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 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Julian Wright figured Kevin Durant would slow down eventually if Kansas just kept doing what it was doing. Wright had 17 points and 13 rebounds and the third-ranked Jayhawks overcame a 16-point deficit and another electrifying performance from Durant to beat No. 15 Texas 90-86 Saturday, claiming its fifth Big 12 championship.
Durant, a top candidate for national player of the year, made 10 of his first 14 shots and scored 25 in the first half. But the 6-foot-9 freshman crumpled to the floor with an ankle injury with about 11 minutes left in the second half and was not the same player when he returned from the locker room a few minutes later.
"Durant was on fire the first half," Wright said. "We just tried to keep playing defense the way we were taught to play it and tried to limit his easy points. But he was awesome."
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