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Cowboys Fall at Kansas, 78-67
February 08, 2009 | Cowboy Basketball
The 6-foot-11 Aldrich, wearing a face mask to protect his broken nose, had 10 rebounds as the Jayhawks (19-4, 8-0 Big 12) raced to a 37-24 halftime lead.
Mario Little added 13 points for Kansas, which returned to the national rankings this week for the first time since December.
Oklahoma State (14-8, 3-5) got 19 points from Obi Muonelo and 18 from Moses Marshall.
It was the 13th double-double for Aldrich, a sophomore whose previous rebound high was 16.
Sherron Collins and Tyshawn Taylor each had 12 points and Brady Morningstar had nine for Kansas as Bill Self won for the 91st time in 97 home games as Kansas coach.
Collins hit his third 3-pointer early in the second half, then Oklahoma State lost control of the ball at mid-court and the sellout crowd let out a roar.
Tyrell Reed and Muonelo chased it down the court toward the Kansas basket. Then somebody kicked it, and the ball went skittering away again. As the ball and the two players neared the basket, Reed finally picked it up and banked home a bucket.
Muonelo banged into him and picked up his third foul, and Reed drained the free throw for a three-point play that gave the Jayhawks a 54-35 lead.
James Anderson, after missing his first eight shots, had 10 points for Oklahoma State, the last Big 12 team to beat Kansas.
Collins hit two quick uncontested 3-pointers to get the Jayhawks off to a fast start in the first half over an Oklahoma State team coming off an exhausting 81-80 victory at Texas Tech.
Moses scored on two straight Oklahoma State possessions and Muonelo drilled one of his five 3-pointers in an 7-3 burst that trimmed the lead to 59-44. But then after Aldrich hit a bucket, with an assist from Taylor, Travis Releford drilled a bucket for a 64-44 bulge and the Cowboys never got closer than 10.
The Jayhawks are 8-0 in Big 12 play for the first time since 2004-05.
