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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Every time that Towson missed a shot, it seemed as if somebody from Kansas was there to corral the rebound, throw an outlet pass and start the Jayhawks on the fast break.

Usually it ended up with a dunk.

Andrew Wiggins and the high-flying Jayhawks put together a highlight reel in the first half Friday night, rolling to a big lead over the overmatched Tigers. The nation’s No. 2 team cruised in the second half to an 88-58 win in its opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

”When we’re playing our game, no one can stop us,” said Wiggins, the star freshman who led the Jayhawks (4-0) with 16 points. ”When we play in the flow of the game, no one can stop us. We have too many tools to use. When we’re playing like we did today, nobody can stop us.”

Andrew White III finished with 13 points, Wayne Selden added 12 and Perry Ellis had 10 for the Jayhawks, who used a 22-2 run to take a 49-16 lead by halftime. From there, they might as well have started to look ahead to their game against Wake Forest in the Bahamas on Thanksgiving Day.

The Jayhawks are scheduled for three games in the rest of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

”Hopefully this will be a good stretch for us to start putting some stuff together,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. ”We’re making steps in the right direction.”

Jerrelle Benimon had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Towson (3-2), the favorite in the Colonial Athletic Association. Rafriel Guthrie scored 15 points off the bench.

”They’re deep, they’re athletic, and unfortunately for us, they were locked in,” Towson coach Pat Skerry said with a shake of his head. ”If there’s a better team in the country, I’d like to find out who they are, and I certainly don’t want to play them.”

After stumbling a bit out of the gate, the uber-athletic Jayhawks reeled off 11 straight points to seize control. Six of the points came on rim-rattling dunks, two of those by Tarik Black.

Towson quickly became rattled and started to settle for a cacophony of quick 3-pointers, ill-advised shots in the paint and tightly contested jumpers. All of its misses only served to fuel the Kansas fast break, which piled up 22 points in the first 20 minutes.

”All of them run,” Benimon said. ”They just get up and down.”

The Tigers were still within 27-14 with 7:42 left in the half, but they only managed one field goal from there as Kansas used a 22-2 finishing flurry to blow the game open. Wiggins scored nine of his 14 first-half points during the run, and was involved in both of the highlights.

The first came after a miss by the Tigers’ Timajh Parker-Rivera. The ball ended up with Frank Mason, whose pretty one-bounce, cross-court pass to Wiggins resulted in an easy dunk.

The second highlight came after Mike Burwell missed and Mason again got the ball in the open court. He fed it to fellow freshman Conner Frankamp who, rather than take a mildly contested layup, added one extra pass like a seasoned veteran that Wiggins slammed with two hands.

By the time White was fouled in transition and made the second of two free throws with 1.4 seconds left on the clock, the Jayhawks had built their huge halftime advantage.

Kansas wound up shooting 69 percent from the field over the opening 20 minutes, had a 23-11 advantage on the boards and outscored the smaller Tigers 26-10 in the paint.

Towson shot 20.7 percent from the field and missed all 10 of its 3-point tries.

The Jayhawks didn’t slow down much in the second half, racing up and down the court like it was a YMCA pickup game. Black had another big dunk during one stretch, Frankamp curled in a 3 and Kansas coasted to its 66th consecutive non-conference win at Allen Fieldhouse.

The Jayhawks won’t return to the friendly confines of the Phog for close to a month. After the Bahamas, they visit Colorado and Florida along with playing New Mexico at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. They return home to play Georgetown on Dec. 21.

”I think potentially we could be one of the better teams, no question,” Self said. ”I think by the end if our young kids get better, we have a chance to be in the conversation. … There’s a lot of nice teams out there but certainly when we play with energy we can be one of the better ones.”

— Associated Press —

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 25 points to lead four Georgetown starters in double-figures as the Hoyas overwhelmed Kansas State in a 90-63 victory on Friday at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

Jabril Trawick added 16 points for the Hoyas (2-2).

Georgetown coach John Thompson III didn’t hold his tongue in critiquing his team’s dismal second-half performance in its opening-game loss to Northeastern on Thursday.

The Hoyas responded by playing much more fluidly in their offensive sets and by limiting their mistakes. They led by as many as 29 and shot 63 percent from the field for the game with 19 assists.

Kansas State (2-3) fell in a 10-0 hole early and never could sting together a meaningful run. Thomas Gipson led the Wildcats with 18 points. In his third game back after from injury Gipson got more involved, but again was stunted early because of foul trouble.

Georgetown was the much livelier team out of the opening tip and led by 17 at the half.

K-State picked things up in the final 20 minutes, but its efforts were too late as the Georgetown pushed its lead above 20 with just under 12 minutes to play.

Coming off a lackluster shooting performance down the stretch in the Northeastern loss, the Hoyas were a lot more fluid in the first half Friday against the Wildcats.

The Hoyas pushed the pace early, forcing 10 K-State turnovers in the opening 20 minutes. Georgetown also spread the ball around in the half court, shooting 63 percent and racking up 11 assists on its 17 field goals.

The Wildcats connected on just 8 of 24 attempts from the field in the half and had only two assists.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Donald Stephenson and Geoff Schwartz might as well consider themselves quasi starters the way the two Chiefs offensive linemen have been pressed into service this season.

In an ideal world, Stephenson is supposed to be the backup offensive tackle, Schwartz the reserve offensive guard. But injuries to just about everybody on the Chiefs’ already suspect offensive has resulted in each of them playing in every game this season.

They could be pressed into service Sunday against San Diego, too.

Right tackle Eric Fisher has been dealing with a shoulder injury and right guard Jon Asamoah some calf spasms and a shoulder injury of his own. If either of them can’t start, it will be up to Stephenson and Schwartz to fill the void.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Mike Thorne had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Denzel Ingram added 12 as UNC Charlotte held off a late second half charge and beat Kansas State 68-61 in the opening game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan on Thursday.

Charlotte led by as many as 13 points in the second half and won their second straight despite being held under 80 points for the first time this season.

Nigel Johnson led the Wildcats with 14 points.

K-State’s loss ends a two-game win streak. The Wildcats led only once in the game, and struggled in the paint where they were outrebounded 46-34. It was the third time this season they have been beaten on the boards.

The 49ers will play the winner of Northeastern and Georgetown Friday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – After getting his weight under control, defensive tackle Kyle Love turned his attention to getting his diabetes in check. Now, he’s ready to focus on playing football again.

The Chiefs signed the former Patriots lineman after a workout this week, and he could be pressed into service as early as Sunday against San Diego. Defensive tackle Mike DeVito did not practice Wednesday because of a sprained knee and might miss the game.

That could create an opportunity for Love, who’s been working out at home in Atlanta and waiting for a call all season. He was released by New England when his weight ballooned, and then waived by the Jaguars before the season started.

The Chiefs released Anthony Toribio to make room for him on the roster.

Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker each scored 21 points and No. 14 Wichita State finished with a 26-6 run to shake free of pesky Tulsa for a 77-54 win Wednesday night.

Leading 51-48 after an inside basket by Tulsa’s James Woodard, Wichita State scored the next eight points to force a Golden Hurricane timeout with 8:35 left in the contest.

The victory kept Wichita State unbeaten on the season while Tulsa is still looking for its first victory.

Tulsa pulled to 10 points on a 3-pointer by Pat Swilling with 5:39 to play, but VanVleet and Baker took over the game from there. VanVleet notched a 3-pointer on Wichita State’s next possession and Baker capped off the Shockers’ next two trips down the court with a jumper and a 3-pointer to boost Wichita State’s advantage to 71-53 with 3:26 remaining.

Swilling finished with 12 points, Tulsa’s only scorer in double-dig