Miles given green light

By Jim Baker     Dec 13, 2001

Scott McClurg/Journal-World Photo
Kansas freshman Aaron Miles (11) glides for a layin against Princeton's Andre Logan. Miles finished with 16 points in KU's 78-62 victory on Wednesday in Princeton, N.J.

? If it looked like Kansas’ Aaron Miles was looking for his shot a little bit more in Wednesday night’s 78-62 victory over Princeton well, there’s a reason for that.

Miles, Kansas University’s 6-foot-1 freshman guard from Portland, was given the green light to fire away, courtesy of coach Roy Williams.

“Coach told me I’m a good shooter. He said in practice I shoot it in all the time. So in games if I’m wide open, shoot it,” Miles said.

He scored a career-high 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting including 6-of-7 free-throw shooting and also had three steals and three assists against five turnovers.

KU’s coach indeed was happy to see his rookie point guard become a bit more offensive minded.

“Aaron did some nice things. He was more effective on the defensive end. When we get that from him on a consistent basis, his offense feeds off it,” Williams said. “He made some good decisions. He took some shots we’ve encouraged him to take and did a good job.”

Red team praised: KU guard Kirk Hinrich says preparation helped the Jayhawks win against Princeton a team that likes to spread the floor, make backdoor cuts and fire up threes.

The Tigers hit eight of 26 threes while committing 20 turnovers. They did connect on some backdoor layups, but the plays weren’t a factor in the game.

“Our Red team did a great job duplicating their offense the past two practices,” Hinrich said of KU’s second team, consisting of guys like Brett Ballard, Bryant Nash and Michael Lee among others.

“Their job is to help us in any way they can and they helped us.”

Tale of the tape
Kansas Princeton
52.5 FG% 45.3
27.3 3ptFG% 30.8
68.4 FT% 85.7
34 Reb. 24
19 Asst. 16
15 TO 20
1 Blk 2
15 Stl. 11
Kansas (78) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Drew Gooden 33 5-11 5-7 6-7 2 15
Nick Collison 26 8-9 2-5 2-5 3 19
Kirk Hinrich 34 5-9 0-0 0-7 3 11
Aaron Miles 30 5-8 6-7 0-3 0 16
Jeff Boschee 29 2-10 0-0 0-4 2 5
Keith Langford 21 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 4
Wayne Simien 15 3-5 0-0 2-3 0 6
Brett Ballard 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Bryant Nash 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Jeff Carey 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2
Michael Lee 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0
Team 2-4
Totals 31-59 13-19 12-34 13 78

Three-point goals: 3-11 (Collison 1-1, Hinrich 1-3, Boschee 1-5, Langford 0-1, Lee 0-1). Assists: 19 (Boschee 5, Gooden 4, Hinrich 4, Miles 3, Collison, Langford, Simien). Turnovers: 15 (Miles 5, Hinrich 3, Gooden 2, Carey 2, Simien 2, Collison). Blocked shots: 1 (Collison). Steals: 15 (Gooden 3, Collison 3, Miles 3, Hinrich 2, Boschee 2, Langford, Simien).

PRINCETON (62) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Mike Bechtold 26 4-8 0-0 1-5 1 10
Andre Logan 29 5-9 0-0 0-2 2 10
Ray Robins 19 1-6 3-4 0-1 1 6
Kyle Wente 11 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 2
Ahmed El-Nokali 25 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 0
Ed Persia 25 3-7 0-0 0-1 1 9
Pete Hegseth 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Will Venable 23 4-10 3-3 1-3 2 11
Judson Wallace 11 4-5 0-0 2-3 3 10
Conor Neu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Mike Stephens 1 1-1 0-0- 0-0 0 2
Konrad Wysocki 14 0-2 0-0 1-1 1 0
Dominick Martin 14 1-1 0-0 1-2 4 2
Team 1-2
Totals 24-53 6-7 7-24 17 62

Three-point goals: 8-26 (Persia 3-6, Wallace 2-3, Bechtold 2-6, Robins 1-5, Logan 0-2, El-Nokali 0-2, Venable 0-2). Assists: 16 (Persia 5, El-Nokali 3, Robins 2, Wente 2, Logan, Wallace, Neu, Wysocki). Turnovers: 20 (Robins 6, Logan 4, Bechtold 3, El-Nokali 3, Venable 3, Wente). Blocked shots: 2 (Bechtold, Robins). Steals: 11 (Persia 3, Venable 3, Logan 2, Bechtold, El-Nokali, Wysocki).

Kansas 35 43 78
Princeton 29 33 62

Fouls early, not late: KU’s Nick Collison picked up two fouls in the first six minutes. On the first foul, he grabbed Ray Robins as he drove by. On the second, he dove for a loose ball and was called for a foul during the scramble.

Collison picked up just one foul the rest of the game, finishing with 19 points in 26 minutes.

“He came out (after the second foul),” Williams said. “I told him, ‘Hey, I like the second foul. You were diving on the floor. I can live with that. You are going to go back in, settle your thoughts and play a lot of minutes tonight because you are not going to make any more silly ones tonight.'”

Packed house: A sellout crowd of 6,861 attended Wednesday night’s nationally-televised game.

“It’s one of the great institutions in the country. It was a good trip for us,” Williams said. “When they were making that run at the end of the first half, I don’t think people thought it was a great trip at that point.”

Brown in da house: Former KU coach Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers made the short drive from Philadelphia to attend the game. He sat behind KU’s bench. Also on hand were former KU athletics director Bob Frederick and former KU chancellor Gene Budig, who teaches a class at Princeton.

Faces in the crowd: History buffs might relish the fact 1946 KU graduate Lou Weiser, whose dad is former KU football player Harley Little, attended the game.

Weiser’s dad played for Phog Allen in 1920, during Allen’s one-year stint as Jayhawk football coach.

Little in a roundabout way is responsible for KU’s Memorial Stadium being built. As legend has it, Allen had a dream Little would score a game-winning touchdown during the last game of the ’20 season.

Indeed that happened and caused so much excitement on KU’s campus, Allen made a push for a new football stadium to replace tiny McCook Field.

Once funding was in place, Allen needed a plan for a stadium. He took the train east to Princeton where he checked out Princeton’s football stadium. He liked what he saw and Memorial Stadium was built as a replica of the Tigers’ stadium, which has since been demolished.

Weiser, who was born in Salina, now lives in New Jersey. Little is deceased.

Barn burner in Big Apple: Kansas’ basketball players attended Boston’s 102-92 overtime victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Former KU player Paul Pierce had an off shooting night, scoring 18 points on 8-of-23 shooting.

Stats, facts: KU improved to 7-1 for the second straight season. A year ago, KU went 7-0 before falling at Wake Forest. KU has won four straight road games dating to last season. KU is 2-0 versus Princeton and 1-0 in Jadwin Gym. The Jayhawks are 9-0 against Ivy League schools. Princeton had a 10-game home win streak snapped. Princeton extended its streak of not allowing 100 points to 892 games, dating to 1968 against North Carolina. KU scored a season-low 78 points. Princeton’s 62 points tied for the fewest allowed by KU this season. KU shot a season-best 52.5 percent. KU had a season-low 15 turnovers. Princeton attempted 53 shots, the fewest by a KU foe this season. The Tigers made 24 shots, hitting 45.3 percent. KU made 13 of 19 free throws, both season lows. KU held Princeton scoreless the first 5:29 of the second half until Ed Persia hit a three at 14:30.

Miles given green light

By Jim Baker     Dec 13, 2001

Scott McClurg/Journal-World Photo
Kansas freshman Aaron Miles (11) glides for a layin against Princeton's Andre Logan. Miles finished with 16 points in KU's 78-62 victory on Wednesday in Princeton, N.J.

? If it looked like Kansas’ Aaron Miles was looking for his shot a little bit more in Wednesday night’s 78-62 victory over Princeton well, there’s a reason for that.

Miles, Kansas University’s 6-foot-1 freshman guard from Portland, was given the green light to fire away, courtesy of coach Roy Williams.

“Coach told me I’m a good shooter. He said in practice I shoot it in all the time. So in games if I’m wide open, shoot it,” Miles said.

He scored a career-high 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting including 6-of-7 free-throw shooting and also had three steals and three assists against five turnovers.

KU’s coach indeed was happy to see his rookie point guard become a bit more offensive minded.

“Aaron did some nice things. He was more effective on the defensive end. When we get that from him on a consistent basis, his offense feeds off it,” Williams said. “He made some good decisions. He took some shots we’ve encouraged him to take and did a good job.”

Red team praised: KU guard Kirk Hinrich says preparation helped the Jayhawks win against Princeton a team that likes to spread the floor, make backdoor cuts and fire up threes.

The Tigers hit eight of 26 threes while committing 20 turnovers. They did connect on some backdoor layups, but the plays weren’t a factor in the game.

“Our Red team did a great job duplicating their offense the past two practices,” Hinrich said of KU’s second team, consisting of guys like Brett Ballard, Bryant Nash and Michael Lee among others.

“Their job is to help us in any way they can and they helped us.”

Tale of the tape
Kansas Princeton
52.5 FG% 45.3
27.3 3ptFG% 30.8
68.4 FT% 85.7
34 Reb. 24
19 Asst. 16
15 TO 20
1 Blk 2
15 Stl. 11
Kansas (78) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Drew Gooden 33 5-11 5-7 6-7 2 15
Nick Collison 26 8-9 2-5 2-5 3 19
Kirk Hinrich 34 5-9 0-0 0-7 3 11
Aaron Miles 30 5-8 6-7 0-3 0 16
Jeff Boschee 29 2-10 0-0 0-4 2 5
Keith Langford 21 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 4
Wayne Simien 15 3-5 0-0 2-3 0 6
Brett Ballard 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Bryant Nash 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Jeff Carey 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2
Michael Lee 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0
Team 2-4
Totals 31-59 13-19 12-34 13 78

Three-point goals: 3-11 (Collison 1-1, Hinrich 1-3, Boschee 1-5, Langford 0-1, Lee 0-1). Assists: 19 (Boschee 5, Gooden 4, Hinrich 4, Miles 3, Collison, Langford, Simien). Turnovers: 15 (Miles 5, Hinrich 3, Gooden 2, Carey 2, Simien 2, Collison). Blocked shots: 1 (Collison). Steals: 15 (Gooden 3, Collison 3, Miles 3, Hinrich 2, Boschee 2, Langford, Simien).

PRINCETON (62) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Mike Bechtold 26 4-8 0-0 1-5 1 10
Andre Logan 29 5-9 0-0 0-2 2 10
Ray Robins 19 1-6 3-4 0-1 1 6
Kyle Wente 11 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 2
Ahmed El-Nokali 25 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 0
Ed Persia 25 3-7 0-0 0-1 1 9
Pete Hegseth 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Will Venable 23 4-10 3-3 1-3 2 11
Judson Wallace 11 4-5 0-0 2-3 3 10
Conor Neu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Mike Stephens 1 1-1 0-0- 0-0 0 2
Konrad Wysocki 14 0-2 0-0 1-1 1 0
Dominick Martin 14 1-1 0-0 1-2 4 2
Team 1-2
Totals 24-53 6-7 7-24 17 62

Three-point goals: 8-26 (Persia 3-6, Wallace 2-3, Bechtold 2-6, Robins 1-5, Logan 0-2, El-Nokali 0-2, Venable 0-2). Assists: 16 (Persia 5, El-Nokali 3, Robins 2, Wente 2, Logan, Wallace, Neu, Wysocki). Turnovers: 20 (Robins 6, Logan 4, Bechtold 3, El-Nokali 3, Venable 3, Wente). Blocked shots: 2 (Bechtold, Robins). Steals: 11 (Persia 3, Venable 3, Logan 2, Bechtold, El-Nokali, Wysocki).

Kansas 35 43 78
Princeton 29 33 62

Fouls early, not late: KU’s Nick Collison picked up two fouls in the first six minutes. On the first foul, he grabbed Ray Robins as he drove by. On the second, he dove for a loose ball and was called for a foul during the scramble.

Collison picked up just one foul the rest of the game, finishing with 19 points in 26 minutes.

“He came out (after the second foul),” Williams said. “I told him, ‘Hey, I like the second foul. You were diving on the floor. I can live with that. You are going to go back in, settle your thoughts and play a lot of minutes tonight because you are not going to make any more silly ones tonight.'”

Packed house: A sellout crowd of 6,861 attended Wednesday night’s nationally-televised game.

“It’s one of the great institutions in the country. It was a good trip for us,” Williams said. “When they were making that run at the end of the first half, I don’t think people thought it was a great trip at that point.”

Brown in da house: Former KU coach Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers made the short drive from Philadelphia to attend the game. He sat behind KU’s bench. Also on hand were former KU athletics director Bob Frederick and former KU chancellor Gene Budig, who teaches a class at Princeton.

Faces in the crowd: History buffs might relish the fact 1946 KU graduate Lou Weiser, whose dad is former KU football player Harley Little, attended the game.

Weiser’s dad played for Phog Allen in 1920, during Allen’s one-year stint as Jayhawk football coach.

Little in a roundabout way is responsible for KU’s Memorial Stadium being built. As legend has it, Allen had a dream Little would score a game-winning touchdown during the last game of the ’20 season.

Indeed that happened and caused so much excitement on KU’s campus, Allen made a push for a new football stadium to replace tiny McCook Field.

Once funding was in place, Allen needed a plan for a stadium. He took the train east to Princeton where he checked out Princeton’s football stadium. He liked what he saw and Memorial Stadium was built as a replica of the Tigers’ stadium, which has since been demolished.

Weiser, who was born in Salina, now lives in New Jersey. Little is deceased.

Barn burner in Big Apple: Kansas’ basketball players attended Boston’s 102-92 overtime victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Former KU player Paul Pierce had an off shooting night, scoring 18 points on 8-of-23 shooting.

Stats, facts: KU improved to 7-1 for the second straight season. A year ago, KU went 7-0 before falling at Wake Forest. KU has won four straight road games dating to last season. KU is 2-0 versus Princeton and 1-0 in Jadwin Gym. The Jayhawks are 9-0 against Ivy League schools. Princeton had a 10-game home win streak snapped. Princeton extended its streak of not allowing 100 points to 892 games, dating to 1968 against North Carolina. KU scored a season-low 78 points. Princeton’s 62 points tied for the fewest allowed by KU this season. KU shot a season-best 52.5 percent. KU had a season-low 15 turnovers. Princeton attempted 53 shots, the fewest by a KU foe this season. The Tigers made 24 shots, hitting 45.3 percent. KU made 13 of 19 free throws, both season lows. KU held Princeton scoreless the first 5:29 of the second half until Ed Persia hit a three at 14:30.

Miles given green light

By Jim Baker     Dec 13, 2001

Scott McClurg/Journal-World Photo
Kansas freshman Aaron Miles (11) glides for a layin against Princeton's Andre Logan. Miles finished with 16 points in KU's 78-62 victory on Wednesday in Princeton, N.J.

? If it looked like Kansas’ Aaron Miles was looking for his shot a little bit more in Wednesday night’s 78-62 victory over Princeton well, there’s a reason for that.

Miles, Kansas University’s 6-foot-1 freshman guard from Portland, was given the green light to fire away, courtesy of coach Roy Williams.

“Coach told me I’m a good shooter. He said in practice I shoot it in all the time. So in games if I’m wide open, shoot it,” Miles said.

He scored a career-high 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting including 6-of-7 free-throw shooting and also had three steals and three assists against five turnovers.

KU’s coach indeed was happy to see his rookie point guard become a bit more offensive minded.

“Aaron did some nice things. He was more effective on the defensive end. When we get that from him on a consistent basis, his offense feeds off it,” Williams said. “He made some good decisions. He took some shots we’ve encouraged him to take and did a good job.”

Red team praised: KU guard Kirk Hinrich says preparation helped the Jayhawks win against Princeton a team that likes to spread the floor, make backdoor cuts and fire up threes.

The Tigers hit eight of 26 threes while committing 20 turnovers. They did connect on some backdoor layups, but the plays weren’t a factor in the game.

“Our Red team did a great job duplicating their offense the past two practices,” Hinrich said of KU’s second team, consisting of guys like Brett Ballard, Bryant Nash and Michael Lee among others.

“Their job is to help us in any way they can and they helped us.”

Tale of the tape
Kansas Princeton
52.5 FG% 45.3
27.3 3ptFG% 30.8
68.4 FT% 85.7
34 Reb. 24
19 Asst. 16
15 TO 20
1 Blk 2
15 Stl. 11
Kansas (78) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Drew Gooden 33 5-11 5-7 6-7 2 15
Nick Collison 26 8-9 2-5 2-5 3 19
Kirk Hinrich 34 5-9 0-0 0-7 3 11
Aaron Miles 30 5-8 6-7 0-3 0 16
Jeff Boschee 29 2-10 0-0 0-4 2 5
Keith Langford 21 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 4
Wayne Simien 15 3-5 0-0 2-3 0 6
Brett Ballard 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Bryant Nash 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Jeff Carey 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2
Michael Lee 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0
Team 2-4
Totals 31-59 13-19 12-34 13 78

Three-point goals: 3-11 (Collison 1-1, Hinrich 1-3, Boschee 1-5, Langford 0-1, Lee 0-1). Assists: 19 (Boschee 5, Gooden 4, Hinrich 4, Miles 3, Collison, Langford, Simien). Turnovers: 15 (Miles 5, Hinrich 3, Gooden 2, Carey 2, Simien 2, Collison). Blocked shots: 1 (Collison). Steals: 15 (Gooden 3, Collison 3, Miles 3, Hinrich 2, Boschee 2, Langford, Simien).

PRINCETON (62) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Mike Bechtold 26 4-8 0-0 1-5 1 10
Andre Logan 29 5-9 0-0 0-2 2 10
Ray Robins 19 1-6 3-4 0-1 1 6
Kyle Wente 11 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 2
Ahmed El-Nokali 25 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 0
Ed Persia 25 3-7 0-0 0-1 1 9
Pete Hegseth 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Will Venable 23 4-10 3-3 1-3 2 11
Judson Wallace 11 4-5 0-0 2-3 3 10
Conor Neu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Mike Stephens 1 1-1 0-0- 0-0 0 2
Konrad Wysocki 14 0-2 0-0 1-1 1 0
Dominick Martin 14 1-1 0-0 1-2 4 2
Team 1-2
Totals 24-53 6-7 7-24 17 62

Three-point goals: 8-26 (Persia 3-6, Wallace 2-3, Bechtold 2-6, Robins 1-5, Logan 0-2, El-Nokali 0-2, Venable 0-2). Assists: 16 (Persia 5, El-Nokali 3, Robins 2, Wente 2, Logan, Wallace, Neu, Wysocki). Turnovers: 20 (Robins 6, Logan 4, Bechtold 3, El-Nokali 3, Venable 3, Wente). Blocked shots: 2 (Bechtold, Robins). Steals: 11 (Persia 3, Venable 3, Logan 2, Bechtold, El-Nokali, Wysocki).

Kansas 35 43 78
Princeton 29 33 62

Fouls early, not late: KU’s Nick Collison picked up two fouls in the first six minutes. On the first foul, he grabbed Ray Robins as he drove by. On the second, he dove for a loose ball and was called for a foul during the scramble.

Collison picked up just one foul the rest of the game, finishing with 19 points in 26 minutes.

“He came out (after the second foul),” Williams said. “I told him, ‘Hey, I like the second foul. You were diving on the floor. I can live with that. You are going to go back in, settle your thoughts and play a lot of minutes tonight because you are not going to make any more silly ones tonight.'”

Packed house: A sellout crowd of 6,861 attended Wednesday night’s nationally-televised game.

“It’s one of the great institutions in the country. It was a good trip for us,” Williams said. “When they were making that run at the end of the first half, I don’t think people thought it was a great trip at that point.”

Brown in da house: Former KU coach Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers made the short drive from Philadelphia to attend the game. He sat behind KU’s bench. Also on hand were former KU athletics director Bob Frederick and former KU chancellor Gene Budig, who teaches a class at Princeton.

Faces in the crowd: History buffs might relish the fact 1946 KU graduate Lou Weiser, whose dad is former KU football player Harley Little, attended the game.

Weiser’s dad played for Phog Allen in 1920, during Allen’s one-year stint as Jayhawk football coach.

Little in a roundabout way is responsible for KU’s Memorial Stadium being built. As legend has it, Allen had a dream Little would score a game-winning touchdown during the last game of the ’20 season.

Indeed that happened and caused so much excitement on KU’s campus, Allen made a push for a new football stadium to replace tiny McCook Field.

Once funding was in place, Allen needed a plan for a stadium. He took the train east to Princeton where he checked out Princeton’s football stadium. He liked what he saw and Memorial Stadium was built as a replica of the Tigers’ stadium, which has since been demolished.

Weiser, who was born in Salina, now lives in New Jersey. Little is deceased.

Barn burner in Big Apple: Kansas’ basketball players attended Boston’s 102-92 overtime victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Former KU player Paul Pierce had an off shooting night, scoring 18 points on 8-of-23 shooting.

Stats, facts: KU improved to 7-1 for the second straight season. A year ago, KU went 7-0 before falling at Wake Forest. KU has won four straight road games dating to last season. KU is 2-0 versus Princeton and 1-0 in Jadwin Gym. The Jayhawks are 9-0 against Ivy League schools. Princeton had a 10-game home win streak snapped. Princeton extended its streak of not allowing 100 points to 892 games, dating to 1968 against North Carolina. KU scored a season-low 78 points. Princeton’s 62 points tied for the fewest allowed by KU this season. KU shot a season-best 52.5 percent. KU had a season-low 15 turnovers. Princeton attempted 53 shots, the fewest by a KU foe this season. The Tigers made 24 shots, hitting 45.3 percent. KU made 13 of 19 free throws, both season lows. KU held Princeton scoreless the first 5:29 of the second half until Ed Persia hit a three at 14:30.

Miles given green light

By Jim Baker     Dec 13, 2001

Scott McClurg/Journal-World Photo
Kansas freshman Aaron Miles (11) glides for a layin against Princeton's Andre Logan. Miles finished with 16 points in KU's 78-62 victory on Wednesday in Princeton, N.J.

? If it looked like Kansas’ Aaron Miles was looking for his shot a little bit more in Wednesday night’s 78-62 victory over Princeton well, there’s a reason for that.

Miles, Kansas University’s 6-foot-1 freshman guard from Portland, was given the green light to fire away, courtesy of coach Roy Williams.

“Coach told me I’m a good shooter. He said in practice I shoot it in all the time. So in games if I’m wide open, shoot it,” Miles said.

He scored a career-high 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting including 6-of-7 free-throw shooting and also had three steals and three assists against five turnovers.

KU’s coach indeed was happy to see his rookie point guard become a bit more offensive minded.

“Aaron did some nice things. He was more effective on the defensive end. When we get that from him on a consistent basis, his offense feeds off it,” Williams said. “He made some good decisions. He took some shots we’ve encouraged him to take and did a good job.”

Red team praised: KU guard Kirk Hinrich says preparation helped the Jayhawks win against Princeton a team that likes to spread the floor, make backdoor cuts and fire up threes.

The Tigers hit eight of 26 threes while committing 20 turnovers. They did connect on some backdoor layups, but the plays weren’t a factor in the game.

“Our Red team did a great job duplicating their offense the past two practices,” Hinrich said of KU’s second team, consisting of guys like Brett Ballard, Bryant Nash and Michael Lee among others.

“Their job is to help us in any way they can and they helped us.”

Tale of the tape
Kansas Princeton
52.5 FG% 45.3
27.3 3ptFG% 30.8
68.4 FT% 85.7
34 Reb. 24
19 Asst. 16
15 TO 20
1 Blk 2
15 Stl. 11
Kansas (78) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Drew Gooden 33 5-11 5-7 6-7 2 15
Nick Collison 26 8-9 2-5 2-5 3 19
Kirk Hinrich 34 5-9 0-0 0-7 3 11
Aaron Miles 30 5-8 6-7 0-3 0 16
Jeff Boschee 29 2-10 0-0 0-4 2 5
Keith Langford 21 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 4
Wayne Simien 15 3-5 0-0 2-3 0 6
Brett Ballard 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Bryant Nash 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Jeff Carey 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2
Michael Lee 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0
Team 2-4
Totals 31-59 13-19 12-34 13 78

Three-point goals: 3-11 (Collison 1-1, Hinrich 1-3, Boschee 1-5, Langford 0-1, Lee 0-1). Assists: 19 (Boschee 5, Gooden 4, Hinrich 4, Miles 3, Collison, Langford, Simien). Turnovers: 15 (Miles 5, Hinrich 3, Gooden 2, Carey 2, Simien 2, Collison). Blocked shots: 1 (Collison). Steals: 15 (Gooden 3, Collison 3, Miles 3, Hinrich 2, Boschee 2, Langford, Simien).

PRINCETON (62) MIN FG FT REB PF TP
m-a m-a o-t
Mike Bechtold 26 4-8 0-0 1-5 1 10
Andre Logan 29 5-9 0-0 0-2 2 10
Ray Robins 19 1-6 3-4 0-1 1 6
Kyle Wente 11 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 2
Ahmed El-Nokali 25 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 0
Ed Persia 25 3-7 0-0 0-1 1 9
Pete Hegseth 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Will Venable 23 4-10 3-3 1-3 2 11
Judson Wallace 11 4-5 0-0 2-3 3 10
Conor Neu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Mike Stephens 1 1-1 0-0- 0-0 0 2
Konrad Wysocki 14 0-2 0-0 1-1 1 0
Dominick Martin 14 1-1 0-0 1-2 4 2
Team 1-2
Totals 24-53 6-7 7-24 17 62

Three-point goals: 8-26 (Persia 3-6, Wallace 2-3, Bechtold 2-6, Robins 1-5, Logan 0-2, El-Nokali 0-2, Venable 0-2). Assists: 16 (Persia 5, El-Nokali 3, Robins 2, Wente 2, Logan, Wallace, Neu, Wysocki). Turnovers: 20 (Robins 6, Logan 4, Bechtold 3, El-Nokali 3, Venable 3, Wente). Blocked shots: 2 (Bechtold, Robins). Steals: 11 (Persia 3, Venable 3, Logan 2, Bechtold, El-Nokali, Wysocki).

Kansas 35 43 78
Princeton 29 33 62

Fouls early, not late: KU’s Nick Collison picked up two fouls in the first six minutes. On the first foul, he grabbed Ray Robins as he drove by. On the second, he dove for a loose ball and was called for a foul during the scramble.

Collison picked up just one foul the rest of the game, finishing with 19 points in 26 minutes.

“He came out (after the second foul),” Williams said. “I told him, ‘Hey, I like the second foul. You were diving on the floor. I can live with that. You are going to go back in, settle your thoughts and play a lot of minutes tonight because you are not going to make any more silly ones tonight.'”

Packed house: A sellout crowd of 6,861 attended Wednesday night’s nationally-televised game.

“It’s one of the great institutions in the country. It was a good trip for us,” Williams said. “When they were making that run at the end of the first half, I don’t think people thought it was a great trip at that point.”

Brown in da house: Former KU coach Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers made the short drive from Philadelphia to attend the game. He sat behind KU’s bench. Also on hand were former KU athletics director Bob Frederick and former KU chancellor Gene Budig, who teaches a class at Princeton.

Faces in the crowd: History buffs might relish the fact 1946 KU graduate Lou Weiser, whose dad is former KU football player Harley Little, attended the game.

Weiser’s dad played for Phog Allen in 1920, during Allen’s one-year stint as Jayhawk football coach.

Little in a roundabout way is responsible for KU’s Memorial Stadium being built. As legend has it, Allen had a dream Little would score a game-winning touchdown during the last game of the ’20 season.

Indeed that happened and caused so much excitement on KU’s campus, Allen made a push for a new football stadium to replace tiny McCook Field.

Once funding was in place, Allen needed a plan for a stadium. He took the train east to Princeton where he checked out Princeton’s football stadium. He liked what he saw and Memorial Stadium was built as a replica of the Tigers’ stadium, which has since been demolished.

Weiser, who was born in Salina, now lives in New Jersey. Little is deceased.

Barn burner in Big Apple: Kansas’ basketball players attended Boston’s 102-92 overtime victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Former KU player Paul Pierce had an off shooting night, scoring 18 points on 8-of-23 shooting.

Stats, facts: KU improved to 7-1 for the second straight season. A year ago, KU went 7-0 before falling at Wake Forest. KU has won four straight road games dating to last season. KU is 2-0 versus Princeton and 1-0 in Jadwin Gym. The Jayhawks are 9-0 against Ivy League schools. Princeton had a 10-game home win streak snapped. Princeton extended its streak of not allowing 100 points to 892 games, dating to 1968 against North Carolina. KU scored a season-low 78 points. Princeton’s 62 points tied for the fewest allowed by KU this season. KU shot a season-best 52.5 percent. KU had a season-low 15 turnovers. Princeton attempted 53 shots, the fewest by a KU foe this season. The Tigers made 24 shots, hitting 45.3 percent. KU made 13 of 19 free throws, both season lows. KU held Princeton scoreless the first 5:29 of the second half until Ed Persia hit a three at 14:30.

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