KU-Texas Southern basketball preview: Projected lineups, time, TV, what to expect
Texas Southern at No. 3 Kansas
When/where: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence
TV/radio: KMCI (Ch. 38), Spectrum; WHB (810 AM)
Projected lineups
P | No. | TEXAS SOUTHERN | Ht. | Yr | PPG |
F | 4 | Kevin Scott | 6-4 | Sr. | 11.3 |
C | 5 | Trayvon Reed | 7-2 | Jr. | 11.0 |
G | 1 | Donte Clark | 6-4 | Sr. | 18.0 |
G | 2 | Derrick Bruce | 6-3 | Jr. | 9.8 |
G | 3 | Demontrae Jefferson | 5-7 | Soph. | 21.0 |
P | No. | KANSAS | Ht | Yr. | PPG |
C | 35 | Udoka Azubuike | 7-0 | Soph. | 14.3 |
G | 10 | Svi Mykhailiuk | 6-8 | Sr. | 19.7 |
G | 14 | Malik Newman | 6-3 | Soph. | 12.3 |
G | 4 | Devonté Graham | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.7 |
G | 2 | Lagerald Vick | 6-5 | Jr. | 18.0 |
ABOUT TEXAS SOUTHERN (0-4): Texas Southern is located in Houston, with an enrollment of 9,500. … The Tigers will be playing their fifth of a 13-game road stretch to start the season. Texas Southern has lost to Gonzaga (97-69), Washington State (86-84, OT), Ohio State (82-64) and Syracuse (80-67). … Demontrae Jefferson, a 5-7 sophomore guard, leads the Tigers in scoring with 21.0 points per game. He’s missed the last two games because of a suspension. A school official did not know if Jefferson will play on Tuesday. … Trayvon Reed, a 7-foot-2, 240-pound junior center, averages 11.0 points and 9.3 rebounds a game. …Mike Davis is 99-73 in his sixth season at Texas Southern and 336-225 in his 18th season overall, with stints at Indiana (1997-2000) and UAB (2006-12). His 2002 Indiana team lost to Maryland in the NCAA title game. … Texas Southern won the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship last season and is the preseason league favorite for 2017-18. … Texas Southern has won 23 straight home games.
ABOUT KANSAS (3-0): The Jayhawks are 3-0 all-time against Texas Southern. In the last meeting, KU prevailed 78-74 in overtime on Jan. 3, 1985, at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas also won 67-65 on Dec. 2, 1981, and 101-64 on Jan. 11, 1984, both in Allen. … Sophomore center Udoka Azubuike entered the week leading NCAA Division I in field-goal percentage. He has made 19 of 21 shots (90.5 percent) in three games. That includes nine dunks. … KU has shot 60 percent or better in two of its three games. Last year, the Jayhawks shot better than 60 percent once (62.3 percent vs. UNC-Asheville on Nov. 25, 2016). In 2015-16, KU had three games of 60 percent or better shooting. … Kansas is 15-0 against current SWAC members: 4-0 vs. Alcorn State, 4-0 vs. Jackson State, 3-0 vs. Texas Southern, 2-0 vs. Mississippi Valley State, 1-0 vs. Prairie View A&M and 1-0 vs. Southern. … KU has won 21 straight nonconference games in Allen.
Gary Bedore: 816-234-4068, @garybedore
This story was originally published November 20, 2017 at 7:17 PM with the headline "KU-Texas Southern basketball preview: Projected lineups, time, TV, what to expect."