KU Jayhawks vs. Chaminade Silverswords at Maui Invitational: Starters, tipoff, TV
THE DETAILS
When/where: 8 p.m. Central Time on Monday, SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
TV: ESPNU.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 22.0 |
G | 10 | Johnny Furphy | 6-9 | Fr. | 7.0 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-7 | Sr. | 12.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 8.3 |
G | 13 | Elmarko Jackson | 6-3 | Fr. | 8.0 |
P | No. | Chaminade | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | Scott Ator | 6-7 | Sr. | 8.3 |
F | 25 | Wyatt Lowell | 6-9 | Sr. | 6.0 |
G | 55 | Isaac Amaral-Artharee | 6-2 | Sr. | 21.7 |
G | 0 | Jamir Thomas | 5-10 | Jr. | 16.3 |
G | 11 | Ross Reeves | 6-4 | Soph. | 10.0 |
About No. 1-ranked Kansas (3-0): Kansas is participating in its eighth Maui Invitational with a record of 18-6 in the event. The Jayhawks are 3-0 in campus round games and hold a 15-6 record in games played in Maui. … Kansas has won three Maui Invitationals — 1996, 2015 and 2019 — including its last two appearances. … The Jayhawks have won six straight games in the tournament. … Kansas is facing Chaminade for the fifth time, with all four previous meetings coming in the Maui Invitational. The Jayhawks are 4-0 versus the Silverswords. … Kansas is 3-0 for the 11th time in the 21-year Bill Self era after an 89-84 win against No. 17 Kentucky on Nov. 14 in the Champions Classic in Chicago. KU has won seven of its last eight games in the Champions Classic. … Through three games, KU leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally in field goal percentage at 57.7% and in assists per game at 27.0. … KU is trying to improve to 4-0 for the third straight season. … The Jayhawks are 48-1 under Self when they make 25 or more free throws in a game, the best record by any Division I team in that span (minimum 40 games). … Self is 568-132 all-time at Kansas and 775-237 overall. … Junior forward KJ Adams secured his 200th career rebound in the second half of the win over Kentucky. … Senior forward Hunter Dickinson has one double-double at KU to go with 31 in three seasons at Michigan.
About Chaminade (1-2): NCAA Division II school Chaminade is 8-98 all-time in the Maui Invitational, 0-4 versus Kansas. Chaminade’s last Maui win over a Division I school was a 96-72 rout of Cal in 2017. Chaminade beat Texas, 86=72, in the 2012 tourney. ... Chaminade lost to Alaska Anchorage, 77-72, then defeated Alaska, 80-72, in a pair of games contested in Fairbanks, Alaska. Then on Thursday the Silverswords dropped their Pacific West Conference opener to Hawaii Hilo, 90-86, in overtime in Honolulu. Senior guard Isaac Amaral-Artharee, the team’s leading scorer, scored 26 points in the loss to Hilo …. Amaral-Artharee, a three-time all-Pac West selection was recently selected to the preseason all-Pac West team. He has led the Silverswords in scoring in each of the last three seasons including a career-best 16.1 points per game in ‘22-23. The redshirt senior is in his fifth year of playing eligibility, thanks to the season-of-competition waiver granted to players who had playing seasons affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. …The Silverswords, who are led by 13th-year coach Eric Bovaird, have finished under .500 the last three seasons. However, last year (14-15) Chaminade lost eight games by five or fewer points and lost four games that came down to the final possession. … With 175 career wins, Bovaird ranks second all-time in school history, only trailing Merv Lopes’ 237 victories. Bovaird also sports a career 167-119 (.584) record against NCAA Division II opponents. … Chaminade will not need to take the short flight from Honolulu to Maui this year. The tournament has been moved from fire-ravaged Lahaina to Honolulu, which is where Chaminade is located.
