Russell Robinson, who was hammered twice on intentional fouls, left the game for a spell the second half as a trainer and team doctor tended to a cut lip.

Robinson needed no stitches to close the gash.

“It wasn’t deep enough,” Robinson said, noting he had no hard feelings against the Rams. “I just felt they were trying to make the hard play. It’s just hard competition in a basketball game.”

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Ouch: Sherron Collins, who had 11 points, including three treys, banged knees with a Winston-Salem State player in the second half.

“It got stiff on me a minute, but it’s OK,” said Collins, who said he’d been working extra hard on cardiovascular work of late and may have dropped a few pounds. “I feel I’m in pretty good shape.”

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Kaun feeling better: Sasha Kaun, who missed three games because of a knee injury, missed a couple of practices last week because of a sprained ankle.

“I’m glad that (ankle) healed quickly,” he said. “I still get a little sore, but I’m working through it.”

He made his first start of the season, with Darrell Arthur coming off the bench but starting the second half for the second straight game.

“Whatever coach thinks is best,” Kaun said.

“I’m not sure what I like yet,” KU coach Bill Self said of Arthur starting or coming off the bench. “I like Darrell when he’s out there. Starting Sasha takes some pressure off him.”

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Case, Morningstar shine: Jeremy Case had eight points and four rebounds in 15 minutes. He hit two of three threes. Brady Morningstar had four points and three assists in 11 minutes.

“I thought Jeremy and Brady really brought something to the table,” Self said. “It’s good to get those guys’ confidence up.”

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This, that: The rout tied for the biggest margin of victory in the Self era. KU also beat Dartmouth by 51 points this season. : Assistant Tim Jankovich did not attend the game. He was out of town on a recruiting trip.

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Guarantee game: Winston-Salem State received $65,000 guarantee money for playing the game. The game was the last game added to KU’s slate, in September. WSSU plays six games at home and 23 on the road as it completes the transition to Div. I.

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Peterson planning visit: Jamine “Greedy” Peterson, a 6-6, 210-pound senior forward from Notre Dame Prep School, plans to take an official recruiting visit to KU this season.

Peterson, who hails from Brooklyn, N.Y., tells Rivals.com he also will make official trips to Illinois, Rutgers, Providence and Cincinnati. Maryland, St. John’s, and Miami of Florida are also on his list.

Peterson, who is Rivals.com’s No. 117-rated player in the Class of 2007, averaged 24 points and 15 rebounds during his junior seasons at Boys & Girls High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. He’s currently averaging 27.1 points a game at Notre Dame Prep, located in Massachusetts.

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Jones likes KU: Verdell Jones, a 6-4 junior from Central High in Champaign, Ill., tells Copley News Service he favors KU, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Florida over DePaul, Xavier and Southern Illinois.

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Legendary coach: Basketball Hall of Famer Clarence “Big House” Gaines won 828 games against 447 losses in 47 seasons at Winston-Salem State.

Gaines, who died on April 18, 2005, at the age of 81, is fifth on the all-time coaching win list behind Dean Smith, Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp and Jim Phelan.

“He was a class guy, and everybody in the coaching profession thought the world of him and the job he did,” Self said. “He was there a long, long time. Now they are going through a transition (to NCAA Div. I basketball), and they are off to a rough start. They’ve got one of the toughest schedules in the country (just six home games all year).”