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

Wednesday, January 22

Fort Worth, Texas / Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena

6 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

TCU

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

1/21/2025 9:30:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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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.

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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.