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First Half Action

Kansas		TCU
69.6	FG%	41
50	3ptFG%	37.5
50	FT%	80
16	Reb.	12
8	Asst.	7
13	TO	6
1	Blk	1
7	Stl.	5

Briefly
Kansas led from the start and bolted to its biggest first-half lead at 19-8, but TCU rallied, taking its first lead at 35-34. ... KU�s Wayne Simien and Keith Langford each picked up two early fouls and spent most of the first half on the bench. ... TCU had 10 points off KU�s 13 turnovers, while Kansas had six points off 6 TCU turnovers.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: Keith Langford, Aaron Miles, Jeff Hawkins 7 each.
Rebounding: David Padgett 4, Miles 3.
Assists: Miles 3.
Turnovers: Wayne Simien 3, Miles 3.

TCU leaders
Scoring: Corey Santee 12.
Rebounding: Nucleus Smith 3.
Assists: Marcus Shropshire 3.
Turnovers: Femi Ibikunle 3.

Final Totals

Kansas		TCU
64	FG%	39.3
47.6	3ptFG%	34.8
78.6	FT%	62.5
38	Reb.	22
18	Asst.	15
20	TO	11
5	Blk	2
2	Stl.	6

Briefly
TCU opened the second half with a three-pointer to go ahead 41-39, but that was the Frogs� last lead. ... KU had a 36-26 edge in points in the paint and a 10-6 lead in fast-break points. TCU led, 14-12, in points off turnovers.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: Keith Langford 24, Jeff Hawkins 19.
Rebounding: Wayne Simien, David Padgett 7 each.
Assists: Aaron Miles 7.
Turnovers: Simien 5.

TCU leaders
Scoring: Corey Santee 19, Nucleus Smith 13.
Rebounding: Smith, Chudi Chinweze 4 each.
Assists: Marcus Shropshire 5.
Turnovers: Aaron Curtis, Femi Ibikunle 3 each.
Lines to remember
TCU: Corey Santee 8-for-16 FG, 3-for-3 3-pt FG, 19 points, 5 assists.
Kansas: Keith Langford 9-for-10 FG, 4-for-4 FT, 24 points; Jeff Hawkins 7-for-9 FG, 5-for-7 3-pt FG, 19 points.

Lines to forget
TCU: Corey Valsin 0-for-2 FG, 2 points in 13 minutes.

KU (85)
	MIN	FG	FT	REB	PF	TP
		m-a	m-a	o-t
Wayne Simien	28	1-4	4-5	1-7	3	6
David Padgett	25	1-2	1-2	2-7	3	3
Keith Langford	24	9-10	4-4	2-4	2	24
Aaron Miles	35	3-8	0-0	1-6	3	7
J.R. Giddens	27	5-7	0-0	0-1	1	12
Jeff Hawkins	23	7-9	0-0	0-2	3	19
Omar Wilkes	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Jeremy Case	8	0-3	0-0	0-1	0	0
Stephen Vinson	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2
Nick Bahe	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Bryant Nash	11	3-3	0-0	0-2	1	6
Jeff Graves	15	2-2	2-3	1-4	3	6
Moulaye Niang	1	0-1	0-0	0-1	0	0
team				0-3
Totals		32-50	11-14	7-38	19	85

Three-point goals: 10-21 (Hawkins 5-7, Langford 2-3, Giddens 2-4, Miles 1-3, Simien 0-1, Case 0-3). Assists: 18 (Miles 7, Langford 4, Padgett 2, Giddens 2, Case 2, Hawkins). Turnovers: 20 (Simien 5, Langford 3, Miles 3, Niang 3, Hawkins 2, Case 2, Padgett, Giddens). Blocked shots: 5 (Padgett, Langford, Giddens, Hawkins, Graves). Steals: 2 (Langford, Miles).

TCU (66)
	MIN	FG	FT	REB	PF	TP
		m-a	m-a	o-t
Aaron Curtis	16	2-5	0-0	0-1	2	4
Corey Valsin	13	0-2	2-2	2-2	3	2
Femi Ibikunle	16	1-3	2-3	0-0	2	4
Nucleus Smith	27	4-9	5-6	1-4	1	13
Corey Santee	36	8-16	0-0	0-1	2	19
Marcus Sloan	16	0-2	0-1	0-1	1	0
Marcus Shropshire	24	3-10	0-0	0-1	1	9
Neil Dougherty	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0
David Markley	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Chudi Chinweze	26	3-6	1-2	2-4	2	7
Blake Adams	13	2-6	0-2	2-3	0	5
Art Pierce	9	1-2	0-0	0-1	1	3
team				3-4
Totals		24-61	10-16	10-22	15	66

Three-point goals: 8-23 (Shropshire 3-6, Santee 3-8, Pierce 1-1, Adams 1-3, Valsin 0-1, Smith 0-1, Curtis 0-3). Assists: 15 (Santee 5, Shropshire 5, Valsin, Ibikunle, Smith, Sloan, Chinweze). Turnovers: 11 (Curtis 3, Ibikunle 3, Chinweze 2, Valsin, Santee, Sloan). Blocked shots: 2 (Curtis, Pierce). 1: 6 (Chinweze 2, Sloan, Shropshire, Dougherty, Pierce).