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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It took Carlton Bragg Jr. about 20 minutes to knock the rust off.Took about the same amount of time for Kansas.Playing for the first time in a week, the third-ranked Jayhawks were sluggish in falling behind pesky Davidson on Saturday night. But they dominated in the paint in the second half, began getting into transition and ran away from the Wildcats for an 89-71 victory at Sprint Center.Josh Jackson and Frank Mason III led the way with 18 points apiece, but Bragg added seven points and eight rebounds in 18 minutes in his return from a brief suspension.He didnt really play well in the first half, Mason said, but we told him in the locker room, `Stay aggressive, stay confident, and thats what he did. I was happy to have him back out here.Bragg had been suspended following his arrest on suspicion of battery, but the misdemeanor charge was dismissed this week after video evidence surfaced that showed him acting in self-defense. The woman who had accused the sophomore forward of shoving her has been charged instead.I thought Carlton played well, Kansas coach Bill Self said.Svi Mykhailiuk also had 13 points for the Jayhawks (10-1), who extended their nation-leading home winning streak to 49 games. Kansas considered the matchup with the Wildcats (5-4) a home game even though it was played just down the road from its campus in Lawrence.It was the Jayhawks eighth straight win in the building, including the Big 12 Tournament last season and the CBE Classic a few weeks ago. Its also the same building where they will not only contest the league tournament in March but hope to land in the NCAA Tournament with a spot in the Final Four on the line.Peyton Aldridge hit five 3s and had 22 points to lead the Wildcats, while Jack Gibbs -- the nations fourth-leading scorer coming into the game -- had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists.We had a great opportunity in front of us and for about 25 minutes I thought we handled it very well, Davidson coach Bob McKillop said, and then I think the statistics bear out they just annihilated us in the paint, and they annihilated us in transition.Davidson spoiled the holidays for the Jayhawks nearly five years ago to the day when it rolled into the same building and upset a team that would reach the Final Four. And just like that night, the Wildcats relied on superior toughness and a bevy of 3-pointers to cause all kinds of problems Saturday night.Davidson hit seven 3s in the first half alone, taking a 43-42 lead into the locker room. The only other time the Jayhawks have trailed at the break this season came in a win over Duke.Kansas was 0 for 8 from beyond the arc in the first half.The Wildcats extended their lead to five early in the second half before Jackson finally hit from the perimeter. Mason added another 3-pointer, and the Jayhawks clawed their way back in the game.It was 58-all with just over 11 minutes left when Landen Lucas converted an alley-oop dunk, triggering a 10-2 run that allowed Kansas to seize control. Mykhailiuk hit a 3-pointer during the run, and Bragg Jr. hit a bunch of free throws to cap it.Kansas later pushed the decisive charge to 20-4 as it wrapped up its 10th straight win.Theyre a team that really moves a lot on offense, set a lot of screens. It was kind of hard to keep up with our man out there, Jackson said, but I think we made a couple -- What am I trying to stay? -- we made a couple of adjustments on defense that really helped us out.STATS AND STREAKSKansas had a 48-22 advantage in the paint, including a 23-9 edge on second-chance points. ... The Jayhawks scored 16 points off turnovers. Davidson managed two. ... The Wildcats wrapped up a stretch of seven of eight games away from home. ... Aldridge needs four more points for 1,000 for his career./BIC PICTUREDavidson finally gets a break in the schedule. The Wildcats lost to fifth-ranked North Carolina their last time out, the first time theyve played back-to-back games against Top 5 opponents since 2008.Kansas showed that it could overcome a lethargic outing to win a game. The Jayhawks have barely been challenged since their win over Duke on Nov. 15 in New York.UP NEXTDavidson plays Jacksonville on Wednesday night in its first home game since Nov. 26.Kansas visits UNLV on Thursday night in its last game before Big 12 play.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.orgMitchell Trubisky Jersey . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. Dick Butkus Bears Jersey . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. http://www.bearsfootballpro.com/Customized/ . Canada is now down to its 22-player limit, although but players wont be registered until Christmas Day. Changes could still be made as a result of a suspension or injury. Roquan Smith Jersey . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. Richard Dent Youth Jersey . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers.BOSTON -- When Boston College lost to North Carolina in the second round of the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, there was little indication of what was about to follow.The Eagles had won their last three ACC games in the regular season and then even beaten Georgia Tech to advance in the conference tourney. The loss to the No. 19 Tar Heels to end the season wasnt entirely unexpected or embarrassing, either.But since that defeat on March 11, 2015, BC has not won an ACC game -- a streak of 20 losses in a row that included the first 0-18 regular season in conference history. BC opens the regular season against Nicholls State on Nov. 11, but its the New Years Day ACC opener against rival Syracuse that most fans will be looking to.The sooner the Eagles can end the losing streak, the sooner talk about the historic season of failure will end.Here are some other things to look for from BC this season:---ITS NOT JUST BASKETBALLThough the basketball teams losing streak is bad enough in its own right, it becomes historic when you combine it with the performance of the BC football team. The Eagles also went winless in the ACC in football last season, and they have lost their first four games in the league this year.BC was the first ACC program to go winless in league play in both sports during the same school year. The last member of a current Power 5 league to do that was Georgia in 1943-44. The last member of a major conference to do it was TCU, then of the Southwest Conference, when it went a combined 0-24 during the 1976-77 season.THEY WILL BE MISSEDThe biggest losses for the Eagles were guard Eli Carter and center Dennis Clifford -- two of the top threee scorers and the leading rebounder and passer on the 2015-16 team.dddddddddddd Between them, they accounted for 26 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.KY AND TYA pair of North Carolinians, Ky Bowman and Ty Graves, are the top freshmen recruits for the Eagles. Bowman also played football in high school and was committed to play for the Tar Heels as a wide receiver before deciding that he wanted to play basketball instead. Hes expected to start at point guard. Graves played point guard in high school but coach Jim Christian plans to use him at shooting guard for the Eagles.THEYRE ALSO NEW, BUT A LITTLE OLDERThe frontcourt will be beefed up with a pair of graduate transfers with NCAA Tournament experience, Connor Tava and Mo Jeffers. Tava was a two-time All-Mid-American Conference honorable mention selection at Western Michigan before missing all of last season with a broken foot. The 6-foot-9 Jeffers was a shot-blocker at Delaware.YOUTH MOVEMENTA year after using nine different true freshmen -- second-most in the nation -- the Eagles are once again relying on youth. The roster includes five freshmen and six sophomores and only one upperclassman -- senior forward Garland Owens -- to go with a couple of graduate transfers.Christian said he sees things he likes so far and hopes it will continue once the games start.Young players have a really great grasp of the game in practice, and then once the game goes and the lights go on, they kind of lose that until they get comfortable, he said. So we have to be patient with that process. ' ' '