After chewing up the likes of South Carolina State and North Dakota, Kansas had its hands full with last year’s NIT champions. Both teams seemed to have their hot and cold streaks at the same time, keeping the outcome in doubt until the end. Kansas squandered a 15-point lead, letting Tulsa tie the game at 82 with about three minutes to play, but managed to control the game down through the closing seconds.
Drew Gooden’s 16 first-half points left him just one shy of 1,000 for his college career. Shortly into the second half he hit a pair of free throws to go over. Nick Collison needs just 8 more to reach that same plateau.
Like many of KU’s opponents this season, Tulsa stayed in the game with effective three-point shooting. That’s how they built their early lead, and also how they kept Kansas from really pulling away until late in the second half.
The Golden Hurricane scored the game’s first points, and held their lead through the first ten minutes of play. Tulsa’s Antonio Reed scored his teams’s first 11 points, ending the game with 23.
KU found its rhythm, going on a 9-0 to take the lead at the 8:27 mark of the first half. Several lead changes after that, and Kansas took a seven-point lead into the lockers.
The second half continued with the same quick pace, with Tulsa’s quick guards leading their comeback. The three of them combined for 65 of Tulsa’s 85 points.
Drew Gooden ended the night with 25 points and 16 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich had the line of the night, scoring 14 points, grabbing five rebounds, dishing eight assists and nabbing five steals. Nick Collison added 16 points to Jeff Boschee’s 15. Wayne Simien scored 10 in his 12 minutes of play.
Rebounds were even at 42 each. Kansas shot 46% from the floor. Tulsa shot just 38%, but went 11 for 23 from beyond the arc.
Up next for the Jayhawks is a home game January 2 against Valparaiso.
See tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World and KUSports.com, for full coverage of tonight’s game.
After chewing up the likes of South Carolina State and North Dakota, Kansas had its hands full with last year’s NIT champions. Both teams seemed to have their hot and cold streaks at the same time, keeping the outcome in doubt until the end. Kansas squandered a 15-point lead, letting Tulsa tie the game at 82 with about three minutes to play, but managed to control the game down through the closing seconds.
Drew Gooden’s 16 first-half points left him just one shy of 1,000 for his college career. Shortly into the second half he hit a pair of free throws to go over. Nick Collison needs just 8 more to reach that same plateau.
Like many of KU’s opponents this season, Tulsa stayed in the game with effective three-point shooting. That’s how they built their early lead, and also how they kept Kansas from really pulling away until late in the second half.
The Golden Hurricane scored the game’s first points, and held their lead through the first ten minutes of play. Tulsa’s Antonio Reed scored his teams’s first 11 points, ending the game with 23.
KU found its rhythm, going on a 9-0 to take the lead at the 8:27 mark of the first half. Several lead changes after that, and Kansas took a seven-point lead into the lockers.
The second half continued with the same quick pace, with Tulsa’s quick guards leading their comeback. The three of them combined for 65 of Tulsa’s 85 points.
Drew Gooden ended the night with 25 points and 16 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich had the line of the night, scoring 14 points, grabbing five rebounds, dishing eight assists and nabbing five steals. Nick Collison added 16 points to Jeff Boschee’s 15. Wayne Simien scored 10 in his 12 minutes of play.
Rebounds were even at 42 each. Kansas shot 46% from the floor. Tulsa shot just 38%, but went 11 for 23 from beyond the arc.
Up next for the Jayhawks is a home game January 2 against Valparaiso.
See tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World and KUSports.com, for full coverage of tonight’s game.
After chewing up the likes of South Carolina State and North Dakota, Kansas had its hands full with last year’s NIT champions. Both teams seemed to have their hot and cold streaks at the same time, keeping the outcome in doubt until the end. Kansas squandered a 15-point lead, letting Tulsa tie the game at 82 with about three minutes to play, but managed to control the game down through the closing seconds.
Drew Gooden’s 16 first-half points left him just one shy of 1,000 for his college career. Shortly into the second half he hit a pair of free throws to go over. Nick Collison needs just 8 more to reach that same plateau.
Like many of KU’s opponents this season, Tulsa stayed in the game with effective three-point shooting. That’s how they built their early lead, and also how they kept Kansas from really pulling away until late in the second half.
The Golden Hurricane scored the game’s first points, and held their lead through the first ten minutes of play. Tulsa’s Antonio Reed scored his teams’s first 11 points, ending the game with 23.
KU found its rhythm, going on a 9-0 to take the lead at the 8:27 mark of the first half. Several lead changes after that, and Kansas took a seven-point lead into the lockers.
The second half continued with the same quick pace, with Tulsa’s quick guards leading their comeback. The three of them combined for 65 of Tulsa’s 85 points.
Drew Gooden ended the night with 25 points and 16 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich had the line of the night, scoring 14 points, grabbing five rebounds, dishing eight assists and nabbing five steals. Nick Collison added 16 points to Jeff Boschee’s 15. Wayne Simien scored 10 in his 12 minutes of play.
Rebounds were even at 42 each. Kansas shot 46% from the floor. Tulsa shot just 38%, but went 11 for 23 from beyond the arc.
Up next for the Jayhawks is a home game January 2 against Valparaiso.
See tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World and KUSports.com, for full coverage of tonight’s game.
After chewing up the likes of South Carolina State and North Dakota, Kansas had its hands full with last year’s NIT champions. Both teams seemed to have their hot and cold streaks at the same time, keeping the outcome in doubt until the end. Kansas squandered a 15-point lead, letting Tulsa tie the game at 82 with about three minutes to play, but managed to control the game down through the closing seconds.
Drew Gooden’s 16 first-half points left him just one shy of 1,000 for his college career. Shortly into the second half he hit a pair of free throws to go over. Nick Collison needs just 8 more to reach that same plateau.
Like many of KU’s opponents this season, Tulsa stayed in the game with effective three-point shooting. That’s how they built their early lead, and also how they kept Kansas from really pulling away until late in the second half.
The Golden Hurricane scored the game’s first points, and held their lead through the first ten minutes of play. Tulsa’s Antonio Reed scored his teams’s first 11 points, ending the game with 23.
KU found its rhythm, going on a 9-0 to take the lead at the 8:27 mark of the first half. Several lead changes after that, and Kansas took a seven-point lead into the lockers.
The second half continued with the same quick pace, with Tulsa’s quick guards leading their comeback. The three of them combined for 65 of Tulsa’s 85 points.
Drew Gooden ended the night with 25 points and 16 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich had the line of the night, scoring 14 points, grabbing five rebounds, dishing eight assists and nabbing five steals. Nick Collison added 16 points to Jeff Boschee’s 15. Wayne Simien scored 10 in his 12 minutes of play.
Rebounds were even at 42 each. Kansas shot 46% from the floor. Tulsa shot just 38%, but went 11 for 23 from beyond the arc.
Up next for the Jayhawks is a home game January 2 against Valparaiso.
See tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World and KUSports.com, for full coverage of tonight’s game.