LAWRENCE
The blood speckles started just below the adidas logo on Perry Ellis’ shorts, imprints of his left elbow after an aggressive second-half boxout resulted in a flagrant foul and also a brief connection with Iowa State forward Deonte Burton’s tooth.
In the minutes after No. 1 Kansas’ 85-78 victory over 21st-ranked Iowa State on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse, the senior forward remained in his white jersey a few steps from center court, waiting with teammate Evan Manning for his turn on a television interview.
“That was a big-time shot,” Manning said to him, floating his right hand to the sky before pointing to the north goal.