Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Kansas   Texas
42.2 FG% 43.3
45.5 3ptFG% 54.5
57.1 FT% 75.0
16 Reb 24
13 Asst 10
3 TO 8
6 Blk 3
4 Stl 1
Briefly
There were four ties and four lead changes in a tight first half. ... KU led by as many as 5, UT by 6. ... Kansas has a whopping 16-0 edge in points off turnovers, a 16-8 advantage in points in the paint and an 8-6 lead in bench points. ... UT led, 5-3, in fast-break points and 15-7 in second-chance points.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: Sasha Kaun 9, Mario Chalmers 7.
Rebounding: Brandon Rush, Julian Wright 4 each.
Assists: Wright 4; Chalmers, Jeff Hawkins 3 each.
Turnovers: Rush, Russell Robinson, Darnell Jackson 1 each.

Texas Leaders
Scoring: P.J. Tucker 11, Kenton Paulino 9.
Rebounding: Tucker, Brad Buckman, Mike Williams 4 each.
Assists: Daniel Gibson 3.
Turnovers: Gibson, LaMarcus Aldridge, A.J. Abrams 2 each.

Final Totals

Kansas   Texas
44.3 FG% 40.0
50.0 3ptFG% 38.1
73.7 FT% 72.7
35 Reb 40
22 Asst 15
9 TO 16
8 Blk 5
10 Stl 6
Briefly
There were a total of 10 ties and 13 lead changes. ... Kansas' largest lead was 14; UT never led by more than 6. ... Kansas had a 32-7 edge in points off turnovers, a 26-20 advantage in points in the paint, a 13-7 lead in fast-break points and an 18-8 edge in bench points. ... UT led, 23-16, in second-chance points.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: Mario Chalmers 15; Russell Robinson 14; Jeff Hawkins 13; Brandon Rush, Julian Wright 12 each.
Rebounding: Wright 7, Robinson 6.
Assists: Robinson, Chalmers 6 each.
Turnovers: Robinson, Rush 3 each.

Texas leaders
Scoring: Kenton Paulino 19, P.J. Tucker 16, Brad Buckman 12.
Rebounding: Buckman 9, Tucker 8.
Assists: Tucker, Daniel Gibson 4 each.
Turnovers: Tucker 6.

Lines to remember:
Kansas: Jeff Hawkins 4-for-5 FG, 4-for-5 3pt FG, 5 assists, 0 turnovers, 13 points; Mario Chalmers 4-for-8 FG, 4-for-7 3pt FG, 3-for-4 FT, 6 assists, 0 turnovers, 15 points.
Texas: Kenton Paulino 6-for-11 FG, 5-for-9 3pt FG, 2-for-2 FG, 19 points.

Lines to forget:
Texas: LaMarcus Aldridge 1-for-5 FG, 5 rebounds, 4 fouls, 5 points in 28 minutes.


Texas (61)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
        m-a m-a o-t
Russell Robinson   35 3-10 6-7 4-6 1 14
Mario Chalmers   30 4-8 3-4 0-3 4 15
Sasha Kaun   15 4-7 1-3 0-1 4 9
Brandon Rush   37 4-14 2-2 1-5 2 12
Julian Wright   32 6-11 0-0 3-7 3 12
C.J. Giles   24 1-3 0-0 1-3 2 2
Jeff Hawkins   19 4-5 1-2 1-2 1 13
Darnell Jackson   8 1-3 1-1 2-4 1 3
team         1-4
Totals     27-61 14-19 13-35 18 80
   Three-point goals: 12-24 (Hawkins 4-5, Chalmers 4-7, Robinson 2-5, Rush 2-7). Assists: 22 (Robinson 6, Chalmers 6, Hawkins 5, Wright 4, Rush). Turnovers: 9 (Robinson 3, Rush 3, Wright 2, Jackson). Blocked shots: 8 (Kaun 3, Wright 2, Giles 2, Chalmers). Steals: 10 (Robinson 3, Wright 3, Chalmers 2, Kaun, Hawkins).
KANSAS (76)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Daniel Gibson   33 3-12 0-0 1-4 5 8
P.J. Tucker   38 5-13 6-8 3-8 3 16
Kenton Paulino   29 6-11 2-2 0-2 2 19
Brad Buckman   32 5-11 2-4 2-9 4 12
LaMarcus Aldridge   28 1-5 3-4 4-5 4 5
A.J. Abrams   20 2-3 2-2 1-2 1 7
Mike Williams   18 0-0 1-2 3-7 1 1
Connor Atchley   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0
Craig Winder   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
team         2-3
Totals     22-55 16-22 16-40 22 68
   Three-point goals: 8-21 (Paulino 5-9, Gibson 2-8, Abrams 1-1, Buckman 0-3). Assists: 15 (Gibson 4, Tucker 4, Paulino 2, Abrams 2, Buckman, Aldridge, Williams). Turnovers: 16 (Tucker 6, Abrams 3, Gibson 2, Paulino 2, Aldridge 2, Buckman). Blocked shots: 5 (Gibson 2, Buckman 2, Aldridge). Steals: 6 (Gibson 2, Tucker 2, Buckman, Williams).

Officials: Officials: Steve Welmer, Scott Thornley, Curtis Shaw.
Attendance: 17,458..

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