LY KANSAN
8 25, 2008
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 2008
KU 73. UW 54
5B
BALLREWIND
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/ players scramble for a loose ball. Morningstar finished the game with three points and five assists.
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t from the field and ended the night with four points.
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**AUGUST 2016**
Tyshawn Taylor drives against a Washington player during the first half. Taylor finished the game with 10 points, two rebounds and one onebound block.
VIEW FROM PRESS ROW
IT WAS OVER WHEN...
Sophomore center Cole Aldrich recorded his first points with a dunk over Washington All-American candidate Jon Brockman with less than 11 minutes remaining in the first half. Aldrich hadn't scored on Brockman before that moment and after proving he could do it without problem, the Jayhawk offense thrived. He scored the Jayhawks' next eight points to make the score 23-14. Kansas never looked back as Aldrich also held Brockman to only seven points.
GAME TO REMEMBER...
Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor
Sure, Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich may have compiled more complete performances, but they already have fond, collegiate memories from last year. This was Taylor's first shining moment. His block on Isaiah Thomas' layup attempt in the first half after a turnover is probably Kansas' biggest highlight of the season so far. Taylor didn't even celebrate after it because he was still mad for turning it over in the first place. "I just took my aggression out because I wa myself" Taylor said.
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place. "I just took my aggression out because I was upset with myself" Taylor said.
GAME TO FORGET...
Freshman forward Quintrell Thomas
Expected to be a key big man off the bench in Kansas' eight-man rotation, Thomas contributed only four minutes. This was in large part because Thomas committed three fouls in just two minutes of play at the start of the game. He attempted only one shot and missed. He also committed a turnover. Thomas, however, should be able to recover. He played well in Kansas' two exhibition games.
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Kansas' two exhibition games and even started the first game of the season.
STAT OF THE NIGHT
40. That's how many points Kansas scored in the paint. The Jayhawks attacked the Huskies, who had no answer. In contrast, Washington scored only 16 points in the paint on Kansas. The Jayhawks used a zone defense to keep the Huskies out of the lane.
Case Keefer
PRIME PLAYS
FIRST HALF
10:46 — And it's officially a run. Cole Aldrich makes an easy turnaround jumper, giving the Jayhawks a 17-8 lead. After trailing 7-4, they're in the midst of a 13-1 run.
5:19 — Those two years as an understudy did Brady Morning star some good. He steals the ball after Washington's in-bounds pass and takes it in for an and-one layup. Morningstar makes the free throw, giving Kansas a 26-16 lead.
4:09 — This is why Jon
Brockman is one of the best rebounders in the country. He grabs an offensive board after a teammate misses a layup and takes it in for the easy putback The basket cuts the Jayhawks lead to four at 26-22.
3:50 — But the Huskies wouldn't cut it to two. Isaiah Thomas appears to have a wide-open layup in transition, but Tyshawn Taylor sneaks back. As Thomas is about to lay it in, Taylor pops up and rejects the shot into the stands.
SECOND HALF
17:05 — This Tyshawn Taylor kid can do it on offense, too. After Isaiah Thomas makes a three-pointer to take away a bit of momentum from Kansas, Taylor answers with a contested layup. Kansas leads 39-28.
12:36 — Cole Aldrich picked up his fair share of blocks last year in limited minutes. Now that he's playing more, he's blocking more. Aldrich swats Jon Brockman down low for his sixth block of the game.
4:06 — Marcus Morris makes a turnaround in traffic look easy. The basket gives him 13 points and gives the Jayhawks a 60-44 lead. But not everything goes Marcus' way. On the next possession, he gets whistled for his fourth foul.
3:15 — The two veterans team up, even when they don't plan on it. Sherron Collins' three-pointer rims out, and Cole Aldrich tips it back in. Kansas is firmly in control at this point.
GAME NOTES
NO LOVE FOR LARRY
Apparently that 54-31 loss on Sunday didn't please the locals. The Kansas City crowd at Sprint Center booed Chiefs running back Larry Johnson when he was pictured on the big screen about midway through the first half.
Johnson is a big basketball fan. Last year, he went to several UMKC game games while the Chiefs were still in season.
WHICH ONE IS WHICH?
In the first of likely many times when the Morris twins emulate each other this season Marcus and Markieff each got into a minor altercation with a Washington player midway through the first half.
The first to do it was Marcus. After getting called for a charge, Quincy Pondexter lightly pushed Marcus, who got back in Pondexter's face. A referee and Sherron Collins regulated, and that was that.
Marcus came out after that, and Markieff came in. On the next possession, he was a little too close to a Huskies player after the whistle blew, and a referee had to separate him.
LOSING THE REBOUND BATTLE
In the first half, Washington out-rebounded Kansas by 15. The Jayhawks did better in the second half, but the Huskies finished with 43 rebounds, compared to Kansas' 34. Jon Brockman had 18.
Kansas coach Bill Self said the defense was sound and was pleased overall with the team's performance. But Self is a coach who demands that his team be more physical than any opponent. The rebounding numbers didn't make him too happy.
"We got manhandled," Self said.
Mark Dent