Selden, Kansas beat Vanderbilt for Maui title

“Didn’t think we started the game well against UNLV and we didn’t start the game well tonight”, UCLA coach Steve Alford said.

“You score 59 points in a half, you’re doing a lot of good things”, UCLA coach Steve Alford said.

After defeating Chaminade, UCLA and Vanderbilt, it is safe to assume that the Jayhawks restored their confidence after letting that Michigan State game get away and creating some fresh doubts about a team that has all the tools to win a national championship this season.

St. John’s shot 59.3 percent (35-of-59) from the floor, including a 71.0 percent effort as part of a 59-point first-half output. Johnson had 18 points on 6-12 from the field and 2-5 on threes, with seven rebounds, three assists, and four steals.

“We’re disappointed in how we played the second half, particularly defensively”, Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said after the 70-63 loss to the Jayhawks in the title game. “It was important [for us] to be able to bounce back like we did and respond to adversity”. Leading the way was junior Damian Jones with a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds. Kornet added 14 points and blocked four shots but had just four rebounds for Vanderbilt, which had not trailed all week. This will be the team’s first true road game and will certainly be another interesting test for this inexperienced roster before Big East play.

“Just defense”, Ellis said of the first-half blowout.

That sounds like the Commodores for most of their visit to the 50th state. A layup by Wade Baldwin IV gave Vanderbilt its biggest lead of the game at 16-6. We know we have a monster schedule coming up in December. “And, again, they’re fast and quick and shoot the ball awfully well”. “We worked hard to get to this point”.

Jayhawk Perry Ellis led all scorers with 24 points while the Kansas bench put up 22 while Isaac Hamilton led the Bruins with 19 and the UCLA bench only managed 11 points in what may be a continued trend from last season when the bench was unable to produce much in the way of scoring. Throughout three days in Hawaii, Selden appeared to seek out the solid form in that marked his summer time keep at the World College Games in South Korea. Seldon was the Co-Most Valuable Player of the tournament along with teammate Frank Mason III (right).

Looking for their first win at the Maui Invitational in three years, the Chaminade Silverswords dug themselves a first half hole against St. John’s that they couldn’t climb out of, falling to 0-3 in the tournament with a 100-93 loss.

Both teams finished with four players hitting double digits in scoring. He is eligible to play Tuesday. We’ve got a long way to go from an execution standpoint, not remembering out-of-bounds plays. “So the bottom line with any team at any point in the season, whether it’s late in the year, middle of the year or early in the year, is what is their desire to improve?” Totals 23-56 11-15 63.

Wayne Selden Jr. and Frank Mason III quickly hatched a plan for sharing the MVP award at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. 2-2 0-1 4, Lucas 2-3 0-0 4, Mickelson 0-1 0-0 0.