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Kansas defeats West Virginia, 61-56
- 8 p.m., Jan. 28, 2013
- WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
FINAL: KU overcomes sloppy play in 61-56 win over West Virginia
Jeff Withey and Travis Releford scored 15 points apiece, helping the Kansas men's basketball team to a 61-56 victory over West Virginia on Monday night in Morgantown, W.Va.
WVU (9-11, 2-5 Big 12) closed it to 61-56 with 24 seconds left, but Withey blocked two shots before Releford came away with the defensive rebound as KU ran out the clock.
KU, which won its 18th straight game, held on despite not having in a field goal in the final 6:15.
Releford produced his points on 7-for-9 shooting, while Withey was 6-for-8.
The Jayhawks made 20 of 34 field goals (54 percent), which helped them overcome a poor ball-handling night (16 turnovers).
Ben McLemore added 13 points for KU.
The Jayhawks (19-1, 7-0) will play host to Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Calbballer
Forget about the uniforms. They did not play in the game. What a terrible offensive game for KU. This is starting to become worrisome as this poor offense has been around for over a month now. This game should have been a blowout with at least a 20 point win. but a win on the road is always something to celebrate, but that offense has to get better.
Mom_of_three in reply to Jayhawkinatl
Oh, but some of those calls were bad! No, they didn't miss the free throws, the players did, but some of those calls... omg
Jaybate
What did KU EVER do to deserve these uniforms.
If no one wants to give Huggs any credit for what went on out there, then I'm going to blame it on the uniforms.
Melrank
Well thank goodness I can have fun on the chat with all you guys - cause that game was painful. Rock Chalk. See ya Saturday!
Aircapjay
Burn those uniforms under the bleachers right there in Morgantown. Walk out of there in BVD's.
Sam Constance in reply to Jaybate
That's true, and I'll give credit to Huggins in terms of making something out of it once KU started throwing the ball away, but I don't think he can take credit for the way this game turned out.
Danr
Withey saves our a** again. It looked like we played like crap (and we did), but we still won... on the road, in what will always be a really tough place to play in the Big12 as long as Huggins is there. What I'll take from this game for the rest of my life is that Adidas sucks.
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Melrank
Huggs is 9-10 this year. We are 176-31 from the line. We have a zillion unforced turnovers. I'm not willing to say this is on anyone except us.
Jaybate in reply to Sam Constance
I know what you're saying, but not many coaches have been able to keep KU's starters out there this long.
Sam Constance in reply to Jaybate
Huggs didn't force the Jayhawks to throw those lazy passes out on the perimeter.
Jhwkr542
Our end of game inbounds strategy: Best FT shooter take it out and refuse to pass it to our 2nd best FT shooter.
Sam Constance
This abomination had everything to do with Kansas. Not West Virginia.
The only reason WVU was in the game was because of Kansas. The only thing positive for WVU came as a result of Kansas.
Jaybate in reply to Melrank
I don't know Mel. Maybe. But I've been watching where their guys are lining up to guard and which way they are cheating and it is varying almost every time down the floor.
Mom_of_three in reply to Jhawkminer
so we want them to score with the clock stopped? just should have let him go and chances are, he might have missed
Aircapjay
Huggs should rent a double wide trailer and just live in Texas with the team for the next month.
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