Gary Bedore’s Kansas basketball notebook
Kansas University improved to 15-2 all-time against Baylor, 9-0 in Lawrence. This marks the fourth-straight year that KU has won its first three Big 12 games. KU extended its homecourt win streak to 53 games.
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KU has 200 all-time wins against Big 12 competition since the league’s inception in 1996-97. The Jayhawks are the first team in the league to amass 200 victories in conference play.
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Junior guard Brady Morningstar made his first start of the season, replacing Tyshawn Taylor. Taylor had five assists and no turnovers. Morningstar had five points, three assists and two steals.
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Freshman Xavier Henry had seven steals, most since Russell Robinson’s eight versus Yale on Dec. 29, 2007. It’s the most steals by a KU frosh since steals were recorded as stats during the 1988-89 season. KU had 15 steals, most by KU in a Big 12 game since 15 against Kansas State on March 1, 2008.
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Baylor shot 52.1 percent, marking the first time in 92 games that a Kansas opponent topped the 50 percent mark. The last Jayhawk opponent to hit more than half of its shots was Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 9, 2007 (51 percent).
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Marcus Morris had 22 points, one off a career high. He hit eight of 11 shots. In three Big 12 games this season, Morris has shot 22-for-29 (75.8 percent) and is averaging 20.3 points per game.