PAGE 10 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 2012 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Kansas 50 | 28----78 Washington State 21 | 20----41 KANSAS 78 JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS Points 17 Releford Rebounds Young 8 Assists Johnson 5 KANSAS Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts Travis Releford 6-7 2-3 0 1 17 Ben McLemore 3-6 2-4 3 1 11 Jeff Withey 4-8 0-0 5 1 8 Elijah Johnson 3-9 2-8 0 5 8 Perry Ellis 2-3 0-0 3 0 12 Naadir Tharpe 2-5 1-3 2 4 5 Jamari Traylor 2-3 0-0 4 0 5 Kevin Young 1-1 0-0 8 0 4 Totals 25-52 8-24 34 15 78 WASHINGTON STATE Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts Mike Ladd 2-9 1-5 2 1 5 Will Dilorio 3-4 0-0 1 0 8 Brock Motum 6-18 1-5 6 3 14 Royce Woolridge 2-7 1-5 3 1 5 D.J. Shelton 3-6 1-3 2 1 7 James Hunter 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Junior Longrus 0-1 0-1 2 0 0 Brett Boese 0-2 0-1 1 0 0 Totals 17-56 4-25 21 9 41 UNSUNG HERO Senior forward Kevin Young Young made his first start of the season and brought the energy missing from the lajahwaks starting lineup in their first three games. Young made hustle GAME TO FORGET Young plays across the floor and finished the game with a team-leading 12 rebounds. Senior guard Elijah Johnson Johnson went cold after a solid start, missing his final five 3-point attempts and making only one shot in the second half. Johnson KEY PLAYS FIRST HALF (SCORE AFTER PLAY) 19:45 Ben McLemore knocks down a 3-point shot to open up the game for the Jayhawks. Kansas takes a lead it will never relinquish. 3-Kansas 15:30 Witty Winthe grabs an offensive rebound and takes it right back to the basket to give the Jayhawks their first double-digit lead of the game. 16-6 Kansas SECOND HALF 19:35 Ben McLemore rejects a shot by D.J. Shelton on a Washington State fast break, keeping the momentum with Kansas to start the second half. 50-21 Kansas 6. 11 Evan Manning enters the game.The son of the hero of the 1988 Nationa Champion team logs his first official minutes as a Jayhawk. BASKETBALL Freshman guard Perry Ellis drives around Washington State's defense in the first half of Monday's game at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. The Jayhawks won 78-41. Ellis had 12 points, three rebounds and two assists. TYLER ROSTE/KANSAN TYLER ROSTE/KANSAN Senior Travis Releford defends a Washington State player. The Jayhawks were dominate in the first half with a commanding lead of 50-21. TYLFR ROSTF/KANSAN Freshman forward Perry Ellis rises over Washington State defense in the first half of Monday's game at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. TARA BRYANT/KANSAN Senior guard Travis Reefield tries to steal the ball between a pass to Washington State players in Monday's game. Reefeld had three fouls during the game.