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KANSAS 57, MEMPHIS 55
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY GANSAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
IW
Kansas
26|31-57
Memphis
20|35-55
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Points
Cole Aldrich 18
Rebounds
Cole Aldrich 11
Assists
Tyshawn Taylor 3
Kansas
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs A Pts
Markieff Morris 1-1 0-0 7 0 4
Cole Aldrich 7-10 0-0 11 0 18
Xavier Henry 3-11 0-2 6 1 11
Sherron Collins 5-7 1-1 5 2 12
Tyshawn Taylor 0-4 0-2 3 3 2
Thomas Robinson 0-1 0-0 2 0 0
Tyrel Reed 0-2 0-2 1 0 0
Elijah Johnson 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Marcus Morris 4-7 0-0 1 2 10
Totals 20-43 1-5 35 7 57
Memphis
<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>Elliot Williams</td><td>6-18</td><td>3-11</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Roburt Sallie</td><td>2-9</td><td>0-6</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Willie Kemp</td><td>2-10</td><td>1-3</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Doneal Mack</td><td>2-3</td><td>2-3</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Pierre Henderson-Niles</td><td>1-3</td><td>0-0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Will Coleman</td><td>4-6</td><td>0-0</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Wesley Witherspoon</td><td>2-6</td><td>0-2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>19-55</td><td>6-25</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>55</td></tr></table>
Schedule
*all games in bold are at home
Date Opponent Result/Time
Nov. 3 FORT HAYS STATE (Exhibition) W, 107-68
Nov. 10 PITTSBURG STATE (Exhibition) W, 103-45
Nov. 13 HOFSTRA W, 101-65
Nov. 17 Memphis, St. Louis, Mo. W, 57-55
Nov. 19 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 7 p.m.
Nov. 25 OAKLAND 7 p.m.
Nov. 27 TENNESSEE TECH 7 p.m.
Dec. 2 ALCORN STATE 7 p.m.
Dec. 6 UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif. 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 9 RADFORD 7 p.m.
Dec. 12 La Salle, Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center) 1 p.m.
Dec. 19 MICHIGAN 11 a.m.
Dec. 22 CALIFORNIA 8 p.m.
Dec. 29 BELMONT 8 p.m.
Jan. 2 Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 6 CORNELL 7 p.m.
Jan. 10 Tennessee, Knoxville, Penn. 12:30 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Jan. 13 Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. 8 p.m.
Jan. 16 TEXAS TECH 12:45 p.m.
Jan. 20 BAYLOR 8 p.m.
Jan. 23 Iowa State, Ames, Iowa 1 p.m.
Jan. 25 MISSOURI 8 p.m.
Jan. 30 Kansas State, Manhattan 6 p.m.
Feb. 3 Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 8 p.m.
Feb. 6 NEBRASKA 5 p.m.
Feb. 8 Texas, Austin, Texas 8 p.m.
Feb. 13 IOWA STATE 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 Texas A&M, College Station, Texas 8 p.m.
Feb. 20 COLORADO 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 OKLAHOMA 8 p.m.
Feb. 27 Oklahoma State, Stillwater, Okla. 3 p.m.
March 3 KANSAS STATE 7 p.m.
March 6 Missouri, Columbia, Mo. 1 p.m.
MEN'S BASKET
Senior guard Sherron Collins hits the second of his two free throw attempts Tuesday night with 15 seconds left on the clock to put Kansas up by two points, 57-55. Collins ended with 12 points during 32 min
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said. "That was in large part because of them, I hope."
With Collins out of the game, the offense looked lost. The team only shot 46.5 percent from the floor. Tyshawn Taylor assumed his point guard duties only to turn the ball over seven times. Taylor said Collins is the key for making the Kansas offense go.
"He makes the game so much easier for everybody around him," Taylor said. "And when he went out, it was kind of tough."
Technically a road game, Memphis and Kansas fans were spread evenly. The teams were
as even as the fans they brought with them.
Memphis constantly nipped at the Jayhawks' heels, spotting
Kansas around five points for most of the game.
C o m i n g into the game, most thought this would be a wash.
Memphis is inexperienced
But Kansas didn't underestimate the Tigers.
in both player and coach and is dealing with several injuries.
"We never looked over them," Marcus Morris said. "We never
"if we don't take care of the ball, it becomes a really tight game like it was."
COLE ALDRICH Junior center
thought they were a bad team. We always knew they would cause a lot of match-up problems."
Freshman guard Xavier Henry came back to earth from his debut performance with only 11
points off 30-11 shooting. The turnovers didn't help his
cause either. Henry had four of the Jayhawks' 21 turnovers to go along with Taylor's seven. Aldrich said the turnovers kept Memphis in the game.
"We played pretty good defense and were able to contain them for the most part," Aldrich said, "but if we don't take care of the ball, it becomes a really tight game like it was."
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— Edited by Sarah Kelly
Weston White/KANSAN
Junior center Gole Aldrich swats away a shot against Memphis. Aldrich had five blocks and led Kansas with 18 points in what proved to be a close call for Kansas.