No. 12 Kansas travels to Fort Worth on Wednesday for a Big 12 road tilt at TCU

LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 12/11 Kansas (13-4, 4-2 Big 12) will play at TCU (10-7, 3-3 Big 12) on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The contest begins at 6:00 p.m. CT and will be televised on ESPN2.

Kansas is coming off an 84-74 win over Dillon’s Sunflower Showdown opponent Kansas State on Jan. 18. TCU has won two of its last three games, following a 74-71 win at No. 25 Baylor on Jan. 19.

Kansas leads the overall series with TCU 26-4, including a 10-2 mark in meetings in Fort Worth and an 8-2 record at Schollmaier Arena.

KU is No. 9 in the NCAA’s NET report for the Jan. 19 games. The No. 9 seed sits third in the Big 12 behind No. 3 Houston and No. 6 Iowa State.

Kansas averages 76.5 points per game and has a points advantage of +13.0. KU grabs 39.2 rebounds per contest with a rebound margin of +6.1. Kansas is shooting 47.8% from the field, including 33.2% from three-point range. KU ranks second in the Big 12 at 37.6% and ninth nationally in field goal percentage defense and leads the league at 11th nationally with an 18.0 assists average. KU also averages 6.6 steals and 5.1 blocked shots per game.

After his 25 points against Kansas State (1/18), graduate C Hunter Dickinson leads Kansas in scoring at 15.8 ppg and rebounding at 10.2 rpg, which leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally. Dickinson has been named Big 12 Player of the Week three times and is also ranked first in the Big 12 in double-doubles (9), which ranks eighth nationally. Dickinson also leads KU with 26 blocked shots and is second on the team with 22 steals. Senior G Zeke Mayo His 24 points, including 4 of 7 from 3FG, against Kansas State (1/18), puts him next in scoring at 15.0 points per contest. Mayo was a two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week and made a team-high 39 three-pointers. He is second on the team with 51 assists and grabs 4.1 rebounds per game.

Graduate G Dajuan Harris Jr. is a four-year starter who is averaging 10.1 points per game following his 15 points against Kansas State (1/18). Harris ranks third in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio with 3.50, which is 13th nationally, and third in the conference in assists per game with 5.4, which is 40th nationally corresponds. Senior F KJ Adams is a starter who scores 8.2 points per game. Adams is grabbing 4.6 rebounds per game and has 37 assists and 16 blocked shots.


Junior G AJ Storr surpassed 1,000 points for his career at Iowa State (1/15). He has started four games and is scoring 6.7 points per contest. Junior G Rylan Griffen is second on the team with 19 three-pointers. Griffen is averaging 6.5 ppg and has started seven games this season. Freshman F Flory Bidunga has blocked 13 shots in his last five games, including four at Iowa State (1/15). His 23 blocked shots are second on the team and he is also second on the team with a 5.2 rebound average. Bidunga is averaging 6.2 points per game and shooting 80.0 percent (48 of 60) from the field.


Senior G David Coit has made three starts and is third on the team with 17 three-pointers. Coit is averaging 4.2 points per game. Other KU regulars include graduate G Shakeel Moore (4.1 ppg), redshirt junior F Zach Clemence (1.4 ppg) and freshman G Rakease Passmore (1.1 pages per minute). Moore has started the last five games for Kansas and averaged 6.4 points per game and 2.8 assists during that time.



NEXT
Kansas returns home to host No. 8/10 Houston on Saturday, January 25th. The contest from Allen Fieldhouse begins at 5:30 p.m. CT and will be televised on ESPN.


Kansas leads the all-time series with Houston 6-3, including a 3-1 record in Lawrence, all at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas has won four of the last five meetings with Houston.