Bruises: Kansas University senior Sasha Kaun sprained his left ankle five minutes into the game.

He had his ankle re-taped in the locker room, returned and finished with seven points and three rebounds in 12 minutes – five minutes the first half and seven the second.

Freshman Tyrel Reed sprained his left ankle with 8:12 to play. A right-ankle sprain had kept him out the past two games.

Reed was able to return to the game without getting the ankle re-taped. He finished with two points and three assists in 15 minutes.

“Tyrel’s beat up. Sasha’s beat up. Sherron’s beat up,” KU coach Bill Self said of Sherron Collins. “We’re not quite healthy. Everybody deals with that, I guess.”

Collins, who had surgery to repair a stress fracture in his right foot three weeks and four days ago, is not expected to play in Saturday’s game against DePaul.

“He may be a little bit ahead of schedule,” Self said. “He’s not moving the way he could. I don’t think it will be the entire six weeks (original prognosis).”

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3-talk: After making five of 10 3s in KU’s first two games, Russell Robinson has cashed four of his last 20. He made one of three Wednesday night.

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Bowl fever: Three members of the Orange Bowl committee attended and sat on press row. KU’s fans cheered wildly when an Orange Bowl commercial message was shown on the video board. KU’s cheerleaders had Orange Bowl emblems on their skirts.

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Guarantee: Eastern Washington of the Big Sky Conference received $60,000 guarantee money for playing the game.

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This, that: Eastern Washington was held scoreless for the first three minutes, 10 seconds as KU built a 7-0 lead. : Darnell Jackson had nine rebounds after grabbing 13 on Sunday at USC. The 22 boards mark his best two-game total since 17 in consecutive games two previous times, most recently at Missouri (six) and at Colorado (11) last season. : Darrell Arthur, who had 15 points, has scored in double figures eight straight games. : Mario Chalmers matched career highs with six steals and eight assists. : Chalmers’ six steals were the most by a Jayhawk since he had six against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight last season. : Robinson’s six free throws made were a season-high. He also matched a career high with a pair of blocks. Robinson was 6-of-6 from the line, his best free-throw percentage in a game since 6-of-6 at Missouri in 2006. : Brandon Rush’s 10 boards were a season high and the most since he collected 10 against Tennessee State last Nov. 21. : Cole Aldrich set season highs with seven rebounds and three blocked shots. : Matt Kleinmann scored his first field goal of the year. : Reed had a career-best three rebounds. : KU set season highs in two-point field-goal attempts (49), free throws (20), free throw percentage (80 percent, 20-for-25), defensive rebounds (31) and total rebounds (48). The Jayhawks matched season highs in steals (15) and offensive rebounds (17). : It marked the 17th time under Self that KU has held an opponent under 50 points (142 games). : KU is 8-0 for the first time since the 2004-05 season, when KU opened 14-0. It’s KU’s 19th 8-0 start in history.