Kansas vs. Stony Brook basketball: Lineups, tipoff time, streaming, facts and figures
THE DETAILS
When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday, Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence
Streaming/radio: ESPN+; WHB (810 AM)
PROJECTED LINEUPS
P | No. | Stony Brook | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 11 | Mo Diallo | 6-6 | Jr. | 2.0 |
G | 5 | Juan Felix Rodriguez | 6-0 | Jr. | 6.0 |
G | 3 | Elijah Olaniyi | 6-5 | Sr. | 8.0 |
G | 15 | Anthony Roberts | 6-4 | Jr. | 10.0 |
G | 1 | Jahlil Jenkins | 6-0 | Sr. | 13.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 33 | David McCormack | 6-10 | Sr. | 8.0 |
G | 2 | Christian Braun | 6-6 | Jr. | 10.5 |
G | 30 | Ochai Agbaji | 6-5 | Sr. | 27.0 |
G | 11 | Remy Martin | 6-0 | Sr. | 14.5 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | So. | 4.0 |
About Stony Brook (0-1): Stony Brook lost at George Mason, 72-54, on Nov. 9. … Stony Brook placed first of 10 teams in the America East preseason coaches poll. The Seawolves received five first place votes and edged Vermont for the top spot. New Hampshire placed third. It’s the first time since 2015-16 that Stony Brook was picked to win the league. … Senior guard Elijah Olaniyi, a transfer from Miami (Florida) was selected to the six-player preseason all-conference team. … The Seawolves have a four-player transfer class of Olaniyi, Jahlil Jenkins (Farleigh Dickinson), Anthony Roberts (St. Bonaventure) and Tanahj Pettway (Indian River CC). … Stony Brook will travel to Florida on Dec. 22 for a game versus the Gators. … Geno Ford is 29-29 in three seasons at Stony Brook. He’s also been head coach at Bradley and Kent State. … Stony Brook is 0-4 throughout history versus teams ranked in the top five. … Stony Brook is one of four university centers of the State University of New York system. It is located in Long Island in the metro area of New York City.
About No. 3 Kansas (2-0): This marks the first-ever meeting between the two teams. … KU is 134-5 in nonconference games inside Allen Fieldhouse in the 19-year Bill Self era. The Jayhawks have won their last 20 non-Big 12 games in Allen Fieldhouse dating to the 2017-18 season. Last loss was to Arizona State, 95-85, on Dec. 10, 2017. Self in all games is 278-15 at Allen. … Through two games, Ochai Agbaji leads the Big 12 and is fourth nationally in scoring at 27.0 points a game. Agbaji has scored 20+ points in both of KU’s games and nine times in his career. He needs 26 points vs. Stony Brook to have 1,000 for his career. In all, 62 players have scored 1,000 in KU history, including 16 in the Self era. … Agbaji was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Nov. 9 after scoring a career-high 29 points against Michigan State in the Champions Classic and 25 points versus Tarleton State on Nov. 12. ... David McCormack leads the Big 12 in blocked shots with 3.5 per game. … KU is trying to start 3-0 for the 10th time under Self. … Self is trying for his 525th win at KU. Overall he is 524-118 in 19 seasons. … KU started 2-1 in each of the last two seasons. …. KU is 14-1 when Christian Braun makes three or more threes: 7-0 as a freshman and 7-1 as a sophomore in 2020-21. ... Remy Martin is 17 points shy of 1,800. Braun is 25 points shy of 500 and Joseph Yesufu 51 points shy of 500.
