Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Arizona   Kansas
28.6 FG% 41.4
30.0 3ptFG% 20.0
85.7 FT% 60.0
24 Reb 21
3 Asst 5
8 TO 14
1 Blk 6
6 Stl 4
Briefly
KU got off to a terrible start. UA scored the first seven points, and Kansas’ Sasha Kaun picked up two fouls in just over a minute. … Arizona led 20-4 before KU rallied. … Kansas led 20-6 in points in the paint, 6-2 in fast-break points and 13-12 in bench points. … UA led 15-5 in points off turnovers and 13-9 in second-chance points.

Arizona Leaders
Scoring: Mustafa Shakur 10, Kirk Walters 6.
Rebounding: Walters 5, Shakur 4.
Assists: Shakur, Isaiah Fox, Marcus Williams 1 each.
Turnovers: Hassan Adams 3..

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Sasha Kaun 9, Micah Downs 5.
Rebounding: Kaun 6, Russell Robinson 4.
Assists: Robinson 3, Jeff Hawkins 2.
Turnovers: Mario Chalmers 3.

Final Totals

Arizona   Kansas
28.3 FG% 33.9
28.6 3ptFG% 21.1
69.7 FT% 58.3
43 Reb 44
4 Asst 10
15 TO 27
2 Blk 7
12 Stl 7
Briefly
Kansas never led, but it did wipe out a game-high 16-point deficit (at 20-4) to forge a 41-all tie. … KU led 28-16 in points in the paint and 10-6 in fast-break points. … Arizona led 28-10 in points off turnovers, 15-13 in second-chance points and 22-17 in bench points.

Arizona Leaders
Scoring: Mustafa Shakur, Kirk Walters 13 each; Chris Rodgers 12, Hassan Adams 10.
Rebounding: Walters 7.
Assists: Shakur, Isaiah Fox, Marcus Williams, Bret Brielmaier 1 each.
Turnovers: Adams 5.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Sasha Kaun 12, Brandon Rush 11.
Rebounding: C.J. Giles 10, Rush 7.
Assists: Russell Robinson 4, Jeff Hawkins 3.
Turnovers: Mario Chalmers 7, Hawkins 3..

Lines to remember:
Arizona: Kirk Walters 4-for-6 FG, 5-for-5 FT, 7 rebounds, 13 points in 24 minutes off bench.
Kansas: Sasha Kaun 5-for-9 FG, 2-for-4 FT, 6 rebounds, 12 points (but 5 fouls).

Line to forget:
Arizona: Ivan Radenovic 1-for-9 FG, 4 points in 14 minutes.
Kansas: Jeff Hawkins 1-for-5 FG, 1-for-5 3-pt FG, 5 turnovers, 3 points in 33 minutes.



ARIZONA (61)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
        m-a m-a o-t
Hassan Adams   30 3-16 3-4 3-5 3 10
Ivan Radenovic   14 1-9 2-2 3-5 1 4
Isaiah Fox   15 0-3 0-0 3-4 1 0
Chris Rodgers   31 3-10 5-6 1-4 1 12
Mustafa Shakur   31 3-6 5-6 3-5 2 13
Kirk Walters   24 4-6 5-6 3-7 0 13
Bret Brielmaier   18 0-0 3-4 1-5 3 3
J.P. Prince   13 1-5 0-0 1-3 1 2
Marcus Williams   11 1-4 0-5 1-1 2 2
Mohamed Tangara   8 1-1 0-0 0-1 3 2
Daniel Dillon   5 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0
team         1-2
Totals     17-60 23-33 21-43 17 61
   Three-point goals: 4-14 (Shakur 2-3, Adams 1-4, Rodgers 1-5, Radenovic 0-1, Prince 0-1). Assists: 4 (Fox, Shakur, Williams, Brielmaier). Turnovers: 15 (Adams 5, Shakur 3, Walters 3, Prince 2, Rodgers, Williams). Blocked shots: 2 (Walters 2). Steals: 12 (Rodgers 5, Williams 2, Prince 2, Adams, Radenovic, Rodgers).
KANSAS (49)  
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Brandon Rush   28 5-12 0-0 1-7 2 11
C.J. Giles   27 1-6 0-0 3-10 4 2
Sasha Kaun   22 5-9 2-4 4-6 5 12
Jeff Hawkins   33 1-5 0-0 2-3 4 3
Russell Robinson   29 1-6 1-3 1-4 3 4
Julian Wright   22 1-3 0-0 2-5 4 2
Mario Chalmers   17 1-3 4-5 0-0 2 6
Micah Downs   11 2-7 0-0 0-0 1 5
Christian Moody   10 2-4 0-0 2-2 2 4
Jeremy Case   1 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 0
team         2-6
Totals     19-56 7-12 18-44 28 49
   Three-point goals: 4-19 (Robinson 1-2, Hawkins 1-5, Rush 1-5, Downs 1-5, Case 0-1, Chalmers 0-1). Assists: 10 (Robinson 4, Hawkins 3, Giles, Downs, Wright). Turnovers: 27 (Chalmers 7, Hawkins 5, Rush 4, Giles 4, Robinson 3, Moody 2, Kaun, Wright). Blocked shots: 7 (Giles 3, Wright 2, Rush, Robinson). Steals: 7 (Chalmers 3, Giles, Kaun, Hawkins, Wright).

Officials: Mike Kitts, Doug Shows, Karl Hess.
Attendance: 2,400.

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