Chaminade goes 0-3 at Maui Invitational

IN and UNLV had less than 24 hours to digest first-round defeats at the Maui Invitational before taking the court again, and they each responded with victories they wished brought them closer to the tournament title.

“Why don’t we forget about this game and just play another one”, Chaminade coach Eric Bovaird said.

Stephen Zimmerman Jr. had 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds for UNLV, which didn’t score from the 6-minute mark until Zimmerman’s rebound basket with 44 seconds left made it 71-67. A team that likes to run at a frenetic pace, the Jayhawks were slowed by Vanderbilt’s ability to milk possession and the shot clock. Aaron Holiday put up 14 points with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Welsh made 9 of 12 shots from the field and grabbed a team-leading eight rebounds. The Bruins won the 2006 tournament on a team that featured National Basketball Association players Russell Westbrook, Arron Afflalo, Darren Collison and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and former National Basketball Association guard Jordan Farmar. The Runnin’ Rebels then went on a 12-1 spurt, with McCaw scoring seven of the points, including a run-closing three.

“We’re disappointed in how we played the second half, particularly defensively”, Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said. It did to matter what UCLA did because Kansas was the more dominant team on this game.

“That’s what we need from him, to get in the paint and make open shots for us. All right? Even if the champion tonight blows through it, whoever the champion is, they’re still getting tested because you’re playing three games in three days against very high level competition”.

The Redbirds (2-3) tried to rally, but too many turnovers (17) stifled them.

LAHAINA, Hawaii – Tom Crean didn’t care what the box score said, his 13th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers didn’t play 40 minutes against Wake Forest. That will change on Wednesday, and Vanderbilt will attempt to do what Chaminade and UCLA could not: Stop a ferocious Kansas offense.

The Kansas Jayhawks will take on the UCLA Bruins in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday night. He may try to hide this fact from time to time, shielding himself in a guise of toughness, offering never-ending rhetoric about defense and rebounding and finding ways to win basketball games in ugly fashion. Bryant had seven points and three rebounds for the Hoosiers.

Jones played only 11 minutes because of foul trouble against the Bruins and finished with six points.

Damian Jones led the Commodores with 17 points and Luke Kornet had 14 and Wade Baldwin IV 11. Diallo will be available to play in the Jayhawks’ next game at home December 1 against Loyola (Md.).

Kiran Shastri had 19 points for the Silverswords (0-5).

“We’re going to share the trophy”, he said. UNLV is 5-0 against the spread following a win, 6-0 against the spread following a game that they didn’t cover the spread, and 1-3-1 against the spread against the Big Ten.

Hawaii-wise, Kansas has also played in three Rainbow Classics as well in 1986-87, 1992-93 and 1997-98.