Adams gets a friendly roll on the free throw. UNLV’s still got a lot of work to do. Wow. Mario Chalmers was an inch away from having the highlight of his life. He drove into the lane and took off tryng to dunk on Rougeau. The dunk fired hard off the back of the rim, but he got a foul called. He makes one of two free throws, and KU is up 61-47.
More fouls. This off a rebound against Rougeau who pushed Rush to the floor. He joins Darger on the bench for the night with five fouls. Rush will shoot one and the bonus. It’s short. Ball back to the Rebels. Rougeau misses a trey after one pass on the possession. Nice take by Rush, but the reverse layup won’t go. Rougeau misses another three. Chalmers drives and kicks to Collins, who misses a three. KU not wasting time trying to run clock, still working on increasing this lead.
Robinson picks up his third foul. Timeout UNLV. 61-47 Hawks, 5:09 to go. Adams makes a pair of free throws after the 30-second timeout. Never fear. More free throws on the way, in case you haven’t had enough like I have. Chalmers makes two, KU up 63-49. Wallace misses an easy look underneath after getting Chalmers in the air on a pump fake. Collins makes him pay on the other end with another great take. Robinson thought he had a block, but the wrist smack could be heard all the way over hear on the other end of the court. Curtis Terry makes two free throws, and it’s 65-51 Jayhawks.
Arthur with a fancy spin move inside and he gets his ninth point. Jackson rebounds a three-point attempt by the Rebels, and KU is well in control, now. Rush a pull-up and a three. What a sweet-looking stroke. He’s got 12 points. Terry answers with a three of his own. Rush is called for a charge after giving the ball up to Jackson on an ally-oop.
