March 24, 2008
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NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES -- The 75-56 Kansas victory advances the Jayhawks to their 25th NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, including the sixth time in the last eight seasons dating back to 2000...Kansas is the first of the four 2008 No. 1 seeds to advance to the Sweet 16.
QWEST CENTER OMAHA RECORDS/NOTES -- Each session of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball First and Second Rounds at the Qwest Center Omaha drew 17,162 fans, which marked a complete sell-out...Wink Adams' 15 made free throws tied a Qwest Center record, held by Creighton's Nate Funk when he also made 15 charity tosses against Dayton on November 26, 2005...UNLV's 12 field goals made is the fewest by one team in the history of the Qwest Center Omaha in a single game.
NO. 1 KANSAS NOTES -- Kansas was held below 35 points in the first half for just the eighth time in 36 games...Russell Robinson finished with 10 points, putting him in double figures for the 10th time this season...Robinson has started all 36 games this season for the Jayhawks...Mario Chalmers scored 17 points to reach double figures scoring for the 25th time this season...Brandon Rush scored 12 points to reach double figures scoring for the 25th time this season...With the victory, Kansas improved to 33-3 on the season and matched last season's win total...Kansas extended its current winning streak to nine games, its second longest of the season (20-0 to open the year)...Kansas improved its record to 78-36 all-time in the NCAA tourney...Kansas is now 5-1 in NCAA Tournament games played in the state of Nebraska...The Jayhawks moved to 4-0 against UNLV ... Kansas is now 5-0 in neutral site games this season and is 13-3 away from Allen Fieldhouse...Kansas improved to 27-1 on the season when leading at the half ... Kansas held a 38-10 advantage in points in the paint ... The Jayhawks used their depth to hold a 16-6 edge in bench points ... Kansas out-rebounded UNLV by a mark of 36-26 to improve to 27-1 on the season when leading the battle of the boards ... The Jayhawks are now 17-0 on the season when holding opponents below 60 points scoring ... Kansas is now 33-0 on the season when leading with five minutes to play ... The nation's leading team in scoring margin, Kansas posted its 22nd victory of the season by at least 15 points ... UNLV's 26.7 shooting percentage is the lowest by a Kansas opponent this season ... UNLV's 27 free throws made were the most by a Jayhawk opponent this season.
NO. 8 UNLV NOTES -- Curtis Terry scored each of the Runnin' Rebels first seven points en route to finishing with 12 points, placing him in double figures scoring for the 19th time this season ... Wink Adams reached double figures scoring, with 25 points (a new career-high), for the 32nd time this season in 35 games ... Adams topped the 20-point scoring mark for the 12th time this season ... Adams hit a career-high 15 free throws against the Jayhawks ... René Rougeau led the team with eight rebounds, marking the 11th time this season he has paced the team in that statistical category ... UNLV fell to 4-6 on the season when trailing at the half ... The Runnin' Rebels are making their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the first time since the 1990 & 1991 seasons ... The Rebels dropped to 33-15 all-time in the NCAA Tournament .. UNLV 26.7% field goal percentage is their second-lowest of the season.
FIRST HALF RECAP -- UNLV opened the game with a 3-point bucket by Curtis Terry just 32 seconds in and held a 3-0 advantage until Kansas scored its first points at the 16:41 mark on a jumper by Darnell Jackson ... The Jayhawks trailed 3-0, but scored the game's next nine points until the Runnin' Rebels broke a six minute scoring drought on another Terry triple at the 13:28 mark to make it 9-6 ... Terry hit 1-of-2 free throws with 12:30 left in the half as he scored all of UNLV's first seven points ... Sasha Kaun flushed an alley-oop dunk down at the 12:12 mark off a feed from Sherron Collins to give the Jayhawks a 13-7 advantage ... Joe Darger's jumper with 11:14 left in the first half to make it 13-9 produced the first UNLV points in the game by someone other than Terry ... Wink Adams scored back-to-back buckets to knot the game for the second time, at 15 points each, with 9:11 left before the break ... Brandon Rush's jumper with 8:50 on the clock gave Kansas the lead right back at 17-15 ... The Runnin' Rebels used a 12-4 run capped by a pair of free throws by René Rougeau at the 7:48 mark to take a 19-17 advantage ... A conventional 3-point play by Russell Robinson with 6:13 left before halftime gave Kansas a 22-21 lead ... A break-away lay-up by Mario Chalmers helped spark an 8-0 Kansas run to give them a 27-21 lead ... UNLV went eight consecutive possessions without a field goal during the Kansas run ... Darger drilled a 3-pointer with 3:25 showing on the clock to trim the Jayhawk lead down to 27-24 ... After a small 5-0 run got UNLV within a point, a 3-pointer by Chalmers pushed the Kansas cushion back up to 30-26 with 1:34 left ... Chalmers' floater in the lane with 42 seconds left gave the Jayhawks a 34-28 lead, but Matt Shaw hit 1-of-2 free throws at the 3.3 mark to trim the Kansas lead down to 34-29 at halftime ... Kansas was led by Chalmers at the half with nine points while Terry also paced the Runnin' Rebels with nine points.
SECOND HALF RECAP -- Kansas expanded its five-point halftime lead by taking a 44-35 lead at the 15:51 mark on a Sasha Kaun jumper ... A pair of Wink Adams free throws with 14:28 left in the game trimmed the Jayhawk lead down to 44-37 ... Four consecutive free throws by the Runnin' Rebels including two by Adams at the 12:20 mark cut the Kansas lead down to 46-41 ... Kansas ran its lead to 11 points, 53-42 on a Russell Robinson 3-point field goal with 10:03 left ... Joe Darger received his fifth foul at the 9:33 mark, finishing with eight points and two rebounds ... Kansas used a 18-9 run from 15:51 until the 7:33 mark while UNLV failed to make a field goal to run its lead out to 60-44 ... The Runnin' Rebels did not hit field goal from the 16:20 mark until Wink Adams lay-up with 7:33 left in the game, a drought of 8:47 ... UNLV converted nine free throws during the dry spell ... René Rougeau received his fifth personal foul at the 6:49 mark with four points and a team-high eight rebounds ... Brandon Rush drilled his second 3-pointer of the game to push the Jayhawks ahead by a score of 70-54 with 2:57 remaining ... Rush received his fifth foul of the game at the 2:03 mark with 12 points and six rebounds ... Adams was 13-of-15 from the free throw line after halftime.
