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FEB. 16, 2019 | WEST VIRGINIA | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS MOUNTAINEERS 19-6 8-4 #14 / #14 10-14 2-9 - / - OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 466-102 (.820) Bob Huggins 265-144 (.650) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 16TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT WVU, 12TH SEASON SCHEDULE (H: 14-0; A: 2-6; N: 3-0) GAME WEST VIRGINIA AT #14/14 KANSAS SERIES AT A GLANCE (MORE ON PG 44) KU OPP Lawrence, Kansas • Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) OVERALL KU LEADS, 10-5 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Saturday, February 16, 2019 • 3 p.m. (CST) in Lawrence (AFH) KU leads, 6-0 (6-0) NOVEMBER (5-0) 26 Last Meeting WVU, 65-64 (1.19.19 @ WVU) 6 1/1 10/10 vs. Michigan State! ESPN W, 92-87 12 2/1 -/- VERMONT~ ESPN2 W, 84-68 16 2/1 -/- LOUISIANA JTV/ESPN+ W, 89-76 ESPN JAYHAWK RADIO 21 2/2 rv/rv vs. Marquette# ESPN2 W, 77-68 NETWORK Play-by-Play: Jon Sciambi Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 23 2/2 5/5 vs. Tennessee# ESPN2 W, 87-82 ot Analysts: Fran Fraschilla Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio DECEMBER (6-1) Producer: Joe McCoy Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni POINTS 1 2/2 -/- STANFORD ESPN W, 90-84 ot Director: Mike Roig Analyst: Greg Gurley 76.9 ‹‹ PER GAME 72.2 4 2/2 -/- WOFFORD JTV/ESPN+ W, 72-47 Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid 8 2/2 -/- NEW MEXICO STATE^ ESPN2 W, 63-60 TIP-OFF 47.0 ‹‹ FG% 41.3 15 1/1 17/16 VILLANOVA ESPN W, 74-71 • The Jayhawks have won two-straight after an 82-77 overtime win at TCU 18 1/1 -/- SOUTH DAKOTA JTV/ESPN+ W, 89-53 on Feb. 11. West Virginia is looking to snap a two-game losing streak after 22 1/1 18/19 at Arizona State ESPN2 L, 76-80 its 75-53 loss to Texas on Feb. 9. 35.9 ‹‹ 3FG% 31.6 29 5/5 -/- EASTERN MICHIGAN JTV/ESPN+ W, 87-63 • At 8-4, Kansas is tied with Texas Tech for second in the Big 12 race, 1.5 JANUARY (5-4) games behind Kansas State (9-2). Five of the 10 Big 12 teams are within 68.4 ›› FT% 68.2 2 5/6 23/25 OKLAHOMA* ESPN2 W, 70-63 2.5 games of the league leader. 5 5/6 rv/rv at Iowa State* ESPN2 L, 60-77 • On Feb. 9, the NCAA selection committee posted its current top 16 with 9 7/9 25/rv TCU* ESPN2 W, 77-68 REBOUNDS Selection Sunday just a month away. Kansas was slotted as a No. 3 seed 38.0 PER GAME ›››› 39.2 12 7/9 -/- at Baylor* ESPN W, 73-68 and the No. 10 seed overall. Under Bill Self, KU has never been lower than 14 7/8 -/- TEXAS* ESPN W, 80-78 a No. 4 seed and has been a No. 1 seed each of the last three years. ‹‹ ASSISTS 19 7/8 -/- at West Virginia* ESPN L, 64-65 • Kansas’ 18-game home court winning streak, which includes 17 victories 13.6 PER GAME 12.8 21 9/10 24/25 IOWA STATE* ESPN W, 80-76 in Allen Fieldhouse and one at Sprint Center, is tops in the Big 12 and is 26 9/10 8/9 at Kentucky< ESPN L, 63-71 the seventh-longest active streak nationally. BLOCKS 3.7 PER GAME ›› 4.0 29 11/12 -/- at Texas* ESPN L, 63-73 • Kansas is 6-3 against the current AP top-25 with victories against No. 1 Tennessee, No. 10 Marquette, No. 11 Michigan State, No. 13 Villanova, No. FEBRUARY (3-1) STEALS 2 11/12 16/15 TEXAS TECH* CBS W, 79-63 15 Texas Tech and No. 23 Iowa State. 7.1 ‹‹ PER GAME 6.0 5 13/14 rv/rv at Kansas State* ESPN L, 67-74 • WVU is vying to become only the second team to sweep Kansas in the Bill 9 13/14 -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN W, 84-72 Self era. In 105 regular-season Big 12 home-and-home series, KU has 71 SCORING sweeps, 33 splits and has been swept once, by Oklahoma State in 2017-18. 70.5 ‹‹ 75.3 11 14/14 rv/- at TCU* ESPN W, 82-77 ot DEFENSE 16 14/14 -/- WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN 3 p.m. • Redshirt-junior F Dedric Lawson has posted a league-leading 16 double- doubles this season, which ranks fifth nationally. He also leads the Big 12 FG% 23 -/- -/- at Texas Tech* ESPN 7 p.m. 40.3 ‹‹ 44.3 in scoring at 19.4 ppg and rebounding at 10.6 rpg. DEFENSE 25 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* ESPN 8 p.m. • Just 11 games into his KU career, freshman G Ochai Agbaji is averaging MARCH 3FG% 10.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg. Agbaji’s collegiate debut came against TCU (1/9) 33.5 ‹‹ DEFENSE 35.0 2 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* CBS 11 a.m. and he has scored 20 or more points in three of his last five outings. 5 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN/2 8 p.m. • Freshman G Devon Dotson post his first double-double with career highs 9 -/- -/- BAYLOR* ESPN/2 1 p.m. REBOUND in points (25) and rebounds (10) at TCU (2/11) in logging all 45 minutes. +1.9 MARGIN ›› +4.3 13-16 Big 12 Championship TBD TBD Dotson was named the CBS Sports/USBWA National Freshman of the Week on Feb. 12. All times Central and subject to change ‹‹ AST-TO 1.0 RATIO 0.8 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll ! State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.); ~ NIT Season Tip- Off (Campus Round); # NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.); ^ Jayhawk LAST GAME STARTERS Shootout (Kansas City, Mo.); < SEC/Big 12 Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game DOTSON GRIMES AGBAJI LAWSON MCCORMACK 11 FR • GUARD 5 FR • GUARD 30 FR • GUARD 1 R-JR • FORWARD 33 FR • FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 32.9 MIN 26.1 MIN 26.5 MIN 33.0 MIN 7.5 CHRIS THEISEN BRAD GILBERT PPG 12.0 PPG 7.8 PPG 10.8 PPG 19.4 PPG 1.9 Asst. AD for Comm. Asst. Comm. Director FG% 49.2% FG% 38.5% FG% 54.5% FG% 50.6% FG% 46.2% e [email protected] e [email protected] 3FG% 42.1% 3FG% 33.0% 3FG% 40.5% 3FG% 34.5% REB 2.3 c 785.331.9356 c 785.424.4008 AST 3.6 AST 1.8 REB 5.4 REB 10.6 BLK 0.4 2018-19 #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 6-5 195 So. 1L Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 16th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Dedric Lawson F 6-9 235 RS-Jr. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 15th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Charlie Moore G 5-11 180 RS-So. TR Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park HS / California Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 8th Queens College // 1987 5 Quentin Grimes G 6-5 210 Fr. HS The Woodlands, Texas / College Park HS Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 6th Illinois // 2004 10 Elijah Elliott G 6-3 185 Fr. HS Southlake, Texas / Carroll Senior HS Brennan Bechard Dir. of Operations // 8th Kansas // 2009 11 Devon Dotson G 6-2 185 Fr. HS Charlotte, N.C. / Providence Day School Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of S-A Development // 5th Fordham // 1989 12 Chris Teahan G 6-4 195 So. 1L Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst HS Jeremy Case Video Coordinator // 4th Kansas // 2005 13 K.J. Lawson G 6-8 210 RS-So. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis 20 Garrett Luinstra G 6-2 155 Fr. HS Lawrence, Kan. / Lawrence Free State HS 22 Silvio De Sousa F 6-9 245 So. 1L Luanda, Angola / IMG Academy [Fla.] PRONUNCIATIONS 24 Lagerald Vick G 6-5 190 Sr. 3L Memphis, Tenn. / Douglass HS Udoka Azubuike.................you-DOE-kuh az-uh-BOO-kee 30 Ochai Agbaji G 6-5 210 Fr. HS Kansas City, Mo. / Oak Park HS Silvio De Sousa ...................................deh-SOE-suh 33 David McCormack F 6-10 265 Fr. HS Norfolk, Va. / Oak Hill Academy Devon Dotson .......................................DEH-vawn Dedric Lawson........................................DEE-drik 35 Udoka Azubuike C 7-0 270 Jr. 2L Delta, Nigeria / Potter’s House Christian Academy [Fla.] Garrett Luinstra.................................... loo-IN-struh 44 Mitch Lightfoot F 6-8 225 Jr. 2L Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert Christian HS Ochai Agbaji............................OCH-eye uh-BAH-gee RADIO/TV ROSTER MARCUS GARRETT DEDRIC LAWSON CHARLIE MOORE QUENTIN GRIMES ELIJAH ELLIOTT DEVON DOTSON CHRIS TEAHAN So. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 195 R-Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-9 ∙ 235 R-So. ∙ G ∙ 5-11 ∙ 180 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 210 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-3 ∙ 185 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-2 ∙ 185 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-4 ∙ 195 0 Dallas, Texas 1 Memphis, Tenn. 2 Chicago, Ill. 5 The Woodlands, Texas 10 Southlake, Texas 11 Charlotte, N.C. 12 Leawood, Kan. K.J. LAWSON GARRETT LUINSTRA SILVIO DE SOUSA LAGERALD VICK OCHAI AGBAJI DAVID MCCORMACK UDOKA AZUBUIKE R-So. ∙ G ∙ 6-8 ∙ 210 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-2 ∙ 155 So. ∙ F ∙ 6-9 ∙ 245 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 190 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 210 Fr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 265 Jr. ∙ C ∙ 7-0 ∙ 270 13 Memphis, Tenn. 20 Lawrence, Kan. 22 Luanda, Angola 24 Memphis, Tenn.
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