2017-18 KANSAS BASKETBALL /KansasBasketball POSTGAME NOTES @KUHoops @KUHoops (4/3) KANSAS 98, SOUITH DAKOTA STATE 64 NOV. 17, 2017 KU STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS): INDIVIDUAL NOTES Devonte’ Graham (3/75) Senior G Devonte’ Graham Malik Newman (2/24*) * Includes 22 starts at Mississippi State • Graham was just two points shy from notching his second double-double of the Udoka Azubuike (3/9) season, also adding 11 assists. Lagerald Vick (3/9) Svi Mykhailiuk (3/34) Junior G Lagerald Vick • Vick set a record for field goals going 9-for-12, including 3-of-6 from beyond the SERIES INFO: KANSAS LEADS, 3-0 arc, finishing the game one point shy of his career best with 22 points. Senior G Svi Mykhailiuk ATTENDANCE: 16,300 (260th-consecutive sellout) • Mykhailiuk posted a career-high and season high for Kansas in points scored with 27, totaling 19 in the first half alone. KANSAS’ WIN… • Along with the career high in points, Mykhailuk also set a new personal best • Made Kansas 3-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season and the eighth with four steals. time under Bill Self • Made the KU-South Dakota State series 3-0 in favor of the Jayhawks Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike • Made KU 15-5 all-time against current membership of the Summit League • Azubuike has another efficient night from the floor going 8-of-9 and tying a • Made Kansas 2-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 759-110 all-time in the venue, career high in points and field goal percentage. In three game this season, he including 222-10 under head coach Bill Self has only missed two shots, going 19-of-21 from the field. • Made Self 419-88, moving him into sole possession of second on the KU all-time victory list Senior G Clay Young • Made Self 626-193 for his career • Young notched a career high with 18 minutes played, topping his old total by 13 • Made Kansas 2,220-841 all-time. minutes. Last season, a played a total of 19 minutes in the entire season. TEAM NOTES Freshman G Chris Teahan • The Jayhawks totaled 12 assists on 21 field goals in the first half. • With 1:30 remaining in the game freshman guard Chris Teahan shot in the first • Kansas forced 18 turnovers for the second-straight game. three pointer of his Kansas career and his first points as a Jayhawk. • The Jayhawks had zero turnovers in the first half marking the first time KU did not give the ball away in a half, since posting zero turnovers in the second half at Freshman G Marcus Garrett Texas on January 24, 2015. The last time Kansas did not turn the ball over in a • Garrett set a new career high in minutes played with 30. Garrett also doubled half in Allen Fieldhouse was against Kansas State on January 11, 2014. his record with 4 steals. Garrett recorded his first career block in tonight’s game. • Two offensive rebounds for the Jayhawks is the fewest since February 13, 1993 against Missouri. • The Jayhawks shot a season-high 60.7 percent (21-33) from the field • Kansas sets season-highs for points (98), points in a half (57-first), field goals (37), field goal percentage (60.7, 37-61), three point field goals (13, 13-27), three field goal percentage (48.1,13-27), free throws made (11), and blocked shots 8. • Kansas tied a season high with 16 free throws attempted. • For the first time since February 25, 2017 at Texas every Jayhawk who entered the game finished in the scoring column..