National Basketball Association
Kansas 68, Baylor 54
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Where: The Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Rick Hartzell, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
10334
By SportsDirect Inc.
KANSAS 68, BAYLOR 54: Jeff Withey scored a career-high 25 points, Tyshawn Taylor added 19 and the No. 10 Jayhawks opened the second half with a 23-4 run to blow past the No. 6 Bears.
Kansas (19-5, 9-2 Big 12) moved into a first-place tie with No. 4 Missouri after its second rout of Baylor this season.
The Jayhawks beat the Bears 92-74 in Lawrence, making the combined margin of victory a whopping 32 points.
Thomas Robinson notched his 17th double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds for Kansas, which was coming off a demoralizing defeat at Missouri on Saturday.
Pierre Jackson was the lone bright spot with 16 points for Baylor (21-3, 8-3), which jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first half but couldn’t sustain the momentum.
Things looked bleak early for the Jayhawks. The trailed 24-19 when Robinson picked up his second foul with 5:26 left before halftime, but responded with a 14-6 run to go into the break ahead 33-30.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Withey, coming off a zero-point effort against Missouri, broke his career-high by halftime with 17 points. … Kansas hasn’t lost back-to-back games since the 2005-06 season. … The Bears fell to 2-17 against the Jayhawks since the Big 12 was formed in 1996.
Top Game Performances
Kansas |
|
Baylor |
Jeff Withey 25 |
Scoring |
Pierre Jackson 16 |
Elijah Johnson 5 |
Assists |
Pierre Jackson 4 |
Thomas Robinson 11 |
Rebounds |
Quincy Acy 10 |
Jeff Withey 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Quincy Acy 5 |
Jeff Withey 2 |
Steals |
Perry Jones III 4 |
Jeff Withey 3 |
Blocks |
Cory Jefferson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Kansas
|
68 |
51.1 |
6-14 |
16-21 |
17 |
30 |
4 |
6 |
19 |
Baylor
|
54 |
37.0 |
2-8 |
12-21 |
7 |
29 |
4 |
11 |
12 |