Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Pepperdine   Kansas
26.9 FG% 46.4
14.3 3ptFG% 50.0
50.0 FT% 36.4
15 Reb 27
3 Asst 8
9 TO 10
1 Blk 6
3 Stl 3
Briefly
Kansas trailed early and by as many as 4, at 7-3, before running away to a lead that grew to 14 with 11:02 left. … Kansas had a 16-8 edge in points in the paint, a 9-3 advantage in points off turnovers and a 12-2 lead in bench points. … Pepperdine held advantages of 2-0 in fast-break points and 5-4 in second-chance points.

Pepperdine Leaders
Scoring: Tasha Forehan-Kelly 8.
Rebounding: Jarrad Henry 7.
Assists: Michael Gerrity 2.
Turnovers: Gererity, Willie Galick, Marvin Lea 2 each.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Sasha Kaun, Russell Robinson 7 each; Brandon Rush, Christian Moody 5 each.
Rebounding: Kaun 5.
Assists: Mario Chalmers 3.
Turnovers: Julian Wright 3.

Final Totals

Pepperdine   Kansas
29.3 FG% 37.9
16.7 3ptFG% 45.5
50.0 FT% 56.0
30 Reb 56
8 Asst 13
13 TO 18
5 Blk 10
9 Stl 6
Briefly
Pepperdine never led in the second half, but it did come within 7 points. … KU led, 28-16, in points in the paint, 14-8 in points off turnovers, 10-7 in second-chance points, 7-2 in fast-break points and 19-12 in bench points.

Pepperdine Leaders
Scoring: Tasha Forehan-Kelly 9, Willie Galick 8.
Rebounding: Jarrad Henry 10.
Assists: Michael Gerrity 4.
Turnovers: Galick, Gerrity 3 each..
Blocked shots: Henry 5.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: Sasha Kaun 18, Russell Robinson 10.
Rebounding: Kaun 12, C.J. Giles 10, Christian Moody 8.
Assists: Mario Chalmers 6.
Turnovers: Jeff Hawkins 4.

Lines to remember:
Kansas: Christian Moody 3-for-4 FG, 2-for-2 3-pt FG, 8 rebounds, 8 points in 22 minutes.

Lines to forget:
Kansas: Jeff Hawkins 1 assist, 4 turnovers, 2 points in 18 minutes.
Pepperdine: Tomas Pranciliauskas 1-for-8 FG, 1-for-5 3-pt FG, 3 points.



PEPPERDINE (43)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Willie Galick   26 4-11 0-0 2-2 5 8
Jarrad Henry   38 2-10 1-4 2-10 4 5
Tasha Forehan-Kelly   38 2-6 4-5 0-2 2 9
Michael Gerrity   33 3-7 1-3 0-0 0 7
Chase Griffin   17 1-4 0-0 1-4 2 2
Tomas Pranciliauskas   17 1-8 0-0 1-3 0 3
Derick Grubb   13 1-4 0-0 0-4 3 3
Gregg Barlow   10 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2
Marvin Lea   4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2
Cody Horning   3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2
team         3-5
Totals     17-58 6-12 9-30 18 43
   Three-point goals: 3-18 (Grubb 1-2, Forehan-Kelly 1-5, Pranciliauskas 1-5, Griffin 0-1, Horning 0-1, Galick 0-2, Barlow 0-2). Assists: 8 (Gerrity 4, Barlow 2, Henry, Forehan-Kelly). Turnovers: 13 (Galick 3, Gerrity 3, Barlow 2, Lea 2, Forehan-Kelly, Griffin, team). Blocked shots: 5 (Henry 5). Steals: 9 (Forehan-Kelly 3, Galick, Henry, Gerrity, Griffin, Barlow, Grubb).
KANSAS (63)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
        m-a m-a o-t
Sasha Kaun   33 6-15 6-8 4-12 1 18
C.J. Giles   18 2-9 1-3 5-10 2 5
Jeff Hawkins   18 1-1 0-0 0-3 2 2
Russell Robinson   27 4-9 1-2 3-7 0 10
Brandon Rush   25 3-6 1-2 0-0 3 9
Mario Chalmers   24 2-8 3-6 1-4 2 7
Christian Moody   22 3-4 0-0 5-8 1 8
Stephen Vinson   16 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0
Micah Downs   7 0-2 0-2 1-3 1 0
Julian Wright   7 1-3 2-2 1-2 0 4
Rodrick Stewart   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Jeremy Case   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Matt Kleinmann   1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
team         1-6
Totals     22-58 14-25 21-56 13 63
   Three-point goals: 5-11 (Moody 2-2, Rush 2-3, Robinson 1-2, Downs 0-1, Chalmers 0-3). Assists: 13 (Chalmers 6, Rush 2, Giles, Hawkins, Robinson, Vinson, Moody). Turnovers: 18 (Hawkins 4, Rush 3, Chalmers 3, Wright 3, Giles 2, Robinson 2, Moody). Blocked shots: 10 (Kaun 3, Giles 3, Robinson 2, Wright, Moody). Steals: 6 (Chalmers 3, Robinson, Vinson, Moody)..

Officials: Steve Welmer, Scott Thornley, Rick Hartzell.
Attendance: 16,300.

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