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KANSAS 94, CENTRAL ARKANSAS 44
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20.2009
THE FRI
Kansas 26 |31-57 Central Arkansas 20 |35-55
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Points
Tyrel Reed 12
Rebounds
11
Thomas Robinson
Assists
Kansas
Elijah Johnson 3
<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>FG-FGA</th><th>3FG-3FGA</th><th>Rebs</th><th>A</th><th>Pts</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Markleff Morris</td><td>4-4</td><td>0-0</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Cole Aldrich</td><td>3-7</td><td>0-0</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Xavier Henry</td><td>4-8</td><td>2-3</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Sherron Collins</td><td>4-7</td><td>2-4</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Tyshawn Taylor</td><td>1-6</td><td>0-1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Thomas Robinson</td><td>2-6</td><td>0-0</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>CJ Henry</td><td>3-4</td><td>2-3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Tyrel Reed</td><td>4-5</td><td>4-5</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Elijah Johnson</td><td>3-4</td><td>1-2</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Marcus Morris</td><td>4-5</td><td>0-1</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Chase Buford</td><td>1-1</td><td>0-0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>33-58</td><td>11-19</td><td>36</td><td>19</td><td>97</td></tr></tbody></table>
Central Arkansas
<table border="1"><tr><td>Player</td><td>FG-FGA</td><td>3FG-3FGA</td><td>Rebs</td><td>A</td><td>Pts</td></tr><tr><td>Mitch Rueter</td><td>1-7</td><td>0-3</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Carols Dos Santos</td><td>1-7</td><td>0-0</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Mike Pouncy</td><td>3-11</td><td>0-2</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Jared Rehmel</td><td>3-12</td><td>1-4</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Imad Qahwash</td><td>1-5</td><td>0-1</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Robert Crawford</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Ryan Daniels</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Dewan Clayborn</td><td>0-2</td><td>0-1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Chris Henson</td><td>3-4</td><td>0-0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Tadre Sheppard</td><td>2-5</td><td>0-0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Chris Williams</td><td>0-2</td><td>0-0</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>14-55</td><td>1-14</td><td>38</td><td>8</td><td>44</td></tr></table>
Schedule
*all games in bold are at home
<table border="1"><tr><td>Date</td><td>Opponent</td><td>Result/Time</td></tr><tr><td>Nov.3</td><td>FORT HAYS STATE (Exhibition)</td><td>W,107-68</td></tr><tr><td>Nov.10</td><td>PITTSBURG STATE (Exhibition)</td><td>W,103-45</td></tr><tr><td>Nov.13</td><td>HOFSTRA</td><td>W,101-65</td></tr><tr><td>Nov.17</td><td>Memphis,St.Louis,Mo.</td><td>W,57-55</td></tr><tr><td>Nov.19</td><td>CENTRAL ARKANSAS</td><td>W,94-44</td></tr><tr><td>Nov.25</td><td>OAKLAND</td><td>7 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Nov.27</td><td>TENNESSEE TECH</td><td>7 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Dec.2</td><td>ALCORN STATE</td><td>7 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Dec.6</td><td>UCLA,Los Angeles,Calif.</td><td>4:30 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Dec.9</td><td>RADFORD</td><td>7 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Dec.12</td><td>La Salle, Kansas City, Mo.(Sprint Center)1 p.m.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dec.19</td><td>MICHIGAN</td><td>11 a.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Dec.22</td><td>CALIFORNIA</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Dec.29</td><td>BELMONT</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.2</td><td>Temple,Philadelphia,Pa.</td><td>4:30 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.6</td><td>CORNELL</td><td>7 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.10</td><td>Tennessee, Knoxville,Tenn.</td><td>12:30 p.m.or 3:30 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.13</td><td>Nebraska,Lincoln,Neb.</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.16</td><td>TEXAS TECH</td><td>12:45 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.20</td><td>BAYLOR</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.23</td><td>Iowa State,Ames,Iowa</td><td>1 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.25</td><td>MISSOURI</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Jan.30</td><td>Kansas State, Manhattan</td><td>6 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.3</td><td>Colorado,Boulder,Colo.</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.6</td><td>NEBRASKA</td><td>5 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.8</td><td>Texas,Austin,Texas</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.13</td><td>IOWA STATE</td><td>7 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.15</td><td>Texas A&amp;M, College Station,Texas</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.20</td><td>COLORADO</td><td>3 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.22</td><td>OKLAHOMA</td><td>8 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>Feb.27</td><td>Oklahoma State,Stillwater,Okla.</td><td>3 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>March3</td><td>KANSAS STATE</td><td>7 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>March6</td><td>Missouri,Columbia,Mo.</td><td>1 p.m.</td></tr></table>
MEN'S BASKETE
Jayhawks' victory boasts few turnovers, better offe
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
In the Jayhawks' 57-55 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday the Jayhawks had an astounding 21 turnovers compared to meager 20 field goals. After a rocky and eerily similar start against Central Arkansas, Kansas turned things around en route to a 94-44 victory.
For a brief moment in the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks' game against the Central Arkansas Bears it seemed as though a story similar to Kansas' game against the Memphis Tigers might unfold before the eyes of the faithful in Allen Fieldhouse.
"We took better care of the basketball," coach Bill Self said. "That's a positive after pitching it all over the building Tuesday."
In the first two minutes of play
against the Bears, the Jayhawks had already committed two turnovers, both by junior center Cole Aldrich, and had not even attempted a field goal, much less made one.
Then with 18 minutes left in the half sophomore forward Marcus Morris, making his first start of the season, sank a jumper from outside the paint to give Kansas its first points of the game.
After that Kansas never looked back. Aldrich's two turnovers served as the Jayhawks' only giveaways until Marcus Morris lost the ball with four seconds remaining in the half. That turnover led to a Central Arkansas basket that simply cut what would have been a 24-point halftime lead to a still daunting 22-point lead that the Bears never even came close to recovering from.
When the final buzzer sounded,
Kansas had only turned the ball over a total of seven times. To give that statistic a little perspective, sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor committed seven turnovers by himself in the lavwhak's victory over Memphis.
sive performance against Memphis, Taylor did not give the ball away once against Central Arkansas.
"He had no turnovers, so from my standpoint he probably had a pretty good night," self said.
In conjunction with the rest of Kansas' recovery from a shaky offen-
The lack of turn-
The lack of turnovers against the Bears also significantly aided the Jayhawks in keeping their offense in sync. That fact is
especially evident when comparing the field goal percentages in Kansas' last two games.
"We took better care of the basketball. That's a positive after pitching it all over the building Tuesday."
BILL SELF Kansas coach
In Tuesday's game against Memphis, Kansas rattled off only 43 shot attempts. Out of those Kansas made just 20 for a 46.5 field goal percentage. In Thursday's game against
Central Arkansas however, Kansas shot the ball 59 times and made 33 of those. That gave the team a greatly improved 55.9 field goal percentage.
"When we were turning it over before we could get Cole a touch or Markieff (Morris) a touch, our offense
doesn't run as smoothly" junior guard Tyrrel Reed said.
On the other side of the ball Kansas
Senior guard Sherron Collins exchanges words with Central Arkansas guard Dewan Clayborn after popping the ball out of Clayborn's hands. Collins played 25 minutes in Kansas' 94-44 win Thursdaynight at Allen Fire
Freshman guard C.J. Henry hits a three during the second half against Central Arkansas. Henry had eight points in his first game as a Jawhayk Thursday night against the Bears.
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