No. 12 Kansas Heads to Fort Worth Wednesday for a Big 12 Road Tilt at TCU

LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 12/11 Kansas (13-4, 4-2 Big 12) will play at TCU (10-7, 3-3 Big 12) on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The contest will start at 6 p.m. CT and be televised on ESPN2.
 
Kansas is coming off an 84-74 win against Dillons Sunflower Showdown foe Kansas State on Jan. 18. TCU has won two of its last three after its 74-71 win at No. 25 Baylor on Jan. 19.
 
Kansas leads the overall series with TCU, 26-4, including a 10-2 mark in Fort Worth meetings and an 8-2 record in Schollmaier Arena.
 
KU is No. 9 in the NET report by the NCAA through games of Jan. 19. The No. 9 rank is third in the Big 12 behind No. 3 Houston and No. 6 Iowa State.
 
Kansas averages 76.5 points per game and has a +13.0 scoring margin. KU pulls down 39.2 rebounds per contest with a +6.1 rebound margin. Kansas is making 47.8% from the field, including 33.2% from three-point range. KU ranks second in the Big 12 and ninth nationally in field goal percentage defense at 37.6% and leads the league, 11th nationally, in assists average at 18.0. KU also averages 6.6 steals and 5.1 blocked shots per game.

Following his 25 points against Kansas State (1/18), graduate C Hunter Dickinson leads Kansas in scoring at 15.8 ppg and rebounding at 10.2 rpg, which leads the Big 12 and is 11th nationally. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Dickinson is also first in the Big 12 in double-doubles (9), which is eighth nationally. Dickinson also leads KU with 26 blocked shots and he is second on the team with 22 steals. Senior G Zeke Mayo is next in scoring at 15.0 points per contest after his 24 points, including 4-of-7 from 3FG, against Kansas State (1/18). A two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Mayo has made a team-high 39 threes. He is second on the team with 51 assists and pulls down 4.1 rebounds per contest.

Graduate G Dajuan Harris Jr. is a four-year starter who is averaging 10.1 points per game after his 15 points against Kansas State (1/18). Harris is third in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.50, which is 13th nationally, and third in the conference in assists per game at 5.4, which is 40th nationally. Senior F KJ Adams is a starter who is scoring 8.2 points per game. Adams pulls down 4.6 rebounds per game and has 37 assists and 16 blocked shots.

 

Junior G AJ Storr eclipsed 1,000 points for his career at Iowa State (1/15). He has started four games and he is scoring 6.7 points per contest. Junior G Rylan Griffen is second on the team with 19 threes. Griffen is averaging 6.5 ppg and has started seven games this season. Freshman F Flory Bidunga has 13 blocked shots in his last five games, including four at Iowa State (1/15). His 23 blocked shots are second on the team and he is also second on the team with a 5.2 rebound average. Bidunga averages 6.2 points per game and is shooting 80.0 percent (48-for-60) from the field.

 

Senior G David Coit has three starts and he is third on the team with 17 threes made. Coit averages 4.2 points per game. Other KU regulars include graduate G Shakeel Moore (4.1 ppg), redshirt-junior F Zach Clemence (1.4 ppg) and freshman G Rakease Passmore (1.1 ppg). Moore has started the last five games for Kansas and is averaging 6.4 ppg and 2.8 assists in that span.

 

UP NEXT

Kansas returns home to host No. 8/10 Houston on Saturday, Jan. 25. The contest from Allen Fieldhouse will start at 5:30 p.m. CT and will be televised on ESPN.

 

Kansas leads the all-time series with Houston, 6-3, including a 3-1 record in Lawrence, all in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas has won four of the last five meetings with Houston.