**1 – Naadir Tharpe:** Teammates were missing easy shots, but Tharpe never let the droughts last too long, hitting clutch shot after clutch shot on pull-up jumpers, drives to the hoop, tear-drops and four three-pointers. He scored a game-high 22 points, but even that doesn’t capture to what extent he led Kansas to victory.
**2 – Perry Ellis:** Totaled 14 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots, playing a physical game. Showed nice sweeping drives across the lane.
**3 – Tarik Black:** On a night Joel Embiid didn’t bring his best, offensively or defensively, and battled foul trouble, Black rode to the rescue with a strong physical presence. In 23 minutes, Black produced six points, nine rebounds and two assists.
**4 – Andrew Wiggins:** Scoreless until he hit a half-court shot to beat the buzzer at the half after stealing the ball under Baylor’s hoop, Wiggins scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half. He had five assists, three steals, two blocked shots and did not commit a turnover. During a 93-second span a couple of minutes past the midway point of the second half, Wiggins scored seven points, turning a five-point game into a 12-point lead. He hit a three and had two dunks during that span, dropping jaws all over the building.
**5 – Wayne Selden:** Brady Heslip hit four three-pointers in the first half, two when guarded by Selden, two with Mason on him. Heslip did not score from the 6:38 mark of the first half to the end of the game and Selden’s terrific defense was the main reason for that. Selden also had five assists and one turnover to go with four points.
**6 – Jamari Traylor:** Again worked well in tandem with Black and had four points and three rebounds to show for his 10 minutes of hustle.
**7 – Frank Mason:** Coach Bill Self took the blame for the two-three pointers Heslip hit on him, saying he told his players the wrong way to guard him. After telling them the right way, they held him scoreless. Mason still wasn’t as good against a zone as against man-to-man defense, which can be said of most freshmen.
**8 – Joel Embiid:** He said the knee that he sprained is fine, but he hasn’t moved as well since injuring hit. Lack of lower-body strength showed down low in this game and foul troubled limited him to 17 minutes, during which he had five points, seven boards, two blocks, two assists and three turnovers.
**9 – Brannen Greene:** Had a rebound and a turnover in two minutes.
*SEASON STANDINGS*
Joel Embiid 196
Andrew Wiggins 186
Perry Ellis 185
Wayne Selden Jr. 160
Naadir Tharpe 157
Frank Mason 147
Jamari Traylor 121
Tarik Black 95
Brannen Greene 57
Andrew White III 53
Conner Frankamp 42
Landen Lucas 42
Justin Wesley 11
