Free-throw record

Kansas University junior Sherron Collins hit his first six free throws Monday night to break the all-time school record for consecutive free throws made.

Collins’ record streak is 35 consecutive makes — one more than Wayne Simien, who hit 34 in a row in 2004-05. Collins missed his seventh free throw of the game and finished the night 7-of-8.

“I didn’t think I was missing a free throw today. I missed one,” Collins said. “I got it now, so it’s over with. I don’t have to think about the record any more.”

He actually thought he missed out on the record.

“When I missed, I thought that was the record,” he said, not aware he’d already passed Simien with his make that upped KU’s lead to 74-61 at 1:43. His miss came with 51 seconds left.

“I’m glad I got the record, but I never really thought about it much.”

Marcus’ flurry came early

Freshman Marcus Morris scored the Jayhawks’ first eight points of the second half — in a four-minute span.

He didn’t play the rest of the half.

“I was just thinking about that just now,” Morris said of his extended stint on the bench. “Coach decided he needed to go small. I didn’t mind at all. I never even thought about it. All I cared about was winning the game.”

He finished with 13 points and six boards in 16 minutes.

Lots of KU fans in house

There appeared to be 1,000 or more KU fans in the upper deck of the arena. KU coach Bill Self looked up into the rafters after Collins hit a running jumper to close the first half, to the delight of the KU fans in attendance.

Objects tossed

The public-address announcer asked for fans to refrain from throwing objects on the court when something was tossed onto the court near the KU bench after an offensive-foul call on LaceDarius Dunn with 7:56 left and KU up, 56-52.

Stats, facts

KU is 18-4 overall and 7-0 in the league. KU last went 7-0 in 2004-05 en route to a 9-0 start. … KU leads the all-time series against Baylor, 14-1. KU has won eight in a row versus the Bears. … KU went 16-of-20 (80.0 percent) from the free-throw line and has missed just five free throws in its last two games. KU shot 70 percent or better from the charity stripe in four straight games. … Brady Morningstar hit two three-pointers in the contest for his 10th game of two or more treys. He played 40 minutes.