6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KU 69 - NU48
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas' Julian Wright dunks in the closing seconds of Kansas' 69-48 victory against Nebraska Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb.
'Huskers go cold, can't hit the mark
By CJ MOORE
cjmore@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
Kansas coach Bill Self said Nebraska missed 17 shots within three feet the last time Kansas faced Nebraska in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas won by a modest 42 points.
6:41 — Freshman guard Mario Chalmers gets the steal and the dunk on the one-man fast break. Kansas leads 8-2 and is already covering the spread. Kansas defeated Nebraska by 42 the last meeting and was favored by only four tonight.
6:35 p.m. — Nebraska coach Barry Collier is sporting a red blazer. Did he find that jacket in Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl's closet or at the local Lincoln thrift store?
6:37 — Nebraska misses its first shot within three feet. One miss down, 16 to go.
7:16 — Collier shed the jacket. Halftime. Kansas leads by only eight. Collier should be doing cartwheels because Nebraska is still in the game.
7:22 — I'll take the KU Dance Team or Kansas City's Marching Cobras as the halftime entertainment over Nebraska's corny magic show. On second thought, some of those wardrobe changes were amazing.
7:56 — Nebraska's B.J. Walker shoves Chalmers out of bounds before he gets an offensive board. No blood no foul?
THU
7:47 — Kansas goes on a 10-2 run. Chalmers had five points and two assists, accounting for all 10 points in the run — capped off with a lob to Rush. Cornhusker time-out.
8:00 — Collier goes crazy when the refs don't allow a time-out as Wes Wilkinson is falling out of bounds.
8:12 — Commentator Dave Armstrong just went on a long spiel about how Collier is making a good move by resting Aleks Maric with four fouls and 4:39 left in the game. Good try, Dave — Maric had to sit down because he fouled out of the game.
7:44 — Rush called for a travel after he tried to dunk over Nebraska's Wes Wilkinson.
7:36 — Freshman guard Brandon Rush starts the half with a runner in the lane. Once Rush decides not to take first halves off, he's going to score 20 points every game.
8:20 — Freshman forward Julian Wright is on the receiving end of a reverse alley-oop dunk. Next time Trading Places is on TBS, check it out. The resemblance between Wright and the homeless Eddie Murphy character is uncanny.
8:21 — Freshman center Matt Kleinmann and the mop-up crew enter the game as Self turns the victory over to the bench.
A 69-48 victory and Kansas didn't even bring its A-game.
— Edited by Meghan Miller
Sophomore guard Russell Robinson steals the ball from Nebraska junior forward B.J. Walker le
Rytan Howe/KANSAN
Sophomore center Sasha Keun and senior guard Jeff Hawkins joke around with the Nebraska student section near the end of the game. The Jayhawks defeated the Cornhuskers 69-48 Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb.
Nebraska (15-7, 5-4 Big 12 Conference)
Field goals Free throw
Wes Wilkinson 1-11 1-2
Aleks Marie 7-16 2-3
Jason Donnisean 5-10 3-4
Charles Richardson J. 0-2 0-0
Jamel White 1-2 0-0
B.J. Walker 3-5 3-4
Marcus Perry 0-1 0-0
Marcus Walker 0-4 0-0
Braunsoe Schiefel 1-1 0-0
Tony Wibbrandt 0-0 0-0
Kyle Marks 0-0 0-0
Totals 18-52 9-13
Kansas (16-6, 7-2 Big 12)
Field goals Free throw
Julian Wright 4-10 0-0
Sasha Kuan 2-3 2-4
Russell Robinson 2-5 4-5
Mario Chalmery 7-17 2-2
Branden Rush 3-11 0-0
Jeff Hawkins 3-7 2-2
Rodrick Stekar 0-0 0-0
Jeremy Case 0-1 0-0
Stephen Virson 0-0 0-0
Darrell Jackson 1-1 0-0
Cl Giles 4-7 0-0
Christian Moody 0-0 0-0
Matt Kleinmann 0-0 0-0
Totals 26-62 10-15
Box Score
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