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is 17 year coaching career Saturday night against Iowa State. Self's Jayhawks moved to 24-1 on the season and remained perfect in the Bin 12 at 10-0 following the 73-59 victory.
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Junior center Cole Aldrich had an easy time in the paint, scoring with 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting. He also had 12 rebounds and three blocks. Marcus Morris also notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
"He's practicing the hardest on the team right now," Collins said. "You've got to get it back and he's getting it back."
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The bad news for the Jayhawks came pregame when they announced Thomas Robinson got a concussion in Thursday's practice. Self said should be ready to play tonight against Texas A&M.
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Junior center Cole Aldrich puts a dunk after grabbing a missed shot mid-air Saturday during the second half against Iowa State. Kansas won 73-59 to move to 24-1 on the season.
Game to remember
After the game coach Bill Self said Taylor has been a mystery, having so much talent and speed but not using it. The first half wasn't good for Taylor (Self said he was "just out there"). But the sophomore guard was a main cog in the Jayhawk's defining 14-0 run with Sherron Collins on the bench. When they played Nebraska, Taylor was also an integral part in the big run in that game.
Sophomore guard Tvshawn Taylor
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Game to forget
Senior guard Sherron Collins
Collins
You can just look at Collins's stats for each game and determine how that game went. In this case, he went 4-of-14 from the floor with 11 points, meaning he wasn't needed and the Jayhawks were in control of the game. What made life even worse for Collins was when he missed a wide-open layup, what he said was the one of his career. "I guess Brady's free throw rubbed off on me on my layup," he said.
Stat of the night
400
Coach Bill Self won his 400th game of his career (400-146 overall).
Since the 1999-2000 season, Self is
tied for the second winningest coach (along with Roy Williams) with 302 victories behind Mike Krzyezski's 311.
Self
Quote of the night
"That wasn't really much of a celebration. Brady (Morningstar) was the ring leader saying 'great job, great job.' I told him no thanks to him. I say that jokingly, but he was trying to make a big deal so I wouldn't get on his butt in the locker room."
- Self after picking up his 400th career victory Saturday
Prime plays
1ST HALF (SCORE AFTER PLAY)
14:04- Sherron Collins found his way under the basket, passing it while double-teamed. That extra man came from guarding Cole Aldrich, who was standing wide open for the dunk. (10-8)
8:36- Eight straight points for Xavier Henry. After a layup, he hit back-to-back threes to give the Jayhawks their biggest lead so far at seven. (23-16)
4:37- Jeff Withey comes into the game and immediately hit a running jump hook. There's not much left to say after that. (28-20)
0:03- Sherron Collins put the moves on Scott Christopher-son and gave the Jayhawks a snazzy look layup just before halftime. (35-26)
2ND HALF
12:30- Moments after the Cyclones were within two, Tyshawn Taylor steals the inbounds and makes a layup. Combined with Tyrel Reed's
free throws on the previous play, the Jayhawks get four points in five seconds. (44-38)
12:05- Xavier Henry hit his third three of the game. The game was close just a second ago it seemed. (47-38)
9:16- Just a few minutes ago, everyone was on the edge of their seats wondering if the Jayhawks were going to see an upset in the Fieldhouse. This Sherron Collins three-pointer was just one of the many reasons not to get "upset." (57-40)
5:10 At first you ask yourself why Marcus Morris is trying to put a move on a defender and dribbling the ball between his legs. Then you see pull up jumpers like that and question it no longer. (67-49)
3:56- Here's the easiest way to describe it: Elijah Johnson steals the ball, passes it behind the back to Tyrel Reed. Reed touch-passes it up to the rim and Johnson was there to tap it in. All of this fancy action was on the fast-break. (71-51)
Keystats
The Jayhawks dominated in a couple categories- Their bench outscored the Cyclones 22-4 and outscored them in the paint 34-14.
10 and 10
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Iowa State scored 59, which is the lowest for any conference opponent this season. Not since Temple Jan. 2 has an opponent scored so few on Kansas.
This game marks the second time all season Marcus Morris and Cole Aldrich both had double doubles in the same game. The first time was against Kansas State on Jan 30.
Tim Dwyer and Corey Thibodeaux
Kansas ripping the heart out of opponents with dramatic scoring runs
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
twitter.com/udkbasketball
It's becoming quite the trend for No. 1 Kansas. Let a team hang around and build hopes that it can steal a game from the number one team in the country, call a timeout, then rip the opponent's heart out with a stretch of dominant basketball that only one team — Tennessee on Jan. 10 — has found an answer for.
The latest episode in this series was Saturday against Iowa State, following similar showings against
Nebraska and at Texas before that.
After junior forward Craig Brackins nailed a 3-pointer and brought the Cyclones (13-10) within two points with less than 14 minutes left, coach Bill Self called a timeout and Kansas unleashed a 14-0 run on its way to a 73-59 victory.
Sophomore forward Marcus Morris, who finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, said the Cyclones being so close triggered the run.
"We had to pull it out some type of way," Morris said. "We weren't waiting for them to be down two
or anything, but that's just the way it happened."
Perhaps thing about the latest Jayhawks' run — they went on runs of 22-0 and 16-0 in the two games be f o r e Saturday's
rhaps the most impressive
"We had to pull it out some type of way."
MARCUS MORRIS Sophomore forward
weren't on the floor. Neither was junior guard Brady Morningstar, who's in the starting lineup because
— was the players who were on the floor when it happened.
Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich
of a knack for doing all the little things right. Instead, it was three bench players — sophomore forward Markieff Morris, junior guard Tyrel Reed and sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor — and starters Marcus
Morris and freshman guard Xavier Henry that did the heavy lifting for the jayhawks.
"That 14-0 run in the second half, that was started by Tyshawn, Tyrel, Xavier and the twins." Self said. "That was our best lineup tonight in that stretch. That certainly put the game away."
"Even when things aren't going right for somebody we can come in and he can put a sub in and it can turn around just like that," Henry said. "That's how we do. That's how
It's one of the greatest threats of this Kansas team. There are plenty of weapons at the top with Collins and Aldrich and Marcus Morris, but Henry said these runs show how deep the team is.
we play."
As deep as the Jayhawks are, the players give credit to Self, who picked up his 400th career victory Saturday, for knowing how to fire the team up in a timeout.
Apparently it's equal parts putting the fear of God into them — "I think we just notice when coach is really mad," Henry said — and motivating them.
"He is a great motivator," Collins said. "When he gets on you, he tells us what we need to know."
Edited by Jesse Rangel