KU Jayhawks basketball vs. Emporia State: Lineups, tipoff, streaming, facts & figures
THE DETAILS
When/where: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence
Streaming/radio: ESPN+; WHB (810 AM)
PROJECTED LINEUPS
P | No. | Emporia State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 30 | Mason Thiessen | 6-10 | So. | 0.0 |
F | 0 | Mayuom Buom | 6-10 | Fr. | 0.0 |
G | 5 | Jumah’Ri Turner | 6-2 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 4 | Kaden Evans | 6-4 | Fr. | 0.0 |
G | 2 | Tray Buchanan | 6-1 | Sr. | 0.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 33 | David McCormack | 6-10 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 2 | Christian Braun | 6-6 | Jr. | 0.0 |
G | 30 | Ochai Agbaji | 6-5 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 11 | Remy Martin | 6-0 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | So. | 0.0 |
About Emporia State: The Hornets were picked to finish seventh of 14 teams in the MIAA preseason men’s basketball media poll and picked ninth in the league coaches poll. …Craig Doty is 35-46 entering his fourth season at ESU. He led Graceland to an NAIA national title in 2017-18 and Rock Valley College to NJCAA Div. III national titles in 2015-16 and 2012-13. … Emporia State went 11-12 in 2020-21 — 11-11 in MIAA games. It was the first time the Hornets have been at least .500 in MIAA games since going 10-9 in 2013-14. ... Jumah’Ri Turner, a 6-3 senior from Minneapolis, Minnesota ranked fifth in the MIAA in scoring (18.8 ppg), sixth in free throw percentage (84.3%), 14th in field goal percentage (51.1%) and 15th in steals (31 in 23 games) a year ago. ... ESU coach Doty on Monday described his coaching philosophy in a post on Twitter. He wrote: “We try to be an analytics-driven program and make practice matter. (For example) we stat all 5 versus 5 drills. We send both the daily and cumulative box scores to our guys each day. We film, clip and share all practices. The data helps determine playing time, role, match-ups, line-ups, green light, etc.” ... The Hornets open the regular season against Southwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 13 in Hays.
About Kansas: KU is 90-9 in exhibition history. The Jayhawks have won 31 straight exhibition games dating to Oct. 30, 2012. KU’s last loss in an exhibition was to AMW France, 79-60 on Aug. 12, 2012, in Paris. … KU has won the last 52 exhibition games in Allen Fieldhouse beginning in 1994. Last loss in Allen was to Australia, 93-82, on Nov. 29, 1993. … KU has scored 100-plus points in 30 exhibition games, including 14 under coach Bill Self. … The Jayhawks are 58-2 in exhibition play in Self’s 18 seasons at KU. ... KU is 13-3 versus Emporia State in the regular season and 9-0 in exhibition games. Wednesday’s game is an exhibition. … KU won the last meeting, 93-55, on Oct. 25, 2018, at Allen Fieldhouse. … The two teams first met in 1903 when Emporia State prevailed, 25-13. The last ESU victory over KU was 67-44 on Dec. 13, 1947 in Emporia. … Self is 8-0 versus Emporia State, all exhibition games. … KU returns four starters and eight letterwinners from last season’s 21-9 team that finished second in the Big 12 with a 12-6 record. One of those starters, Jalen Wilson, is serving the first game of a four-game suspension and will not play in the exhibition.
This story was originally published November 3, 2021 at 9:28 AM.
