THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008
KANSAS 84, NEBRASKA 49
5B
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Junior guard Mario Chalmers gets up to contest a first-half shot by Nebraska guard Cookie Miller. Nebraska made just 30 percent of its shots during the game and turned the ball over 16 times.
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Kansas 84. Nebraska 49
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
Player FG-Fresh 3FG-3FGA Rebs Pts
Aleks Maric 0-6 0-0 9 0
Sek Henry 2-4 1-2 6 5
Steve Harley 6-12 0-0 2 16
Cookie Miller 3-8 0-1 1 7
Ryan Anderson 1-9 1-7 3 3
Nick Krenk 0-0 0-0 0 0
Jay-R Strowbridge 0-4 0-2 0 0
Ade Dagunduro 2-7 0-0 4 7
Shang Ping 1-3 0-0 2 2
Pau Vanderlain 1-2 1-2 0 3
Chris Balham 2-4 0-0 8 6
Cole Salomon 0-1 0-1 1 0
Cole Salomon 0-1 0-1 1 0
KANSAS
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs Pts
Darlre Arthur 8-13 0-0 7 18
Darnell Jackson 5-10 0-0 8 13
Russell Robinson 2-3 2-3 2 9
Mario Chalmers 1-6 0-1 2 3
Brandon Rush 6-8 5-7 8 17
Conner Teahan 0-2 0-1 0 0
Sherron Collins 4-5 2-2 1 10
Rodrick Stewart 0-2 0-1 3 2
Jeremy Case 0-2 0-1 0 0
Brennan Bechard 1-1 0-0 0 2
Tyrel Reed 0-0 0-0 1 0
Chase Buford 0-0 0-0 0 0
Sasha Kaun 3-7 0-0 3 6
Brad Witherspoon 0-0 0-0 0 0
Cole Aldrich 1-1 0-0 4 2
Matt Kleinmann 1-1 0-0 1 2
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The Kansas pep band tries to distract a Nebraska free-throw shooter during the second half of the game.
game notes
Local baller Balham
Nebraska's Chris Balham, who scored two points, played high school basketball at Shawnee Mission West in Overland Park. His high school team upset Brady Morningstar and Lawrence Free State in the first round of the state playoffs in 2005.
Football praise
KU's All-Big 12 offensive and defensive performers were honored during the game, Todd Reesing, Marcus Henry, Scott Webb, Brandon McAnderson, Ryan Cantrell, Darrell Stuckey, Mike Rivera and James Holt all stood before the crowd. Agib Talib, James McClinton, Cesar Rodriguez, Marcus Herford and Anthony Collins were not there to be honored.
The ladies man
For the second game in a row, students chanted Conner Teahan's name with about five minutes left. Bill Self thinks it was a certain group of fans that did most of cheering.
Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush were named mid-season finalists for the John Wooden Award. Darrell Arthur was named as a mid-season finalist for the Naismith Award.
"I think I hear more high-pitched voices chanting it than deep voices," Self said. "I think they like Conner, and he's a great kid."
Award finalists
Rush is Kansas'leading scorer in Big 12 play, averaging 15.2 points a game. Chalmers leads the team and the Big 12 in steals, and Arthur is the Jayhawks' leading scorer throughout the season at 13.6 points a game.
Teahan missed both of his field goal attempts on Saturday and hasn't scored in the last two games.
Mark Dent
high/low
Bellevue or not, the Kansas basketball wasn't the most high-flying act at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday. The Fargo-Moorhead Acro Team – a gymnast club from North Dakota – performed at halftime and wowed fans with an aerial display of flips, twists and corkscrew. At one point, more than 25 gymnasts were simultaneous doing flips while the theme music from the original 'Rocky' movie played in the background.
Highs
Fargo-Moorhead Acro Team
Kansas'three-point shooting
The Jayhawks were a superb nine-of-16 from behind the three-point line. Brandon Rush led Kansas with five three-pointers in seven attempts, while Sherron Collins was a perfect two-of-two and Russell Robinson made two-of-three shots from behind the arc.
A first time for everything
An older man sat behind the Nebraska bench with a sign that read, "Jayhawk fan for 66 years." First trip to the Fieldhouse.
Lows
Cliché Signs
At least two Allen Fieldhouse fans committed a major sports fan faux pas on Saturday. Each fan displayed a sign with a pro-Jayhawk phrase using the letters E-S-P-N to begin each line of the sign. These types of signs were creative – in 1991.
Nebraska's offense
The Cornhuskers' offense output was bad enough to make James Naimith shudder, Nebraska shot an anemic 30 percent from the field, going 18-for-60. They turned the ball over 16 times, while only managing six assists. Nebraska's 49 points marked the fourth time this season that Kansas held a team under 50 points.
Rustin Dodd
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Sophomore forward Darrell Arthur snags a rebound during the first half. Arthur had seven rebounds, right behind Darrill Jackson and Brandon Rush, who each had eight.
Kansas players laugh after the ball trickles out of bounds on a wide-open fast break attempt by senior guard Jeremy Case late in the Kansas blowout victory.
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Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler holds his head in his hands during Saturday's game. Nebraska dropped to 0-4 in the Bin 12 with the loss.
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