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DECEMBER 11, 2020 | OMAHA | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 5-1 0-0 #5 / #5 2-4 0-0 - / - MAVERICKS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL SUMMIT LEAGUE RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 506-110 (.821) Derrin Hansen 245-219 (.528) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT OMAHA, 16TH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 3-0; A: 0-0; N: 2-1) OMAHA AT #5/5 KANSAS SERIES AT A GLANCE KU OPP Lawrence, Kan. • Allen Fieldhouse OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 1-0 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Friday, December 11, 2020 • 6 p.m. (CT) at Lawrence (Allen Fieldhouse) 1-0 (1-0) NOVEMBER (1-1) 7 Last Meeting W, 109-64 @ Lawrence, 12/18/2017 26 6/5 1/2 Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 ESPN2 JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK DECEMBER (4-0) Play-by-Play: Rich Hollenberg Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN W, 65-62 Analyst: Jimmy Dykes Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 3 7/5 -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW W, 89-54 Producer: Sean Jackson Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Analyst: Greg Gurley POINTS 5 7/5 -/- B12 NOW W, 65-61 79.3 ‹‹ 63.7 NORTH DAKOTA ST. Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid PER GAME 8 5/5 8/7 CREIGHTON~ ESPN W, 73-72 11 5/5 -/- OMAHA ESPN2 6 p.m. TIPOFF 43.7 ‹‹ FG% 40.1 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE B12 NOW 1 p.m. • #5/5 Kansas continues its five-game homestand when it hosts Omaha, 17 -/- -/- at Texas Tech* ESPN 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m. (Central). The contest will air on ESPN2 with Rich 22 -/- -/- WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 8 p.m. Hollenberg and Jimmy Dykes calling the action. 40.2 ‹‹ 3FG% 28.0 • Kansas is coming off a 73-72 win against #8/7 Creighton on Dec. 8 inAllen Fieldhouse. The victory improved Kansas to 15-3 against Associated Press JANUARY (0-0) 68.4 ‹‹ FT% 67.8 2 -/- -/- TEXAS* top-10 teams at home in the Bill Self era. 5 -/- -/- at TCU* • Through six games, Kansas has had four different players lead the team in scoring and five in steals. This includes ties for the team high. REBOUNDS 9 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA* 42.0 ‹‹ 35.8 • Kansas has been ranked in each of the last 223 Associated Press polls dating PER GAME 12 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* back to 2008-09. The 223-consecutive weeks in the AP poll is an all-time 16 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* record, surpassing UCLA’s 221 from 1966-80. KU holds the same streak in ‹‹ ASSISTS 18 -/- -/- at Baylor* 12.8 PER GAME 9.0 the coaches’ poll at 230. 23 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* • Kansas has been ranked in the top 10 in each of the last 22 polls dating back 26 -/- -/- TCU* BLOCKS the first poll of the 2019-20 season. 4.0 ‹‹ PER GAME 2.0 30 -/- -/ at Tennessee^ • This season, Kansas men’s basketball will be wearing a patch that reads “UNITED WE STAND” signifying its stance on the recent social injustice in 8.3 ‹‹ STEALS 7.2 FEBRUARY (0-0) the United States. The patch has gold lettering with the black background PER GAME 2 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* being in the shape of the state of Kansas. 6 -/- -/- at West Virginia* • Kansas’ last six losses have been to ranked foes, with three of those in the ‹‹ SCORING 70.5 DEFENSE 74.2 8 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* top five. 13 -/- -/- at Iowa State* • Redshirt-freshman Jalen Wilson has led KU in scoring three of the last four ‹‹ FG% 16 -/- -/- at Kansas State* games posting 23 points against two ranked foes - #20 Kentucky and #8 42.5 DEFENSE 45.3 20 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* Creighton. 22 -/- -/- at Texas* • Senior Marcus Garrett was named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 31.3 ‹‹ 3FG% 40.9 27 -/- -/- BAYLOR* on Dec. 1. Garrett has been named to every national player of the year watch DEFENSE list for 2020-21. MARCH (0-0) • Redshirt-senior Mitch Lightfoot posted three blocked shots against ‹‹ REBOUND +8.8 MARGIN 0.0 10-13 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) Washburn (12/3) and became the 21st player in KU history to record 100 career blocks, currently at 102. All times Central and subject to change ‹‹ AST-TO 1.0 RATIO 0.5 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll % Rockage Mortgage Fort Meyers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, Fla.); # State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis); ~ Big 12/Big East Battle; ^ SEC/Big 12 LAST GAME STARTERS Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game; HOME GAMES in ALL CAPS and bold GARRETT BRAUN WILSON AGBAJI MCCORMACK 0 SR • GUARD 2 SO • GUARD 10 RS-FR • FORWARD 30 JR • GUARD 33 JR • FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 32.3 MIN 31.2 MIN 26.8 MIN 31.2 MIN 18.0 PPG 9.2 PPG 13.0 PPG 16.3 PPG 13.5 PPG 10.0 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 38.8 FG% 45.5 FG% 50.0 FG% 40.3 FG% 40.4 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.2 3FG% 48.4 3FG% 38.5 3FG% 41.9 REB 4.8 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.5 REB 6.5 REB 9.0 REB 3.7 BLK 0.3 2020-21 #KUbball NUMERICAL ROSTER COACHING STAFF NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / PREVIOUS SCHOOL NAME POSITION // YEAR AT KU ALMA MATER // YEAR 0 Marcus Garrett G 6-5 205 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 17th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Tyon Grant-Foster G 6-7 205 Jr. TR Schlagle HS / Indian Hills CC Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 17th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Christian Braun G 6-6 210 So. 1L Burlington, Kan. / Blue Valley Northwest HS Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 10th Queens College // 1987 3 Dajuan Harris Jr. G 6-1 170 RS-Fr. RS Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge HS Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 8th Illinois // 2004 4 Latrell Jossell G 5-11 160 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. / Keller Central HS [Texas] Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of Basketball Operations // 6th Fordham // 1989 10 Jalen Wilson F 6-8 220 RS-Fr. RS Denton, Texas / John H. Guyer HS Brennan Bechard Dir. of S-A Development // 9th Kansas // 2009 12 Chris Teahan G 6-4 195 Sr. 3L Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst HS Jeremy Case Video Coordinator // 5th Kansas // 2005 13 Tristan Enaruna G/F 6-8 215 So. 1L Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands / Wasatch Academy [Utah] 20 Michael Jankovich G 6-5 190 So. 1L Dallas, Texas / Northfield Mount Hermon [Mass.] 24 Bryce Thompson G 6-5 195 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS PRONUNCIATIONS 30 Ochai Agbaji G 6-5 215 Jr. 2L Kansas City, Mo. / Oak Park HS OCHAI AGBAJI ...........................OH-chie uh-BAH-gee 33 David McCormack F 6-10 250 Jr. 2L Norfolk, Va. / Oak Hill Academy Christian BRAUN ......................................BROWN 35 Gethro Muscadin F 6-10 220 Fr. HS Gonaives, Haiti / Aspire Academy Tristan ENARUNA .............................en-uh-ROO-nuh Michael JANKOVICH .............................JANK-oh-vitch 44 Mitch Lightfoot F 6-8 225 RS-Sr. 3L Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert Christian HS Gethro Muscadin ...............................MOOSE-ca-din RADIO/TV ROSTER MARCUS GARRETT TYON GRANT- CHRISTIAN BRAUN DAJAUN HARRIS JR. LATRELL JOSSELL JALEN WILSON CHRIS TEAHAN Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 205 FOSTER So. ∙ G ∙ 6-6 ∙ 210 R-Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-1 ∙ 170 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 5-11 ∙ 160 So. ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 220 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-4 ∙ 195 0 Dallas, Texas 1 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-7 ∙ 205 2 Burlington, Kan. 3 Columbia, Mo. 4 Chicago, Ill. 10 Denton, Texas 12 Leawood, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. TRISTAN ENARUNA MICHAEL JANKOVICH BRYCE THOMPSON OCHAI AGBAJI DAVID MCCORMACK GETHRO MUSCADIN MITCH LIGHTFOOT So. ∙ G/F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 215 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 190 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 195 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 215 Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 250 Fr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 220 RS-Sr ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 225 13 Flevoland, Netherlands 20 Dallas, Texas 24 Luanda, Angola 30 Kansas City, Mo. 33 Norfolk, Va. 35 Gonaives, Haiti 44 Gilbert, Ariz. BILL SELF KURTIS TOWNSEND NORM ROBERTS JERRANCE HOWARD Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 18th Season 17th Season 10th Season Eighth Season 2 • Game Notes 2020-21 @KUHoops OMAHA MAVERICKS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL QUICK FACTS 0 Sam’i Roe Jr. G 6-1 180 Atlantic City, N.J. / Isaiah Christopher Academy / Hopkins Academy / GENERAL INFORMATION Palm Beach State/Independence CC Location. Lawrence, Kan. 1 Nick Ferrarini Jr. G 6-5 190 Omaha, Neb. / Millard North / Wayne State Enrollment . 28,510 2 Darrius Hughes So. G/F 6-7 230 Kansas City, Mo. / Rockhurst Founded. .1866 3 Kyle Luedtke So. G 6-5 190 Omaha, Neb. / Creighton Prep Nickname . Jayhawks 5 Zach Thornhill Jr. G 6-4 185 Lenexa, Kan. / St. James Academy School Colors . Crimson (Pantone 186) and Blue (Pantone 293) 10 Ayo Akinwole Sr. G 6-0 165 Papillion, Neb. / Papillion-La Vista Conference . Big 12 11 La’Mel Robinson R-Fr. G 6-0 160 Riverside, Mo. / Park Hill South Chancellor. Douglas A. Girod 13 Wanjang Tut Jr. F 6-8 205 Omaha, Neb. / Omaha Burke / The Skill Factory Prep Athletics Director. .Jeff Long 14 Dylan Brougham Fr. C 6-9 195 Riverside, Mo. / Park Hill South Deputy Athletics Director (MBB) . Sean Lester 15 Grant Frickenstein R-Fr. G 6-3 170 Fremont, Neb. / Archbishop Bergan Athletics Website . www.KUAthletics.com 20 Jadin Booth Fr.