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Missouri and Kansas traded buckets before RaeShara Brown and BreAnna Brock made back-toback jumpers to spark Missouri's 15-0 run.
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until we we play. It doesn't matter who we play in this league, you have to be able to fight. There are nights when you have to be able to make a run and you have to be able to answer runs, and we have allowed people to make big runs on us and not answered. That is a toughness, gut check, teamwork thing," Henrickson said.
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Sophomore guard Angel Goodrich fires off a three-pointer during the last minutes of the second half. Goodrich was one of two Jayhawks in the double figures with 10 points and dished out a team-high six assists.
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Selby's talent paves the road to team's success
During his first 11 games, Selby had his ups and downs. The way he plays the remainder of the season will be key for Kansas.
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
Freshman guard Josh Selby is the key. Ask an expert — any really, from SI to ESPN to CBS to The University Daily Kansan and on — about who is most essential to Kansas' success, and you'll likely get that answer. Selby is the key.
Brady Morningstar scored in double figures for the first time in just under a calendar year, and it's good that Marcus Morris is arguably the best player in the Big 12, and it's a little frustrating
So while it's nice for Kansas that
"It's huge for him," Morningstar said. "Of course, in the first half he came out hot, and that's what we needed. He hasn't been like that for a while, and it's good for him to get his stuff rolling."
that Tyrel Reed couldn't buy a shot Tuesday at Colorado, that all goes by the wayside in looking at the box score.
Self has spelled out Selby's essentialnesssto the Kansas offense a number of times. Kansas has a bushel of talented guards. Tyshawn
“It's good to see Josh be aggressive. Josh hasn't been aggressive at all."
5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
The eyes fix on Selby's stat line, which, after so many games of struggling from the field, saw a whiplash-inducing reversal of the trend. Selby hit 7-of-14 shots (3-of-6 from three) for 17 points to go along with four rebounds and a
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Taylor's better than most in the country at getting into the lane and kicking to an open shooter on the wing. Reed and, now. Morningstar are the benefactors of
Taylor's skills. Both are also spot shooters and steady caretakers of the ball. Elijah Johnson is somewhere in between those three. He's a sniper from outside with the help offeed and Morningstar and possesses Taylor's athleticism.
But no one on the roster, not even Morris, has Selby's talent for taking a broken play and turning it into points. The scouting report
Because he can mix his shots so drastically, Selby becomes the toughest matchup on the Kansas roster, but only when he's on, which has recently been rare. Which is why Tuesday—apart from bouncing back from a loss, picking up a half-game on Texas and winning without the grieving Thomas Robinson—was huge for Selby.
on setby is that he can catch-and- shoot, score off the dribble, post on a guard and can shoot from well outside the three-point line.
That's why at practice Monday, Self told Selby to stop thinking so much and just be aggressive. It's not something coaches tell a lot of freshmen — there's an inherent risk of turnovers and sloppy play included with that — but not many freshmen have Selby's talent.
"It's good to see Josh be aggressive," Self said. "Josh hasn't been aggressive at all."
"I was playing not to make mistakes," Selby said. "Now since I had that conversation with coach, everything's fine."
And Selby's responding well.
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like the Koger the opponent, the more likely Tyrel Reed is to put up bigger numbers.
It's becoming increasingly evident that when the going gets tough, Tyrel Reed goes going.
It isn't just his stats that make Tyrel Reed a threat; Reed has the intangibles that make him a more than noteworthy weapon on the KU offense.
Reed is never one to quit on a play, and always hustles back hard to play defense; he can shoot the three from just about anywhere on offense, and always seems to get the last second pass for a wide-open shot.
No offense to UMKC, Michigan, and Miami (OH), but these teams aren't of the caliber that the Big XII teams are. With regards to Michigan, who put up a hell of a fight, none of the aforementioned schools would succeed in the Big XII, which makes the case for Reed all that more interesting. At the end of a close game, it seems like Reed is one to come up in the clutch, as further evidenced by his two free throws against Colorado on Tuesday to put KU up by four, and the game out of reach for the Buffaloes.
In the loss to Texas, Reed put up some of his best numbers of the season. His 34 minutes tied his second highest total this season. His 17 points and 6 rebounds also tied his second highest totals of the season.
Reed also has the highest free throw percentage on the team at 85.4% (35-41), which if he stays at this pace would be his highest career average, second to the 83.3% that Reed shot from the line last year.
On a team full of talented leaders, as most Bill Self coached teams are, Tyrel Reed is as poised a leader as they come. When the game is on the line I can't think of one person on the roster I would substitute for Reed. His stats don't lie. If it's crunch time, look out for "La Flama Blanca" to ignite.
Edited by Brittany Nelson