8A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Dooley insults Nevada's Fazekas Kansas issues apology
Kansas assistant coach Joe Dooley, while shaking hands with Nevada players, was seen to make an expletive remark to junior forward Nick Fazekas. "I have great respect for the Nevada team. They played well tonight. I responded in a negative manner to something that was said to me following the game," Dooley said in a post-game statement. "I certainly apologize to the Nevada program, and this is not the manner in which Kansas basketball should be represented." Fazekas scored 35 points.
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Freshman point guard Mario Chalmers went down hard after being intentionally fouled by Nevada's Chad Bell. Chalmers would go to the locker room with what Self said was a toe injury. He would later return to the sidelines but not play.
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- Kansas continued to struggle from beyond the arc, going 3-of-12 on three-point shots.
The Kansas student section appeared to have many open seats in the left corner of Allen Fieldhouse.
Kaun led all Kansas scorers with 19 points, but it was his counterpart on Nevada who stole the show.
Kansas had no answer for Nevada junior forward Nick Fazekas.
Fazekas dropped 55 points on the Jayhawks, and did it from around the court, with points in the paint, and from the outside.
"Fazekas is unbelievable," Kaun said. "They are a solid, solid team."
Kansas slowed Nevada down midway through the second half with a one-two-two zone defense, which helped change a 6-point deficit to a 2-point lead with fewer than 9 minutes to play.
The 52-50 lead was Kansas' first since a 6-4 lead in the opening minutes.
The loss was the first non conference home loss for Kansas since a January 2004 loss to Richmond.
The majority of Kansas' points came on layups or from the post players. Kansas continued to struggle from beyond the arc, going just 1-of-8 on three-point shots.
The Jayhawks got their points in spurts, 10 of which came from Kaun in the first half.
Freshman forward Micah Downs was able to cut a 5-point Wolf Pack lead to one with back-to-back buckets on a layup and a three-pointer.
Downs later hit another three-point shot with 17.6 seconds remaining in the game to pull Kansas within one, but that was as close as the Jayhawks would get.
Nevada senior forward Mo Charlo converted a free throw at the other end and Kansas was unable to tie when Giles' shot was blocked with time running out.
Kansas will try to rebound against Western Illinois on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Fazekas frustrates Kansas
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Edited by Jonathan Kealing
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Nick Fezekas, Nevada junior forward, attempts to shoot over senior forward Christian Moody during the second half of Thursday night's game in Allen Fieldhouse. Fezekas finished the game with a career-high 35 points on 15-of-21 shooting in Nevada's 72-70 victory against Kansas.
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SWITCHER
Nick Fazekas had something to prove.
Nevada's junior forward, who was the leading scorer in Thursday night's game, came into Allen Fieldhouse on the heels of what he labeled a disappointing performance against UNLV and was looking for redemption.
He got exactly that by scoring 35 points to lead his team at 72-70 victory against Kansas.
"I took the UNLV game personally," Fazekas said. "Coach challenged me to come out and have a strong game tonight and I'm glad I could come through."
Fazekas was able to score inside against Kansas big men C.J Giles and Christian Moody, but he was also able to step outside and hit jump shots.
Kansas shifted from playing man-to-man defense in the first half to playing a zone defense in the second half. The zone enabled Fazekas to have some open looks from the outside.
Fazekas had a number of big plays to silence the Kansas faithful, including a three point shot that stretched Nevada's lead to a two-possession game with less than 3 minutes to play in the second half. Fazekas hit the shot right in front of his team's bench and got a pat on the back by his coach Mark Fox on his way back to play defense.
"Nick is a laid-back kid," Fox said. "It seems like the louder the crowd gets, the better he plays. He played like an All-American tonight and has gotten better each game."
That three-point shot came about 10 minutes after Fazekas hit a three-pointer to silence the Allen Fieldhouse crowd cheering on the Jayhawks who were down by one before the shot.
Fazekas was 8-of-13 from the field, 7-of-8 from the free throw line and also grabbed 8 rebounds. He scored the first bucket of the game for Nevada and tallied his final points with 2:04 to play in the game. And he didn't lighten up in between.
"It was a good feeling to be able to come in here and get a win, but we're not surprised by it," Fazekas said. "We feel we're good enough to beat anybody."
Fazekas said playing in front of a rowdy crowd and on national television got him going before the game started. Fazekas will not get another opportunity to showcase his talents on national television until late January when Nevada plays host to Utah State.
- Edited by Nate Karlin
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