Elijah Johnson got the start at point guard for Kansas and scored a career-best 15 points.

Johnson only earned the start Monday when Josh Selby, who coach Bill Self said “was probably going to start,” didn’t have an orthotic shoe insert that he needed to play at the team shootaround. Self opted to go with Johnson.

“That was a good decision,” Self said, “because I thought Elijah was great.”

Johnson shot 5-of-6 from the floor and, more importantly, managed the game as a point guard.

“I didn’t want to force too much,” Johnson said. “I let it come to me, and when I did, it came back to back to back.”

Johnson helped hold Oklahoma State’s Keiton Page to 2-of-8 shooting in the win.

Marcus Morris added 27 points and grabbed five rebounds.