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No. 17 Kansas Hosts Towson Tuesday
12/15/2025 2:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 17 Kansas (8-3) will host Towson (6-4) on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Tip from Allen Fieldhouse will be at 8 p.m. (Central) and the game will be televised on ESPN2.
For the Towson contest, Kansas Athletics will recognize its TEAM Impact teammates, including JP Bemberger, who was a member of the KU men's basketball team from 2020 until he passed in 2025 and was featured on ESPN multiple times. TEAM Impact, a national non-profit, pairs children facing serious illnesses/disabilities with college teams for life-changing, multi-year experiences.
Kansas is coming off a 77-76 overtime win at NC State on Dec. 13. Towson lost at Big 12 foe UCF, 86-61, on Dec. 7 in its last outing.
Kansas leads the all-time series with Towson, 3-0, and the Jayhawks won the last meeting, 88-58, on Nov. 22, 2013, in Lawrence, Kansas.
Through 11 games, KU is averaging 74.8 points per game and has a plus-10.0 scoring margin. Kansas pulls down 39.7 rebounds per contest with a plus-5.3 rebound margin.
KU averages 14.8 assists, 4.6 steals, and 6.1 blocked shots per contest. KU leads the Big 12 blocked shots (6.1), which is 10th nationally, in 3FG Percentage Defense (25.1%), which is fifth nationally. KU is second in the Big 12 and 13th nationally in Field Goal Percentage Defense (37.6%),
Freshman guard Darryn Peterson leads Kansas with a 19.3 ppg. After missing seven contests from Nov. 11 to Dec. 2, Peterson scored 17 points in each of his two games back against Missouri (12/7) and at NC State (12/13). Peterson has made 11 threes this season. Sophomore center Flory Bidunga has three double-doubles in his last five games. He scores 14.1 points per game and leads KU with 9.2 rebounds per outing. Bidunga leads the Big 12 in blocked shots per game at 2.4, which is 23rd nationally.
Senior guard Tre White is also averaging 14.1 points per game and his 7.0 rebounds per game are second on the team. White has 68 rebounds in his last eight games which is 8.5 per contest.
Senior Melvin Council Jr. is coming off a career-high 36 points at NC State (12/3) where his nine threes made are second most in KU history. Council averages 13.0 points per game leads KU with 57 assists. His 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio is fourth in the Big 12 and 30th nationally.
Redshirt-freshman forward Bryson Tiller (8.6 ppg) pulls down 5.8 rebounds per game and he has 39 boards in his last six outings. Tiller has started the last eight games for Kansas.
Freshman Kohl Rasario (5.0 ppg, nine threes) has started six games this season. Redshirt-sophomore guard Elmarko Jackson (4.2 ppg, one start) has made six threes this season. Redshirt-sophomore guard Jamari McDowell (3.8 ppg) has started three games and has made 11 threes.
UP NEXT
Kansas concludes non-conference play when it hosts Davidson on Monday, Dec. 22. Tip from Allen Fieldhouse is set for 7 p.m. (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN+.
For the Towson contest, Kansas Athletics will recognize its TEAM Impact teammates, including JP Bemberger, who was a member of the KU men's basketball team from 2020 until he passed in 2025 and was featured on ESPN multiple times. TEAM Impact, a national non-profit, pairs children facing serious illnesses/disabilities with college teams for life-changing, multi-year experiences.
Kansas is coming off a 77-76 overtime win at NC State on Dec. 13. Towson lost at Big 12 foe UCF, 86-61, on Dec. 7 in its last outing.
Kansas leads the all-time series with Towson, 3-0, and the Jayhawks won the last meeting, 88-58, on Nov. 22, 2013, in Lawrence, Kansas.
Through 11 games, KU is averaging 74.8 points per game and has a plus-10.0 scoring margin. Kansas pulls down 39.7 rebounds per contest with a plus-5.3 rebound margin.
KU averages 14.8 assists, 4.6 steals, and 6.1 blocked shots per contest. KU leads the Big 12 blocked shots (6.1), which is 10th nationally, in 3FG Percentage Defense (25.1%), which is fifth nationally. KU is second in the Big 12 and 13th nationally in Field Goal Percentage Defense (37.6%),
Freshman guard Darryn Peterson leads Kansas with a 19.3 ppg. After missing seven contests from Nov. 11 to Dec. 2, Peterson scored 17 points in each of his two games back against Missouri (12/7) and at NC State (12/13). Peterson has made 11 threes this season. Sophomore center Flory Bidunga has three double-doubles in his last five games. He scores 14.1 points per game and leads KU with 9.2 rebounds per outing. Bidunga leads the Big 12 in blocked shots per game at 2.4, which is 23rd nationally.
Senior guard Tre White is also averaging 14.1 points per game and his 7.0 rebounds per game are second on the team. White has 68 rebounds in his last eight games which is 8.5 per contest.
Senior Melvin Council Jr. is coming off a career-high 36 points at NC State (12/3) where his nine threes made are second most in KU history. Council averages 13.0 points per game leads KU with 57 assists. His 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio is fourth in the Big 12 and 30th nationally.
Redshirt-freshman forward Bryson Tiller (8.6 ppg) pulls down 5.8 rebounds per game and he has 39 boards in his last six outings. Tiller has started the last eight games for Kansas.
Freshman Kohl Rasario (5.0 ppg, nine threes) has started six games this season. Redshirt-sophomore guard Elmarko Jackson (4.2 ppg, one start) has made six threes this season. Redshirt-sophomore guard Jamari McDowell (3.8 ppg) has started three games and has made 11 threes.
UP NEXT
Kansas concludes non-conference play when it hosts Davidson on Monday, Dec. 22. Tip from Allen Fieldhouse is set for 7 p.m. (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN+.
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