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No. 10 Men's Basketball defeats No. 2 Kansas, 74-63
01.22.2011 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2011
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- The longest home winning streak in Kansas' vaunted history came to an end on a doubly sad day for the Jayhawks.
J'Covan Brown scored 23 points and keyed a second-half run that erased a 15-point deficit, enabling No. 10 Texas to grab a 74-63 victory on Saturday over the second-ranked Jayhawks and snap their 69-game home streak.
The Jayhawks (18-1, 3-1) had not lost at home since Feb. 3, 2007, the longest current streak in the nation, and were 7-0 at home against Texas since the inception of the Big 12 in 1996.
"They came in on fire," said Jordan Hamilton, who had 17 points for the Longhorns. "Then we came out in the second half and we played hard and coach (Rick Barnes) always said we are going to win this game."
Tristan Thompson had 10 points and five blocks in a bruising game that included two technical fouls against both teams. The Longhorns held Kansas, which came in with a Big 12-best shooting percentage of 52.4, to 36 percent. In the second half, Kansas hit a paltry 8 of 30 shots.
"Texas totally controlled the last 30 minutes of the game," said Kansas coach Bill Self. "The second half they were terrific. Of course, we helped them be terrific."
Tyrel Reed had 17 points and Marcus Morris 16 for Kansas.
"Coach talked to us at halftime and told us that we have to execute plays," said Brown, who was 6 for 10 from the field and 8 for 10 from the foul line. "We were down early but we knew we had to keep playing. We just had to stay together and not break as a team."
No. 1 Ohio State and No. 6 San Diego State are now the only remaining unbeaten teams in the nation.
Brown's second 3-pointer in a 13-2 run finally wiped out the big deficit and gave the Longhorns their first lead, 45-44, with 10:39 to go.
"It was a great win for our program," said Barnes. "I can't tell you how much respect I have for Bill (Self). He's one of the best. He's the model of consistency and one of the best. To come up here and get a win -- we've had so many great games with him where we've obviously come out on the other end."
Kansas tied it with Markieff Morris' free throw, then Thompson and Brown scored for a 49-45 Texas lead.
Tyshawn Taylor's runner in the lane brought Kansas to 49-47 before Brown made two free throws and Joseph drilled a momentum-turning 3-pointer, giving the Longhorns a 54-47 lead at the 7:32 mark.
With a stunned crowd that hadn't seen the home team lose in almost four years growing silent, the Longhorns built the lead to 59-48 on a basket by Joseph and then, just ahead of the buzzer, another 3-pointer by the freshman guard, who had 11 points.
The Jayhawks were unable to get a good look against Texas' pressure defense for almost the entire second half. When they did, they usually missed. They committed five turnovers while missing eight of their first 10 shots in the second half as Texas slowly chipped away at a 35-23 halftime deficit.
As Texas inched closer, Hamilton dropped in two free throws, making him 6 for 6 from the line, Kansas' Mario Little turned it over and Gary Johnson moved in for another easy Texas bucket that got the Longhorns to within five at 42-37.
Marcus Morris was then called for a technical foul and Brown made one foul shot.
Earlier, a technical on Hamilton sent Reed to the foul line, where he made both shots. But Hamilton had scored and been fouled and made the free throw after Reed hit his two, leaving Kansas with a 42-33 lead.
From that point, it was all Texas, with Brown hitting two 3-pointers in a flurry that finally put Texas in the lead 45-44.
"I thought they did a great job in the first half and we did a terrible job," said Hamilton. "Then we came out in the second half and played hard."
TEAM
- Texas snapped Kansas' 69-game home court winning streak
- Texas beat Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse for the first time ever, snapping a nine-game losing streak
- Texas improved to 4-2 against AP Top 25 teams on the season and 54-62 in the Rick Barnes era
- Texas posted its first road win over an AP Top 10 team since Dec. 2, 2007 when it posted a 63-61 win over UCLA
- Texas owns a +20.8 edge in scoring margin through the first four conference games
- Texas started 4-0 in Big 12 Conference play for the seventh time in 13 years under Rick Barnes
- Texas owned a rebounding edge for the 16th time in 19 games on the season
- Longhorns took their first lead of the game with 10:38 remaining in the second half (45-44), erasing a 15-point deficit
- Texas outscored Kansas 51-28 in the second half
- Texas outshot Kansas .636-.267 from the field in the second half, shooting 14-of-22 while holding the Jayhawks to 8-of-30
- Texas matched a season high with 25 made field goals, equaling the mark it set against Illinois
J'Covan Brown
- Registered a season high with 23 points, topping the 20 points he scored against Connecticut (1-8-11)
- Scored 20 or more points for the second time this season and the fifth time in his career (52 games)
- Reached double digits in scoring for the eighth time this season and the 23rd time in his career
- Scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half, shooting 4-of-5 from the field, including 2-of-3 from three-point range, and 7-of-8 from the foul line
- Equaled a career high with eight made free throws, matching the mark he set on two prior occasions
Jordan Hamilton
- Reached double digits in scoring (17 points) for the 18th time this season and the 36th time in his career (53 games)
- Equaled a career high with seven made free throws, matching the mark he set against Pittsburgh earlier in this season
- Equaled a career high with two blocks, matching the mark he set on three prior occasions
Gary Johnson
- Moved within 14 points of the 1,000-point plateau for his career with 986 points
Cory Joseph
- Reached double digits in scoring (11 points) for the 11th time this season
- Equaled a career high with nine rebounds, matching the mark he set against Lamar earlier this season
Tristan Thompson
- Reached double digits in scoring (12 points) for the 15th time this season
- Equaled a career high with five blocked shots, matching the mark he set against Illinois earlier this season
- Moved into a tie with Damion James (2006-07) and Albert Burditt (199-91) for third place on UT's list for blocks in a freshman season with 42
- Averaged 4.5 blocks per game in back-to-back contests against Texas A&M and Kansas
