National Basketball Association
Kansas 63, Utah 60
When: 3:15 PM ET, Saturday, December 13, 2014
Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Officials:
# Paul Janssen, # Terry Oglesby, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
17627
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No. 10 Kansas 63, No. 14 Utah 60: Perry Ellis scored 14 points, including a tiebreaking basket with 1:57 remaining, as the Jayhawks defeated the Utes in Kansas City.
Jamari Traylor added 13 points and Frank Mason III recorded 10 and five assists for Kansas (8-1). Ellis’ basket gave the Jayhawks a 57-55 lead, which was protected at the free-throw line over the final 40 seconds, with Traylor hitting two attempts and Brannen Greene knocking down four.
Delon Wright notched 23 points and four steals for Utah (7-2), which shot 38.9 percent. Jakob Poeltl registered eight points and 11 rebounds, but his tying 3-point attempt in the final seconds was well off the mark.
The Utes used a 12-0 burst early in the second half to cut their deficit to nine and finally caught the Jayhawks at 53 on two free throws by Wright with 4:58 left. Poeltl’s basket 19 seconds later pushed Utah ahead, but Kansas rolled off six straight points for a 59-55 lead before Dakarai Tucker hit a 3-pointer with 23.5 seconds remaining to move the Utes within a point.
Utah had a 17-16 lead midway through the first half before Kansas took control with a 23-2 burst. The Jayhawks shot 60 percent from the field and went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line while taking a 39-21 lead into the break before extending it to 21 in the opening minute of the second half.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Jayhawks were 21-for-23 from the free-throw line. … Utah’s bench had just 11 points on 2-of-16 shooting. … Kansas was 6-for-11 from 3-point range, while Utah was 4-for-19.
Top Game Performances
| Utah |
|
Kansas |
|
Delon Wright 23 |
Scoring |
Perry Ellis 14 |
|
Delon Wright 4 |
Assists |
Frank Mason 5 |
|
Jakob Poeltl 11 |
Rebounds |
Cliff Alexander 6 |
|
Delon Wright 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jamari Traylor 5 |
|
Delon Wright 4 |
Steals |
Frank Mason 2 |
|
Jakob Poeltl 3 |
Blocks |
Perry Ellis 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Utah
|
60 |
38.9 |
4-19 |
14-17 |
8 |
29 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
| Kansas
|
63 |
41.9 |
6-11 |
21-23 |
11 |
25 |
4 |
6 |
15 |
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