Jan 28, 2002
Box Score
By STEVE BRISENDINE
Associated Press Writer
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Drew Gooden had 26 points and 10 rebounds and Kirk
Hinrich added 23 points Monday night as No. 2 Kansas beat No. 22 Missouri
105-73 after leading by only one point at halftime.
Gooden's 16th double-double of the season came in front of Allen
Fieldhouse's loudest crowd of the season.
Hinrich went 4-for-5 from 3-point range and 8-for-11 from the field, and
Gooden was 11-for-15 as Kansas outshot the Tigers 62 percent to 40 percent.
Jeff Boschee and Nick Collison each had 13 points for the Jayhawks (18-2,
7-0 Big 12), who outscored Missouri by 20 points over the first 6{ minutes of
the second half. All but two of Collison's points came in the second half.
It was the worst loss of the season for Missouri (15-6, 5-3), which was
ranked No. 2 after a 9-0 start but has gone 6-6 since. It was Kansas' largest
margin of victory over Missouri in Lawrence. The Jayhawks last scored 100
points against the Tigers came in a 102-89 victory in 1995.
Rickey Paulding and Clarence Gilbert, who was 5-for-9 from 3-point range,
each had 19 points for the Tigers but Gilbert was held to three points in the
second half.
Forward Kareem Rush, a preseason All-American, scored 13 points for the
Tigers but was 6-for-19 from the field.
Freshman Wayne Simien had 10 points for Kansas.
The Jayhawks got off to a quick start in the second half, with Hinrich
scoring five points in a 7-0 run for a 50-42 lead. Boschee hit 3-pointers to
open and close a 10-0 run that made it 60-45, and two free throws by Keith
Langford capped an 8-0 run that gave Kansas a 68-47 lead with 13:36 left.
Gooden scored five points in another 10-0 run that put the Jayhawks up 81-58
with just over 8{ minutes left.
Kansas outshot Missouri 59 percent to 45 percent from the field in the first
half, but the Tigers were 8-of-15 on 3-pointers - four by Gilbert - and trailed
just 43-42 at halftime.
Gooden hit his first six field goal attempts and scored 17 points on
8-for-10 shooting in the first half. His three-point play with 7:05 left in the
half capped a 14-3 run and gave the Jayhawks a 35-25 lead. Missouri answered
with a 13-3 run in which Gilbert scored eight points and hit two 3-pointers,
including one that tied it 38-all with 3:14 left in the half.
