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KANSAS TAKES 21ST STRAIGHT OVER CU IN LAWRENCE
January 25, 2004 | Men's Basketball
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Wayne Simien had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 12 Kansas past Colorado 78-57 Sunday, the Jayhawks' 21st straight victory over the Buffaloes in Allen Fieldhouse.
Keith Langford and J.R. Giddens each added 13 points for Kansas (12-3, 4-0 Big 12), which led 41-21 at halftime and outscored the cold-shooting Buffaloes 20-7 in the first 91/2 minutes of the second half.
Colorado (10-6, 2-3) shot 29 percent from the field and had more free throws (20-for-27) than field goals (17-for-58). The Buffaloes shot just 5-for-28 (18 percent) in the first half and were 5-for-32 (16 percent) with 151/2 minutes left in the game.
Michel Morandais, who came in averaging 16 points for the Buffaloes, was 3-for-15 from the field and finished with 10 points.
"They really took us out of our game," Morandais said. "Whatever we would try to run on offense, we just couldn't execute."
The Buffaloes last beat Kansas in Lawrence on Feb. 10, 1983.
CU center David Harrison, who had been averaging 16.4 points and 8.6 rebounds, had his nose and mouth bloodied in separate collisions under the basket. He was also jeered throughout the game by Kansas fans who have long remembered the disparaging comments he made about the Jayhawks as a freshman.
"The fans were really taunting him badly behind the bench and on the sideline," Colorado coach Ricardo Patton said. "He didn't need to sit out there and sit through all of that. This is a difficult series for David, because he hasn't really figured out how to handle all the taunting from the fans."
While Jeff Graves, David Padgett and Christian Moody took turns guarding Harrison -- and drawing a total of seven fouls in the first half -- Colorado's bench couldn't take up the slack when Harrison went out with his second foul 51/2 minutes into the game.
The Buffaloes were up 10-8 at that point, but they missed their next 14 shots, and by the time Harris hit a hook shot with 1:57 left in the half the Jayhawks led 37-17.
"Once we lost David early in the game, we weren't the same team," Patton said. "We didn't make shots, and regardless of how hard you play on the defensive end, sometimes you have to put the ball in the basket."
Simien had 14 points in the Jayhawks' surge. Two came on free throws after Patton was hit with a technical for protesting a foul called on David Obazuaye.
Lamar Harris was 13-for-14 from the line and led Colorado with a season-high 21 points. He also drew a second-half technical for a verbal altercation with the Jayhawks' Bryant Nash, after the two exchanged shoves while setting up for a free throw.
