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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013
THE UNIVER
Kansas 13 | 42 — 55
TCU 22 | 40 — 62
KANSAS 55
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
McLemore 15
Rebounds
Young
Young 9
Assists
McLemore 9
KANSAS
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Perry Ellis 0 0-1 1 0 0
Jeff Withey 12 4-6 8 0 2
Travis Releford 1 0-1 6 4 1
Elijah Johnson 8 3-12 3 1 3
Ben McLemore 15 6-16 9 3 3
Kevin Young 6 2-7 9 0 0
Naadir Tharpe 11 2-15 6 2 2
Jamari Traylor 2 1-1 1 0 0
Totals 55 18-61 44 10 13
OPPONENT
Relefort 4
Player Pts FG-FGA Rebs A TO's
Garlon Green 20 7-13 2 1 1
Connell Crossland 8 3-6 15 1 0
Kyan Anderson 8 2-6 1 1 1
Nate Butler Lind 10 3-6 2 2 1
Adrick McKinney 7 1-5 8 1 2
Devonta Abron 6 1-1 4 2 2
Charles Hill Jr. 3 1-7 2 1 2
Clyde Smith III 0 0-2 0 2 0
Totals 62 18-46 34 11 9
GAME TO REMEMBER
Ben McLemore, freshman guard
No one actually deserves this award, but McLemore gets it by default. He had a team-high 15 points and nine rebounds and made six of his 10 two-point field goals. However, he did miss all six of his three-point attempts.
McLemore
GAME TO FORGET
Travis Releford, senior guard
Releford contributed very little to the Jayhawks' offense, missing his only field goal attempt and converting one of two free throws for his only point of the game. His team-high four assists was his only redeeming stat before fouling out after 36 minutes of action.
Releford
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It was the worst team that Kansas has ever put on the floor since Dr. Naismith."
- Bill Self on the first half
KEY STATS
Self
13
The Jayhawks scored 13 points in the first half, their worst one-half total since scoring 19 points against Iowa State in 1999.
Kansas' guards missed every single one of their field goal attempts in the first half.
After eight consecutive losses, TCU earned its first Big 12 victory to send the Jayhawks to consecutive defeats for the first time in seven years.
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MEN'S BASKE
Senior center Jeff Withey gets hit in the head with the ball as he tries to get a rebound during Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian University at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth Texas where Kansas was defeated 62-55. Withey had eight rebounds.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
SCORING DROUGHT
Javhawks' inability to make baskets leads to blindside loss to Horned Frogs
GEOFFREY CALVERT
gcalvert@kansan.com
It's hard to understate how horrible Kansas' first half was Wednesday night at TCU in its 62-55 loss to the Horned Frogs.
A Jayhawk guard didn't make a field goal the entire first half, and Kansas only made three shots the entire half. It's not that TCU's defense was smothering, as Kansas found a way to get open looks in the first half. Getting the ball in the basket was another story.
Kansas didn't score until freshman forward Jamari Trayler made a short jumper with 12:42 left in the first half. Kansas didn't score again until 6:06 remained in the half when senior center Jeff Withey made two free throws.
Withey also made Kansas' second field goal. It didn't come until 4:29 remained in the half.
So to recap, Kansas started the game with a 7:18 field goal drought then followed that up with an 8:13 field goal drought. Senior forward Kevin Young made Kansas' final field goal, a layup, with 3:15 left in the half.
The Jayhawks made seven free throws in the first half, leaving them with 13 total points in the first half. Since the NCAA began tracking the stat in 1988-1989, it was Kansas' fewest points ever in a half. The second-worse total was 18 points against Iowa State in 1999.
Kansas turned the ball over eight times in the first half. Although the
Horned Frogs only scored seven points off of the turnovers, the Jayhawks couldn't afford to waste that many possessions with their offense being so stagnant.
However, the Jayhawks still found themselves very much in the ballgame at halftime, because the Horned Frogs only mustered 22 points. TCU has struggled scoring all season and averages only 54.1 points per game.
If it were any other Big 12 team, the game could have been over by halftime. The Jayhawks benefitted from the Horned Frogs' poor play, although it still didn't match Kansas' debacle.
TCU only made one jumper in the game's first six minutes, leaving the door open for Kansas to take control of the game. But six of Kansas' eight first-half turnovers came in the game's first seven minutes before Traylor got Kansas on the board.
TCU entered the game with an 0-8 Big 12 record in its first season in the conference. Of those eight conference losses, the closest one was a 62-53 loss to Texas Tech.
The Jayhawks made their first three shots of the second half, equaling their first half output less than four minutes into the second half. While Kansas scored 42 points in the second half, the lack of first half production doomed them to their first consecutive losses in 264 games. The most recent occurrence was Jan. 14 and 16, 2006, when Kansas State and Missouri beat the Jayhawks.
Edited by Megan Hinman
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Senior guard Travis Reileford drives through his opponent's defense to get to the basket during Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian University at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.