Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas on Monday night and the Jayhawks easily handled an opponent that a few weeks ago was supposed to challenge them for the Big 12 title.
Kansas (23-1, 9-0) outmuscled and outhustled the Longhorns
(19-5, 5-4) in just about every way, holding the top-scoring team
in the Big 12 to 37 percent shooting and scoring 27 points off 17
turnovers.
And when Texas finally staged a late rally, Kansas slammed the
door behind senior point guard Sherron Collins.
Freshman J'Covan Brown scored 28 points for the Longhorns, who
have lost five of their last seven games after earning the first
No. 1 ranking in school history a month ago.