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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Kansas
40|30—70
STATE MILITARY
San Jose State
KANSAS 70
32 | 25----57
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Withey 16
Rebounds
Withey 12
Assists
KANSAS
Johnson 5
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Travis Releford 5-6 1-2 4 4 13
Ben McLemore 5-16 0-7 6 3 13
Jeff Withey 7-11 0-0 12 0 16
Elijah Johnson 4-9 3-6 1 5 13
Kevin Young 1-5 0-2 8 1 6
Andrew White III 0-1 0-0 0 0 1
Naadir Tharpe 1-5 0-1 1 1 2
Perry Ellis 2-5 0-0 4 2 4
Totals 26-60 4-18 41 16 70
SAN JOSE STATE
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
D.J. Brown 2-9 1-4 2 0 7
James Kinney 11-26 4-12 7 2 30
Chris Jones 1-4 0-1 3 1 2
Chris Cunnigham 1-12 0-0 11 2 4
Alex Brown 1-4 0-0 3 0 2
LaVanne Pennington 1-2 1-2 0 0 5
Xavier Jones 0-4 0-0 5 2 2
Mike VanKirk 1-2 0-0 4 0 2
Totals 19-65 7-21 45 7 57
UNSUNG HERO
Senior guard Elijah Johnson
With his team struggling to find offense for much of the second half, Johnson converted a two-point jumper with 1:16 left, outing Kanske
Johnson
GAME TO FORGET
Freshman Guard Ben McLemore
than 10 minutes
In 34 minutes of play, McLemore missed all seven of his three-point attempts, committed four fouls, and had three turnovers to negate his three assists.
nine and ending the Spartans' upset bid.
It was Kansas' first field goal in more than 10 minutes.
KEY STATS
Mclemore
12. 5 — Kansas' second half three-point shooting percentage
BRANDON SMITH/KANSAN 2.67
16.2 - nassau second half three point shooting percentage
16.0 – The Spartans’ run in the second half that whitted Kansas’ lead to 60-52
16, 12, 12 – Jeff Withey’s points, rebounds and blubs
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"We sucked. We couldn't pass it, dribble it, shoot it, screen it, rebound it. We didn't do anything."
— Kansas coach Bill Self
Self
joining Cole Aldrich. Withey
no other Kansas big man
had more than six points or eight rebound
Widely missed the game with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 12 blocks, giving him only the second official triple-double in Jayhawk history.
GAME TO REMEMBER
Senior center Jeff Withey
had more than six points or eight rebounds.
Withev finished
BASKETBALL
Senior guard Elijah Johnson fights for the ball with two Spartan defenders. Johnson scored 19 points helping the Jayhawks defeat San Jose State 70-57.
Freshman guard Ben McLemore tries to catch an alley-oop Monday night Nov. 26 at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks defeated the San Jose State斯台特 70-57.
BRANDON SMITH/KANSAN
BRANDON SMITH/KANSAN
Senior guard Travis Reileford drives past the San Jose State defender Monday night Nov. 26 at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks defeated the Spartans 70-57 to improve their record to 5-1.
BRANDON SMITH/KANSAN
Freshman guard Ben McLemore attempts to block the shot of junior forward Louis Garrett Monday night Nov. 26 at Allen Fieldhouse.The Jayhawks improve their record to 5-1 with the 70-57 victory over San Jose State.
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