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TCU coach Trent Johnson: Visiting Allen Fieldhouse 'eye-opening' experience for players
TCU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson said he was leaving Lawrence with a few positives following his team’s 74-48 loss to Kansas on Saturday afternoon. By Jesse Newell
Opinion: KU goes from purgatory to payback against TCU
The Kansas men's basketball team's starters outscored TCU's starting five, 34-0, in the first half. And that wasn’t even close to being the strangest half of basketball the teams played against each other this season, Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan writes.• Box score• KU coach Bill Self postgame audio
TCU coach Trent Johnson
TCU coach Trent Johnson talks after his team's 74-48 loss to Kansas on Feb. 23, 2013.
Jeff Withey, Ben McLemore and Perry Ellis
Kansas players Jeff Withey, Ben McLemore and Perry Ellis talk after the Jayhawks' 74-48 victory over TCU on Feb. 23, 2013.
KU coach Bill Self talks after win over TCU
Kansas coach Bill Self talks after his team's 74-48 victory over TCU on Feb. 23, 2013.
Kansas basketball v. TCU
Images from Saturday's game against Texas Christian University at Allen Fieldhouse.
Notebook: Former KU coach Ted Owens says reunion 'one of those great moments'; Johnson recovering from illness
Former Kansas University basketball coach Ted Owens, who is 83 years old, on occasion shoots his age in golf. By Gary Bedore
FINAL: KU overwhelms TCU, 74-48
The Kansas men's basketball team held TCU to nine first-half points, dominating defensively in a 74-48 victory over TCU on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.
TCU (10-17, 1-13 Big 12) made just four of 23 field goals in the first half (17 percent) with 10 turnovers, as KU raced to a 38-9 halftime lead.
Jeff Withey led KU with 18 points on 7-for-12 shooting. Ben McLemore added 14 points, which included a highlight-reel, one-handed slam over a TCU defender just before the halftime buzzer.
Travis Releford and Perry Ellis added 12 points each.
The Jayhawks also were 18-for-19 from the free throw line.
KU (23-4, 11-3) will play at Iowa State at 8 p.m. Monday.
