Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball at Oklahoma State: Lineups, time, TV, preview
THE DETAILS
When/where: 8 p.m. Tuesday at Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
TV/radio: ESPN2; WHB (810 AM)
PROJECTED LINEUPS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 44 | Mitch Lightfoot | 6-8 | Sr. | 5.9 |
F | 2 | Christian Braun | 6-6 | Jr. | 17.0 |
G | 30 | Ochai Agbaji | 6-5 | Sr. | 20.7 |
G | 11 | Remy Martin | 6-0 | Sr. | 10.7 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | So. | 4.6 |
P | No. | Oklahoma State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 22 | Kalib Boone | 6-9 | Jr. | 9.3 |
G | 1 | Bryce Thompson | 6-5 | So. | 8.5 |
G | 0 | Avery Anderson | 6-3 | Jr. | 12.5 |
G | 13 | Isaac Likekele | 6-5 | Sr. | 6.7 |
G | 5 | Rondel Walker | 6-5 | So. | 4.4 |
About Oklahoma State (7-4, 0-0 Big 12): The Cowboys have been idle since a Dec. 18 loss to Houston (72-61). OSU’s games at USC (Dec. 21) and Texas Tech (Jan, 1) were called off because of COVID-19 issues. … OSU has defeated UT Arlington (88-45), Prairie View A&M (72-59), UMass Lowell (80-58), North Carolina State (74-68), Charleston (96-66) Oral Roberts (78-77), Cleveland State (98-93, OT) and lost to Oakland (56-55), Wichita State (60-51), Xavier (77-71) and Houston (72-61). … Oklahoma State has three new assistant coaches (Terrence Rencher, Larry Blunt and David Cason) and a new strength coach (Mark Mitchell) this season. … Seven-footer Moussa Cisse started every game for Memphis as a freshman in 2020-21 and helped lead the Tigers to the NIT title. He’s averaging 5.8 points and 5.7 rebounds a game for the Cowboys. … Fourth-year OSU coach Mike Boynton and the Cowboys are 8-1 in overtime games during his career including a win this year over Cleveland State. … Under Boynton, the Cowboys have posted 17 wins over ranked opponents, including 10 victories over top-10 squads. … Boynton is 3-6 versus Kansas. … Sophomore guard Bryce Thompson transferred from KU to Oklahoma State last season. The 6-5 Tulsa native has averaged 8.5 points and 2.2 rebounds a game in 10 games. He’s averaged 23.4 minutes a game and started seven of the 10 contests he’s participated in, Thompson has made 33 of 81 shots for 40.7%. He’s made 9 of 30 threes for 30%. He has eight assists to 12 turnovers. Thompson has been bothered by a hip injury of late. At KU last year he averaged 4.6 points on 35.3% shooting and 1.5 rebounds per game at KU. He averaged 17.1 minutes a game in 20 games. He started four games. He finished with 22 assists to 21 turnovers.
About No. 6 Kansas (11–1, 0-0 Big 12): KU is 119-60 all-time against Oklahoma State. The Jayhawks, who have won six of the last seven meetings, are 22-11 versus OSU in the Bill Self era. KU is 36-36 all-time at Gallagher-Iba Arena, 6-8 at Gallagher-Iba in the Self era. KU has lost five of its last eight and seven of its last 12 in Stillwater. Overall KU has won six of the last seven games versus OSU … Kansas has won 30-straight conference openers dating to the 1991-92 season, with 12 of those at home and 18 on the road. The Jayhawks kept the streak alive last year by beating Texas Tech, 58-56, in the league opener in Lubbock. … KU is 11-1 or better for the ninth time in head coach Bill Self’s 19 seasons at KU. … Self is 740-224 all-time, including 533-119 while at Kansas. … KU has led at the half in all 12 games. … Mitch Lightfoot was 7-of-7 shooting in Saturday’s home win over George Mason. He is the first KU player to shoot a perfect clip (minimum seven attempts) from the field since Udoka Azubuike went 7-of-7 against UW-Milwaukee on Dec. 10, 2019. … Christian Braun has scored in double figures in 11 straight games. … Ochai Agbaji has 1,167 career points, good for 42nd on the all-time KU scoring list. … Agbaji on Saturday vs. George Mason started his 89th consecutive game, moving him into a tie for eighth on the all-time list for consecutive starts at KU with Cedric Hunter.
