Boxscore
Kansas 66, Texas A&M 58
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:00 PM
Location -
Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials -
Doug Shows, Patrick Adams, Joe DeRosa
Attendance -
6868
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
KANSAS 66, TEXAS A&M 58: Elijah Johnson scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half and the No. 5 Jayhawks withstood a late charge from the host Aggies to move into sole possession of first place in the Big 12.
Kansas (23-5, 13-2 Big 12) is one game ahead of No. 3 Missouri, which lost at home to Kansas State on Tuesday. Kansas hosts the Tigers in a highly anticipated showdown at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday.
Texas A&M (13-14, 4-11) trailed 31-21 at halftime and by as many as 21 in the second half, but Khris Middleton led a furious comeback with 11 points in a four-minute stretch. Middleton’s 3-pointer with 6:48 left sparked a 19-5 run that cut the lead to 60-56 with just less than two minutes left.
Kansas missed enough free throws down the stretch to keep giving Texas A&M extra chances, but Zach Kinsley and Elston Turner both missed corner 3-pointers that would’ve pulled the Aggies within one possession.
Middleton finished with 23 points for Texas A&M, while Thomas Robinson chipped in 10 points and 13 rebounds for Kansas before fouling out.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Robinson notched his 19th double-double of the season, which ranks second in the country. … Johnson had never scored more than 15 points in a Big 12 game during his three-year career. … The Jayhawks are in good position to earn at least a share their eighth straight conference title.
Kansas Jayhawks
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Elijah Johnson
|
35:00 |
7-11 |
3-7 |
4-7 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
|
Travis Releford
|
28:00 |
2-6 |
0-2 |
0-1 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Thomas Robinson
|
28:00 |
3-10 |
0-0 |
4-5 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
|
Tyshawn Taylor
|
30:00 |
4-10 |
1-3 |
3-5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
|
Jeff Withey
|
28:00 |
3-7 |
0-0 |
5-7 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
|
Conner Teahan
|
28:00 |
0-6 |
0-6 |
4-4 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Kevin Young
|
16:00 |
2-4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Naadir Tharpe
|
2:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Justin Wesley
|
5:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
21-54 |
4-18 |
20-29 |
11 |
30 |
41 |
12 |
15 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
66 |
| |
38.9%
|
22.2%
|
69.0%
|
Team Rebs: 1 |
|
Total TO: 8 |
Texas A&M Aggies
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Jordan Green
|
20:00 |
1-4 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
David Loubeau
|
17:00 |
4-10 |
0-0 |
2-2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
Khris Middleton
|
33:00 |
8-14 |
3-6 |
4-4 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
23 |
|
Elston Turner
|
38:00 |
3-9 |
2-5 |
2-2 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
Ray Turner
|
31:00 |
2-7 |
0-0 |
0-3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Dash Harris
|
24:00 |
3-6 |
1-3 |
1-1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Daniel Alexander
|
6:00 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Keith Davis
|
18:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Zach Kinsley
|
13:00 |
0-4 |
0-4 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
21-55 |
6-18 |
10-14 |
4 |
26 |
30 |
12 |
20 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
58 |
| |
38.2%
|
33.3%
|
71.4%
|
Team Rebs: 4 |
|
Total TO: 10 |