LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 11/11 Kansas (15-5, 6-3 Big 12) plays at Baylor (13-7, 5-4 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 1. The contest from Foster Pavilion will start at 3 p.m. CT and be televised on ESPN with Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla and Kris Budden on the call.
Â
Sponsored by Coaches vs. Cancer and the American Cancer Society, Jan. 27-Feb. 2 is Suits And Sneakers week. The annual week-long event encourages cancer screening and bringing awareness to the fight against cancer.
Â
Kansas is coming off a 91-87 win against UCF on Jan. 28 where graduate C
Hunter Dickinson and senior G
Zeke Mayo each scored 24 points. Baylor has won two of its last three games and is looking to bounce back from a 93-89 overtime loss at BYU on Jan. 28. The Bears are 9-1 at home this season.
Â
Kansas leads the series with Baylor, 36-10, which includes a 14-7 record in Waco (0-1 in Foster Pavilion).
Â
Kansas is No. 8 in the NET report by the NCAA through games of Jan. 29. The No. 8 rank is third in the Big 12 behind No. 2 Houston and No. 7 Iowa State. Kansas' strength of schedule is No. 10 nationally, which is third in the league (Arizona State at No. 6 and West Virginia at No. 9).
Â
KU leads the Big 12, and is 12th nationally, in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.64. KU is second in the league, and 10th nationally, in assists per game at 18.1.
Kansas is 3-3 in true road games and 5-3 in games not played in Allen Fieldhouse this season. KU averages 77.6 points per game with a +11.6 scoring margin. KU pulls down 39.7 rebounds per contest with a +6.0 rebound margin. Kansas is making 47.8% from the field, including 34.2% from three-point range. KU leads the Big 12 and ranks 12th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.64. KU is second in the conference and 10th nationally in assists per game at 18.1 and also second in the league and 12th nationally field goal percentage defense at 38.3%. KU also averages 6.5 steals and 4.9 blocked shots per game.
Graduate C
Hunter Dickinson leads Kansas in scoring at 16.3 ppg that includes a 24-point performance against UCF (1/28). Dickinson also leads KU in rebounding at 9.9 rpg, which is second in the Big 12 and is 17th nationally. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Dickinson is first in the Big 12 in double-doubles (9), which is 11th nationally. Dickinson is second on the team 28 blocked shots and is also second on the team with 23 steals.
Also scoring 24 points versus UCF, senior G
Zeke Mayo is next in scoring at 15.4 points per contest and he leads Kansas with 47 threes made. Mayo has scored 20 or more points in six games this season. A two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Mayo is second on the team with 59 assists and pulls down 4.5 rebounds per contest.
Graduate G
Dajuan Harris Jr. is a four-year starter who is averaging 9.6 points per game. In his last outing, Harris had a career-high 12 assists against Houston (1/25). He is second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.44, which is ninth nationally, and third in the conference in assists per game at 5.8, which is 30th nationally.
Senior F
KJ Adams is a starter who is scoring 8.4 points per game. Adams pulls down 4.6 rebounds per game and has 39 assists and 16 blocked shots.
Coming off his second double-double in the last three games with 10 points and 11 rebounds against UCF (1/28), freshman F
Flory Bidunga leads Kansas with 32 blocked shots, including five versus UCF. Bidunga is second on the team with a 5.9 rebound average, scores 7.2 points per game and is shooting 78.8 percent (63-for-80) from the field.
Junior G
Rylan Griffen was 5-for-6 from three-point range against Houston (1/25), scoring a KU career-high 17 points. Griffen, who has started eight games this season, is second on the team with 25 threes and is averaging 6.8 points per contest.
Junior G
AJ Storr had a 12-point effort at TCU (1/22), which included 10 second-half points. Storr has started four games and he is scoring 6.6 points per contest.
Senior G
David Coit has three starts and he is third on the team with 22 threes made, including a 4-for-8 effort versus UCF (1/28). Coit averages 4.6 points per game.
Graduate G
Shakeel Moore (4.5 ppg) has started the last eight games for Kansas and is averaging 6.3 ppg, 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals in that span.
Other KU regulars include redshirt-junior F
Zach Clemence (1.4 ppg) and freshman G
Rakease Passmore (15 games played, 1.0 ppg).
UP NEXT
Kansas returns home to host Iowa State on Feb. 3 for an ESPN Big Monday contest. The game from Allen Fieldhouse will start at 8 p.m. CT.
Â
Kansas leads the overall series with Iowa State, 189-69, including a 98-16 record in Lawrence, 57-10 in Allen Fieldhouse. Earlier this season, then-No. 2 Iowa State defeated then-No. 9 Kansas, 74-57, on Jan. 15, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.
KU is 79-23 all-time on Big Monday (48-1 at home and 31-23 on the road), including 60-18 under head coach
Bill Self (37-0 at home and 23-18 on the road). Additionally, KU has won 41-consecutive Big Monday games hosted at Allen Fieldhouse. Overall, KU is 24-6 in its last 30 (80%) Big Monday contests.