Jayhawk report: KU 64, TCU 59
Thursday’s box score
No. 9 Kansas 64, TCU 59
TCU | Min | FG-A | FT-A | OR-TR | A | PF | PT |
Anderson | 24 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Shepherd | 22 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Zeigler | 40 | 6-15 | 8-8 | 4-4 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
Washburn | 31 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 2-7 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
K Williams | 36 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Fields | 15 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Parrish | 24 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Gore | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Price | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Abron | 4 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Totals | 200 | 20-49 | 18-25 | 8-28 | 10 | 25 | 59 |
Percentages: FG .408, FT .720. 3-Point Goals: 1-6, .167 (K. Williams 1-2, Anderson 0-1, Parrish 0-1, Fields 0-1, Shepherd 0-1). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: 5 (Washburn 3, Shepherd 2). Turnovers: 15 (Zeigler 8, Washburn 2, Anderson, K. Williams, Shepherd, Parrish, Abron). Steals: 9 (Washburn 4, K. Williams 2, Zeigler 2, Shepherd). Technical Fouls: None.
KANSAS | Min | FG-A | FT-A | OR-TR | A | PF | PT |
Mason III | 37 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 0-5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Selden Jr | 25 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Oubre Jr | 34 | 5-10 | 15-19 | 1-6 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
Traylor | 20 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Lucas | 24 | 6-7 | 1-2 | 3-7 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
Graham | 24 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Mykhailiuk | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Greene | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mickelson | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Totals | 200 | 23-47 | 18-29 | 9-34 | 11 | 21 | 64 |
Percentages: FG .489, FT .621. 3-Point Goals: 0-8, .000 (Selden Jr. 0-1, Oubre Jr. 0-2, Mykhailiuk 0-2, Greene 0-3). Team Rebounds: 6. Blocked Shots: 9 (Traylor 3, Lucas 3, Oubre Jr. 2, Mickelson). Turnovers: 17 (Selden Jr. 4, Greene 3, Traylor 3, Lucas 2, Mason III 2, Oubre Jr. 2, Mykhailiuk). Steals: 9 (Mason III 3, Oubre Jr. 3, Selden Jr. 2, Graham). Technical Fouls: None.
TCU | 26 | 33 | — | 59 |
Kansas | 33 | 31 | — | 64 |
A—18,972. Officials—Tom Eades, Paul Janssen, Don Daily.
Ellis may play
Before Kansas took the floor against TCU on Thursday afternoon, the Jayhawks’ staff ran injured forward Perry Ellis through a short workout at 8 a.m. Kansas coach Bill Self was hopeful that Ellis, sidelined for a week because of a sprained knee, would be able to return to action in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
But after speaking to Ellis on Thursday morning, Self decided to give Ellis an extra day to rest. Ellis is expected to be available on Friday against Baylor.
“He felt really good,” Self said after the Jayhawks’ 64-59 victory over TCU. “When I talked to him he said, ‘Coach, I feel really good. I think another day would probably do me some good, but I can play.’
“And I said, “Well, if you think another day would do you some good, then we’re going to wait another day.’
“He said he wanted to play, but when he threw in there, ‘I think another day would help me,’ I made the decision right there, we’re going to play him (Friday).”
Ellis, the Jayhawks’ leading scorer, suffered the sprained knee last Tuesday in a home victory against West Virginia. He also sat out last Saturday’s loss at Oklahoma.
Greene slump
Kansas sophomore wing Brannen Greene remained in a shooting funk, missing all three of his three-point attempts.
Greene, who was once shooting better than 50 percent from three-point range, is now shooting 41.4 percent after making 2 of 22 from deep in his last seven games.
“I don’t feel like my body is moving the same,” Greene said, expressing some mild frustration in his shooting performance
Earlier this week, KU’s staff stitched together clips of Greene’s shooting form from earlier this season, in hopes of breaking his slump. Greene also said his shot has been affected by a nagging hip injury.
“I don’t feel like it’s fluent,” Greene said. “My hips hurting, and when I go to jump … I don’t know. I know how I shoot. I know how my shot feels. So I don’t feel like my legs really get into it. But that’s no excuse.”
Rustin Dodd
This story was originally published March 12, 2015 at 8:54 PM with the headline "Jayhawk report: KU 64, TCU 59."