Kansas ultimately could not overcome its worst long-distance shooting performance of the season in Saturday’s 80-64 setback at Baylor.
The Jayhawks’ 6-of-31 outing (19.4 percent) from beyond the three-point arc resembled a 6-of-26 (23.1) effort in an 85-73 home loss to Texas Tech and 5-of-20 (25.0) showing in a 74-65 loss to Washington at the Sprint Center. The only other sub-30-percent three-point game of the season was 28.6 (8 of 28) in a 65-61 victory over Kentucky in Chicago.
“We shot it miserably,” KU coach Bill Self said after Saturday’s defeat, which combined with Texas Tech’s victory over Kansas State, dropped the Jayhawks (19-6, 8-4) into sole possession of second place in the Big 12.