No. 7 Kansas rolls to easy win against last-place TCU
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Perry Ellis had 23 points and 10 rebounds as No. 7 Kansas started the second half of the Big 12 Conference schedule with a 75-56 victory at TCU on Saturday.
Kansas (19-4, 7-3 Big 12), which had lost its previous three conference road games, never trailed after scoring the game's first seven points.
With the quick start and in a road arena about half-filled with their own fans, the Jayhawks rebounded from an underwhelming victory three days earlier against Kansas State. They also won for the 12th time in 13 games against TCU, which exactly three years earlier got its only win in the series.
Devonte Graham added 15 points and Frank Mason III 12 for the Jayhawks, who shot 50 percent from the field (29 of 58) and had a 46-25 rebounding advantage. Ellis was 11-of-14 shooting.
Brandon Parrish and JD Miller had 13 points each for TCU (10-13, 1-9), whose only win in its last eight games was last weekend at home when overcoming a 14-point halftime lead for a 75-63 victory over Tennessee in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. Chauncey Collins had 10 points.
The Frogs shot 29 percent (14 of 49).
Ellis had a three-point play after a wild scramble to get the ball to put the Jayhawks up 34-14, giving them a 20-point lead for the first time. His tip-in with 2:31 left made it 38-14 before TCU scored the last six points of the first half.
Kansas also had its first double-digit lead after consecutive baskets by Ellis, when he was on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass from Wayne Selden Jr. for a dunk and then had a strong layup to make it 21-11.
After the Jayhawks' 77-59 victory over Kansas State on Wednesday night, coach Bill Self said his team had been outplayed and was "about as soft as I can remember one of our teams playing."
The closest the Frogs got after Kansas' 7-0 spurt in the first 2 minutes was at 10-7 after Parrish made a long jumper, then followed a Jayhawks turnover with a nifty spin move for a layup off the glass.
TIP-INS
Kansas: It was Ellis' third double-double this season, all in Big 12 games, and 15th of his career. ... The Jayhawks have won by at least 10 points in 13 of their 19 wins. .... Kansas played the first of four times on the road in a six-game span.
TCU: When the Frogs upset Kansas 62-55 in 2013, it was their first Big 12 win -- coming in their first season after joining the conference. TCU is now 7-57 in Big 12 games. ... TCU had as many turnovers (6) as field goals in the first half.
UP NEXT
Kansas: Hosts No. 14 West Virginia on Tuesday night.
TCU: Hosts Oklahoma State on Monday night.
