Taylor takes the lead in offense
KORY CARPENTER
kcarpenter@kansan.com
Kansas coach Bill Self has harped on better guard play for much of this seven-game season. Excluding senior point guard Tyshawn Taylor, no returning guard averages than 14 minutes per game in a season. Fellow starters, junior guards Elijah Johnson and Travis Releford, as well as reserve 3-point specialist Conner Teahan, have played fewer minutes in Kansas uniform than Taylor. With that experience advantage over his teammates, it's understandable when Taylor takes the Jayhawk offense into his own hands, much like he did in
"He was the best player in the second half," Self said, "I hate that we're relying on him to score that much, but when you're shooting the ball like he did tonight, that was a big positive for us."
He had 20 second-half points to help Kansas pull away from a pesky South Florida team that was within three points at the break.
the second half in the 70-42 victory against South Florida Saturday afternoon.
"No, I wasn't paying attention to it. It wasn't even my focus," he said, all kidding aside. But he found room for one more joke regarding the fast break. "I saw that he only had eight or nine points or something like that, so I just gave it up," he said.
Taylor finished with 24 points, two shy of his career high. He passed up the chance to do that on a breakaway, instead shoveling the ball off to junior forward Thomas Robinson for
Taylor's offensive explosion seemed to mask an unflattering performance from Johnson, who was I for 8 from behind the 3-point line and finished with five points.
a dunk. He jokingly said that he just would have tied his career-high, so it was okay.
"It looks to me that with Elijah, he has good intentions to play well." Self said. "And when he doesn't play
well he automatically becomes deflated fast, which is really a sign."
Self added that Taylor is too go of a player for those kind of performances and the poor shooting is the main reason for the sometim slugish outputs.
"If your whole game is based playing well if you make shots, then you're probably not a complete pler." Self said. "He is a complete pler. He can do a lot of things, and he not impacting the game in any when things don't go well early."
Edited by Rachel Schi
CHRIS NEAL/KAN
Senior guard Tvshawn Taylor jumps towards the basket for a lavup against the South Florida Bulls. Taylor ended the night with two rebounds and one steal.
Game to remember
Taylor still had five turnovers, but his season high 24 points bailed out an average effort from the rest of the offense. Coach Bill Self wants Taylor to become more of a distributor and his first half was slow like the rest of the Jayhawks, but it's hard to complain with the second-half turnaround. Taylor's long summer of shooting sculpted him into one of the team's best from deep. Now he just needs to maintain the pace.
Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor
Game to forget
Taylor
Junior guard Elijah Johnson
Johnson finds himself in this spot for two consecutive games. Senior guard Conner Teahan came off the bench and played most of the second half in Johnson's place. After zero points and seven turnovers against Florida Atlantic University, Johnson missed seven of nine from the field and, according to Self, failed to keep focus in the game. Johnson hasn't played at his best when the rest of the team is struggling, helping contribute to several scoring droughts.
Johnson
Key stats
Junior forward Thomas Robinson grabbed this many rebounds; two shy of 10 and his seventh consecutive double-double.
25-20
Teahan, 25 minutes played. stepped in for Johnson, 20 minutes played. Johnson's starting spot may not be in jeopardy yet, but that could change.
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DAILY KA
6
That's how many rebounds junior forward Kevin Young grabbed in just five minutes played. Not bad for a guy who may have been feeling "the crud."
24%
The USF starting lineup shot this percent from the field after Kansas clogged lanes and pressured the ball.
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14
The Jayhawks surrendered 14 turnovers—an improvement from 17 against FAU, but not a season goal.
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