KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010 / SPORTS
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KANSAS 84, IOWA STATE 61
MEN'S BASKETBALL REWIND
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Sonhomore forward Marcus Morris runs off the court following the game Saturday afternoon against Iowa State. Kansas won 84-16, moving to 18-1 on the season and 4-0 in Big 12 play.
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Freshman guard Xavier Henry has a 3-point shot tipped during the first half against Iowa State Saturday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum. Henry finished with four points and shot zero-of-six from three-point range.
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attendance of his family, Aldrich said. His parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and more traveled from Bloomington, Minn., to Ames, Iowa as they do every year to see Aldrich play.
"I don't even know how many family I had here," he said. "They're probably all sitting out there wearing some crimson and blue."
Aldrich also had some help from the other big men in the game such as hot-handed sophomore forward Marcus Morris.
Coming into the game, the Cyclone's starti-
ng forwards looked to be the Jayhawks' biggest
threat. But the duo of Aldrich and Morris out-
played Iowa State's Marquis Gilstrap and Craig
Brackins, combining for 35 against their 31.
Morris, who had 16 points and seven rebounds, commented on Aldrich's play.
Normally Aldrich sits through the final minutes of a game when the layhawks have a 20-point cushion. But on Saturday, he stayed out on the court even though he appeared winded.
"We both came out of the game and I was like, that's the Cole I know" he said.
Since Aldrich is still trying to recover from having "crap in his throat," he played through the fatigue.
"There's going to be big games that I'm going to be in the mix for quite a while and I just wanted to keep pushing myself," he said.
Self was impressed with the playtime distribution between his team. Only three players played more than 20 minutes: Aldrich, 31; Brady Morningstar, 32; and Sherron Collins, 33.
Aldrich's 31 minutes are the most he's played this season since playing for 32 minutes against UCLA in Los Angeles.
“There’s only three guys that should be tired going home and he’s definitely one,” self said.
Heckled virtually all game, senior guard Sherron Collins only scored 11 points on 3-10 shooting. But Collins was glad to see his other half come out of his slump.
"He's practicing real good and today he showed it," he said. "His back."
- Edited by Allyson Shaw
Stat of the night
That was Iowa State forward Craig Brackins' field goal percentage. Last season in Ames, Brackins, who averages
38. 5%
16. 2 points per game, scored 42 against the Jayhawks. The length of Jeff Withey caused problems for Brackins. Also, he is averaging 8.2 rebounds and was held to one against Kansas.
Quote of the night
"That's what happens for shot blockers. You go after some balls and some balls you just don't get. I had half a hand on that one, but it happens."
- Cole Aldrich on getting posterized by Marquis Giltstrap
Aldrich
Prime plays
1ST HALF (SCORE AFTER PLAY)
15:06 To stifle an 8-0 run by the Cyclones, Jeff Withey snaked around defenders and used his length to get to the rim for a layup. His early entry was not intended because of foul trouble, coach Bill Self, but it ended up being a blessing. (13-12)
13:01- Marcus Morris took a charge right into the chest from Dominique Buckley, earning an echo of proafinity throughout the student section. (15-14)
5:30- Jeff Withey cleaned up a Tyrel Reed missed jumper with a two-handed dunk. This physical play and the earlier finesse play by Withey is the most the Jayhawks have seen out of him all season. (32-21)
2ND HALF
19:05 Marcus Morris passed the ball to Brady Morningstar on the fast-break, then Morningstar threw it up for a perfect alley-oop to Cole Aldrich. (42-27)
9:31-Tyshawn Taylor scored five points in six seconds after he weaved his way to the basket and laid it in for an and-one. He missed the free throw, but Cole Aldrich got it back to him for a three. (67-45)
1:05- Having fun in garbage time, Chase Buford gave the ball up to Thomas Robinson for an alley-oop dunk. The crowd was too tired and too few to make a ruckus out of it. (82-60)
Key stats
17.6
8,5,12
The Jayhawks shot a seasonlow 17.6 percent from threepoint range.
Freshman center Jeff Withey had career highs with eight points, five rebounds and 12 minutes.
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Junior guard Brady Morning-star had a season-high seven rebounds and 32 minutes while
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getting his second consecutive start.
Senior guard Sherron Collins' 11 points moved him to 11th on the Jayhawk's all time scoring list with 1,634 points.
The Jayhawks' 23-point margin of victory is their largest at Iowa State since their 29 point victory on Jan. 6, 2003.
- Corey Thibodeaux
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to get some confidence early in the game by making a couple bunnies.
If those bunnies are lefty dunks that look so much sweeter because they're left-handed, well, I'm cool with that.
But even if Collins is winded, he's not going to want to come out of the game. Allen Fieldhouse, fueled by an epically large group of campers, will be rocking. Sherron will get his.
Henry needs to both attack and relax. Pick his spots. A lot of his looks Saturday were forced.
Collins is going to draw a fair share of defenders any time he drives the paint, and now that Aldrich is seemingly out of the funk that plagued him for much of the season, post defenders can't give him much space. If Henry sets his feet and composes himself, Collins is going to find him over and over.
The success rate of Henry's lefty flick will correlate with Kansas' success tonight.
Edited by Drew Anderson
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