KU basketball vs. Indiana: Probable starters, tipoff, TV info, facts and figures
THE DETAILS
When/where: 11 a.m., Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Indiana | Ht. | Yr. | PPG | |
F | 25 | Race Thompson | 6-8 | Sr. | 7.6 | |
F | 12 | Miller Kopp | 6-7 | Sr. | 9.9 | |
F | 23 | Trayce Jackson-Davis | 6-9 | Sr. | 16.8 | |
G | 0 | Xavier Johnson | 6-3 | Sr. | 10.9 | |
G | 32 | Trey Galloway | 6-4 | Jr. | 6.7 | |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG | |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Soph. | 8.2 | |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 22.1 | |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 11.8 | |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 15.4 | |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 7.8 |
About No. 14 Indiana (8-2): Indiana has defeated Morehead State (88-53), Bethune-Cookman (101-49), Xavier (81-79), Miami Ohio (86-56), Little Rock (87-68), Jackson State (90-51), North Carolina (77-65) and Nebraska (81-65). The Hoosiers have lost to Rutgers (63-48) and Arizona (89-75). …Back spasms sidelined freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino in IU’s last three games. … Mike Woodson, in his second season as coach at Indiana, is 29-16. He is 15-2 in nonconference games. … Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, scored 12 points with 11 rebounds and 10 assists versus Nebraska for the third triple-double in program history. Jackson-Davis earned preseason All-America mention by the Associated Press, Sporting News and CBS Sports. … The Indiana defense has blocked at least five shots in seven of its last eight games. …Tamar “Scoop” Bates, a 6-5 sophomore guard from Kansas City, averages 8.8 points a game. He’s 14 of 34 from three for 41.2%. Bates has averaged 16.0 points per game on 13-of-22 (59.1%) shooting from the floor and 6-of-11 (54.5%) shooting from the three-point line in IU’s last two games. Bates has scored in double figures in three of Indiana’s last five games. ... The Hoosier defense is holding opponents to 63.8 points per content on 38.4% shooting and 30.0% shooting from the three-point line. Indiana has held seven of 10 opponents to sub-40.0% shooting. … Race Thompson has started 72 consecutive games. ... Xavier Johnson has 15 career 20-point games. ... Indiana scored at least 80 points in the first six games, the longest such streak since 1969-70 (seven games). For the year, IU averages 81.4 points a game on 51.1% shooting. IU is 71-of-195 from three for 36.4%.
About No. 8 Kansas (9-1): KU trails Indiana in the all-time series, 8-6. The Hoosiers won the last meeting, 103-99 in overtime, in the Armed Forces Classic on Nov. 11, 2016 in Honolulu. KU has won six of the last eight meetings. dating to Dec. 29, 1981. IU won the first six meetings from 1940 to 1974. … Indiana won two of its NCAA titles by defeating Kansas in the 1940 and 1953 title games with both matchups occurring in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City … Kansas will travel to Bloomington, Indiana next season for the first time since 1994 and face the Hoosiers on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at Assembly Hall. … Dick Vitale and Dave O’Brien will work the game, which will be broadcast on ESPN2. ... KU is 9-1 or better for the second-straight season, the fourth time in the last five years and 12th time in Bill Self’s 20 seasons at KU. ... KU has set new season highs in points in back-to-back games (91 vs. Seton Hall; 95 vs. Missouri). ... Kansas shot a season-best 57.4% last Saturday vs. Missouri. It was the team’s best percentage since shooting 64.1% versus Kansas State on Feb. 22, 2022. It was best on the road since shooting 58.3% at Texas on Feb. 7, 2022 and the best in nonconference play in a true road game since Jan. 7, 2007 at South Carolina (58.5%). ... Jalen Wilson’s 22 career double-doubles ties him for ninth on the Kansas all-time career double-doubles list, with Udoka Azubuike (2017-20) and Dedric Lawson (2018-19). Wilson has scored 20+ points in six games this season and 13 times in his career. ... KU has won 11 straight games in Allen Fieldhouse. KU is 835-116 all-time in the venue, including 297-16 in the Self era.
