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The Story of Runs: A Key Statistic for the Kansas Jayhawks at the Texas Longhorns - Blue Wings Rising
It's a familiar frustration for Kansas fans: a long stretch of play where it seems like the Jayhawks are just unable to score. It's happened in nearly every conference game this season. Let's review, along with the final result and how Kansas achieved it:

Kansas Jayhawks Maul Last 5 Minutes, Defeat TCU Horned Frogs 75-60 - Blue Wings Rising
TCU started out hot in the first quarter, going 6-8 on FGs in the first 6 minutes of the game. However, the Jayhawks were able to weather the storm thanks to tough defense and forcing turnovers, and took the lead on a Holly Kersgieter three-pointer with 2 minutes to go in the first quarter.

Everything Bill Self said after Kansas' loss at Texas
"Well, we were trying to get the ball to David. I just drew something up and it obviously wasn't very good to get the ball to David. We knew they'd overplay [Ochai Agbaji] and [Dajuan Harris] saw a crease and drove it back the other direction, which he's made plenty of those shots. And the ball just slipped out of his hand. We shouldn't have been in that position but obviously, we didn't execute very good coming out of that timeout. So that's on me."

Four observations from KU basketball’s 79-76 road loss to Texas
KU had a chance to create some distance in the Big 12 race with a win, but now its loss moves them to 8-2 in the Big 12, just a game above Baylor and Texas Tech in the loss column (7-3). The loss also makes KU 3-2 over a tough stretch of games against five ranked opponents. Jalen Wilson led the way for KU with 18 points. Three other Jayhawks – David McCormack (16 points), Christian Braun (13 points) and Ochai Agbaji (11 points) – joined Wilson in double figures.

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The Story of Runs: A Key Statistic for the Kansas Jayhawks at the Texas Longhorns - Blue Wings Rising
It's a familiar frustration for Kansas fans: a long stretch of play where it seems like the Jayhawks are just unable to score. It's happened in nearly every conference game this season. Let's review, along with the final result and how Kansas achieved it: