Men's Basketball

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Fort Hays   Kansas
44.4 FG% 56.3
42.9 3ptFG% 45.5
72.7 FT% 25.0
12 Reb 20
3 Asst 14
16 TO 10
0 Blk 1
6 Stl 8
Briefly
Stephen Vinson was something of a surprise starter for KU, joining true freshman Mario Chalmers and returnees Russell Robinson, C.J. Giles and Christian Moody. ... FHSU had nine turnovers in eight minutes.

Fort Hays State Leaders
Scoring: Tyrone Shephard 9, Derrick Graham 6, Jeremy Atwater 4.
Rebounding: Atwater, Pruitt, Graham, David Redpke 2 each.
Assists: Graham, Loranja Owens, Shephard 1 each.
Turnovers: Shephard 7, Graham 3.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Sasha Kahn 11, Jeff Hawkins 9.
Rebounding: Brandon Rush 5; Giles, Kahn, Julian Wright 3 each.
Assists: Russell Robinson 6..
Turnovers: Robinson, Hawkins, Wright 2 each.

Final Totals

Fort Hays   Kansas
38.0 FG% 55.6
37.5 3ptFG% 38.9
69.2 FT% 57.6
31 Reb 41
6 Asst 24
25 TO 17
1 Blk 5
9 Stl 12
Briefly
Kansas never trailed and led, 38-16, in points in the paint and 36-14 in points off turnovers. ... FHSU had a 4-0 edge in fast-break points.

Fort Hays State Leaders
Scoring: Tyrone Shephard 14, Colin Olberding 10.
Rebounding: Jeremy Atwater, Jeff Pruitt 5 each..
Assists: Derrick Graham 3.
Turnovers: Shephard 7.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Sasha Kaun 23; Brandon Rush 17; Jeff Hawkins 11; C.J. Giles, Mario Chalmers 10 each.
Rebounding: Rush 10, Julian Wright 8.
Assists: Russell Robinson 11.
Turnovers: Hawkins 4.

Lines to remember:
Fort Hays State: Colin Olberding 3-for-4 FG, 2-for-3 3-pt FG, 2-2 FT, 10 points.
Kansas: Sasha Kaun 10-for-11 FG, 23 points; Brandon Rush 6-for-9 FG, 5-for-6 FT, 10 rebounds, 17 points..

Line to forget:
Fort Hays State: Derrick Graham 1-for-5 FG, 5 turnovers, 8 points.
Kansas: Christian Moody 0-for-2 FG, 1-for-4 FT, 1 turnover, 1 point.



FORT HAYS STATE (62)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Jeremy Atwater   25 2-6 1-2 2-5 3 5
Jeff Pruitt   19 1-4 1-1 2-5 4 3
Derrick Graham   22 1-5 6-8 2-4 1 8
Loranja Owens   17 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 5
Tyrone Shephard   33 5-12 2-3 1-1 4 14
Denolus Howard   17 3-6 2-4 0-2 4 8
Colin Olerding   12 3-4 2-2 0-3 4 10
Maurice Henson   12 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 0
Jonathan Pickert   11 1-4 0-0 0-1 0 3
David Reupke   11 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 2
Brian Gentry   10 0-0 2-4 0-0 1 2
Derrick Turner   7 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 2
Rusty Grafel   4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
   team         1-4
Totals     20-58 13-28 17-33 23 60
    Three-point goals: 6-16 (Olberding 2-3, Shephard 2-4, Owens 1-2, Pickert 1-4, Pruitt 0-1, Howard 0-1, Henson 0-1). Assists: 6 (Graham 3, Owens, Shephard, Grafel). Turnovers: 25 (Shephard 7, Graham 5, Henson 3, Owens 2, Reupke 2, Atwater, Howard, Gravel, Turner, Olberding, Gentry). Blocked shots: 1 (Howard). Steals: 9 (Shephard 3, Atwater, Pruitt, Graham, Owens, Turner, Olberding).
KANSAS (96)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Christian Moody   14 0-2 1-4 2-2 2 1
C.J. Giles   21 4-7 2-2 2-5 4 10
Russell Robinson   27 1-5 1-3 0-0 3 3
Mario Chalmers   16 4-6 1-1 0-1 2 10
Stephen Vinson   9 1-2 0-0 0-1 3 3
Julian Wright   23 2-6 4-5 2-8 2 8
Jeff Hawkins   22 3-5 2-2 0-4 3 11
Brandon Rush   21 6-9 5-6 7-10 1 17
Sasha Kaun   19 10-11 3-10 1-3 1 23
Micah Downs   17 2-5 0-0 2-3 1 5
Jeremy Case   8 1-4 0-0 0-2 0 3
Matt Kleinmann   3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2
   team         0-2
Totals     35-63 19-33 16-41 23 96
    Three-point goals: 7-18 (Hawkins 3-5, Vinson 1-2, Case 1-2, Chalmers 1-3, Downs 1-3, Rush 0-1, Robinson 0-2).Assists: 24 (Robinson 11, Wright 4, Rush 3, Vinson 2, Chalmers, Hawkins, Downs, Kaun). Turnovers: 17 (Hawkins 4, Wright 3, Robinson 2, Chalmers 2, Kaun 2, Rush 2, Moody, Downs). Blocked shots: 5 (Giles 2, Downs, Kaun, Wright). Steals: 12 (Rush 4, Robinson 2, Wright 2, Moody, Chalmers, Hawkins, Kaun).
 
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Fort Hays State
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Kansas
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96

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