COLUMBIA, Mo. — After receiving harrasment all last week for what he assumed were Missouri fans, sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor made them think twice about messing with him again.

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Photos from Saturday afternoons 77-56 victory against Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Kansas ended the regular season at 29-2 before moving to Big 12 tournament play beginning next Thursday.

Taylor said someone put up flyers all around campus with his phone number, saying he was selling a dog. As the phone kept ringing, Taylor’s frustration grew.

“People had been calling me all day about it,” he said. “I don’t have a dog. Quit calling me.”

But Taylor and the Jayhawks ruined Mizzou’s fun as well as its senior night with a 77-56 victory Saturday.

Taylor scored all of his team-leading 13 points after the 8:05 mark in the second half. He filled out the stat sheet with five rebounds, six assists and three steals.

He played as well as anyone in the game, but it was a struggle early. Taylor, senior guard Sherron Collins, and freshman guard Xavier Henry combined for zero points in the first 18 minutes.

With the help of their bigs and their bench, the Jayhawks overcame the sloppy first half.

“That just goes to show how good of a team you are,” Taylor said. “When you know that your bench can produce for you, it relieves a lot of pressure.”

With the guards unable to make a shot and the team trailing 17-10 early in the first half, Markieff Morris had six straight points to keep the Jayhawks from letting the game slip away. A few minutes later, Marcus Morris had seven straight points of his own.

“Every time we touched the ball, something good happened,” Marcus said. “So we just tried to be their relief and get easy points until they got going.”

The twins contributed to a 30-7 run and the Jayhawks ended the half with 16-straight points to make the lead 40-24. Collins had eight of his 12 points in the last two minutes of the half.

However, neither team was done with making a run.

Mizzou was resilient and had an 11-0 run at one point in the second half, bringing the Jayhawks’ lead down to four. Then the Jayhawks went on yet another run ­— a 22-4 one this time — that basically determined the outcome of the game.

Coach Bill Self said he was pleased to see so many players succeed all at once. Even though the starters were struggling, he didn’t see a need to put them back in the game.

“I thought our bench kept our starters fresh,” Self said. “I thought when you watched us play out there, you really couldn’t tell who our best five players were.”

With 11:45 left in the game, a scary moment happened with one of the Jayhawks’ most crucial players. Marcus Morris dove for a rebound and crashed into a table on the sideline, hitting his head and cutting his wrist in the process.

Morris said he blacked out for five to 10 seconds and sat on the ground for a few minutes before walking back to the locker room.

He later returned with a bandage on his wrist and was well enough to go back into the game, finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The injury was not considered serious.

“I’m good,” Morris said after the game.

— Edited by Kelly Gibson