MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2006
KU 96 - NU 54
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5B
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Freshman Brandon Rush and Nebraska's Jason Dourisseau fell on the ground while diving for a loose ball. Julian Wright, also involved in the mess, man aged to stay on his feet. The Jayhawks managed to hold the Huskers' to only 54 points.
Texas best in Kansan Big 12 Power Rankings
Editor's Note: The Kansan Big 12 Power Rankings are voted on by Ryan Colaianni and Daniel Berk, Kansas men's basketball writers, as well as Eric Sorrentino, sports editor, and Erick R. Schmidt, associate sports editor.
The men's power rankings open up the spring semester the same way the fall semester ended in football — with Texas atop the polls. The Longhorns have had difficult non-conference games against No. 12 Virginia, No. 23 Iowa, No. 1 Duke, No. 4 Memphis and No. 3 Villa-nova. They're still 16-2 and the only team in the conference that hasn't lost a Big 12 game.
Kansas starts the power rankings in the upper half of the conference after its 42-point victory against Nebraska on Saturday.
The Jayhawks are now 2-2 in conference play and will turn their focus to Texas A&M on Wednesday.
Kansas State earned the third spot this week, after its threegame winning streak against Kansas, Texas A&M and Missouri. The Wildcats have to go on the road for their next two games against Colorado and Baylor.
The Bears have yet to win a game and have lost by an average of 22 points. The four conference games they have played have not been competitive.
By no means are these rankings set in stone. Ten of the 12 teams in the conference are within one game of each other.
—Edited by Lindsey Gold
Hawkins
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Sophomore guard Russell Robinson, who has started all 17 games this season, is usually the player responsible for guarding Hawkins in practice. He said going against Hawkins has made his game stronger.
"He helps a lot because he is a great on-the-ball defender," Robinson said. "He gets me game ready. Jeff is a good player and I think this is good for him because he hasn't had that good of a game the last two games."
Hawkins' day ended early in the second half when the game was well in
control. When it ended, Hawkins was two points off his career best of 19 and had his second career 5-of-5 game from three-point distance. The other came last year against Baylor.
Hawkins is one of three seniors on the roster, along with forward Christian Moody and guard Stephen Vinson. Hawkins registered the most minutes of those three seniors against Nebraska
"As a senior you have to talk to your teammates and keep everybody's head on the same page," Hawkins said. "You have to keep everybody's spirits up and not let them get down, and that's what I try to do."
— Edited by Lindsey Gold
GAME STATISTICS
Nebraska 12-5,2-2 Big 12
Nebraska 12-3, 2-2 Big 12
FG-FGA 3FG-FGAFT-FTA REB TP MIN
11 Wilkinson, Wes... 1-4 0-2 1-2 5 3 21
21 Maric, Aleks... 3-9 0-0 6-10 8 12 21
01 Dourisseau, Jason... 1-8 0-0 2-2 9 4 24
02 McCray, Joe... 2-9 2-8 0-0 1 6 25
03 Richardson, Charles. 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 4 23
00 Walker, B.J. 2-5 0-0 1-2 2 5 21
04 Perry, Marcus. 1-5 1-4 0-0 1 3 7
10 Walker, Marcus. 2-6 0-2 1-3 2 5 14
15 Schliep, Bronsen. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 7
31 White, Jamel. 3-8 1-3 3-3 4 10 16
34 Ledsome, Jim. 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 2 9
45 Wilbrand, Tony. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 4
50 Marks, Kyle. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 8
Totals... 17-62 4-21 16-24 39 54 200
Kansas 11-6,2-2 Big 12
FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB TP MIN
34 Moody, Christian... 0-1 0-0 2-3 5 2 15
24 Kaun, Sasha... 2-4 0-0 0-3 2 4 15
03 Robinson, Russell... 5-8 1-3 2-2 2 13 25
15 Chalmers, Mario... 2-6 1-2 0-0 2 5 22
25 Rush, Brandon... 7-11 3-4 0-0 9 17 27
01 Hawkins, Jeff... 6-6 5-5 0-0 2 17 18
05 Stewart, Rodrick... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 8
10 Case, Jeremy... 2-6 1-4 2-2 2 7 13
20 Vinson, Stephen... 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 7
30 Wright, Julian... 6-8 0-0 0-2 6 2 21
32 Jackson, Darnell... 4-6 0-0 5-6 4 13 18
33 Giles, C.J... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 5
54 Kleinmann, Matt... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 6
37-62 11-18 11-18 39 96 200
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Jeff Hawkins, senior guard, dribbles past half court during the middle of the second half against Nebraska Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse. Hawkins led the Jayhawks with 17 points in 18 minutes of playing time.
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Christian Moody, senior forward, and Russell Robinson, sophomore guard, apploud Matt Kleinmann, freshman center, after scoring late in the second half of Saturday's game against Nebraska in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas won 96-54.