Men's Basketball

First Half Action
Missouri   Kansas
33.3 FG% 50
40 3ptFG% 14.3
50 FT% 85.7
20 Reb 23
4 Asst 5
4 TO 10
0 Blk 1
2 Stl 0
Briefly
Missouri dominated early, bolting to a 12-point lead at 24-12, but the Jayhawks whittled away and took their first lead at 33-31. ... KU led, 16-14, in points in the paint and 6-5 in points off turnovers. ... MU led, 10-2, in second-chance points.

Missouri leaders
Scoring: Arthur Johnson 15, Thomas Gardner 6.
Rebounding: Johnson 7.
Assists: Johnson, Travon Bryant, Jimmy McKinney, Jason Conley 1 each.
Turnovers: Rickey Paulding 2.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Wayne Simien 17, J.R. Giddens 5.
Rebounding: Keith Langford 5; Giddens, Simien 4 each.
Assists: David Padgett 2.
Turnovers: Simien, Langford 4 each.

Final Totals
Missouri   Kansas
34.3 FG% 59.6
33.3 3ptFG% 38.5
54.5 FT% 84
35 Reb 43
9 Asst 19
9 TO 12
2 Blk 1
4 Stl 1
Briefly
KU hit 69 percent (20 or 29) of its second-half field goals. ... KU had a 40-22 edge in points in the paint, but MU led, 22-12, in second-chance points. ... MU had a 22-12 edge in second-chance points.

Missouri leaders
Scoring: Arthur Johnson 26; Thomas Gardner, Rickey Paulding 9 each.
Rebounding: Johnson 9, Paulding 7.
Assists: Jimmy McKinney 4.
Turnovers: Paulding 3.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Wayne Simien 31, J.R. Giddens 15, Jeff Graves 14, Keith Langford 10.
Rebounding: Simien 11, Langford 10.
Assists: Aaron Miles 6, Langford 4.
Turnovers: Simien 5, Langford 4.

Lines to remember
Missouri: Arthur Johnson 8-for-16 FG, 10-for-16 FT, 9 rebounds, 26 points.
Kansas: Wayne Simien 12-for-14 FG, 7-for-7 FT, 11 rebounds, 31 points.

Line to forget
Missouri: Jason Conley 2-for-12 FG, 0-for-2 FT, 5 points.



MISSOURI (69)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Travon Bryant   26 3-11 0-2 4-5 4 8
Arthur Johnson   36 8-16 10-16 6-9 1 26
Jimmy McKinney   34 3-6 0-0 0-2 3 7
Thomas Gardner   21 3-7 0-0 0-2 4 9
Rickey Paulding   32 3-11 2-2 4-7 2 9
Jason Conley   23 2-12 0-2 0-3 0 5
Kevin Young   16 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 2
Josh Kroenke   9 1-3 0-0 0-1 3 3
Spencer Laurie   2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Brian Dailey   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
   team         3-3 1  
Totals     24-70 12-22 19-35 20 69
   Three-point goals: 9-27 (Gardner 3-6, Bryant 2-4, McKinney 1-3, Kroenke 1-3, Paulding 1-4, Conley 1-6, Laurie 0-1). Assists: 9 (McKinney 4, Bryant 2, Johnson, Conley, Laurie). Turnovers: 9 (Paulding 3, Bryant 2, McKinney 2, Gardner, Young). Blocked shots: 2 (Gardner, Conley). Steals: 4 (Bryant, Johnson, Young, Kroenke).
KANSAS (94)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Wayne Simien   36 12-14 7-7 4-11 3 31
Jeff Graves   15 3-5 8-9 1-3 5 14
Keith Langford   33 5-9 0-2 2-10 1 10
Aaron Miles   32 1-3 4-5 0-3 2 6
J.R. Giddens   29 6-11 0-0 0-4 2 15
Michael Lee   19 1-4 2-2 0-1 2 5
David Padgett   17 2-4 0-0 2-5 4 4
Christian Moody   8 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 2
Jeff Hawkins   4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Omar Wilkes   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Jeremy Case   2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3
Bryant Nash   2 2-2 0-0 0-1 0 4
Moulaye Niang   1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0
   team         1-3    
Totals     34-57 21-25 10-43 20 94
   Three-point goals: 5-13 (Giddens 3-4, Case 1-1, Lee 1-3, Miles 0-1, Hawkins 0-1, Langford 0-3). Assists: 19 (Miles 6, Langford 4, Lee 2, Padgett 2, Giddens, Hawkins, Wilkes, Case, Moody). Turnovers: 12 (Simien 5, Langford 4, Graves, Lee, Padgett). Blocked shots: 1 (Padgett). Steals: 1 (Miles).
 
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Missouri
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Kansas
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