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02-25-2018, 12:10 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas â Senior guard Devonte' Graham netted 18 points in the final 14 minutes of regulation to lift the No. 8/8 Jayhawks to a 74-72 victory over the No. 6/7 Texas Tech Red Raiders Saturday afternoon inside United Supermarkets Arena. The win clinched Kansas its 14th-straight Big 12 regular-season championship, an NCAA record.
The win, which moved KU to 23-6 on the year and 12-4 in the Big 12, clinched at least a share of its 14th-consecutive and 61st overall regular-season league title. Both marks are NCAA records. KU passed UCLA, who won 13-straight Pac-10 championships from 1967-79.
In the two squads' first meeting earlier this season, the Red Raiders never trailed as they cruised to a 12-point win at Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 2. On Saturday, the Jayhawks flipped the script, never falling behind to a Texas Tech team that entered the day boasting a 17-game home winning streak.
The Jayhawks sprinted out to a quick start, hitting four of their first six shots to get out to an 8-0 lead over the first 3:30 minutes. TTU responded to the hot KU start with four-straight field goals of its own, clawing back to within three points, 13-10 by the first media timeout.
Just as they proved for much of the game, Graham and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk were the catalysts for the Jayhawks in the opening stages of the first half, netting 17 of their teams first 25 points. Mykhailiuk connected on his third 3-pointer of the game to beat the shot clock and give KU a 23-18 lead with 10:51 left in the half.
Malik Newman got into KU's 3-point party when he drilled back-to-back treys and handed KU its first double-digit lead, 33-23, with just under seven minutes to play in the first frame.
Two minutes later, Mykhailiuk muscled his way inside to tip in a Newman miss, which gave the Jayhawks an 11-point advantage, their largest of the half, at 37-26. But Texas Tech had an answer. The Red Raiders closed the period on an 11-4 to cut the KU lead to four points by the intermission, 41-37.
TTU carried that momentum into the second half and needed only four minutes to whittle the KU lead down to a point at 45-44. But Graham began one of the best 14-minute stretches of his career, scoring 10 points during a 15-8 Kansas run that saw the Jayhawks extend their lead to eight points, and with Graham's 3-pointer at the 8:30 mark, pushing the score to 60-52.
KU kept the Red Raiders at arm's length over the next four minutes. Graham connected on his fourth and final 3-pointer of the day, a desperation heave to beat the shot clock, and Kansas held a 67-59 advantage with 4:30 remaining in regulation.
However, the Red Raiders did not go down without a fight. The home side answered with a 9-1 run, knotting up the score at 68-68 on Zhaire Smith's dunk at the 2:32 mark.
But once again, Graham would not let his team relinquish the lead. The senior guard swished a mid-range jumper with 90 seconds remaining to put the Jayhawks up 70-68, and after KU forced a turnover on Texas Tech's ensuing possession, he came up big again. With the shot clock winding down, Graham forced his way into the lane and threw up an acrobatic leaner that somehow found its way through the net. The bucket gave KU a four-point advantage with 31 seconds remaining, and following some free throws late, saw KU hang on for the 74-72 victory.
Graham (26) and Mykhailiuk (21) combined for 47 of their teams' 74 points, going 8-of-17 from beyond the 3-point line. Malik Newman was the only other Jayhawk to hit double figures, scoring 12 points on 3-of-6 shooting. Udoka Azubuike pulled down a game-high seven rebounds to go along with his three blocks in 29 minutes of action.
Kansas shot 50 percent from the field (26-52) and connected on 11 3-pointers, while Texas Tech was held to a 36.7 percent clip (11-30) in the second half.
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The win, which moved KU to 23-6 on the year and 12-4 in the Big 12, clinched at least a share of its 14th-consecutive and 61st overall regular-season league title. Both marks are NCAA records. KU passed UCLA, who won 13-straight Pac-10 championships from 1967-79.
In the two squads' first meeting earlier this season, the Red Raiders never trailed as they cruised to a 12-point win at Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 2. On Saturday, the Jayhawks flipped the script, never falling behind to a Texas Tech team that entered the day boasting a 17-game home winning streak.
The Jayhawks sprinted out to a quick start, hitting four of their first six shots to get out to an 8-0 lead over the first 3:30 minutes. TTU responded to the hot KU start with four-straight field goals of its own, clawing back to within three points, 13-10 by the first media timeout.
Just as they proved for much of the game, Graham and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk were the catalysts for the Jayhawks in the opening stages of the first half, netting 17 of their teams first 25 points. Mykhailiuk connected on his third 3-pointer of the game to beat the shot clock and give KU a 23-18 lead with 10:51 left in the half.
Malik Newman got into KU's 3-point party when he drilled back-to-back treys and handed KU its first double-digit lead, 33-23, with just under seven minutes to play in the first frame.
Two minutes later, Mykhailiuk muscled his way inside to tip in a Newman miss, which gave the Jayhawks an 11-point advantage, their largest of the half, at 37-26. But Texas Tech had an answer. The Red Raiders closed the period on an 11-4 to cut the KU lead to four points by the intermission, 41-37.
TTU carried that momentum into the second half and needed only four minutes to whittle the KU lead down to a point at 45-44. But Graham began one of the best 14-minute stretches of his career, scoring 10 points during a 15-8 Kansas run that saw the Jayhawks extend their lead to eight points, and with Graham's 3-pointer at the 8:30 mark, pushing the score to 60-52.
KU kept the Red Raiders at arm's length over the next four minutes. Graham connected on his fourth and final 3-pointer of the day, a desperation heave to beat the shot clock, and Kansas held a 67-59 advantage with 4:30 remaining in regulation.
However, the Red Raiders did not go down without a fight. The home side answered with a 9-1 run, knotting up the score at 68-68 on Zhaire Smith's dunk at the 2:32 mark.
But once again, Graham would not let his team relinquish the lead. The senior guard swished a mid-range jumper with 90 seconds remaining to put the Jayhawks up 70-68, and after KU forced a turnover on Texas Tech's ensuing possession, he came up big again. With the shot clock winding down, Graham forced his way into the lane and threw up an acrobatic leaner that somehow found its way through the net. The bucket gave KU a four-point advantage with 31 seconds remaining, and following some free throws late, saw KU hang on for the 74-72 victory.
Graham (26) and Mykhailiuk (21) combined for 47 of their teams' 74 points, going 8-of-17 from beyond the 3-point line. Malik Newman was the only other Jayhawk to hit double figures, scoring 12 points on 3-of-6 shooting. Udoka Azubuike pulled down a game-high seven rebounds to go along with his three blocks in 29 minutes of action.
Kansas shot 50 percent from the field (26-52) and connected on 11 3-pointers, while Texas Tech was held to a 36.7 percent clip (11-30) in the second half.
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