First Half Action

Northern Colorado		Kansas
25.0	FG%	53.8
40.0	3ptFG%	50.0
71.4	FT%	85.7
16	Reb	19
7	Asst	11
10	TO	10
0	Blk	4
2	Stl	3

Briefly
NCU never led; Kansas led by as many as 17. … KU had a 14-4 edge in points in the paint, an 11-9 lead in points off turnovers, a 10-3 advantage in second-chance points, a 6-0 edge in fast-break points and a 19-13 lead in bench points. … Darnell Jackson made his first appearance of the season and played 6 minutes in the first half.

Northern Colorado Leaders
Scoring: Matt Kline 7, Darren Jeffries 6.
Rebounding: Cory Lowe 6.
Assists: Kline 4.
Turnovers: Lowe, Kline, Kirk Archibeque 2 each.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Jeff Hawkins, Brandon Rush 8 each; Julian Wright 7.
Rebounding: Wright 5; C.J. Giles 4.
Assists: Russell Robinson 6..
Turnovers: Hawkins, Wright, Sasha Kaun 2 each.

Final Totals

Northern Colorado		Kansas
37.7	FG%	55.2
35.3	3ptFG%	47.4
76.2	FT%	75.0
30	Reb	34
15	Asst	23
17	TO	14
0	Blk	4
3	Stl	7

Briefly
KU had leads of 42-10 in points in the paint, 22-14 in points off turnovers, 20-10 in second-chance points, 8-0 in fast-break points and 49-38 in bench points.

Northern Colorado Leaders
Scoring: Matt Kline 14, Darren Jeffries 13, Kirk Archibeque 11, Sean Taibi 10.
Rebounding: Archibeque 8, Cory Lowe 7.
Assists: Kline 7.
Turnovers: Kline 5.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Brandon Rush, Julian Wright 13 each; Darnell Jackson 12; Jeremy Case 11.
Rebounding: Wright 7, Jackson 6.
Assists: Russell Robinson 6, Stephen Vinson 5.
Turnovers: Sasha Kaun 3.

Lines to remember:
Northern Colorado: Darren Jeffries 4-for-5 FG, 2-for-3 3-pt FG, 3-for-3 FT, 13 points.
Kansas: Christian Moody 4-for-4 FG, 8 points; Jeremy Case 4-for-5 FG, 3-for-4 3-pt FG, 11 points; Julian Wright 6-for-9 FG, 7 rebounds, 13 points.

Lines to forget:
Northern Colorado: Dwayne Birden 0-for-4 FG, 0-for-2 FT, 1 rebound, 0 points in 23 minutes.

NORTHERN COLORADO (62)
	MIN	FG	FT	REB	PF	TP
		m-a	m-a	o-t
Cory Lowe	26	1-7	1-2	6-7	2	3
Dwayne Birden	23	0-4	0-2	1-1	1	0
Kirk Archibeque	30	4-10	0-0	1-5	1	10
Sean Taibi	31	4-10	0-0	1-5	1	10
Thansai Panagiotakopoulos	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0
Matt Kline	30	3-11	6-6	1-3	1	14
Darren Jeffries	22	4-5	3-3	0-2	2	13
Dorian McDaniel	15	3-4	0-0	1-2	3	6
Erik Olson	12	2-3	1-1	0-0	3	5
Jared Lewis	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0
team				1-2
Totals		20-53	16-21	13-30	17	62

Three-point goals: 6-17 (Jeffries 2-3, Kline 2-5, Taibi 2-7, Panagiotakopoulos 0-1, Olson 0-1). Assists: 15 (Kline 7, Taibi 4, Archibeque 2, Lewis, Olson). Turnovers: 17 (Kline 5, Archibeque 3, Lowe 2, Olson 2, Birden, Jeffries, Lewis, McDaniel, team). Blocked shots: 0. Steals: 3 (Lowe, Archibeque, Kline).

KANSAS (85)
	MIN	FG	FT	REB	PF	TP
			m-a	m-a	o-t
Christian Moody	14	4-4	0-0	2-3	0	8
Sasha Kaun	14	3-5	0-0	3-5	3	6
Jeff Hawkins	21	3-4	0-0	0-1	1	8
Russell Robinson	17	0-1	1-2	0-1	2	1
Brandon Rush	24	5-7	0-0	0-2	0	13
Julian Wright	19	6-9	1-2	4-7	4	13
Darnell Jackson	19	3-8	6-6	0-6	1	12
Mario Chalmers	17	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	3
Stephen Vinson	13	0-1	1-2	0-1	4	1
Jeremy Case	11	4-5	0-0	0-0	0	11
C.J. Giles	10	2-3	0-0	2-5	3	4
Rodrick Stewart	9	1-1	2-2	1-1	0	4
Micah Downs	9	0-4	1-2	0-0	1	1
Matt Kleinmann	3	0-2	0-0	1-1	0	0
team				0-1
Totals		32-58	12-16	13-34	21	85

Three-point goals: 9-19 (Rush 3-3, Case 3-4, Hawkins 2-3, Chalmers 1-4, Robinson 0-1, Vinson 0-1, Downs 0-3). Assists: 23 (Robinson 6, Vinson 5, Wright 3, Moody 2, Hawkins 2, Rush 2, Stewart, Downs, Jackson). Turnovers: 14 (Kaun 4, Wright 3, Hawkins 2, Rush, Case, Chalmers, Vinson, Downs). Blocked shots: 4 (Giles 2, Moody, Wright). Steals: 7 (Jackson 2, Moody, Kaun, Robinson, Rush, Vinson).

Officials: Kerry Sitton, Randy Heimerman, Brad Ferrie.
Attendance: 16,300.