In the waning minutes of Sunday’s 90-65 victory over Missouri, Cole Aldrich worked on his highlight reel. Really, there was nothing else to accomplish.

The outcome was decided long before Tyshawn Taylor lofted his sixth assist to the right side of the rim with 2:40 left on the clock. Aldrich’s spectacular one-handed finish just brought it to an appropriate end.

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Kansas Basketball vs. Missouri

A photo gallery of the Jayhawks 90-65 win over Missouri Sunday.

Missouri coach Mike Anderson’s team is known for putting teams through “40 minutes of hell” with constant pressure. On Sunday, the Jayhawks cruised through the full-court pressure as if it wasn’t even there. Kansas looked nothing like the rattled team that committed a season-high 27 turnovers in Columbia.

“We knew we were going to handle the pressure better this time,” junior guard Sherron Collins said.

Collins committed a team-high five turnovers, but no one else had more than two. The passivity that doomed Kansas in its lone Big 12 loss was left in the locker room Sunday.

“That wasn’t even the same team that played in Columbia,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “In Columbia, we were trying not to lose and today we were in attack mode the whole time.”

Instead of waiting for Missouri’s backcourt traps, Kansas attacked the defenders and quickly passed up-court out of double teams.

“Once you got past the first line of pressure there wasn’t too much else they could do with us,” Collins said. “We were going to play 4-on-3 the whole time.”

Kansas also helped itself by forcing Missouri to shoot just 21 percent from the field in the first half. Because the Tigers didn’t hit shots they didn’t have time to apply full-court pressure.

Everything was working for the Jayhawks in the opening minutes. Tyshawn Taylor’s three-pointer with four seconds left in the first half capped a 7-0 run and put Kansas up 45-19.

“That’s probably the best half of basketball we played since the North Carolina game last year,” Self said.

The pre-game atmosphere for this game, Self said, rivaled any of the great home games during his tenure. Besides the rivalry, these teams were playing for control of the Big 12 and seeding in the NCAA Tournament.

Missouri guard Zaire Taylor, the late-game hero in Columbia, said he couldn’t help but feel the excitement and anticipation from the stands.

“Before the game started, I thought this was the most fun place that I had ever played, except for Mizzou Arena,” Taylor said. “Once the ball was tipped and the score started swinging in their favor, I am not sure I enjoyed it as much.”

Aldrich sure enjoyed it. After missing his first dunk attempt, the sophomore center slammed the ball five times en route to 19 points and 14 rebounds.

Aldrich said he toyed around with alley-oops in practice but never expected to use his one-handed finish in a game. Most people never expected this game to be a blowout, either.

“I don’t know how high I got or how I grabbed it, I just threw it in,” Aldrich said. “It was really fun.”

— — Edited by Grant Treaster