Cole Aldrich had 13 points and 16 rebounds, and top-ranked Kansas scored 36 straight points in the first half in an embarrassingly easy 98-31 victory over winless Alcorn State on Wednesday night.
Kansas (6-0) made quick work of the Braves, forcing a school record-tying 30 turnovers and dunking its way within one of the NCAA record for consecutive points with its big run.
Sherron Collins and Xavier Henry had 18 points each, and Thomas Robinson had 15 points and 10 rebounds to help Jayhawks stretch the nation's longest home winning streak to 46 games.
Alcorn State (0-10) never stood much of chance against the nation's near-unanimous No. 1 team.
Overmatched at every position and hurt by poor transition defense, the Braves shot 23 percent for their second loss of at least 60 points this season. JaMarkus Holt led Alcorn State with 10 points.
It wasn't much of a surprise.
Going into the game, it seemed the only way the Jayhawks were going to lose to Alcorn State was if they had 10 players foul out _ and even then it probably would have been close. The talent differential was just too great for Kansas to even entertain the notion of losing to the Braves.
How great? Early on, Henry leapfrogged completely over Alcorn State's Keith Searcy after biting on a shot fake, causing the stunned 6-foot-4 guard to travel. Henry later blocked Ian Francis by snatching the ball away _ in midair, mind you _ before he could even get the shot off.
It wasn't just Henry and whoever he happened to be guarding. The Jayhawks had mismatches up and down the lineup, from Robinson's 45-pound advantage over fellow 6-8 freshman Michael Martin to 5-8 Alex Savannah trying to contain the muscular Collins.
Alcorn State did have an early bid for the upset. It lasted 2 minutes.
Kansas came out uncharacteristically cold, missing its first four shots, and Alcorn State hit its first two to lead 4-0.
Then Allen Fieldhouse started to close in around the Braves.
Taking advantage of turnovers and Alcorn State's inability to get back on defense, Kansas dished and dunked its way to an almost unthinkable 36-0 run. Shaunvanta Ingram finally ended Alcorn State's futility at 12 minutes with a short jumper, leaving Kansas one point short of the NCAA record for consecutive points, set by Utah State against Idaho in 2006.
Kansas kept up the pressure, holding the Braves to 5-of-27 shooting and forcing 15 turnovers on the way to a 53-12 halftime lead.
The second half was more Kansas dunks, more 3-pointers, more poor transition defense by Alcorn State, including one 4-on-1 break for the Jayhawks.
The only question was whether Kansas would break the school record for margin of victory. The Jayhawks fell just short of the 70-point win over Brown in 1989, but it tied their third-largest win.
