KU men’s basketball vs. Oklahoma State: Probable starters, tipoff, TV, game notes
THE DETAILS
When: 1 p.m., Saturday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
TV: CBS.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Oklahoma State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG | |
F | 33 | Moussa Cisse | 7-1 | Jr. | 8.6 | |
F | 22 | Kalib Boone | 6-9 | Sr. | 9.5 | |
G | 51 | John-Michael Wright | 6-1 | Sr. | 9.3 | |
G | 1 | Bryce Thompson | 6-6 | Jr. | 11.5 | |
G | 0 | Avery Anderson | 6-3 | Sr. | 12.2 | |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG | |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Soph. | 8.6 | |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 21.1 | |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 11.9 | |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 15.4 | |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 7.7 |
About Oklahoma State (8-4):
Oklahoma State has defeated Wichita State, UT Arlington, Oakland, De Paul, Tulsa, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Prairie View A&M and Sam Houston and lost to UConn, Southern Illinois, UCF and Virginia Tech. …
Former KU guard Bryce Thompson averages 11.5 points per game on 39% shooting. He has made 20 of 56 threes for 35.7%. Thompson has cashed 13 threes in the Cowboys’ last four games. He has 31 assists to 33 turnovers. … Forward Moussa Cisse has five double-doubles in 12 games. The five double-doubles are the second most in the Big 12, trailing KU’s Jalen Wilson (six). Cisse is one of 14 players in the country averaging at least 10 rebounds per game. He has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in five of his past six games and nine of 12 contests. Cisse has 10 blocked shots in the last five games. He has recorded at least one block in each of his past 22 games. … Avery Anderson is 49-of-54 from the free throw line. He is 17-for-17 over the last five games. Anderson leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage (90.7). …
OSU has held teams to 60 points or less in five of the past seven games. ... Anderson and Kalib Boone are both set to play in their 100th career game. The duo will become 45th and 46th players in program history to reach the mark. … Anderson needs 37 points to reach 1,000. ... Head coach Mike Boynton has used the same starting five in 12 games. The 12 games stretch is the longest the Cowboys have used the same starting five since the 2018-19 season. … OSU is 6-3 all-time in New Year’s Eve games since 1907. … Boynton has a 3-8 record versus KU. …
About No. 4 Kansas (11-1):
KU is 121-60 all time against Oklahoma State in a series that dates back to 1926. Overall KU is 66-12 vs. OSU in Lawrence and 51-10 at Allen Fieldhouse, where KU has won four in a row versus the Cowboys. The Jayhawks have won three straight games in the series and are 11-5 in the last 16 meetings. … Bill Self is 24-11 versus his alma mater as KU coach. ... KU’s next win will be its 300th in Allen in the Self era. KU is 299-16 in its Allen under 20th-year coach Self ...
KU has won 31-straight conference openers beginning in 1992. … Oklahoma State was the first team to sweep a conference home-and-home series against Kansas in the Self era, winning both regular-season contests in 2017-18. Texas in 2020-21 is the second team to accomplish the feat. … KU is 11-1 or better for the second straight season, the third time in the last five years and 10th time in Self’s 20 seasons. ... KU has won 13 consecutive games in Allen. …
The Jayhawks now have recorded at least 10 steals in four straight games for the first time since the 2007-08 season. … Kansas has held three opponents under 60 points. … Freshman guard Gradey Dick has made at least one three-pointer in each game after going 3-of-7 against Harvard. He has now scored in double figures in five straight games. … Bobby Pettiford has at least three assists in three games. … KJ Adams has scored in double figures in five straight games.
This story was originally published December 30, 2022 at 5:09 PM.
