Sometimes, it’s just one of those days. No matter how good you are, no matter how wide open you are, no matter how many you take — sometimes the ball just won’t go in the basket.

It was one of those nights for the Jayhawks from the three-point line, who hit just one of thirteen tries from beyond the arc.

“We just couldn’t buy one tonight,” said freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor. “I think that’s why we got down early because we had open shots and we just weren’t making them.”

Sherron Collins hit the Jayhawk’s first three-point attempt less than a minute into the game, but little did the 16,300 fans in attendance know that they wouldn’t see another Kansas three-pointer the rest of the night.

“It was just one of those nights,” Collins said. “The main players that mostly hit three’s just weren’t hitting them. We just didn’t make shots.”

Collins finished with a team high 16-points but finished just one of four from three-point range. Tyrel Reed, who hit six of 10 three-pointers during the two exhibition games, missed on all five of his attempts from behind the arc. Brady Morningstar, Conner Teahan, Markieff Morris and Taylor all missed on three-point attempts as well.

“Let’s just call it like it is,” coach Bill Self said. “We can’t go 1-for-13 very often and expect to win. And 65 percent from the line, we have to do better than that.”

The Jayhawks shot 40 percent from the three-point line a season ago and made 38 percent of their threes during the two exhibition games so Sunday night’s performance from the three-point line figures to be just a rare occurrence.

“We will definitely be a good three-point shooting team,” Taylor said. “Tyrel and Brady are great shooters and they were just off tonight. I’m sure they are going to bounce back and we’re going to make a lot of threes on Tuesday.”

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Kansas Basketball vs. UMKC

Photo gallery of Kansas' game against UMKC Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.

When the Jayhawks weren’t bricking threes in the first half, they were driving the lane and getting called for charges. The Jayhawks were whistled for four offensive fouls in the first half.

“We just got too deep in the lane,” Collins said. “Instead of pulling up or throwing a floater or something, we just tried to go too far in. We have to do a better job of seeing that and dish the ball off to someone who is open.”

The Jayhawks also committed 15 turnovers after averaging just 13.3 per game a year ago. UMKC had only four steals, meaning that 11 of the Jayhawk turnovers were basically them giving the ball right to the Kangaroos.

Kansas also committed 21 fouls and had both Cole Aldrich and Marcus Morris sit most of the first half with foul trouble. Conner Teahan had three first-half fouls in just four minutes.

The Jayhawks may have gotten the win, but they now have several areas to improve as they head into Tuesday’s match-up with Florida Gulf Coast.

“We’ll get it together but right now it’s a little sloppy,” Collins said. “It’s early in the season and we’re just getting used to playing with each other. For some of these new guys, it’s their first time playing college ball. I think we’ll get it together.”

— — Edited by Ramsey Cox