No. 19 Kansas to Play at Colorado Tuesday

LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 19 Kansas (13-5, 3-2) begins a two-game road trip at Colorado (12-6, 2-3) on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Tip from the CU Events Center will be at 10 p.m. (Central) and the game will be televised on ESPN.

Kansas is coming off an 80-62 win against Baylor on Jan. 16. Colorado is looking to end a three-game losing streak after its 72-61 loss at West Virginia on Jan. 17. The Buffaloes are 9-2 at home this season.

Colorado head coach Tad Boyle played at Kansas from 1982-85 and CU assistant coach Danny Manning helped guide KU to the 1988 NCAA National Championship. Manning played at KU from 1985-88 and was the national player of the year and No. 1 selection in the NBA Draft in 1988.

Kansas leads the all-time series with Colorado, 126-40, including a 41-27 record in Boulder meetings, 26-8 in the CU Events Center. Kansas has won the last three matchups.

Kansas is No. 17 in the NET, which is fifth in the Big 12. KU's strength of schedule is No. 2, which is first in Big 12 and only trailing Alabama.

KU is averaging 78.0 points per game and has a plus-10.5 scoring margin. Kansas pulls down 39.2 rebounds per contest with a plus-3.2 rebound margin.

KU averages 15.1 assists, 5.8 steals, and 6.3 blocked shots per contest. KU leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense at 38.2%, which is seventh nationally, and three-point field goal percentage defense at 28.8%, which is 15th nationally. KU also leads the Big 12 in blocked shots (6.3), which is fourth nationally.

Freshman guard Darryn Peterson leads Kansas with a 22.2 scoring average. He has six games of 20 or more points and has made 26 threes in nine games played this season.

Senior guard Tre White posted his fourth double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds against No. 2 Iowa State (1/13). White is second on the team averaging 14.9 points per game and his 7.1 rebounds per game are also second on the team.

Sophomore center Flory Bidunga is 44-for-57 (77.2%) from the field in his last seven games. He scores 14.2 points per contest and leads KU with 8.9 rebounds per outing. Bidunga leads the Big 12 with 47 blocked shots, which is eighth nationally, with 2.6 blocks per game, which is eighth nationally, and with a 65.5 field goal percentage, which is ninth nationally. At 14.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, and 2.6 bpg, Bidunga is the only player in NCAA Division I to average more than 14.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game.

Senior Melvin Council Jr. is averaging 13.2 points per game and he leads KU with 88 assists and has 14 steals. Council's 3.4 assist-to-turnover ratio is fourth in the Big 12 and 20th nationally.

Redshirt-freshman forward Bryson Tiller (8.1 ppg) is second on the team with 26 blocked shots. Tiller pulls down 5.7 rebounds per game and has started the last 15 games for Kansas.

Redshirt-sophomore guard Elmarko Jackson (4.3 ppg, one start) has 13 steals in his last four games. Redshirt-sophomore guard Jamari McDowell (4.2 ppg, 19 threes) has started five games. Freshman Kohl Rasario (4.2 ppg, 13 threes) has started six games this season.

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Kansas concludes its two-game road trip at Kansas State in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Saturday, Jan. 24. The contest from Bramlage Coliseum will start at 7 p.m. (Central) and the game will be televised on FOX.

Kansas leads the overall series with Kansas State, 203-97, and the 203 KU wins are the most victories for one opponent against another in NCAA D1 history.

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No. 19 Kansas to Play at Colorado Tuesday

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