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Kansas
KANSAS 64, T
29|35-64
Texas A&M
24|27-51
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Points
Marcus and Markieff Morris 13
Rebounds
Thomas Robinson 5
Assists
Brady Morningstar 4
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Markieff Morris 6-12 1-2 3 2 13
Marcus Morris 5-10 0-0 5 2 13
Brady Morningstar 3-3 2-2 2 4 9
Tyrel Reed 4-6 3-5 0 1 12
Mario Little 0-5 0-3 3 1 0
Thomas Robinson 0-4 0-0 5 0 0
Jeff Whithey 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Tyshawn Taylor 3-6 1-1 3 3 9
Elijah Johnson 1-2 0-1 3 3 2
Josh Selby 2-5 1-3 2 0 6
Totals 24-53 8-17 28 16 64
Texas A&M
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
David Loubeau 5-11 0-0 6 0 14
Khris Middleton 4-10 1-4 4 1 9
Nathan Walkup 1-1 1-1 3 1 3
Dash Harris 1-5 0-3 4 3 4
B.J. Holmes 3-7 3-6 1 3 10
Blake McDonald 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Keith Davis 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Kourtney Roberson3-6 0-0 10 1 6
Ray Turner 2-3 0-0 4 1 4
Totals 19-48 5-16 35 11 51
Schedule
*all games in bold are at home
Date Opponent Result/Time
Nov. 2 WASHBURN W, 92-62
Nov. 9 EMPORIA STATE W, 90-59
Nov. 12 LONGWOOD W, 113-75
Nov. 15 VALPARALSO W, 79-44
Nov. 19 NORTH TEXAS W, 93-60
Nov. 23 TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI W, 82-41
Nov. 26 OHIO W, 98-41
Nov. 27 ARIZONA W, 87-79
Dec. 2 UCLA W, 77-76
Dec. 7 MEMPHIS W, 81-68
Dec. 11 COLORADO STATE W, 76-55
Dec. 18 USC W, 70-68
Dec. 22 CALIFORNIA W, 78-63
Dec. 29 UT ARLINGTON W, 82-57
Jan. 1 MIAMI W, 83-56
Jan. 5 UMKC W, 99-52
Jan. 9 MICHIGAN W, 67-60 (OT)
Jan. 12 IOWA STATE W, 84-79
Jan. 15 NEBRASKA W, 63-60
Jan. 17 BAYLOR W, 85-65
Jan. 22 TEXAS L, 74-63
Jan. 25 COLORADO W, 82-78
Jan. 29 KANSAS STATE W, 90-66
Feb. 1 TEXAS TECH W, 88-66
Feb. 5 NEBRASKA W, 86-66
Feb. 7 MISSOURI W, 103-86
Feb. 12 IOWA STATE W, 89-66
Feb. 14 KANSAS STATE L, 84-68
Feb. 19 COLORADO W, 89-63
Feb. 21 OKLAHOMA STATE W, 92-65
Feb. 26 OKLAHOMA W, 82-70
March 2 TEXAS A&M W, 64-51
March 5 MISSOURI 11 a.m.
MEN'S BASKET
Junior forward Markieff Morris embraces senior guard Tyrel Reed before Reed checked out for the final time as a Jayhawk in Allen Fieldhouse. Reed was one of three Jayhawks to score in double figures in the senior night game against Texas A&M with 12 points.
Seniors recognize pivotal years at Fieldhouse
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
twitter.com/kansanball
It's tradition before the game for the cheerleaders and dancers to throw roses on the court when the seniors' names are announced. It's also tradition for the seniors to address those in attendance when they hear the buzzer one final time at Allen Fieldhouse.
Coach Bill Self gave the three seniors four minutes to give their speeches; all exceeded the limit and guard Mario Little almost took up the entire 12 minutes allotted for all three by himself.
an all three of mine.
"Those guys did a good job, but obviously they far exceeded their four minute time limit." Self said.
"I thought Rio maybe forgot to thank a couple of ushers and some people working concessions, but I think he was able to touch base for everybody else."
Little went down the line thank ing every single person on the Kansas basketball staff. He thanked his teammates, the fans and his family, especially his grandma.
Before he could even begin to thank her he was silent. Hunched over a center court for 37 seconds with tears strolling down his face.
He then proceeded. He said that he never really thanked her for all that she did and he is very appreciative for her. Little said that he was tough because he is from the Southside of Chicago. But on Wednesday night he showed his
softer side.
As for the other two seniors, Brady Morningstar and Tyrel Reed, they choked up at times, but fought back the tears.
back on the desk.
Reed said he has lived the dream and thanked the fans for allowing him to. Reed is five wins away (125) from tying Sherron Collins for the most in school history.
top like he did.
Morningstar joked around with his age. He said that Self was like a father figure to most, but
"There's no better place in America to play, and no better coach to play for," Reed said during his speech.
When Morningstar was thanking the staff, he got to coach Manning and said that he wants to go out on top like he did.
Morningstar called him a brother because they are so close in age.
Those words are eerily similar
"I thought it was pretty good to be honest," Self said.
Edited by Brittany Nelson
to those of Larry Brown, who was in attendance. Brown said, "There's no better place to coach, there's no better place to go to school, there's no better place to play." Brown left Kansas after Danny and the Miracles captured the school's fourth national title.
That wasn't the best part of the night. Morningstar finished his speech by telling fans to vote for Reed for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award and to donate to the Lisa Robinson Foundation.