KU men’s basketball vs. Southern Utah Thunderbirds: Probable starters, streaming info
THE DETAILS
When/where: 7 p.m., Friday, Allen Fieldhouse.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Southern Utah | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 14 | Jason Spurgin | 6-11 | Soph. | 10.5 |
F | 12 | Maizen Fausett | 6-6 | Sr. | 10.3 |
G | 3 | Drake Allen | 6-4 | Soph. | 8.0 |
G | 10 | Cameron Healy | 6-3 | Sr. | 10.0 |
G | 15 | Harrison Butler | 6-5 | Sr. | 10.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Soph. | 5.3 |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 21.7 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 9.3 |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 16.3 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 7.3 |
About Southern Utah (3-1):
Southern Utah University was picked to finish ninth in the 13-team Western Athletic Conference. Grand Canyon was picked to finish first … Southern Utah lost to New Mexico, 89-81, in the season opener at UNM. Southern Utah has also defeated La Verne, 117-55, Saint Katherine, 91-48, and Bethesda College, 126-67. The Thunderbirds have outscored their opponents by an average of 39 points, having averaged 103.8 points per game (fourth-best mark in country) to 64.8 for the competition. …
SUU is outshooting its opponents 53.4% to 38.8%. SUU has cashed 36.7% of its threes to 30.9% for the opposition. ... Tevion Jones, a 6-7 senior from Chandler, Arizona, averages 18.0 points per game. He had 28 points in the team’s loss to New Mexico. He was 6-of-12 from three. Jones was named preseason first-team all-WAC. Maizen Fausett, 6-6 senior from Saratoga Springs, Utah, was named second-team all-league. He averages 10.3 ppg. … Coach Todd Simon is in his seventh year as coach of the T-Birds. He has a 99-94 record.
About No. 6 Kansas (3-0):
This is the first meeting between Kansas and Southern Utah. … KU is 8-0 all-time versus current membership of the Western Athletic Conference. KU defeated Tarleton State and Stephen F. Austin of the WAC last season. … KU has won 14 consecutive games dating to last season. It is the seventh-longest winning streak in the Bill Self era at Kansas, which began in 2003-04. The longest winning streak in the Self era is 20 games from Nov. 9, 2007 until Jan, 26, 2008. … KU has won nine in a row in Allen Fieldhouse …
Norm Roberts will be coaching his fourth and final game as Jayhawks’ acting head coach. Roberts has led KU to wins over Omaha, North Dakota State and Duke. Bill Self is serving a four-game in-house suspension in response to the NCAA Investigation into KU hoops. ...
Kansas leads the Big 12 and ranks eighth nationally in blocked shots at 8.0 per game. … KU is 3-0 for the 11th time in head coach Bill Self’s 20 seasons at KU. … Jalen Wilson, who had 25 points and 11 rebounds in Tuesday’s win over Duke, is the first Jayhawk with multiple double-doubles in the Champions Classic. He also had 23 points and 10 rebounds versus Kentucky on Dec. 1, 2020. ...
KU has 294 wins against 16 losses in Allen Fieldhouse in the Self era, six wins from an even 300. ... KU beat Duke by five points Tuesday. Last year, KU played 11 games with the outcome decided by five points or fewer or in overtime. The Jayhawks went 9-2 in those contests. Dating to the 2017-18 season, Kansas has won its last 16 games that have been decided by five points or fewer or in overtime inside Allen.
