Just three days after its first road game, Kansas University’s men’s basketball team defeated Iowa State, 71-66, Wednesday in Ames, Iowa.
Wayne Simien returned from an injury and Keith Langford played after suffering a concussion Sunday against the Kentucky Wildcats, and both had big games in Wednesday’s win.
Simien had 13 points and nine rebounds, and Langford had 18 points, five boards and five assists.
The teams battled and back forth early before the Jayhawks upped their lead to as many as seven points three times, the last at 34-27 late in the first half.
Iowa State fought back, though, with a 8-2 run, and trailed by just a point, 36-35, with less than a minute left before halftime, and KU went into the break with a 38-35 lead.
The Jayhawks scored nine of the first 12 points of the first half, extending their lead to nine points, 47-38.
The Cyclones turned a 52-44 Jayhawk lead into a 54-52 advantage of their own with a 10-0 run midway through the half. Curtis Stinson scored the final four points of the spurt.
Kansas scored the next eight points, taking a 60-54 lead with seniors Langford, Simien and Michael Lee scoring all eight of the points.
The Jayhawks held the lead for the final few minutes before three straight missed three-pointers and a pair of turnovers helped the Cyclones cut the deficit down to three points, 65-62, with a minute left.
Kansas held off Iowa State late with strong shooting from the free throw line.
C.J. Giles had four points, five rebounds and two steals for KU, J.R. Giddens had 13 points and four rebounds, and Aaron Miles had eight points, five assists and four rebounds.
Russell Robinson had three points, Alex Galindo had eight points and two steals, and Lee had four points.
Will Blalock had 17 points, three assists and three boards for Iowa State, Damion Staple had nine points before fouling out with 3:14 left, and Jared Homan had 10 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocks.
Stinson had 18 points, five boards and four fouls, and Rahshon Clark had a point and three steals. John Neal had three points, and Anthony Davis had eight points.
The Jayhawks were 25-of-46 shooting from the field, including 8-of-18 from three-point range, and 13-of-20 shooting from the charity stripe. Kansas turned the ball over 18 times.
The Cyclones were 22-of-58 shooting from the field, including 5-of-17 from long distance, and 17-of-26 shooting from the foul line. Iowa State turned the ball over nine times.
IMPORTANT FIRST-HALF STATS:
Rebounds: Kansas 13, Iowa State 14
Turnovers: Kansas 10, Iowa State 5
Steals: Kansas 3, Iowa State 4
Assists: Kansas 9, Iowa State 5
All stats are unofficial.
For the second straight game, Kansas University’s men’s basketball team Saturday defeated an opponent it faced last season.
Earlier this week the Jayhawks won a rematch against the Nevada Wolf Pack, and Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse they held off the Pacific Tigers, winning, 81-70.
The teams battled back and forth the entire first half, which featured eight lead changes. Pacific outrebounded the Jayhawks, 21-19, but KU had an 11-7 advantage in turnovers.
The opening minutes of the second half featured four more lead changes, the last of which was a 43-42 KU advantage on a three-pointer by Aaron Miles.
That shot started an 11-0 run by the Jayhawks that gave them the lead for good. KU upped its margin to 13 points twice later in the half, before holding on for the victory. The Jayhawks were just 4-of-11 shooting from the foul line before hitting 5 of 6 down the stretch.
KU’s starting seniors led the way, with Keith Langford scoring a season-high 21 points, grabbing six rebounds and dishing out a career-high seven assists. Wayne Simien added 12 points and 15 rebounds, and Aaron Miles had 19 points, eight assists, six steals and three boards.
Christian Moody added seven points and three rebounds, Darnell Jackson had six points and five boards, and J.R. Giddens scored seven points.
Russell Robinson scored seven points, C.J. Giles hit a basket and Sasha Kaun had two rebounds.
Christian Maraker had 22 points for Pacific, and Marko Mihailovic added 10 points. David Doubley had seven points, six rebounds and five assists, and Guillaume Yango had nine points and six rebounds.
Mike Webb and Jasko Korajkic each added seven points, and Tyler Newton had eight points.
The Jayhawks were 33-of-66 shooting from the field, including 6-of-17 from three-point range, and 9-of-17 from the free-throw line.
The Tigers were 26-of-61 shooting from the field, including 8-of-19 from long distance, and 10-of-15 from the charity stripe.
All stats are unofficial.
The good news for Kansas University’s soccer team is All-America forward Caroline Smith appears to have found her goal-scoring groove.
She punched the net twice in KU’s 3-0 victory Sunday against Baylor at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
The bad news is No. 12-ranked Kansas still isn’t putting teams away, which sixth-year coach Mark Francis warned could come back to bite his squad.
KU (11-2 overall, 3-1 Big 12 Conference) whipped Texas Tech, 5-0, Friday night in a rare display of rapid-fire goals where the Jayhawks never allowed their opponent time to rally. Against Baylor, it was a 1-0 game until Smith scored twice in the final 10 minutes.
“We’ve gotta be able to bury teams when we’re up,” Francis said. “Especially at home, we’ve got to be able to bury teams in those situations.”
Richard Gwin/Journal-World PhotoKansas dominated throughout the first half, controlled the pace of play and placed five of eight shots on goal.
Sophomore forward Jessica Kilpatrick was the only Jayhawk to find net in the half, scoring on a header after Smith took a pass from senior midfielder Amy Geha, dribbled to the endline and chipped a pass over BU goalkeeper Ashley Holder to Kilpatrick.
For Kilpatrick, it was her first goal since tallying two in KU’s 3-1 victory over Illinois State in the first round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament.
The Bears (4-6-1, 1-3) threatened in the final seconds of the half when Margaret Kaderli ripped a point-blank shot, but senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller made a sliding save and popped the ball wide.
Baylor carried that momentum into the second half and dominated the first 20 minutes. It only managed one shot on goal during that span, but repeatedly had the ball in the KU box.
Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo“Part of the problem was our attitude,” Miller said. “We were already up 1-0 and we didn’t go out there and put them away. Baylor’s a good team and they made us pay for it. We still won the game 3-0, but there were chances where they were down our throats and gave us a hard time.”
KU restored order and controlled a heated final 30 minutes. Kilpatrick, Smith and Holly Gault ripped shot after shot on goal, and senior Monica Brothers fired two more off headers. The more Kansas threatened, the more visibly frustrated the Bears became.
In the 81st minute Geha slipped a pass through two BU defenders and Smith stole it out of her hands for an easy goal and 2-0 KU lead. Just 48 seconds later, junior forward Jessica Smith blew past Holder for what would have been an easy goal, but Holder leveled her, received a red card and was ejected. Caroline Smith drilled the ensuing penalty kick for the final 3-0 score.
For Geha, the two-assist game was her first as a Jayhawk, and she climbed to third on KU’s career list with 15.
For Caroline Smith, Sunday marked her first two-goal game of the season after posting six multi-goal games in 2003. She leads KU with six goals and five assists this season.
“I got a bunch of chances and I got a couple goals,” Smith said. “It feels a little better, and I’ve been getting some assists, which helps too, because I feel like I’m at least doing a little bit more out there.”
Kansas next plays at 7 p.m. Friday against Missouri in Columbia, Mo., at the Audrey J. Walton Soccer Complex. KU went 2-0 on MU’s home turf last year, including a 2-0 victory against the Tigers in the NCAA Tournament second round.
“Momentum is not going to mean a darn thing next week when we got to Missouri,” Miller said. “They’re a great team. They’re Missouri. That’s about all I can say without getting in trouble.”
KU freshman J.R. Giddens came up big early and late for the Jayhawks on Saturday, helping KU defeat Iowa State, 90-89, in overtime at Allen Fieldhouse.
Giddens, who hit just three of 10 shots in a 68-61 loss to the Cyclones on Feb. 1 in Ames, Iowa, hit a career-high seven three-pointers, six in the first half. His long-distance shooting couldn’t keep the Jayhawks in the lead, though, as Iowa State fought back from multiple 17-point deficits, taking a three-point lead in the final minute before the Jayhawks forced overtime.
The teams battled back and forth during the extra period, and Giddens, who finished with 24 points and seven rebounds, gave KU a 90-86 lead by hitting one of two free throws with just three seconds left. That point proved to be the game-winner when Will Blalock hit a desperation three-pointer as time expired.
Giddens opened the game with three-pointer eight seconds after tip-off, and the Jayhawks took a 13-6 lead five minutes after his second three-pointer. The Cyclones stormed back with a 7-0 run, tying the game at 13-all, bu a trio of three-pointers by Giddens helped KU take a 26-20 lead with 9:36 left in the half.
KU built its lead to 13 points, 37-24, with just more than three minutes remaining, and led by 13, 41-28, at halftime. KU scored the first two baskets of the second half, but Iowa State answered with two baskets of its own.
The Jayhawks extended their lead to 17 points two more times in the next few minutes, but the Cyclones cut the deficit to six points, 51-45, before Aaron Miles hit a three-pointer with just more than 12 minutes left.
The teams battled for the next few minutes, as Iowa State battled back from a 12-point deficit to take a three-point lead, 65-62 with four minutes left. The Cyclones used a 16-1 run in gaining their first lead of the game.
Kansas tied the game at 67-all with 2:10 left on a tip-in by Keith Langford, but Blalock put ISU back up by a bucket before Wayne Simien tied the game with a pair of free throws.
Jared Homan tipped in a miss in a pack of players with less than a minute left, giving ISU a 71-69 lead, and Curtis Stinson hit one of two free throws, but Langford drained a three-pointer and tied the game. Both teams had final shots, but neither could take advantage and the game went to overtime.
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Miles opened overtime with a three-pointer, and Jake Sullivan hit a basket on ISU’s next possession and Homan hit one of two free throws, tying the game at 75-all.
KU took a six-point lead, 81-75, highlighted by an alley-oop dunk by Langford. After Damion Staple brought ISU back within four points, Wayne Simien hit a pair of free throws for another six-point advantage, but fouled out on the ensuing possession.
Simien hit a pair of free throws, and Langford dunked on an alley-oop from Miles for a 79-75 lead midway through the extra period. Iowa State kept clawing within four points and had a chance to close to within a point after Giddens missed a pair of free throws, but the Cyclones turned the ball over.
Iowa State has closed within three points twice, the latest time at 89-86 with 10.7 seconds left before Giddens hit his game-winning free throw.
Simien had 20 points, 14 boards, two assists and four blocks before fouling out. David Padgett had nine points and six rebounds.
Jeff Graves had six points, 12 rebounds and four assists, and Christian Moody scored three points. Miles had nine points and 11 assists, and Langford had 17 points, six boards, five assists and three blocks. Michael Lee scored two points.
Sullivan scored 14 points for ISU, and Vroman had 17 points and 18 rebounds. Homan scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds before fouling out in overtime, and Curtis Stinson had 26 points, eight boards and five assists.
Damion Staple scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds, and Reggie George had a point and three boards. Will Blalock finished with 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds.
The Jayhawks were 29-of-73 shooting, including 10-of-25 shooting from three-point range, and 22-of-34 shooting from the charity stripe.
The Cyclones finished 35-of-83 shooting from the field, including 5-of-15 from long distance, and 14-of-26 shooting from the foul line.
KU turned the ball over 18 times, and Iowa State had 15 turnovers. The Cyclones outrebounded the Jayhawks, 57-50.
All stats are unofficial.
Kansas State’s men’s basketball team made Wednesday’s game interesting late in the second half, but Kansas University held on for a 78-70 victory in Manhattan.
The win was the Jayhawks’ 28th straight over the Wildcats, including 21 in a row in Manhattan.
Wayne Simien opened the game with a baseline jumper, giving KU a 2-0 lead, and the Jayhawks started on an 8-3 run. The Wildcats closed to within a point, 8-7, before the Jayhawks went on a 7-0 spurt.
KU led by as many as 13 points, 30-17, before Kansas State went on a 6-0 run on three-pointers by Jeremiah Massey and Jarrett Hart. The Jayhawks answered by scoring 10 of the final 16 points of the first half and led by 11 points, 40-29, at intermission.
The teams played fairly close early in the second half, as KU extended its lead to 21 points, 60-39, about eight minutes in. The Wildcats then went on a 16-4 run sparked by Massey and Frank Richards before Keith Langford ended the spurt with a pair of free throws.
K-State cut KU’s lead to nine points, 70-61, with less than 2:30 remaining, but the Jayhawks held off the Wildcats over the final two minutes.
KU ran into early foul trouble down low once again, but no one fouled out.
Langford had 19 points for KU, Simien had 16 points and eight rebounds, and Aaron Miles had 13 points and 12 assists.
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Padgett scored eight points, Graves had seven points and Michael Lee scored five points. Jeff Hawkins hit a three-pointer, and Christian Moody had two points.
Massey scored 19 points for the Wildcats, Hart had 13 points and Tim Ellis had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Justin Williams scored 10 points, Marques Hayden had five points and Richards had four points. Cartier Martin and Lance Harris had three points each.
KU was 29-of-56 shooting — 6-of-18 from long distance — and 13-of-20 shooting from the charity stripe.
K-State was 25-of-61 shooting — 6-of-19 from three-point range — and 12-of-21 shooting from the foul line.
All stats are unofficial.
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