**1 - Perry Ellis:** Led KU with 19 points and 11 rebounds and had two steals and a blocked shot. **2 - Andrew Wiggins:** Made just 4 of 12 shots, missed all four three-pointers and made just 8 of 15 from the line on his way to a 16-point, five-rebound game. Competed hard, just didn’t ...
**1 - Andrew Wiggins:** Knows how to beat the buzzer at the half. In Waco, he did it with a half-court shot. In this one, he slammed home a teammate’s miss. Played aggressively, but still not finishing a lot of shots near the hoop. Why? Probably a combination of not having the strength ...
**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 ...
**1 - Wayne Selden:** It was as if he drank leaded coffee and most of his teammates opted for decaf. Tried to make things happen with strong drives to the hoop and led team with 21 points. **2 - Joel Embiid:** Did a great job setting himself well ahead of time and remaining completely still ...
**1 - Andrew Wiggins:** Confidence plus talent plus aggressiveness equates to 29 points and seven rebounds. Made 10 of 16 shots, 4 of 6 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws. Shooting .779 from the line. **2 - Naadir Tharpe:** Needed just four more rebounds for a triple double. Instead, he ...
**1 - Andrew Wiggins:** Scored six more points (19) in the first half than the entire Kansas team did in the first half last year and needed just eight shots to do it. Finished with career-high 27 points to go with five rebounds and five assists. Usually on the other end of lob plays, Wiggins ...
**1 - Perry Ellis:** His aggressiveness returned after a brief vacation and he scored 16 of his 18 points and had both of his steals in the second half. He turned a two-point lead into a seven-point one in the span of 21 seconds. Buried a jumper from the left corner, stepped into the passing ...
**1 - Naadir Tharpe**: His strong competitiveness showed when Marcus Smart picked him clean and Tharpe immediately did the same thing to him. He and Smart both did a strong job of running their teams, the biggest difference in their games being that Tharpe couldn’t miss a shot and Smart ...
