Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Kansas   Iowa State
63.6 FG% 44.8
54.5 3ptFG% 33.3
100 FT% 70.0
13 Reb 14
9 Asst 5
10 TO 5
1 Blk 0
3 Stl 4
Briefly
KU hit 8 of its first 9 field goals and led by as many as 7 several times. ... ISU cut the lead to 1 several times, but never caught the Jayhawks after the early going. ... ISU had a 9-0 edge in points off turnovers, a 14-8 lead in points in the paint and a 5-0 advantage in second-chance points. ... KU had an 8-3 edge in bench points.

Iowa State leaders
Scoring: Will Blalock, Rahshon Clark 9 each; Jared Homan 8.
Rebounding: Blalock, Curtis Stinson, team 3 each.
Assists: Homan 4.
Turnovers: Stinson 2.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: J.R. Giddens 11, Keith Langford 8.
Rebounding: Wayne Simien 4.
Assists: Langford 3; Miles, Simien 2 each.
Turnovers: Miles, Sasha Kaun, Michael Lee 2 each.

Final Totals

Kansas   Iowa State
54.3 FG% 37.9
44.4 3ptFG% 27.8
65.0 FT% 65.4
32 Reb 36
15 Asst 10
17 TO 12
3 Blk 3
8 Stl 8
Briefly
Kansas led by as many as 9 in the second half before ISU forged a tie at 52 and went head, 54-52. ... KU answered with an 8-0 run and never trailed again. ... Iowa State had an 18-9 edge in points off turnovers, a 26-18 advantage in points in the paint and a 9-4 edge in second-chance points. ... Kansas had a 15-11 edge in bench points.

Iowa State Leaders
Scoring: Curtis Stinson 18, Will Blalock 17, Jared Homan 10.
Rebounding: Homan 11, Stinson 6.
Assists: Homan 5.
Turnovers: Stinson 5.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Keith Langford 18; J.R. Giddens, Wayne Simien 13 each.
Rebounding: Simien 9; Langford, C.J. Giles 6 each.
Assists: Langford, Aaron Miles 5 each.
Turnovers: Giddens 4; Miles, Michael Lee 3 each.

Lines to remember:
Kansas: Keith Langford 7-for-11 FG, 4-for-6 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 turnovers, 18 points; Wayne Simien 5-for-9 FG, 1-for-1 3pt FG, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 turnover, 13 points.
Iowa State: Damion Staple 4-for-4 FG, 9 points.

Lines to forget:
Kansas: Christian Moody, DNP (ankle).
Iowa State: Anthony Davis 1-for-4 FG, 1-for-4 3pt FG, 0 assists, 2 turnovers, 8 points.




Iowa State (66)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Curtis Stinson   35 6-20 6-8 2-6 4 18
Will Blalock   38 6-12 2-4 1-3 1 17
Rahshon Clark   21 0-1 1-2 1-3 1 1
Damion Staple   26 4-4 1-4 2-3 5 9
Jared Homan   40 4-13 2-2 3-11 4 10
Anthony Davis   20 1-4 5-6 2-3 3 8
John Neal   18 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 3
Tasheed Carr   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
   team         3-5
Totals     22-58 17-26 15-36 20 66
    Three-point goals: 5-18 (Blalock 3-8, Davis 1-4, Neal 1-4, Stinson 0-2). Assists: 10 (Homan 5, Blalock 3, Stinson, Neal). Turnovers: 12 (Stinson 5, Blalock 2, Staple 2, Davis 2, Neal). Blocked shots: 3 (Homan 3). Steals: 8 (Clark 3, Stinson 2, Blalock 2, Homan).
KANSAS (71)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Aaron Miles   31 3-4 0-0 0-3 3 8
J.R. Giddens   21 5-7 0-0 1-4 2 13
Wayne Simien   37 5-9 2-6 0-9 2 13
C.J. Giles   21 2-3 0-0 2-6 4 4
Keith Langford   36 7-11 4-6 1-6 3 18
Michael Lee   22 1-4 2-2 1-2 2 4
Alex Galindo   15 1-5 5-6 0-1 3 8
Russell Robinson   7 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 3
Darnell Jackson   3 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0
Nick Bahe   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Sasha Kaun   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Moulaye Niang   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
Jeff Hawkins   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals     25-46 13-20 5-32 22 71
    Three-point goals: 8-18 (Giddens 3-4, Miles 2-3, Simien 1-1, Robinson 1-2, Galindo 1-4, Langford 0-2, Lee 0-2). Assists: 15 (Miles 5, Langford 5, Simien 3, Giddens, Lee). Turnovers: 17 (Giddens 4, Miles 3, Lee 3, Langford 2, Kaun 2, Simien, Giles, Bahe). Blocked shots: 3 (Miles, Simien, Giles). Steals: 8 (Galindo 3, Giles 2, Miles, Hawkins, Lee).
 
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Iowa State
35
31
66
Kansas
38
33
71

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