Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Kansas   Chaminade
57.1 FG% 35.5
25.0 3ptFG% 37.5
71.4 FT% 66.7
24 Reb 13
10 Asst 6
8 TO 7
4 Blk 2
5 Stl 1
Briefly
Kansas scored the first basket and, after Chaminade tied it at 2, bolted to a 23-8 lead and was never really challenged. ... KU had a 28-12 edge in points in the paint, a 13-5 lead in points off turnovers, an 11-4 advantage in second-chance points, a 4-0 edge in fast-break points and a 10-6 advantage in bench points.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: C.J. Giles 18, Sasha Kaun 7.
Rebounding: Giles 6.
Assists: Jeff Hawkins 4.
Turnovers: Hawkins 2.

Chaminade leaders
Scoring: Dylan McCune 9.
Rebounding: Marko Kolaric 6.
Assists: Kolaric, Zack Whiting, Stewart Kussler 1 each
Turnovers: Whiting 4.

Final Totals

Kansas   Chaminade
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
Kansas led, 50-18, in points in the paint, 22-10 in points off turnovers, 19-5 in second-chance points, 11-5 in fast-break points and 42-17 in bench points.

Kansas Leaders
Scoring: C.J. Giles 21, Brandon Rush 17, Sasha Kaun 15, Micah Downs 13, Julian Wright 10.
Rebounding: Giles, Kaun 9 each.
Assists: Jeff Hawkins, Mario Chalmers 5 each.
Turnovers: Giles 3.

Chaminade leaders
Scoring: Dylan McCune 17, Chris Reaves 10.
Rebounding: Marko Kolaric, Chris Powell 6 each.
Assists: Zack Whiting 3.
Turnovers: Whiting 7.

Lines to remember:
Kansas: C.J. Giles 10-for-12 FG, 1-for-1 FT, 9 rebounds, 21 points; Brandon Rush 7-for-11 FG, 1-for-1 3-pt FG, 6 rebounds, 17 points.
Chaminade: Dylan McCune 6-for-11 FG, 5-for-9 3-pt FG, 17 points.

Lines to forget:
Kansas: Mario Chalmers 1-for-7 FG, 1-for-4 3-pt FG, 3 points in 22 minutes.
Chaminade: Zack Whiting 1-for-6 FG, 0-for-1 3-pt FG, 3 assists, 7 turnovers, 6 points.



KANSAS (102)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
        m-a m-a o-t
Brandon Rush   26 7-11 2-2 1-6 0 17
C.J. Giles   23 10-12 1-1 6-9 2 21
Sasha Kaun   19 6-10 3-5 2-9 1 15
Jeff Hawkins   16 0-1 0-0 0-4 4 0
Russell Robinson   21 2-2 2-2 0-0 2 7
Mario Chalmers   22 1-7 0-0 0-3 2 3
Micah Downs   19 4-7 3-4 2-7 1 13
Julian Wright   17 5-14 0-0 3-6 0 10
Christian Moody   15 1-2 2-2 0-2 0 4
Stephen Vinson   9 1-1 0-0 0-1 1
Matt Kleinmann   7 2-2 2-2 0-1 2 6
Jeremy Case   6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 3
team         0-1
Totals   40-71 15-18 14-50 15 102
   Three-point goals: 7-15 (Downs 2-5, Rush 1-1, Robinson 1-1, Vinson 1-1, Case 1-2, Chalmers 1-4, Hawkins 0-1). Assists: 22 (Hawkins 5, Chalmers 5, Vinson 3, Kaun 2, Downs 2, Rush, Giles, Robinson, Moody, Kleinmann). Turnovers: 13 (Giles 3, Kaun 2, Hawkins 2, Downs 2, Rush, Robinson, Chalmers, Vinson). Blocked shots: 5 (Wright 2, Giles, Robinson, Downs). Steals: 11 (Chalmers 4, Rush 2, Robinson 2, Giles, Kaun, Vinson).
CHAMINADE (54)  
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Chris Nelson   20 0-2 0-0 1-1 1 0
Dylan McCune   37 6-11 0-0 0-4 1 17
Marko Kolaric   28 2-8 0-0 4-6 3 4
Chris Reaves   34 4-14 2-2 1-2 2 10
Zack Whiting   22 1-6 4-8 0-2 3 6
Chris Powell   18 2-6 3-6 1-6 5 7
Corey Campbell   18 2-6 2-2 0-2 0 6
Stewart Kussler   16 1-6 0-0 2-4 3 2
Marko Tovoric   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Hristo Petkov   2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Mike Burow   2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2
Eric Kays   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals     19-60 11-18 9-27 18 54
   Three-point goals: 5-19 (McCune 5-9, Whiting 0-1, Kussler 0-1, Nelson 0-2, Campbell 0-2, Reaves 0-4). Assists: 12 (Whiting 3, Reaves 2, Kussler 2, McCune, Kolaric, Powell, Torovic, Petkov). Turnovers: 16 (Whiting 7, Reaves 2, Campbell 2, McCune, Kolaric, Powell, Kussler, Petkov). Blocked shots: 1 (Powell). Steals: 6 (McCune 2, Campbell 2, Kolaric, Whiting).

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

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