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KU 82 - BU 56
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
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Junior center Sasha Kaun shoots over Baylor's Marmadou Dienue. Kaun finished the game with six points and four rebounds.
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Kansas coach Bill Self looks on at the action as Mario Chalmer leaves the floor. Chalmers scored nine points in the victory.
Harsh crowd doesn't daunt young players
Four-way tie for Big 12 Conference
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
WACO, Texas - Darrell Arthur did his talking on the court, but Sandra Arthur used a more direct method in dealing with Baylor's fans.
"I heard my mom talking back to them," he said. "She told them to look at the score."
He said that during the day he was anxious to get the game under way, and once it started he was so nervous he started playing too fast and speeding up the game.
Kansas' 82-56 victory was enough to keep most of the crowd quiet during Arthur's first game at the school he passed over for Kansas, but he still heard the boos when he checked into the game.
Compounding the pressure, it was also his first game against former high school teammate Kevin Rogers, who plays under the basket as a sophomore.
Both players agreed afterward that it was weird.
as a sophomore for Baylor.
"We played together only a couple years ago." Arthur said of their time at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas.
Arthur entered
Animal entered the game at the first full time out. On his first drive, he fumbled the ball while driving to the lane. On the second drive he was fouled, giving him two free throws, which he turned into his first points of the game.
Outside of that group, he didn't get a lot of love from the crowd at the Ferrell Center.
"People don't get it nationally based on the little bit I've heard. Add in Oklahoma State and how many leagues in America have five teams that good?"
He was cheered on by a group of 20-30 family members seated behind the lajayawk bench. Most of them were wearing Arthur's 90 jersey.
"Freshmen go through that stuff," he said. "I think he was sped up."
"He still got some good looks off," Rush said. "But I was able to stay in front of him."
said, but added that the crowd was harsh to all the Jayhawks. He laughed when remembering one insult.
Even after that basket the student section kept on him, cheering loudly when he missed a dunk in the second half. Coach Bill Self said that it was good he was able to get this out of the way in a game that wasn't close.
Sophomore guard Brandon Rush defended Baylor guard Aaron Bruce for most of the game. Bruce is one of Baylord's best shooters, but Rush was able to hold him to just 3-of-12 from the field.
Four-wav tie:
Rush on Bruce:
Texas Tech defeated its second high-profile opponent of the week with a victory against Texas A&M last night. The Big 12 is now in a four-way tie between the teams with 4-1 conference records: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Kansas.
"They were on me real hard," he
Self used that statistic to lobby for the Big 12 nationally.
"They told Sherron that he looked like Gary Coleman."
BILL SELF
Head Coach
"People don't get it nationally, based on the little bit I've heard," he said. "Add in Oklahoma State, and how many leagues in America have five teams that good?"
Morningstar shines:
guard Brady Morningstar made the most of his two minutes of playing time, scoring four points. The second was off a spin move that he described as "putting a little shake in my game"
He was substituted out to allow walk on Brad Witherspoon to play the final seconds.
Junior forward Darnell Jackson played nine minutes as he continues to recover from a bruised back. He said that while it hurts, he has still been able to play and practice on a regular basis.
"I don't even know how I did it," he said. "It's good, but it's going to take a while to fully heal."
Jackson recovering:
Kansan senior sportswriter Michael Phillips can be contacted at mphillips@kansan.com
Edited bv Lisa Tilsan
Sophomore guard Brandon Rush drives on Baylor's Kevin Rogers. Rush finished with a game-high 18 points
No. 8 Kansas 82, Baylor 56
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**Opponent:** Kevin Rogers 5-13 1-1 11; Mannadou Diane 2-7 2-3 6; Curtis Jerrells 4-11 4-1 5 12; Aaron Bruce 3-12 0-1 8; Tewetter Cary 2-9 2-2 7; Henry Dugat 3-9 0-7 0; Patrick Fields 0-1 0-0; Jari Vantaja tja 0-2 0-2 2; Tim Bush 2-0 2-0 4; Richard Hurd 1-1 0-2; Mark Shepherd 0-2 0-2 1; Jos Lomsh者的 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 20-6 12 20-56.
Kansas: Julian Wright 5-11-6-16; Sasha Kaun 3-5-0-6; Russell Robinson 2-5-0-8; Mario Charmi 2-4-3-4; Brandon Rush 7-13 2-18; Darrrell Arthur 3-7-2-8; Sherron Collins 5-8-0-13; Rodrick Stewart 0-0-0-2; Jeremy Case 0-2-0-0; Brennan Bechard 0-0-0-0; Brady Morningstar 2-0-2-0; Darnell Jackson 0-1-0-0; Brad Witherspoon 0-0-0-0; Matt Kleinmann 0-0-0-0; Totals 29-58 16-23 B2.
GOALS
Kansas 17-3,4-1 Big 12
Baylor 11-8,1-5 Big 12
RECORDS
Baylor's Henry Dugat tries to protect the ball from Kansas guard Jeremy Case during a basketball game Wednesday in Waco, Texas. Kansas won 82-56.
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TOP THREED
on 3-of-4 shooting from behind the 33-point line, Collins continued his hot offensive ways with 13 points in 22 minutes.
Rush scored 118 points in 32 minutes of play. He also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
In one of his best games since November, Wright scored 16 points. He also had two blocks.
Sherron Collins
Brandon Rush
Julian Wright
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