National Basketball Association
Kansas 67, Georgetown 63
When: 11:50 PM ET, Monday, November 21, 2011
Where: Lahaina Civic Center, Lahaina, Hawaii
Officials:
# Tom Eades, # Verne Harris, # Jamie Luckie
Attendance:
2400
By SportsDirect Inc.
Thomas Robinson scored a season-high 20 points and added 12 rebounds to lead No. 14 Kansas past Georgetown 67-63 in the first round of the Maui Invitational Tournament on Monday.
Tyshawn Taylor chipped in 16 points for the Jayhawks (2-1), who notched their first win over the Hoyas (2-1) in the first meeting between the perennial powerhouses since 1987.
Kansas will meet UCLA in Tuesday's semifinals in a game that will match the second and eighth-winningest programs in NCAA history. Georgetown will play Chaminade in the losers' bracket.
Georgetown, which was predicted to finish 10th in the Big East, was not fazed by the pro-Jayhawk crowd, managing to keep the game with a 10-point window with the Hoyas never trailing by more than nine points.
Kansas was able to hold Georgetown without a field goal for over eight minutes in the second half, which allowed the Jayhawks to turn a one-point deficit into a six-point advantage with 5:56 remaining.
After both teams traded baskets over the next five-plus minutes, Jason Clark nailed a 3-pointer to bring Georgetown with two points at 65-63, but Travis Releford hit a pair of free throws with 16 seconds remaining.
Clark missed a 3-point attempt on the following possession and after a scramble for the rebound, Kansas called a timeout and ran out the clock.
Clark paced the Hoyas with 15 points.
Top Game Performances
Georgetown |
|
Kansas |
Jason Clark 15 |
Scoring |
Thomas Robinson 20 |
Nate Lubick 2 |
Assists |
Elijah Johnson 5 |
Henry Sims 6 |
Rebounds |
Thomas Robinson 12 |
Henry Sims 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Thomas Robinson 6 |
Jason Clark 2 |
Steals |
Elijah Johnson 1 |
Henry Sims 2 |
Blocks |
Thomas Robinson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgetown
|
63 |
40.0 |
7-24 |
12-18 |
6 |
29 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
Kansas
|
67 |
47.1 |
5-16 |
14-22 |
13 |
31 |
4 |
4 |
12 |