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4B / SPORTS / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Kansas
44|43-87
Arizona 39 | 40----79
Points
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Markieff Morris
16
Rebounds
Assists
KANSAS 87,
Marcus Morris
9
Tyshawn Taylor 7
Kansas
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Tyshawn Taylor 4-6 0-0 0 7 10
Brady Morningstar 0-2 0-2 3 2 2
Tyrel Reed 4-10 0-4 1 2 13
Markieff Morris 7-12 1-2 3 0 15
Marcus Morris 4-8 2-2 9 0 16
Thomas Robinson 5-7 0-0 3 1 14
Jeff Withey 0-0 0-0 2 0 0
Elijah Johnson 1-3 0-1 1 2 2
Mario Little 2-3 0-0 4 0 5
Travis Releford 4-6 2-3 4 1 10
Arizona
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Lamont Jones 4-9 0-2 1 0 11
Derrick Williams 9-15 2-3 8 0 27
Brendon Lavender 0-2 0-2 4 1 0
Jamelle Horne 2-5 2-5 6 3 6
Solomon Hill 3-9 1-2 5 4 9
Kyryl Natyazhko 1-1 0-0 4 1 2
Kevin Parrom 0-3 0-2 4 1 0
Jordin Mayes 2-4 1-3 0 1 6
Kyle Fogg 6-12 4-8 2 1 18
Totals 27-60 10-27 37 12 79
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 | 8 p.m. |
| Dec. 7 | MEMPHIS | 6 p.m. |
| Dec. 11 | COLORADO STATE | 5:30 p.m. |
| Dec. 18 | USC | 11 a.m. |
| Dec. 22 | CALIFORNIA | 10 p.m. |
| Dec. 29 | UT ARLINGTON | 8 p.m. |
| Jan. 1 | MIAMI | 5 p.m. |
| Jan. 5 | UMKC | 7 p.m. |
| Jan. 9 | MICHIGAN | TBA |
| Jan. 12 | IOWA STATE | 8 p.m. |
| Jan. 15 | NEBRASKA | 1 p.m. |
| Jan. 17 | BAYLOR | 8:30 p.m. |
| Jan. 22 | TEXAS | 3 p.m. |
| 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. |
Robinson dunk sparks Kansas
MEN'S BASKE'
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
twitter.com/kansanball
LAS VEGAS—With just under four minutes and 40 seconds in the game, sophomore forward Thomas Robinson seemed to put the game on ice for Kansas. He threw down an alley-oop with one hand on a lob from junior guard Tyshawn Taylor, putting the team up 75-68.
Senior guard Tyrel Reed thought that it was a turning point in the game. He said the dunk boosted some energy into the crowd and into the team.
"I was trailing it," Reed said. "I was right next to Tyshawn and I knew he was going to throw it
and it was a good pass, but it was an even better catch. Coach tells us to go with two hands every time, but there was no way he was going to get that with two hands."
The dunk not only fired the fans up, who started to jump in their seats, but it also got the Jayhawks going, who started to pull away late in the game.
"It was alright," Robinson said of the dunk. "I think it was a big momentum boost for us. Any time somebody gets a dunk, it's a game changer."
Robinson said it was definitely one of his better dunks given the game situation.
first half, but Arizona started to chip away and got within five at the break.
Kansas had built an early 31-15 lead with 11:21 remaining in the
Arizona started the second half on a 13-7 run to take its first lead of the game at 52-51 with 15:14 remaining in the game. After trading buckets for the next six minutes, the Jayhawks started to pull away when they took a 61-60 lead. Kansas didn't look back the rest of the game.
"Coming out, we knew it was going to be a tough game," sophomore guard Travis Releford said. "Once we went down and came back and took the lead, I think that was the best part of the game."
Kansas was tied with Arizona at 60 with 8:31 to go in the game.
but the Jayhawks finished on a 27-19 run.
Robinson's dunk seemed to deflate Arizona and its fans, which were outnumbered around four to one by Kansas' fans. Jayhawk fans' chants overpowered those of Arizona. When Robinson climbed the ladder, Orleans Arena sounded like it was Allen Fieldhouse.
The fans weren't the only ones impressed with Robinson's dunk. Coach Self was too.
"Thomas had an unbelievable play on that lob," Self said. "I don't know how he caught that one. It wasn't a great pass, but it was a big time play."
-Edited by Clark Goble
BENCH (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
"We're much better when those two guys play," coach Bill Self said. "Marcus obviously played more than Markieff, but I thought Travis and Thomas were great."
lar off the bench for the lavhawks.
Releford was named to the all-tournament team after a 10-point, four-rebound showing in the finale.
Robinson led the layhawk bench with 14 points and was instrumental in guarding Arizona's Derrick Williams (or trying to, at least). He also threw down the early favorite for dunk of the season with a Stretch Armstrong one-handed alley-oop with a less thank five minutes remaining.
"Thomas was really good off the bench," Self said. "I mean, he bailed us out."
The twins' foul trouble was a product of Williams' impressive play, who had NBA scouts raving throughout with a 27-point, eight-rebound tour-de-force that rivaled the twins' combined 31 points and 12 rebounds.
The game wasn't closed out until Williams' fifth foul sent him to the bench with Arizona trailing 77-72 with 2:27 remaining in the game. Kansas scored the next four points to take an all-but-insurmountable nine-point lead with more than a minute left.
"He's a good player, I take my hat off to him," Robinson said.
"He's a pro. We couldn't guard him," Self said. "One of the big keys to the game was that their big guy fouled out and ours didn't. But he's terrific. I don't think anybody would argue the point that he was the best player on the floor."
"The way we play now, getting after it defensively, it's going to be tough to play with just eight guys," Releford said. "Then with foul trouble, other guys have got to step up and play. I don't think there's any way we play with just eight guys for the rest of the year."
Friday after trouncing Ohio, Self said held begin to pare down his rotation to his traditional eight players against Arizona. Foul trouble prevented him from doing it Saturday, and Releford said he didn't know if it was going to happen.
But as Saturday's game proved, one player can't win a basketball game. And the lajhwakes have a stable of them.
Edited by Clark Goble
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Sophomore guard Travis Releford soars for a dunk during the second half of Kansas' game against Ohio Friday on night. Releford was Kansas' second-leading scorer with 13 points as the Jayhawks defeated the Bobcats 98-41.
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Sophomore guard Travis Releford and sophomore guard Elijah Johnson celebrate a Jayhawk basket late in the game against Arizona. The Jayhawks held on to defeat the Wildcats 87-79 Saturday night, and captured the 2010 Las Vegas Invitational Championship.
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