ÁùºÏ±¦µä fought gamely, but saw its season-best five-game winning streak snapped in Wednesday's 88-61 loss at No. 6/6 Kansas.
The Pack (6-5) was within six at 31-25 with two minutes left in the first half, before Kansas (10-1) scored eight-straight points to balloon its lead to 14. Christian Braun, who finished the night with a game-high 22 points, and Remy Martin hit triples to start the run, with it capped by a Ochai Agbaji dunk on the break.
hit a jumper with 2.6 seconds left to cut the halftime deficit to 12 at 39-27.
ÁùºÏ±¦µä fought back from an early 12-3 hole, getting to within six at 19-13 after a jumper from Cambridge Jr. and Sherfield scored ÁùºÏ±¦µä's first 13 points of the game, and combined for 32 on the night, each finishing with 16.
Kansas would get its lead back to 13 before a Cambridge Jr. triple spurred a quick 7-0 Pack run that got the Pack back within six at 31-25.
But Kansas, which shot 53.8 percent on the night, continued its hot shooting after the break, hitting its first three attempts, capped by a three-point play from Dajuan Harris to make it 46-31.
The Pack returns home to host New Mexico Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Mountain West opener for both teams.
