Kansas’ Win…

… Makes Kansas 19-1 this season, including 5-0 in conference play for the third-straight year.

… Extends the nation’s longest home court winning streak to 54 games.

… Makes the Border Showdown Series 168-94 in favor of KU, including 40-14 in favor of the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse.

… Gives KU its 11^th consecutive win over Missouri in Allen Fieldhouse.

… Makes Kansas 13-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 636-106 all-time in the facility and 109-6 under Bill Self.

… Makes Bill Self 188-41 while at Kansas, 395-146 overall and 14-3 all-time against Missouri, including 11-3 at Kansas.

… Makes Kansas 1,989-794 all-time.

Game Notes:

- Kansas junior Cole Aldrich recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 12 points and 16 rebounds. His 16 rebounds were tied for the second-most by a Jayhawk this season. The double-double was also the 30^th of the junior’s career.

- Aldrich had 12 rebounds in the first half, which is the most by a Jayhawk in a single half since Wayne Simien also had 12 in the first half against UC-Santa Barbara on Dec. 20, 2003.

- Aldrich’s 16 rebounds bring his career total to 711.

- Aldrich also recorded a season-high seven blocked shots, which were the most blocks by a Jayhawk since he had 10 against Dayton in the NCAA Tournament last season.

- His seven blocks were tied for the fifth-most in a game by a Jayhawk.

- With his seven blocked shots, Aldrich tied Jayhawk great Danny Manning for fifth-place on KU’s all-time list with 200 blocks in his career.

- Kansas junior Tyrel Reed matched a career high with 14 points, including four three-point field goals, which matched a career high.

- Reed made 4-of-4 three-point attempts which was the best percentage with at least four attempts since Brady Morningstar made 4-of-4 against Kansas State on Feb. 14, 2009.

- Missouri shot 27.9 percent from the field, which is a season low for the Tigers.

- Kansas sophomore Marcus Morris scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Since the beginning of Big 12 play, Marcus Morris is averaging 18.8 points per game, and 7.8 rebounds per game.

- Sophomore Markieff Morris scored nine points and grabbed 11 boards. Both totals were his best since scoring 12 with 12 rebounds against La Salle on Dec. 12 of this season.

- As a team, Kansas pulled down 56 rebounds, which were the second most this season (61, vs. Alcorn State on Dec. 2). The 56 boards were the most by a Jayhawk team in a conference game since they pulled down 58 against Nebraska on Jan. 9, 2002.

- KU had a plus-28 rebounding advantage over the Tigers. This was the biggest rebounding differential in a Big 12 game for the Jayhawks since KU had a plus-30 rebound advantage against Texas Tech in 2008.

- Kansas committed a season-high 23 turnovers.

- Kansas has now held 15 of its 20 opponents this season to under 40 percent shooting from the field. KU has held 93 of its last 94 opponents to under 50 percent shooting.

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Marcus Morris scored 11 of his team-high 17 points in the decisive first half to lead No. 2 Kansas to an 84-65 victory against rival Missouri in Big 12 basketball action late Monday night.

Cole Aldrich registered a double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds, while also adding seven blocked shots for the Jayhawks.  Tyrell Reed came off the bench to match his career scoring high with 14.

Missouri was led by Justin Stafford, who had 19 points, while Zaire Taylor added 11 for the visitors.

Kansas improved to 19-1 overall and 5-0 in the Big 12, while Missouri dropped to 15-5 and 3-2 in league play.  The Jayhawks extended the nation's longest home court winning streak to 54 consecutive games with the victory.

Kansas dominated the game defensively, as well as on the boards.  KU held Missouri to just 28 percent shooting from the field and out-rebounded the Tigers 56-28.  KU doubled the Tigers in points in the paint 36-18.

Missouri forced KU into a season-high 23 turnovers, while committing just five miscues and out-scored the Jayhawks 18-4 in points off turnovers.  But while MU attempted 11 more shots in the game, KU made nine more shots than the Tigers did.

Morris continued his recent scoring barrage as he has averaged 18.8 points and scored at least 16 points in each of the last five games.  The sophomore hit six of 10 shots, while making five of six free throws.  He also added nine rebounds in 24 minutes of action.

Aldrich flirted with a triple double as his seven blocks tied for the fifth-most in a game in KU history.  The junior became the 15^th player in Kansas history to record 700 career rebounds as he entered the night with 695.

Reed came off the bench and hit four of four three-point attempts to go along with an alley-oop tip-in.  His 14 points matched his previous best vs. Siena last year.

KU led by as many as 28 points in the second half en route to its 11^th straight victory against Missouri in Allen Fieldhouse.  KU now leads the all-time series with its rival 168-94.

An 11-2 Jayhawk run in the first half turned a 15-13 Kansas advantage into a 26-15 lead with eight minutes remaining.  Safford hit a pair of free throws to pull Missouri within eight at 30-22 with 6:35 left in the period, but that would be as close as the Tigers would get the rest of the way.

KU closed the half on 15-5 run and took a 20-point margin (50-30) into the break.  The Jayhawks dominated the first half statistically out-rebounding the Tigers 37-15 and shooting 51 percent from the floor while holding Missouri to just 25 percent shooting.

Aldrich grabbed 12 rebounds in the first half alone, while Morris had 11 points on five of eight shooting and added six rebounds in 10 minutes of action.

Kansas' win at Iowa State...

... Makes Kansas 18-1 on the season and 4-0 in conference play for third-straight season.

... Gives Kansas its ninth-straight win against Iowa State.

... Makes the KU-ISU series 167-58 in favor of Kansas, including a 21-18 KU advantage in Hilton Coliseum (65-36 in matchups in Ames).

... Makes Bill Self 187-41 while at Kansas, 394-146 overall and 12-2 all-time against Iowa State, 11-2 while at Kansas.

... Makes Kansas 6-1 in games away from Allen Fieldhouse this season.

... Makes Kansas 1,988-794 all-time.

Game Notes

-The Jayhawks' 23-point margin of victory is their largest victory in Ames since winning by 29 points on Jan. 6, 2003.

-Kansas held Iowa State to 37.7 percent shooting from the field and has held 14 of 19 opponents this season to under 40 percent shooting.

-The Jayhawks shot a season low 17.6 percent from three-point range.

-Junior Cole Aldrich recorded his seventh double-double of the season finishing with a team-high 19 points and 11 rebounds. Aldrich also had three blocks and has three or more blocks in 17 games this season.

-Aldrich hit 9-of-11 from the field. His 81.8 percent field goal shooting was his second best of the season. Aldrich made 83.3 percent of his shots versus Alcorn State (Dec. 2). Aldrich has shot 80-percent or better in five games this season.

-Sophomore Marcus Morris recorded his 11^th game with 10-plus points contributing 16 points for the Jayhawks.

-Senior Sherron Collins scored 11 points to move into 11^th place on the KU all-time scoring list with 1,634 points. Collins scored in double figures for the 15^th time this season. He also dished out six assists and has three-plus dimes 16 times this season.

- Jeff Withey recorded several career bests at Iowa State. The freshman transfer scored eight points, pulled down five rebounds and logged 12 minutes- all career bests. Withey also blocked a shot and has three blocks in the four games he has appeared in.

-Sophomore Tyshawn Taylor made the most of his 13 minutes of playing time scoring seven points and pulling down five rebounds. His five rebounds tied a season high.

-Junior Brady Morningstar pulled down a season-high seven rebounds while logging a season-high 32 minutes.

-Junior Tyrel Reed added a three-point basket in today's game. Twenty-two of his 30 field goals this season have been from three-point range.

AMES, Iowa - Junior Cole Aldrich posted his seventh double-double of the season and combined with sophomore Marcus Morris for 35 points as No. 3 Kansas cruised to an 84-61 victory at Iowa State Saturday afternoon.

With the win, KU improved to 18-1 overall and 4-0 in Big 12 play. Iowa State fell to 12-7 on the season and 1-3 in the league.

Despite shooting a season-low 17.6 percent from three-point range, KU shot 46.8 percent from the field taking advantage of opportunities down low scoring 50 of its points in the paint. The 50 tallies were the most scored by Kansas in the lane this season. The Jayhawks were also nearly perfect from the free throw line making 9-of-10 from the charity stripe.

Marcus Morris, who scored 16 points in the contest, including 10 in the second half, helped the Jayhawks off to a quick start scoring four points in an 8-0 run to open the contest. Iowa State quickly erased its deficit scoring eight unanswered points of its own and taking a one point lead twice- 12-11 and then 14-13 at 14:34.

Freshman Xavier Henry hit a fastbreak layup shortly after to spark a 13-2 run by the Jayhawks and make the score 26-16. Kansas held the lead for the remainder of the half and led by double digits for a majority of the final nine minutes.

Henry added his only other points of the game with another layup with 46 seconds on the clock and grabbed a defensive rebound on the opposite end of the court to help Kansas hold on to a 38-25 lead at halftime.

In the second half, the Cyclones got within 11 points in the opening seconds of the half but never got closer than that for the remainder of the game.

At 9:37, sophomore Markieff Morris and sophomore Tyshawn Taylor teamed up to score eight-straight points as Kansas built a 22-point lead. The Jayhawks led by 17 or more points for the final nine minutes.

Aldrich scored a team-high 19 points in the contest and added 11 rebounds and three blocks. Freshman Jeff Withey made the most of his 12 minutes of playing time contributing a personal-best eight points and five rebounds.

Sophomore Brady Morningstar helped on the boards pulling down a season-high seven rebounds. Kansas out-rebounded ISU 44-34 with a majority of the difference coming in the form of offensive rebounds.

KU also took advantage of 17 Iowa State miscues converting them into 23 points.

Kansas' Win...

... Makes Kansas 17-1 this season, including 3-0 in conference play. This marks the fourth-straight year that KU has won its first three Big 12 games.

... Makes the series with Baylor 15-2 in favor of Kansas, including 9-0 in games played in Lawrence.

... Extends the nation's longest home court winning streak to 53 games.

... Gives KU 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.

... Makes Bill Self 186-41 at Kansas, 393-146 overall and 7-2 all-time against Baylor (7-1 while at Kansas).

... Makes KU 12-0 at Allen Fieldhouse this season, and 645-106 all-time in the building, including 107-6 under Bill Self.

... Makes Kansas 1,987-794 all-time.

Game Notes:

-         Junior guard Brady Morningstar made his first start of the season, joining Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich, Marcus Morris and Xavier Henry in the starting lineup.

-            Freshman Xavier Henry collected seven steals in the game, which was the most by a Jayhawk this season. Henry’s seven thefts were the most by a Jayhawk since Russell Robinson had eight steals against Yale on Dec. 29, 2007. Since steals were recorded during the 1988-89 season, Henry had the most steals by a KU freshman passing the previous mark set by Mario Chalmers at Iowa State in 2006.

-         As a team, Kansas collected 15 steals, which was the most by KU in a Big 12 game since it had 15 thefts against Kansas State on March 1, 2008.

-         Baylor shot 52.1 percent from the field marking the first time in 92 games that a Kansas opponent has shot better than 50 percent in a game. The last Jayhawk opponent to hit more than half of its shots was Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 9, 2007 when it shot 51 percent.

-         Sherron Collins scored a game-high 28 points, marking the fourth time in the last five games that he has scored 22 points or more. His 28 points marked the third-highest total by a Jayhawk this season.

-         Collins shot 9-of-16 from the field, including 6-for-7 in the second half. His nine field goals matched a season high, while his five three-point field goals matched a career high.

-         Kansas sophomore Marcus Morris added 22 points and eight rebounds. Morris' 22 points marked his second-highest career total, one shy of his career high 23 points against Michigan earlier this year.

-         Morris shot 8-of-11 from the field (72.7 percent). In three Big 12 games this season, Morris has shot 22-for-29 (75.8 percent), and is averaging 20.3 points per game. His eight field goals Wednesday were a career high.

-         Collins' 28 points gives him 1,623 for his career, making him the 12^th player in Kansas history to amass 1,600 points. He is currently 12^th in career scoring at KU, just four points behind Mark Randall.

-         Collins' five three-point field goals gives him 202 for his career, moving him past Terry Brown for fifth on the school's all-time list. Collins is now three three-pointers away from tying former teammate Brandon Rush for fourth on the list.

-         Junior Cole Aldrich's four rebounds gives him 684 for his career, moving him into sole possession of 13^th place on the team's all-time list.

-         Freshman Xavier Henry's two three-point field goals gives him 39 for the season, and move him one away from seventh-place Kevin Pritchard on the single-season list by a freshman.