Much like Tuesday night's game against Michigan State, the Jayhawks got off to a bit of an ugly start Friday against Tarleton State. Kansas had a sizeable advantage in just about every facet of basketball as a sport, but between early turnovers and a lack of apparent comfort in running offense in the half court, Kansas looked shaky in the early going. Fortunately, they were defending very well, which bought them plenty of time to start scoring.
At the first media timeout it was an ugly 4-4 tie. Kansas did start to (very) slowly build out their lead from there, but had trouble really putting together a strong run and putting a lot of distance between them and their opponent.