{"id":426810,"date":"2024-12-01T19:16:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426810"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"No-1-Kansas-overwhelms-Furman-in-2nd-half-wins-86-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/No-1-Kansas-overwhelms-Furman-in-2nd-half-wins-86-51\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 1 Kansas overwhelms Furman in 2nd half, wins 86-51"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KJ Adams shot 10-of-12 from the field and tied his career high with 22 points as No. 1 Kansas trounced Furman 86-51 on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan. The Jayhawks flexed their muscles on the inside, netting 62 points in the paint to just 14 for the Paladins. Kansas also shot 60.9 percent (39-of-64) from the field, while holding Furman to 29.8 percent (17-of-57). Dajuan Harris, who had four assists in the first eight minutes, finished with eight to go with eight points for Kansas (7-0). Hunter Dickinson and Rylan Griffen each had 10 points to lead the Jayhawks. Eddrin Bronson topped Furman (7-1) with 14 points, followed by Garrett Hien with 12. The Paladins relied heavily on the 3-point shot and made four of their first seven, but they finished 9-of-38 (23.7 percent). Kansas pulled away methodically in the second half, as the Jayhawks&#8217; lead reached 20 points with 13:22 left in the game. The first half was a contrast in styles. Furman held an 18-point advantage beyond the arc, but the Jayhawks had a 38-8 edge from closer range. Furman was hot from distance early in the game. Smith and Hien combined to go 4-of-5 on 3-pointers and the game was tied at 14-all with 13:34 to play. Just over a minute later, the Jayhawks began a 13-2 run to open a nine-point lead, but Furman answered with an 8-0 run of its own to trim its deficit to 27-26. That&#8217;s as close as the Paladins would get. Kansas answered with an 8-0 spurt and finished the half on a 12-2 run to lead 39-28. Furman finished 6-of-23 from 3-point range in the half. Adams led the Jayhawks with 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Hien led the Paladins with eight points. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/83cd0a9e3381f2a03646807682176bd8.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 30, 2024; Lawrence, Kansas, USA; Furman Paladins forward Davis Molnar (12) and Kansas Jayhawks guard Rylan Griffen (6) fight for a rebound during the first half at Allen Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KJ Adams shot 10-of-12 from the field and tied his career high with 22 points&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}