No. 14 Kansas Plays at No. 11 Texas Tech on ESPN Big Monday

LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 14 Kansas (16-5, 6-2) will play at No. 11 Texas Tech (16-5, 6-2) for ESPN Big Monday on Feb. 2. Tip from United Supermarkets Arena is set for 8 p.m. Central.

Kansas won its fifth-straight game with a 90-82 win against No. 13 BYU on Jan. 31. KU's five-game winning streak is its longest of the season. Texas Tech looks to rebound from an 88-80 loss at UCF on Jan. 31. The Red Raiders are 11-0 at home this season.

Kansas leads the all-time series with Texas Tech, 42-9, but the Red Raiders have won the last two meetings.

Since the inception of the Big 12 in 1996-97, Kansas is 82-25 all-time on ESPN Big Monday, including a 63-17 record under coach Bill Self.

Kansas is No. 14 in the NET, which is fourth in the Big 12. KU's strength of schedule is No. 3, which is first in Big 12, and only trails (1) Auburn and (2) Alabama.

KU's five-game winning streak is its longest of the season. KU is averaging 78.8 points per game and has a plus-10.8 scoring margin. KU pulls down 39.1 rebounds per contest with a plus-3.6 rebound margin.

KU averages 15.3 assists, 5.4 steals, and 6.2 blocked shots per contest. KU leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense at 38.3%, which is sixth nationally, and three-point field goal percentage defense at 29.4%, which is 18th nationally. KU also leads the Big 12 in blocked shots (6.0), which is third nationally to Georgia (7.2) and UC Irvine (6.1).

Freshman guard Darryn Peterson, the Jan. 19 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, leads Kansas with a 21.3 scoring average. He has six games of 20 or more points and has made 32 threes in 11 games played this season.

Senior guard Tre White has double-doubles on the season and is next in scoring at 14.8 points per contest. He has two double-doubles in his last five games. White is also second on the team with a 7.2 rebound average and leads KU with an 85.2 free throw percentage making a team-high 92 charity shots.

Sophomore center Flory Bidunga is 63-for-82 (76.8%) from the field in his last 10 games. Recently named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List, Bidunga scores 14.5 points per contest and leads KU with 8.9 rebounds per outing. Bidunga has seven double-doubles this season, including two of his last four games. He leads the Big 12 with 56 blocked shots, which is eighth nationally, with 2.7 blocks per game, which is fifth nationally, and with a 66.8 field goal percentage, which is seventh nationally. At 14.5 ppg, 8.9 rpg, and 2.7 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 15.0 points per game in league games and 13.7 ppg overall. He leads KU with 109 assists and has 17 steals. Council is third in the Big 12, 14th nationally, with a 3.52 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Redshirt-freshman forward Bryson Tiller (9.0 ppg) is coming off a career-high 21 points against BYU (1/31). He made three threes and pulled down seven rebounds against BYU. Tiller is second on the team with 28 blocked shots and pulls down 5.8 rebounds per game. He has started the last 18 games for Kansas.

Redshirt-sophomore guard Elmarko Jackson (4.8 ppg) has 17 steals. Jackson scored a career-high 19 points at Kansas State (1/24). Redshirt-sophomore guard Jamari McDowell (4.1 ppg, 22 threes) has started six games. Senior guard Jayden Dawson (2.3 ppg) has made seven threes this season.

UP NEXT
Kansas returns home for a two-game homestand that begins hosting Utah on Saturday, Feb. 7. The game from Allen Fieldhouse will tip at 1:30 p.m. Central and will be televised on FOX.

Kansas leads the overall series with Utah, 2-1, but the Utes won the last meeting, 74-67, on Feb. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. This will be the first meeting between the schools in Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas will host No. 1 Arizona on Feb. 9 on ESPN Big Monday at 8 p.m.

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No. 14 Kansas Plays at No. 11 Texas Tech on ESPN Big Monday

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Flory Bidunga

Melvin Council Jr.

Jayden Dawson

Elmarko Jackson

Jamari McDowell

Darryn Peterson

Bryson Tiller

Tre White

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