Even Superman had a weakness.

Drew Gooden’s kryptonite Saturday was the lingering effects of a nasty bout with the flu, which he’s struggled with since Thursday.

Kansas' Drew Gooden (0) grabs a rebound over Baylor's Lawrence Roberts. Gooden tied a season low with 11 points, but he had a team-best 14 boards Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas University’s leading scorer, who was named one of 20 finalists for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award this past week, had his worst offensive game of the season during KU’s 87-72 victory over Baylor at Allen Fieldhouse.

Gooden, a 6-foot-10 junior forward, tied his season-low point total with 11 points and made only 3-of-10 field goals in 29 minutes.

“I know everybody out there anticipating if I was going to come out and have a Michael Jordan game or something like that,” said Gooden, referring to Jordan’s 38-point effort when he was stricken with the flu in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals.

Gooden didn’t and while his effectiveness might not jump out in the box score his presence still helped Kansas claim its 12th Big 12 Conference victory, on a day when the Jayhawks seemed lethargic.

“It was just one of those games … like an ugly win,” said a somewhat subdued Gooden. “But it’s a win. You can’t beat everybody by 30 or 40.”

Despite Gooden’s offensive woes, the junior grabbed 14 rebounds. His 19th double-double of the season tied him with Raef LaFrentz for second on KU’s all-time list.

Nine of Gooden’s boards came in the second half after Kansas was outrebounded 21-15 in the first half. KU went on to outrebound Baylor 43-35, and those second-chance opportunities helped the Jayhawks pull away at the end.

“Forget scoring, my first goal is to get as many rebounds as I possibly can,” Gooden said. “I could be sick as a dog and rebound.

Baylor's Wendell Greenleaf, right, blocks a shot by KU's Drew Gooden.

“Scoring was kind of a question mark, as far as me running up and down the court and being able to get my shots up. I got shots up and they all felt good, they just didn’t go in for me today.”

Gooden and frontcourt mate Nick Collison combined for 21 second-half points, helping Kansas control the paint something it didn’t do in the first half as Baylor outscored KU 22-12 down low.

“He said he felt fine,” said Collison, who scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. “But you could tell he didn’t look himself.”

Gooden wasn’t going to offer any excuses and said that while maybe he felt only “75 percent” that he had to fight through his sickness.

Gooden said there were no magical remedies from Thursday’s condition that forced him to miss that day’s practice.

“I’m doing all this running, I’m doing all this conditioning and stuff and here am I’m getting sick … it made me mad,” said Gooden with a slight smile. “Am I doing all this eating right and going to sleep and getting my rest for nothing?”

Even with the illness working against him Saturday, Gooden scored in double figures for the 51st time in the Jayhawks’ last 53 games. He said he should be fine by Monday when Kansas plays host to Iowa State with a chance to clinch at least gain a share of the conference title.

“My shot just didn’t fall for me today,” Gooden said. “The whole team didn’t play well, not just me as an individual. But the bottom line is, the whole team didn’t play well but we got the win. You won’t see the same team that you saw today against Iowa State.”