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January 30, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 30, 2006
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Freshman Brandon Rush had his third double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds and the surging Kansas Jayhawks overwhelmed Texas Tech 86-52 Monday night.
The 6-foot-6 Rush keyed an 18-2 run in the first half against the Red Raiders (11-10, 3-4 Big 12), then scored seven points on three consecutive crowd-pleasing plays early in the second.
It was the third loss of 30 or more points this season for the Red Raiders, who are 1-9 away from home.
Since their overtime loss to Missouri on Jan. 16, the Jayhawks (14-6, 5-2) have won four in a row. They've shot at least 50 percent in five straight games.
Kansas outrebounded the visitors 55-28 and got second shot after second shot off offensive boards.
Darnell Jackson and Sasha Kaun each had 10 points for Kansas, which led by as many as 35 before coach Bill Self began pouring his reserves onto the floor with about 5 minutes to go.
Rush, the Big 12's highest-scoring freshman, had five points, a steal and two assists during the 18-2 run at the end of the first half. The Jayhawks went into intermission with a 43-25 lead after Jarrius Jackson canned a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Texas Tech off a nifty inbounds play with nine-tenths of a second left.
Jackson, the Big 12's second-leading scorer, had 17 points. Before the buzzer-beating 3 at the end of the half, he was just 2-for-8 with two blown lay-ups.
But Jackson finally heated up in the second half and got six points in an 8-0 streak that trimmed Kansas' lead to 56-40 with 12:48 left.
After a Kansas timeout, Rush hit a 3-pointer, pounded home a reverse dunk and then brought a roar from the crowd with a reverse layup off an assist from Mario Chalmers.
Jackson hit two buckets and Jeff Hawkins drilled a 3-pointer, putting the Jayhawks on top 70-40.
Dior Lowhorn had 12 points for Texas Tech and Martin Zeno had nine.
