LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 17/20 Kansas (17-7, 8-5 Big 12) hits the road for two games beginning at Utah (13-11, 5-8 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 15. Tip from Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City is set for 9 p.m. Central and the game will be televised on ESPN.
Kansas is coming off a 71-59 win against Colorado on Feb. 11. It marked the ninth time KU has held its opponent to 59 or fewer points with the Jayhawks winning all nine of those contests. Utah is looking to end a two-game losing streak after its 85-75 loss at Cincinnati on Feb. 11. The Runnin' Utes are 12-3 at home this season.
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Kansas leads the overall series with Utah, 2-0, with both meetings played in Kansas City, Missouri - 79-68 on 11/25/1995 at Kemper Arena and 63-60 on 12/13/2014 at T-Mobile Center (then called Sprint Center).Â
Kansas is No. 11 in the NET report by the NCAA through games of Feb. 13. To show the strength of the Big 12, the No. 11 rank is fourth in the Big 12 behind No. 3 Houston, No. 7 Iowa State, No. 9 Texas Tech and No. 10 Arizona. KU's strength of schedule is No. 13 nationally, which is third in the league behind No. 3 Baylor and No. 6 Arizona State.
KU leads the Big 12 and is 14th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.61 and three-point field goal percentage defense at 29.0%. KU is second in the league in field goal percentage defense at 38.7% (10th nationally, in assists per game at 18.0 (8th nationally), in blocked shots per game at 4.9 (29th nationally) and in rebounds per game at 38.9 (33rd nationally).
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Hunter Dickinson has eight 20-point efforts on the season and leads Kansas in scoring at 16.6 ppg, which ranks fourth in the Big 12. Dickinson also leads KU in rebounding at 9.6 rpg, which is second in the Big 12 and is 19th nationally. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Dickinson is second in the Big 12 in double-doubles (9), which is 25th nationally. Dickinson is second on the team 34 blocked shots and is also second on the team with 24 steals.Â
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Zeke Mayo is next in scoring at 15.0 points per contest and he leads Kansas with 60 threes made. He has made 16 threes in his last four games and his 40.8 three-point field goal percentage is third in the Big 12 and 50th nationally. A two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Mayo is second on the team with 75 assists and pulls down 5.0 rebounds per contest.Â
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Dajuan Harris Jr. has 35 assists in his last five games. A four-year starter, Harris is averaging 9.6 points per game. At Baylor (2/1), Harris moved into second on the Big 12 career assists list, currently at 809, which is also second on the KU career list. Harris is second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.50, which is seventh nationally, and second in the conference in assists per game at 5.8, which is 28th nationally.Â
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KJ Adams is a starter who is scoring 8.5 points per game. Adams pulls down 4.7 rebounds per game and has 51 assists, 18 blocked shots and 20 steals.
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Flory Bidunga has two double-doubles in Big 12 play and he leads Kansas with 39 blocked shots. Bidunga is second on the team with a 5.5 rebound average and scores 6.7 points per game. He is also shooting 76.9 percent (70-for-91) from the field.Â
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Rylan Griffen is second on the team with 29 threes made. He has started 11 games this season and is averaging 6.6 points per contest. Junior G
AJ Storr has started four games and he is scoring 6.5 points per contest. Senior G
David Coit has three starts and he is third on the team with 26 threes made. Coit averages 4.5 points per game. Graduate G
Shakeel Moore has started nine games and is averaging 3.8 points per contest.Â
UP NEXT
Kansas concludes its two-game road swing in the state of Utah when it plays at BYU on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Tip from Marriott Center will be at 8 p.m. Central and the game will be televised on ESPN.
Kansas leads the all-time series with BYU, 4-2, and BYU won the only meeting in Provo, Utah, 80-70, on Dec. 20, 1960. Kansas has won three of the last four meetings but BYU won the last matchup, 76-68, last season on Feb. 27, 2024 in Lawrence.