Postgame Notes
Dec. 5, 2007
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Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 at Lawrence, Kan.
Postgame Notes
Kansas‘ win over Eastern Washington…
…makes Kansas 8-0 for the first time since the 2004-05 season when the Jayhawks opened the year 14-0. This marks the 19th time in school history.
…makes Kansas 1-0 against Eastern Washington and 10-0 against current members of the Sun Belt Conference.
…improves Kansas head coach Bill Self to 112-29 while at Kansas and 319-134 overall.
…marks Kansas’ 603rd all-time win in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks are now 603-106 all-time in the facility and 7-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season.
…makes KU 1,914-782 all-time.
Game Notes
— Eastern Washington was held scoreless for the first three minutes, 10 seconds of the game.
— Post players Darnell Jackson and Darrell Arthur accounted for KU’s first 15 points.
— Jackson’s 17 points marked the fifth time this season he has scored in double figures.
— Jackson followed up his 13-rebound performance with nine Wednesday, giving him 22 boards over the last two games. It’s his best rebounding total since recording 17 in consecutive games two previous times, most recently at Missouri (six) and at Colorado (11) during the 2006-07 season.
— Arthur’s 15 points marked the eighth straight game he has scored in double figures.
— Junior guard Mario Chalmers matched career highs with six steals and eight assists in Wednesday’s game.
— Chalmers’ six steals were the most by a Jayhawk since he had six against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight last season.
— Senior Russell Robinson’s six free throws made were a season-high. He also matched a career high with a pair of blocks.
— Robinson went 6-for-6 from the line, which is his highest free throw percentage in a game since shooting 6-for-6 at Missouri on Jan. 16, 2006.
— Junior Brandon Rush’s 10 rebounds were a season high and the most since he collected 10 against TennesseeState on Nov. 21 of last year.
— Freshman Cole Aldrich set season highs with seven rebounds and three blocked shots.
— Junior Matt Kleinmann scored his first field goal of the season.
— Freshman Tyrel Reed collected a career-high three rebounds.
— Senior Sasha Kaun recorded a season-high two assists.
— Freshman Conner Teahan went 2-for-2 from the field Wednesday, making him 10-for-13 (76.9 percent) for the season, including 9-for-11 from beyond the three-point arc.
— Kansas set season highs in two-point field goal attempts (49), free throws (20), free throw percentage (80 percent, 20-for-25), defensive rebounds (31) and total rebounds (48). The Jayhawks matched season highs in steals (15) and offensive rebounds (17).
— KU has forced its opponent into 18 turnovers or more in every game this season.
— Eastern Washington attempted 26 three-point field goals, the most by a KU opponent this season.
— It marked the 17th time under Bill Self that Kansas has held an opponent under 50 points (142 games).
— Eastern Washington set new opponent season lows in two-point field goals (nine), two-point field goals attempted (26), free throws (five), offensive rebounds (five), total rebounds (27) and assists (five).
Dec. 5, 2007
Kansas 85, Eastern Washington 47
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 at Lawrence, Kan.
Postgame Notes
Kansas‘ win over Eastern Washington…
…makes Kansas 8-0 for the first time since the 2004-05 season when the Jayhawks opened the year 14-0. This marks the 19th time in school history.
…makes Kansas 1-0 against Eastern Washington and 10-0 against current members of the Sun Belt Conference.
…improves Kansas head coach Bill Self to 112-29 while at Kansas and 319-134 overall.
…marks Kansas’ 603rd all-time win in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks are now 603-106 all-time in the facility and 7-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season.
…makes KU 1,914-782 all-time.
Game Notes
— Eastern Washington was held scoreless for the first three minutes, 10 seconds of the game.
— Post players Darnell Jackson and Darrell Arthur accounted for KU’s first 15 points.
— Jackson’s 17 points marked the fifth time this season he has scored in double figures.
— Jackson followed up his 13-rebound performance with nine Wednesday, giving him 22 boards over the last two games. It’s his best rebounding total since recording 17 in consecutive games two previous times, most recently at Missouri (six) and at Colorado (11) during the 2006-07 season.
— Arthur’s 15 points marked the eighth straight game he has scored in double figures.
— Junior guard Mario Chalmers matched career highs with six steals and eight assists in Wednesday’s game.
— Chalmers’ six steals were the most by a Jayhawk since he had six against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight last season.
— Senior Russell Robinson’s six free throws made were a season-high. He also matched a career high with a pair of blocks.
— Robinson went 6-for-6 from the line, which is his highest free throw percentage in a game since shooting 6-for-6 at Missouri on Jan. 16, 2006.
— Junior Brandon Rush’s 10 rebounds were a season high and the most since he collected 10 against TennesseeState on Nov. 21 of last year.
— Freshman Cole Aldrich set season highs with seven rebounds and three blocked shots.
— Junior Matt Kleinmann scored his first field goal of the season.
— Freshman Tyrel Reed collected a career-high three rebounds.
— Senior Sasha Kaun recorded a season-high two assists.
— Freshman Conner Teahan went 2-for-2 from the field Wednesday, making him 10-for-13 (76.9 percent) for the season, including 9-for-11 from beyond the three-point arc.
— Kansas set season highs in two-point field goal attempts (49), free throws (20), free throw percentage (80 percent, 20-for-25), defensive rebounds (31) and total rebounds (48). The Jayhawks matched season highs in steals (15) and offensive rebounds (17).
— KU has forced its opponent into 18 turnovers or more in every game this season.
— Eastern Washington attempted 26 three-point field goals, the most by a KU opponent this season.
— It marked the 17th time under Bill Self that Kansas has held an opponent under 50 points (142 games).
— Eastern Washington set new opponent season lows in two-point field goals (nine), two-point field goals attempted (26), free throws (five), offensive rebounds (five), total rebounds (27) and assists (five).
— Mario Chalmers is now tied with Aaron Miles for 13th in career three-point field goals attempted with 307. Brandon Rush is tied with Paul Pierce for 15th with 304.
— Chalmers’ six steals moves him past Kirk Hinrich into fourth place in the all-time steals list with 208. Russell Robinson’s three steals gives him 183 for his career passing Adonis Jordan for eighth.
— This is only the second time this season Kansas has shot under 50 percent from the field. The other time was Sunday, Dec. 2, at USC.
