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Article: Kansas Rallies Late, Wins Preseason NIT
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 29, 1997
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It didn't look like Kansas until the second half of the second
game at Madison Square Garden. Then the Jayhawks, especially their
preseason all-Americans, Paul Pierce and Raef LaFrentz, lived up to
their No. 2 ranking.
Those two took over in the second half last night and led
Kansas to a 73-58 victory over Florida State in the championship
game of the Preseason National Invitation Tournament in New York.
LaFrentz and Pierce were each held to two points in the first
half, and the Jayhawks (6-0) trailed 28-20 at halftime. Pierce had
21 points in the second half, LaFrentz had 15, and the two combined
to score 23 of Kansas's last 31 points as it pulled away to win its
12th straight game ...