Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Kansas   Arkansas
43.3 FG% 40.7
33.3 3ptFG% 40.0
100.0 FT% 60.0
20 Reb 14
10 Asst 6
8 TO 7
4 Blk 2
5 Stl 1
Briefly
There were four ties and three lead changes in the first half. ... KU led, 16-6, in points in the paint and 4-2 in fast-break points. ... Arkansas had a 10-2 edge in points off turnovers and a 7-5 lead in second-chance points. ... Each team had 10 bench points.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: Brandon Rush 10, Mario Chalmers 6.
Rebounding: Sasha Kaun 4, Russell Robinson 3.
Assists: Jeff Hawkins 5, Rush 3.
Turnovers: C.J. Giles, Christian Moody 2 each.

Arkansas leaders
Scoring: Ronnie Brewer, Darian Townes 6 each; Dontell Jefferson 5.
Rebounding: Jonathon Modica 3.
Assists: Jefferson, Modica 2 each.
Turnovers: Jefferson, Eric Ferguson 3 each.

Final Totals

Kansas   Arkansas
49.1 FG% 44.6
35.3 3ptFG% 50.0
40.0 FT% 71.4
33 Reb 32
19 Asst 13
16 TO 14
8 Blk 4
7 Stl 7
Briefly
There were eight ties and 20 lead changes. ... Kansas had a 32-24 edge in points in the paint. ... Arkansas led, 21-9, in points off turnovers, 13-5 in second-chance points and 17-15 in bench points. ... Each team had eight fast-break points. ... KU was 0-for-3 from the free-throw line in the second half, while UA was 7-for-9.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: Brandon Rush 20, C.J. Giles 12, Mario Chalmers 11.
Rebounding: Sasha Kaun 6; Russell Robinson, Julian Wright 5 each.
Assists: Jeff Hawkins 10.
Turnovers: Hawkins 4.

Arkansas leaders
Scoring: Ronnie Brewer 23, Dontell Jefferson 13, Darian Townes 10.
Rebounding: Towns 7, Jonathon Modica 6.
Assists: Jefferson 5.
Turnovers: Jefferson, Eric Ferguson 5 each.

Lines to remember:
Kansas: Brandon Rush 8-for-10 FG, 2-for-2 3-pt FG, 2-for-3 FT, 20 points.
Arkansas: Dontell Jefferson 5-for-6 FG, 1-for-1 3-pt FG, 2-for-2 FT, 5 assists, 13 points.

Lines to forget:
Kansas: Christian Moody 0-for-1 FG, 2 rebounds, 2 fouls, 0 points in 10 minutes.
Arkansas: Steven Hill 1-for-3 FG, 4 rebounds, 3 fouls, 2 points in 32 minutes..



KANSAS (64)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
        m-a m-a o-t
Sasha Kaun   23 3-5 0-0 1-6 2 6
C.J. Giles   27 6-9 0-0 1-4 4 12
Jeff Hawkins   31 1-6 0-0 2-4 3 3
Russell Robinson   32 4-10 0-2 1-5 3 8
Brandon Rush   33 8-10 2-3 0-1 1 20
Julian Wright   21 2-6 0-0 2-5 0 4
Mario Chalmers   16 4-8 0-0 0-0 1 11
Christian Moody   10 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 0
Micah Downs   7 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0
Stephen Vinson   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Matt Kleinmann   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
team         2-5
Totals     28-57 2-5 10-33 16 64
   Three-point goals: 6-17 (Chalmers 3-6, Rush 2-2, Hawkins 1-5, Downs 0-1, Robinson 0-3). Assists: 19 (Hawkins 10, Rush 3, Robinson 2, Chalmers 2, Giles, Wright). Turnovers: 16 (Hawkins 4, Rush 3, Giles 2, Robinson 2, Chalmers 2, Kaun, Robinson, Chalmers). Blocked shots: 8 (Kaun 3, Giles, Rush, Downs, Wright, Moody). Steals: 7 (Wright 3, Robinson 2, Kaun, Vinson).
ARKANSAS (65)  
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Charles Thomas   17 1-4 0-0 2-4 3 2
Steven Hill   32 1-3 0-0 1-4 3 2
Dontell Jefferson   31 5-6 2-2 0-1 4 13
Ronnie Brewer   36 7-21 6-9 1-2 1 23
Jonathon Modica   29 4-9 0-0 5-6 2 8
Darian Townes   27 4-8 2-3 2-7 2 10
Eric Ferguson   24 3-5 0-0 0-2 1 7
Cyrus McGowan   3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Sean McCurdy   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
team         0-6
Totals     25-56 10-14 11-32 16 65
   Three-point goals: 5-10 (Brewer 3-6, Jefferson 1-1, Ferguson 1-3). Assists: 13 (Jefferson 5, Brewer 3, Modica 3, Hill, Townes). Turnovers: 14 (Jefferson 5, Ferguson 5, Brewer 2, Thomas, McCurdy). Blocked shots: 4 (Hill 2, Jefferson 2). Steals: 7 (Jefferson 4, Brewer 2, Ferguson).

Officials: Reggie Greenwood, Kyle Neve, Sid Rodeheffer.
Attendance: 2,400.

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