“We are a really young team, so I guess it’s step by step for us”.
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Still, the Cyclones were up by seven and never relinquished control. Vladimir Brodziansky had a good outing, putting up 18 points, six rebounds, and one block for TCU.
“Obviously I think we still have got to get better and our kids know we still need to keep improving in a lot of different areas. He’s strong. I tried to do what I could”.
Frank Mason III added 16 points for Kansas, which lost early road games to West Virginia (by 11) and Oklahoma State (by 19). “It got a little ugly at the end of the game obviously but we’ll fix that up”.
Ellis was the only consistent Jayhawk, netting a game-high 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting.
As a team, Kansas hit 5/17 (29.4%) from behind the arc.
Cyclones guard Georges Niang, a national player of the year candidate, finished with 11 points, five assists and five rebounds.
The Cyclones had a mostly-balanced scoring attack with Morris finishing with 18 points, Thomas 15, Deonte Burton 10 and both Jameel McKay and Abdel Nader eight.
“You can’t get to high and too low, ” said Prohm, aware his team won its fourth straight.
“I get the sense that if we don’t play with a sense of urgency every possession, don’t do exactly what we’re coached to do and told to do, we’re going to struggle against good teams, regardless of where we play and when we play”, TCU coach Trent Johnson said.
Mason canned a 3-pointer and converted a fast-break layup at the buzzer to give Kansas five late points and a 43-36 halftime lead. Sophomore G Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk has made 20 3-pointers made this season, helping him average 6.0 points per game.
Morris made 15 of 23 shots from the floor and three of his four three-point attempts.
Miami 80, Duke 69: Sheldon McClellan scored 21 points, and Angel Rodriguez had 13 points and 11 assists to lead the No. 15 Hurricanes (16-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast) past the visiting No. 24 Blue Devils (15-6, 4-4).
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Interestingly, Iowa State is between a 1-point and 3-point favorite to beat Kansas in Monday’s 8 p.m. game at Hilton Coliseum. The win was Iowa State’s third straight, as they now prepare to host Kansas on Monday night in Ames. Monday, freshmen Carlton Bragg and Cheick Diallo logged frontcourt minutes when starter Landen Lucas and Jamari Traylor picked up two first-half fouls. Lucas grabbed 10 rebounds in that win…. Kansas could not dig out of the 66-59 hole which they themselves had dug (although credit ISU for taking advantage), and Iowa State pulled away for a surprisingly easy win. The Jayhawks went 60-22 in conference road games in Self’s first 10 seasons as coach.
