Associated Press

Late Saturday

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 sterling defense when it mattered to hold off No. 1 Florida 82-80 in the Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday night.

With thousands of Kansas fans turning the Orleans Arena in a mini-Allen Fieldhouse, the defending NCAA champions’ school-record 17-game winning streak ended when Corey Brewer missed an open 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Kansas (5-1) ended the Gators’ 26-game winning streak against nonconference opponents with a shockingly mature effort from a youthful squad that lost at home to tiny Oral Roberts just 10 days earlier — and then shot terribly in a lackluster victory over Ball State on Friday night.

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 — and couldn’t overcome constant foul trouble against an inspired opponent.

Florida took an 80-77 lead on Taurean Green’s 3-pointer, but Arthur hit two free throws. After Green made a turnover, Russell Robinson found Brandon Rush for the go-ahead layup in traffic with 26 seconds left.

Robinson then hit another free throw with 4.7 seconds left, but Brewer had an open look at a winning 3-pointer. It clanged short, and some Jayhawks fans rushed the court.

Green scored 25 points and Lee Humphrey hit two overtime 3-pointers among his 16 points, but the Gators never really found their flow after early foul trouble. Al Horford had nine points and eight rebounds before fouling out in overtime, and Noah wasn’t his usual effective self.

Mario Chalmers and Rush finished with 13 points apiece, and Arthur added nine rebounds to an impressive performance.

Roughly 80 percent of the sellout crowd in the noisy 8,500-seat arena wore Jayhawks blue and filled the air with Kansas chants. Florida coach Billy Donovan knew his club would be playing in Allen Fieldhouse West, and used it as a motivation for a squad with fewer areas for improvement than most college teams.

The phalanx of scouts representing every NBA team also saw what it was seeking, witnessing performances by each of the half-dozen potential lottery picks on the floor.

The Jayhawks missed 24 of their first 31 shots in a horrible start against Ball State one night earlier. That nervous shooting vanished against Florida as they jumped to an 11-2 lead in the first 3 minutes.