KU's Miles new Big 12 assists leader

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Miles breaks mark

Kansas senior Aaron Miles became the Big 12 career assist leader with 9 assists against Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He set the record in the first half, and eventually boosted his career total to 800, four short of the KU record held by Jacque Vaughn.

"It's a good accomplishment," said the 6-1 point guard. "I've got to pay credit to my teammates for making the shots and making me look good. My biggest concern, though, is I had five turnovers."

Although the Big 12 record, which was previously held by Oklahoma State's Doug Gottleib (793), is noteworthy, the conference is only in its ninth year of existence. A more worthy achievement will be to pass Vaughn, who played for the Jayhawks from 1994-97.

"It's a big deal," KU coach Bill Self said of the Big 12 mark, "but breaking Jacque's record will mean more to Aaron. He needs what? Four more to break it? He better get that early in the first half on the first (of January against No. 9 Georgia Tech)."

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The thing I really like about Miles is that he's more concerned about minimizing turnovers than breaking an assists record. That is the reason why he's got such a great assist to turnover ratio. He's a great leader, too.