🏀 GAME PREVIEW: vs. Chaminade

GAME INFORMATION:

#4/5 Kansas vs. Chaminade

Date/Time: Monday, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. (CT)

Where: Lahaina Civic Center  (Maui, Lahaina, Hawai’i)

Listen: Jayhawk Radio Network

Watch: ESPNU

• Dave Pasch (play-by-play)
• Bill Walton (analyst)

KANSAS IN THE MAUI INVITATIONAL

Kansas has a combined 15-6 record in this Maui Jim Maui Invitational (counting home games that are part of the tournament). KU is 12-6 in games played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii.

In KU’s 1988 NCAA National Championship season, the Jayhawks placed fourth in the event, going 1-2. Kansas won the 1996 Maui Invitational, defeating LSU, California and Virginia. Raef LaFrentz was named the MVP. In 2001, KU finished third in the event with a 2-1 record. Drew Gooden was a member of the all-tournament team and was the first Jayhawk on the Maui Invitational all-tourney list, which began in 2000.

ABOUT CHAMINADE

Located Honolulu, Hawaii, with an enrollment of 2,280, Chaminade is 2-0 on the season with wins against Alaska Fairbanks, 90-64, on Nov. 9, and Alaska Anchorage, 85-56, on Nov. 10. The Silverswords are members of the Pacific West Conference and coached by Eric Bovaird who is 130-96 in his ninth season as a head coach, all a Chaminade.

Chaminade has dominated its two opponents. The Silverswords average 87.5 points per game and have a plus-27.5 scoring margin. Chaminade also dominate the boards averaging 48.5 rebounds per contest with a plus-19.5 rebound margin. The Silverswords make 7.0 3-point field goals per game and also average 29.0 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.0 blocked shots per game.

ETSU LEFTOVERS

• Kansas used a 23-5 run to jump out to a 27-10 lead with 8:53 remaining in the first half. During the run, Kansas held East Tennessee State without a bucket for a span of 2:48.
• The Devon Dotson-Udoka Azubuike duo finished the game accounting for 40 of Kansas’ 75 points.
• Kansas held a 43-31 lead at the half, marking the third time the Jayhawks have had the lead at the break this season. Kansas is now 3-0 in those contests with a record of 386-31 in the Self era.
• KU finished the contest 1-for-14 from 3-point range, marking the fewest 3-point makes since the Jayhawks made none against TCU on March 12, 2015. Kansas’ 7.1 percent from 3-point range was the lowest by a Jayhawk team since that game as well.
• The Jayhawks outscored ETSU 54-24 in the paint, marking the second-consecutive game that Kansas has outscored its opponent by 20 or more in the paint.
• Kansas was outrebounded for the first time this season (33-32). Under Self, the Jayhawks are now 101-54 when outrebounded by their opponent.
• Senior Udoka Azubuike became just the third Jayhawk since 1996-97 (Andrew Wiggins and Eric Chenowith) to post 20+ points, 7+ rebounds, 4+ blocks and 3+ steals in a game.
• Azubuike’s four blocks moved him to 20th all-time with 100 blocks as he surpassed both Mitch Lightfoot and Paul Pierce who each tallied 98.

THE KU-CHAMINADE SERIES

Kansas has won all three meetings with Chaminade with all three in the Maui Invitational at Lahaina Civic Center. The Jayhawks first beat the Silverswords 89-62 on Nov. 27, 1987 opening game of the 1987-88 NCAA National Championship season.

KU next faced Chaminade in the final round of the 2005 Maui Invitational on Nov. 23, 2005, with KU winning 102-54. En route to the 2015 Maui Invitational title, Kansas defeated Chaminade, 123-72, in the opening-round game.

Kansas will play either BYU or UCLA in the second round of the 2019 Maui Jim Maui Invitational.

The Jayhawks are 3-1 all-time against BYU. UCLA holds a 10-8 series advantage versus Kansas.

The Jayhawks have a combined 14-6 record in the Maui Invitational, including 12-6 in games played in Maui. KU has won two of the titles in 1996 and 2015.