10A / SPORTS / MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM Kansas 63 |35-28 Texas 74|23-51 Points Jayhawk Stat Leaders Tyrel Reed 17 Rebounds Assists Marcus Morris 7 Tyshawn Taylor 6 Kansas Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts Marcus Morris 6-17 0-4 7 3 16 Markieff Morris 2-7 1-2 5 0 10 Tyshawn Taylor 2-8 0-0 2 6 4 Brady Morningstar 4-5 0-0 1 3 8 Tyrel Reed 5-10 5-9 6 0 17 Thomas Robinson 1-3 0-0 5 0 2 Jeff Withey 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 Elijah Johnson 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Mario Little 1-4 0-0 3 1 2 Josh Selby 2-9 0-4 1 1 4 Team Totals 23-64 6-19 33 13 63 Texas
PlayerFG-FGA3FG-3FGARebsAPts
Cory Joseph4-82-39011
Jordan Hamilton5-130-29217
Dogus Balbay2-20-0335
Gary Johnson2-80-0506
Tristan Thompson3-70-06012
J'Covan Brown6-103-63123
Jal Lucas0-00-0000
Matt Hill0-00-0400
Alexis Wangmene0-00-0100
Team Totals27-736-19311068
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 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 7 p.m. Jan. 29 KANSAS STATE 6 p.m. Feb. 1 TEXAS TECH 8 p.m. Feb. 5 NEBRASKA 3 p.m. Feb. 7 MISSOURI 8 p.m. Feb. 12 IOWA STATE 3 p.m. Feb. 14 KANSAS STATE 8 p.m. Feb. 19 COLORADO 1 p.m. Feb. 21 OKLAHOMA STATE 8 p.m. Feb. 26 OKLAHOMA 3 p.m. March 2 TEXAS A&M 8 p.m. March 5 MISSOURI 11 a.m. Chris Neal/KANSAN Senior guard Tyrel Reed tries to tip a ball away from Texas' sophomore guard J'Covan Brown. Reed was Kansas' highest scorer with 17 total points. COLUMN Fans must remember Robinson's courage The home-court winning streak is over. So is the undefeated season. In The home-court winning streak is over. So is the undefeated season. In the words of coach Bill Self, the Jayhawks now face "very little margin for error" in the Big 12 Conference. Years from now, these may be some of the storylines many fans will remember from that emotionally draining Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. But don't forget Thomas Robinson. According to Self, Robinson's grandmother passed away at the end of December. His grandfather passed last Sunday. Then, he lost his mother late Friday. night. "He wasn't asked not to play. He wasn't asked to play," Self said. "I talked to some people and the best thing to do for him was to let him choose what he wants to do. He said he wanted to be out there and I didn't fight it." Robinson Maybe it was the size of the stage with Texas in the house. Maybe running around with his teammates possibly helped clear his mind. Or maybe just playing basketball slightly regulated a time like this. No matter the reason, no matter his performance, the mere fact that Robinson stepped on the floor Saturday afternoon proved his dedication to his other family, those who don crimson and blue. After discovering the news of Robinson's mother's passing on "We've always called ourselfs brothers," junior guard Tyshawn Taylor said. "But he's literally my brother now. I don't see no other way. I think that's going to last forever." For Robinson, Saturday with the Jayhawks wasn't just another game day. Other than his 9-year-old sister Jayla back home in Washington, D.C., it was all he had left. BY MAX ROTHMAN mrothman@kansan.com Friday night, coaches, teammates and some of their mothers gathered at the Jayhawk Towers to be together. Self described the scene as "the saddest thing I've ever seen in my life." "You can only imagine the hurt that he's feeling," senior guard Tyrel Reed said. "You just want to be there for him." His teammates, coaches and fans were there for him on Saturday, too. A brief moment of silence for Robinson prefaced the tip off. With little more than three minutes into the game, Kansas jumped out to a 10-0 start and the fieldhouse was rockin' after a Selby steal and slam dunk (after he missed a dunk less than a minute before). Then, Robinson checked in and the place somehow got louder, booming with ovation. For each of his four fouls, whether fair or not, boos swirled. For every Robinson rebound, fans stood, cheered and yelled in support. But with the game finished and the fieldhouse emptied Robinson and his teammates must rehash reality. "It's sad to even say anything, because you don't know what to say," junior forward Marcus Morris said. "He's just a tough kid to still want to be with us and still play." Key stats We're all crushed by such a deflating defeat on the court. It hurts more knowing that it ended the longest active home-court winning streak in college basketball. But for once, throw statistics aside and consider the courage of Thomas Robinson, as true a Jayhawk as they ever come. Edited by Helen Mubarak Kansas hit just 6-of-19 (31.6 percent) from three-point range. The team is shooting 37 percent for the season. 44. 1,26.7 Kansas shot 44.1 percent in the first half and 26.7 percent in the second half. Game to remember J'Covan Brown Brown has played Kansas twice, and he's been lights out both times. After scorching the Jayhawks for 26 points in the second half of last year's game in Austin, Brown offered an encore to the tune of 23 points on 6-of-10 shooting to lead the Longhorns to their first win in Allen Fieldhouse. Just like last year, most of it came after the break.His 17 points paced a 51-point second half for Texas. Brown Kansas'big three Game to forget Quotes of the night The Morris twins and Josh Selby were all off Saturday afternoon, and with none of those three playing well, Kansas was ripe for upset. The three combined to hit just 10-of-33 shots, 1-of-10 from three-point range, and had six turnovers against four assists. The twins had 12 rebounds as the Jayhawks were outrebounded 42-33. "People go home sad today, all 16,000 people that were here and supported us great like they do every game, they go home sad and disappointed, and he's one of those guys. But he goes home and he doesn't have his mother anymore. And it certainly puts everything in perspective, because he's going to wake up three or four days from now and people will be doing their own things, and the world keeps going on, and that's a reality that he's going to live with for the rest of his life Self Bill Self on the death of Thomas Robinson's mother Prime plays FIRST HALF (Score after play) 20:00—Before the game started, the Fieldhouse was rocking. The decibel meter read over 118 decibels. 16:36 — Josh Selby throws down a dunk on the fast break with a little help from Markieff Morris clearing the way. (10-0) 16:16 Thomas Robinson checks in for the first time and the fans give him a nice ovation. (10-0) 9:11 —Robinson collects an offensive board and then lays it in for his first basket of the game. He receives a nice reaction from the fans. (22-9) 1:02 — Brady Morningstar gets in the passing lane and has an easy dunk at the other end. (35-23) SECOND HALF 14:32 —Just when Kansas needed a big shot, Tyrel Reed comes through again with a three pointer. (40-30) 8:48 —Texas settled the crowd this half, but a tough runner in the lane by Tyshawn Taylor gets the fans in it again. (47-49) 2:00 — Texas snaps Kansas' home-court winning streak at 69 games. (63-74) Notes - The win is Texas' first in Allen Fieldhouse (1-9). - Texas is solely in first place in the Big 12 (4-0)