Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Kansas Jayhawks

Mar 22, 2013

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
WKU	31	26	57
KU	30	34	64

Game Recap

Top-seeded Kansas avoids upset against No. 16 WKU. ff Withey scored 17 points, and top-seeded Kansas struggled to put away scrappy Western Kentucky in a 64-57 victory Friday night that avoided what would have been the biggest upset on a day full of them in the NCAA tournament.

Player Stats

WESTERN KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
Aleksej Rostov	27	5-8	0-3	1-2	2	0	1	0	4	11
George Fant	24	4-10	0-0	2-3	2	1	1	2	5	10
T.J. Price	38	3-13	2-8	4-6	7	2	3	2	2	12
Jamal Crook	31	5-14	0-0	3-5	9	4	1	2	1	13
Caden Dickerson	28	0-5	0-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	5	0
O'Karo Akamune	14	2-6	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	1	3	4
Stephon Drane	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kene Anyigbo	8	1-2	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	2	1	4
Marcus Vasquez	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Kaspar	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Brandon Harris	21	1-7	1-7	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	3
TOTAL	-	21-6631.8%	3-2015.0%	12-1866.7%	35	8	9	9	24	57

KANSAS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Kevin Young	26	2-4	0-0	1-2	8	2	2	1	4	1	5
Jeff Withey	30	7-9	0-0	3-4	6	1	0	7	3	4	17
Ben McLemore	32	2-5	0-2	7-8	6	2	0	1	4	2	11
Elijah Johnson	36	1-6	0-2	3-3	3	2	0	0	3	3	5
Travis Releford	37	4-6	0-1	3-5	3	1	1	0	1	2	11
Perry Ellis	12	3-7	0-0	3-4	7	0	1	0	0	2	9
Jamari Traylor	7	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Naadir Tharpe	20	0-3	0-1	4-4	0	3	0	0	2	0	4



TOTAL	-	20-4247.6%	0-60.0%	24-3080.0%	33	11	4	9	17	15	64

Team Stats

WKU

57Points64

21-66(31.8%)Field Goal(%)20-42(47.6%)

3-20(15.0%)3-Point(%)0-6(0.0%)

12-18(66.7%)Free Throw(%)24-30(80.0%)

41(18)Rebounds(Offensive)35(4)

8Assists11

9Steals4

0Blocks9

10Turnovers17

24(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

4Largest Lead11

Game Details

Friday, March 22, 2013 · 10:07 PM

T-Mobile Center · Kansas City, MOS

attendance: 18,488 (97.4%)

tv: TNT

spread: KU -19.5