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KANSAS 68, OKLA. STATE 67, 2 OT
L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD
Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos
KANSAS GUARD TRAVIS RELEFORD (24) DIVES TO PUSH THE BALL AWAY FROM OKLAHOMA STATE GUARD MARKEL BROWN to run out the clock against Oklahoma State in double overtime on Wednesday in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The play helped KU escape with a 68-67 victory.
OSU: ‘We can’t sulk’ ————
Cowboys must ‘move on,’ prepare for WVU By Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com
KANSAS TEAMMATES KEVIN YOUNG (40) AND ELIJAH JOHNSON LAUGH before a couple of free throws from Young during the second half.
STILLWATER, OKLA. — Spare Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford any talk about this being a down year in the Big 12. This might not be the time to share the opinion the Big 12 schedule is easier this year than most. Kansas University defeated Ford’s Cowboys, 68-67 in double overtime, Wednesday, four days after OSU defeated Okla-
homa in overtime in the same building. Next up for Oklahoma State: The longest trip in the conference, a Saturday game in Morgantown, W.Va. “It’s too bad somebody had to lose, and it was us,” Ford said. “And we’ve got to move on. We can’t sulk about it. We can’t pout about it. We’ve got to move on. The last couple of games, we played a lot of minutes. We need to get them off their feet and rest their minds before a long trip.”
Marcus Smart had a chance to win it in regulation but couldn’t get a good look at the basket. Markel Brown missed a shot in the second overtime that could have won it. The two players were the keys to Oklahoma State defeating Kansas in Lawrence. “It was a down locker room,” Ford said. “They were disappointed, but, hey, I’m proud of how hard our guys played in a hard-fought game. You just watched two teams
that wanted to win pretty bad. Give them credit. They made a tough shot there at the end. (Naadir Tharpe) made a tough shot, tough shot, tough shot.” Said Brown: “It’s really tough, but we can’t dwell on it. We’ve got to move on. It’s the Big 12. It was a long game, so we have to get our rest for Saturday.” As Brown noted, it’s the Big 12, which means there are no easy paths to the conference championship.
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short celebration following the final horn. “I said, ‘You won the game. It’s the biggest play you ever made in your life,’” Self said of a shot that Self said was “wellguarded” by Forte. “He and Ben’s shot against Iowa State (three to force overtime in KU victory over Cyclones) are our two biggest shots of the season so far.” Oklahoma State still had a chance to win by converting on its final possession. With Marcus Smart (16 points, 11-for-14 from line and 2-of-14 from the field) having fouled out in the second OT, Markel Brown put up a jumper with 10 seconds left. The ball caromed to the corner, where Travis Releford kept the ball in bounds and tipped it downcourt away from Brown as the clock expired. “Forte was falling and tried to throw it off Travis. Travis was able to keep that ball in bounds and bat it forward. It really was an unbelievable play by Trav,” Self added of the senior who had 18 points off 7-of-10 shooting and 4-for-7 free-throwing. Regulation ended tied when Smart missed a deep fadeaway from three. The first overtime ended
KANSAS GUARD BEN MCLEMORE (23) DEFENDS against a shot from Oklahoma State guard Markel Brown during the first half. when Releford missed a driving shot with :03 left, and Smart missed a deep heave. Self said he thought Releford was fouled, “But it worked out OK. He made a great move but didn’t get the call.” Smart actually heaved a three-quarter-court shot that almost broke the tie after one OT, barely missing. “That was more like fourth-fifths-court,” Self said. “That shocked me. There were three seconds left, and he just shoots it.” Jeff Withey was huge
for KU by hitting 11 of 14 free throws, grabbing 14 rebounds and scoring 17 points with four blocks. Also, Kevin Young had 11 rebounds and eight points. Jamari Traylor provided a spark when needed the first half with four points. “He is a man,” KU coach Self said of OSU’s Smart. “He goes 2-for-14, we do about the best job we can on him and he makes free throws.” KU will meet TCU at 3 p.m. Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
KU MEN’S SCHEDULE
Regular season Nov. 9 — Southeast Missouri State in CBE Classic, W 74-55 (1-0) Nov. 13 — Michigan State in Atlanta in Champions Classic, L 64-67 (1-1) Nov. 15 — Chattanooga in CBE Classic, W 69-55 (2-1) Nov. 19 — Washington State in CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo., W 78-41 (3-1) Nov. 20 — Saint Louis in CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo., W 73-59 (4-1) Nov. 26 — San Jose State, W 70-57 (5-1) Nov. 30 — Oregon State in Kansas City, Mo., W 84-78 (6-1) Dec. 8 — Colorado, W 90-54 (7-1)
Dec. 15 — Belmont, W 89-60 (8-1) Dec. 18 — Richmond, W 87-59 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at Ohio State, W 74-66 (10-1) Dec. 29 — American, W 89-57 (11-1) Jan. 6 — Temple, W 69-62 (12-1) Jan. 9 — Iowa State, W 97-89, OT (13-1, 1-0) Jan. 12 — at Texas Tech, W 60-46 (14-1, 2-0) Jan. 14 — Baylor, W 61-44 (15-1, 3-0) Jan. 19 — at Texas, W 64-59 (16-1, 4-0) Jan. 22 — at Kansas State, W 59-55 (17-1, 5-0) Jan. 26 — Oklahoma, W 67-54 (18-1, 6-0) Jan. 28 — at West Virginia, W 61-56 (19-1, 7-0)
Feb. 2 — Oklahoma State, L 80-85 (19-2, 7-1) Feb. 6 — at TCU, L 55-62 (19-3, 7-2) Feb. 9 — at Oklahoma, L 66-72 (194, 7-3) Feb. 11 — Kansas State, W 83-62 (20-4, 8-3) Feb. 16 — Texas, W 73-47 (21-4, 9-3) Feb. 20 — at Oklahoma State, W 68-67, 2OT (22-4, 10-3) Feb. 23 — TCU, 3 p.m. Feb. 25 — at Iowa State, 8 p.m. March 2 — West Virginia, 1 p.m. March 4 — Texas Tech, 6 p.m. March 9 — at Baylor, 5 p.m. March 13-16 — Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
BOX SCORE KANSAS (68)
MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Kevin Young 27 4-9 0-2 4-11 4 8 Jeff Withey 39 3-7 11-14 2-14 4 17 Elijah Johnson 32 5-9 0-2 0-1 5 10 Ben McLemore 49 3-12 0-0 2-6 2 7 Travis Releford 48 7-10 4-7 2-6 1 18 Naadir Tharpe 31 2-11 0-0 0-1 3 4 Jamari Traylor 17 1-2 2-2 1-4 0 4 Perry Ellis 7 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 team 3-5 Totals 25-61 17-27 14-50 21 68 Three-point goals: 1-11 (McLemore 1-3, Releford 0-2, Tharpe 0-6). Assists: 5 (Tharpe 3, McLemore, Releford). Turnovers: 16 (Young 4, Tharpe 4, Releford 3, Johnson 2, Withey, McLemore, Ellis). Blocked shots: 6 (Withey 4, Young, Traylor). Steals: 5 (McLemore 2, Young, Johnson, Releford). OKLAHOMA STATE (67) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Le’Bryan Nash 48 3-10 2-7 1-3 1 8 Michael Cobbins38 4-7 0-0 7-14 5 8 Philip Jurick 18 1-1 0-0 1-1 3 2 Markel Brown 45 7-15 4-6 1-5 4 20 Marcus Smart 43 2-14 11-14 1-7 5 16 Phil Forte 30 4-12 4-4 1-4 3 13 Brian Williams 19 0-3 0-0 0-3 0 0 Kirby Gardner 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 Kamari Murphy 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 1-4 Totals 21-64 21-31 13-41 22 67 Three-point goals: 4-21 (Brown 2-5, Smart 1-6, Forte 1-8, Nash 0-1, Williams 0-1). Assists: 10 (Brown 4, Williams 3, Nash, Smart, Gardner). Turnovers: 10 (Nash 4, Smart 2, Brown, Williams, Forte, team). Blocked shots: 7 (Cobbins 3, Jurick, Brown, Williams, Murphy). Steals: 6 (Smart 2, Cobbins, Brown, Williams, Forte). Kansas 26 31 6 5 — 68 Okla. State 26 31 6 4 — 67 Officials: John Higgins, Paul Janssen, Don Daily. Attendance: 13,611.
KANSAS GUARD NAADIR THARPE (1) LAUNCHES what proved to be the game-winner over Oklahoma State’s Phil Forte.