Men's Basketball

First Half Action

Pittsburg State   Kansas
33.3 FG% 41.9
57.1 3 3ptFG% 16.7
66.7 FT% 72.2
15 Reb 22
4 Asst 10
12 TO 6
0 Blk 3
2 Stl 4
Briefly
Pitt State led by as many as 3 early, but Kansas took over and bolted to a half-high advantage of 18 with 35 seconds before break. … Kansas led 15-2 in points off turnovers, 18-2 in points in the pain, 10-2 in second-chance points and 28-8 in bench points.

Pittsburg State Leaders
Scoring: Carlos Taylor 8, Eddie Jackson 6.
Rebounding: Zac Shepherd 4, Daniel Blair 3.
Assists: Jackson, Shepherd, Jeremy Richardson, Andy Wachter 1 each.
Turnovers: Jackson 4, Joe Bridges 3..

Kansas leaders
Scoring: C.J. Giles 11, Darnell Jackson 6, Julian Wright 5.
Rebounding: Jeff Hawkins 6, Jackson 5.
Assists: Hawkins 5, Mario Chalmers 3.
Turnovers: Chalmers, Wright, Giles, Christian Moody, Sasha Kaun, Brandon Rush 1 each.

Final Totals

Pittsburg State   Kansas
30.8 FG% 44.6
38.5 3ptFG% 22.2
66.7 FT% 65.5
28 Reb 41
6 Asst 19
24 TO 17
1 Blk 4
9 Stl 10
Briefly
Kansas led by as many as 29 with 5:20 left. … KU had a 27-11 edge in points off turnovers, a 34-8 lead in second-chance points, a 19-7 advantage in second-chance points, a 7-2 lead in fast-break points and a 50-20 edge in bench points.

Pittsburg State Leaders
Scoring: Edward Morris 9, Carlos Taylor 8.
Rebounding: Morris 6, Zac Shepherd 5.
Assists: Andy Wachter 2.
Turnovers: Joe Bridges 7, Jackson 4.

Kansas leaders
Scoring: C.J. Giles 24, Julian Wright 9, Darnell Jackson 8, Sasha Kaun 7.
Rebounding: Giles, Jackson, Jeff Hawkins 7 each.
Assists: Hawkins 6, Mario Chalmers 4.
Turnovers: Julian Wright 3.

Lines to remember:
Pittsburg State: Edward Morris 4-for-9 FG, 6 rebounds, 9 points.
Kansas: C.J. Giles 8-for-10 FG, 8-for-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, 24 points.

Line to forget:
Pittsburg State: Eddie Jackson 2-for-7 FG, 1 assist, 4 turnovers, 6 points.
Kansas: Russell Robinson 2-for-8 FG, 0-for-3 3-pt FG, 0 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 points.



PITTSBURG STATE (47)
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
        m-a m-a o-t
Jeremy Richardson   22 0-2 2-3 1-2 2 2
Edward Morris   27 4-9 1-3 1-6 5 9
Daniel Blair   19 0-0 2-2 1-4 5 2
Eddie Jackson   24 2-7 1-2 0-0 0 6
Carlos Taylor   22 2-8 2-2 0-0 1 8
Zac Shepherd   23 0-3 2-4 2-5 3 2
Joe Bridges   18 1-3 4-5 0-3 2 6
Andy Wachter   16 1-1 2-2 0-0 2 5
Marcus Madison   15 2-5 0-0 0-1 2 5
Justin McCoy   11 0-1 2-4 0-1 2 2
Kyle Mason     0-0 0-0 0-3 0 0
team         3-3
Totals     12-39 18-27 8-28 24 47
   Three-point goals: 5-13 (Taylor 2-5, Wachter 1-1, Jackson 1-2, Madison 1-2, Bridges 0-1, Shepherd 0-2). Assists: 6 (Wachter 2, Richardson, Jackson, Madison, Shepherd). Turnovers: 24 (Bridges 7, Jackson 4, Richardson 3, Taylor 3, Morris 2, Blair, Madison, McCoy, Shepherd, team). Blocked shots: 1 (Jackson). Steals: 9 (Morris 3, Madison 2, Richardson, Blair, Taylor, McCoy).
KANSAS (73)  
    MIN FG FT REB PF TP
      m-a m-a o-t    
Christian Moody   14 0-0 1-2 2-5 2 1
Sasha Kaun   14 2-5 3-4 1-3 3 7
Jeff Hawkins   25 2-5 1-1 3-7 4 6
Russell Robinson   25 2-8 0-0 0-0 2 4
Brandon Rush   25 2-6 0-0 1-4 2 5
Mario Chalmers   17 1-4 2-2 0-1 2 5
Julian Wright   17 3-4 3-6 1-3 4 9
Darnell Jackson   17 4-6 0-0 3-7 2 8
C.J. Giles   16 8-10 8-10 5-7 3 24
Micah Downs   15 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 4
Jeremy Case   7 0-2 0-0 0-1 2 0
Stephen Vinson   6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Matt Kleinmann   2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0
team         1-2
Totals   25-56 19-29 17-41 27 73
    Three-point goals: 4-18 (Rush 1-2, Chalmers 1-3, Hawkins 1-4, Downs 1-4, Case 0-1, Vinson 0-1, Robinson 0-3). Assists: 19 (Hawkins 6, Chalmers 4, Robinson 2, Rush 2, Downs 2, Moody, Kaun, Vinson). Turnovers: 17 (Wright 3, Kaun 2, Chalmers 2, Downs 2, Jackson 2, Giles 2, Moody, Rush, Hawkins, Vinson). Blocked shots: 4 (Giles 3, Jackson). Steals: 10 (Moody 2, Kaun 2, Chalmers 2, Rush, Hawkins, Vinson, Downs).

Officials: Curtis Shaw, Will Lynde, Joe Townsell.
Attendance: 16,300.

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