UCLA (2-4) is struggling this season. The Bruins bickered a bit against the Jayhawks in an 87-70 loss to Kansas University on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

“When teams start arguing with each other and we’re having fun, we know things are going well,” KU sophomore Keith Langford said.

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Mum on J.R.: Kansas coach Roy Williams continued his no-comment policy regarding signee J.R. Giddens, who was arrested in Oklahoma City earlier this week. “I have no comment to make,” Williams said. “If I don’t know enough about something, it’s better to not say anything.”

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Oops: Williams joked about a mixup on the postgame stat sheet that initially had UCLA’s Jason Kapono grabbing no offensive rebounds.

“Whoever made this stat sheet is drunk,” Williams said. “Kapono had no offensive rebounds? You better go tell Keith Langford. I chewed his butt that he was getting rebounds and putting it back. The statistics people had the same night as we did on the offensive boards.”

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Stats, facts: The Jayhawks, who have won three straight games, will break for Christmas and gather in Oakland, Calif., for practice the night of Dec. 26. Moulaye Niang, KU’s freshman forward from Senegal, will eat Christmas dinner at Williams’ house and spend time with fellow KU students from Senegal. … KU has won 21 straight games at home. … Nick Collison passed Jeff Boschee for ninth place on KU’s all-time scoring list. Wayne Simien, who had a big day with 19 points and 10 boards, has five double-doubles this year, nine in his career. … Kirk Hinrich hit five threes to tie a career high. He scored 27 points. … Collison’s four steals marked a career high. … UCLA shot just six free throws, making five. KU hit 19 of 28. … Steve Lavin coached his 200th game for UCLA.