Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Saint Joseph's   Kansas
19.2 FG% 61.3
0.0 3ptFG% 100
64.3 FT% 58.3
17 Reb 23
2 Asst 14
11 TO 8
3 Blk 3
6 Stl 7
Briefly
Kansas University's Wayne Simien had a monster first half ­ 5-for-8 shooting, 4-for-4 on free throws, 14 points, 11 rebounds. ... KU jumped to an early lead and had the Hawks doubled at 16-8, 20-10 and 24-12 before going on a serious scoring jag to take its biggest lead at 50-18. ... St. Joe's was 0-for-9 on three-point tries; KU was 5-for-5.

Saint Joseph's leaders
Scoring: Dwayne Jones 7.
Rebounding: Jones 10.
Assists: Chet Stachitas, Pat Calathes 1 each.
Turnovers: Jones 4.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Wayne Simien 14, Aaron Miles 9, Michael Lee 8.
Rebounding: Simien 11, C.J. Giles 3.
Assists: Miles 4.
Turnovers: Miles 2.

Final Totals

Saint Joseph's   Kansas
29.6 FG% 62.5
11.1 3ptFG% 54.5
58.6 FT% 62.5
28 Reb 43
6 Asst 21
17 TO 20
3 Blk 9
11 Stl 10
Briefly
Hot in the first half, KU actually warmed up from the field after intermission, hitting 64 percent of its second-half shots. ... Kansas had a commanding 46-18 edge in points in the paint and a 47-8 advantage in bench points.

Saint Joseph's Leaders
Scoring: Dwayne Lee 12; Chet Stachitas, Dwayne Jones 11 each.
Rebounding: Jones 14.
Assists: Pat Calathes 3.
Turnovers: Jones 4.
Blocked shots: Jones 3.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Wayne Simien 20, Michael Lee 13, Aaron Miles 11, Russell Robinson 10.
Rebounding: Simien 13, Sasha Kaun 6, C.J. Giles 5.
Assists: Robinson 5, Miles 4.
Turnovers: Robinson 5.

Line to remember:
Kansas: Wayne Simien 7-for-11 FG, 6-for-6 FT, 13 rebounds, 20 points; Michael Lee 5-for-7 FG, 2-for-3 3pt FG, 1-for-1 FT, 13 points; Aaron Miles 4-for-5 FG, 2-for-2 3pt FG, 11 points.

Line to forget:
Saint Joseph's: Chet Stachitas 3-for-14 FG, 11 points in 35 minutes.




Saint Joseph's (51)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Chet Stachitas   35 3-14 5-7 1-2 3 11
John Bryant   25 1-4 1-2 0-1 3 3
Dwayne Jones   29 4-12 3-6 5-14 2 11
Abdulai Jalloh   23 0-3 6-8 0-1 4 6
Dwayne Lee   38 5-14 0-1 1-1 2 12
Pat Calathes   22 2-3 2-4 1-1 3 6
Artur Surov   10 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 2
Robert Ferguson   9 0-1 0-0 1-1 5 0
Arvydas Lidzius   7 0-2 0-1 0-2 0 0
Rob Sullivan   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
   team         3-4
Totals     16-54 17-29 12-28 23 51
    Three-point goals: 2-18 (Lee 2-6, Calathes 0-1, Ferguson 0-1, Jalloh 0-2, Lidzius 0-2, Stachitas 0-6). Assists: 6 (Calathes 3, Stachitas 2, Lee). Turnovers: 17 (Jones 4, Lee 3, Jalloh 2, Stachitas 2, Calathes 2, Lidzius 2, Ferguson 2). Blocked shots: 3 (Jones 3). Steals: 11 (Jalloh 3, Stachitas 2, Jones 2, Bryant, Lee, Surov, Calathes).
KANSAS (91)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Wayne Simien   23 7-11 6-6 3-13 3 20
Christian Moody   13 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 4
Keith Langford   26 1-4 2-2 1-1 3 4
Aaron Miles   22 4-5 1-3 1-3 1 11
J.R. Giddens   21 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 5
Russell Robinson   23 4-6 1-3 0-3 3 10
Michael Lee   17 5-7 1-1 0-1 2 13
Darnell Jackson   13 3-4 2-3 1-3 2 8
Sasha Kaun   12 2-4 0-2 1-6 4 4
Alex Galindo   11 2-6 0-0 0-1 1 4
C.J. Giles   11 3-4 2-2 3-5 1 8
Nick Bahe   5 0-0 0-1 0-0 1 0
Moulaye Niang   3 0-0 0-1 0-1 0 0
   team         1-2
Totals     35-56 15-24 12-43 25 91
    Three-point goals: 6-11 (Miles 2-2, Lee 2-3, Giddens 1-1, Robinson 1-2, Galindo 0-3). Assists: 21 (Robinson 5, Miles 4, Langford 3, Giddens 3, Lee 2, Simien, Moody, Galindo, Jackson). Turnovers: 20 (Robinson 5, Miles 3, Galindo 3, Simien 2, Giddens 2, Langford, Kaun, Lee, Jackson, Giles). Blocked shots: 9 (Kaun 3, Giles 3, Moody, Langford, Robinson). Steals: 10 (Lee 4, Miles 3, Giddens, Galindo, Robinson).
 
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Saint Joseph's
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51
Kansas
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91

Officials: Tom O'Neill, Terry Moore, Curtis Shaw.
Attendance: 16,300.

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