Florida falls to Kansas

LAS VEGAS — Kansas sure grew up in a hurry.

Darrell Arthur scored six of his 19 points in overtime, Julian Wright had a career-high 21 and the 10th-ranked Jayhawks played tough defense when it mattered to hold off No. 1 Florida, 82-80, in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday night.

With thousands of Kansas fans turning the Orleans Arena in a mini-Allen Fieldhouse, the defending NCAA Division I champions’ school-record 17-game winning streak ended when Corey Brewer missed an open three-point shot at the final buzzer.

Joakim Noah scored 17 points and forced overtime with a tip-in shortly before the regulation buzzer, but Florida (6-1) couldn’t score in the final 1:22.

Kansas (5-1) also ended the Gators’ 26-game winning streak against nonconference opponents with a surprisingly mature effort from a youthful squad that lost at home to Oral Roberts 10 days earlier.

Florida took an 80-77 lead on Taurean Green’s three-pointer, but Darrell Arthur made two free throws.

After a turnover by Green, Russell Robinson found Brandon Rush for the go-ahead layup in traffic with 26 seconds left.

Robinson then made another free throw with 4.7 seconds left, but Brewer had an open look at a winning three-pointer. It bounced off the rim, and Jayhawks fans rushed the court.