Big shot

The biggest roar from the Allen Fieldhouse crowd Saturday came when Kansas University freshman Jamie Weaver hit a shot from halfcourt in a pregame promotion.

Weaver placed the ball between her legs and flung the rock underhanded right through the goal to the delight of the sellout crowd of 16,300.

She won free rent for a year at Jefferson Commons and already has signed the lease.

“I was laughing and just threw it as hard as I could,” said Weaver, a 5-foot-2 Manhattan native. “I blacked out about it. I hit the floor shocked.”

Scoreboard on way

The Jayhawks will have a new videoboard in Allen Fieldhouse next year.

No details are available on fund-raising for the board, but athletic director Lew Perkins has told the Kansas University Athletic Corporation advisory board the board would be hanging in time for next season.

“We are committed to having a videoboard in the fieldhouse next season,” associate AD Jim Marchiony said Saturday.

Robinson returns

KU backup point guard Russell Robinson, who had not played in three of the last five games, logged seven minutes.

He had one assist, one turnover and a steal.

“Russell needs to be out there. I wanted to play Russell, maybe should have played him a little more,” coach Bill Self said. “It’s good to see him out there. I think he did pretty good job out there.”

Stats, facts

CU coach Ricardo Patton is 1-21 versus KU. KU has won 22 in a row versus CU at Allen. … Wayne Simien passed Adonis Jordan and Richard Scott and moved into 20th on KU’s all time scoring list. … Miles moved into 14th place on the NCAA’s all-time assist list. He’s one shy of Chico Fletcher of Arkansas State and two shy of Andre LeFleur of Northeastern.