KU Jayhawks basketball vs. UCF Knights: Probable starters, tipoff, streaming info
Kansas will play host to UCF on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse. The game will start at 7 p.m. and be streamed on ESPN+.
Here’s everything you need to know before tipoff...
Kansas vs. UCF game details
When: 7 p.m., Tuesday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence)
Streaming: ESPN+
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | UCF | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F/G | 4 | Keyshawn Hall | 6-7 | Jr. | 17.2 |
C | 52 | Moustapha Thiam | 7-2 | Fr. | 8.8 |
G | 6 | Dallan ‘Deebo’ Coleman | 6-6 | Sr. | 6.7 |
G | 3 | Darius Johnson | 6-1 | Sr. | 14.5 |
G | 0 | Jordan Ivy-Curry | 6-3 | Sr | 14.7 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 40 | Flory Bidunga | 6-9 | Fr. | 7.1 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 15.8 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 14.9 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.6 |
G | 0 | Shakeel Moore | 6-1 | Sr. | 4.9 |
About UCF (13-6, 4-4)
UCF rolled to an 85-58 victory over TCU in its last game, Saturday, in Orlando. Keyshawn Hall, who had 12 points on 4-of-17 shooting in a 99-48 loss to KU on Jan. 5 in Orlando, burned TCU for 26 points and eight rebounds. He hit 6 of 13 shots (3-of-5 from 3) and 11 of 13 free throws vs. the Horned Frogs. … Hall scored 40 points in a 95-89 win at Arizona State on Jan. 14 in Tempe, Arizona. He became the third player in UCF history to score 40 in a game. …
UCF was just two points shy of snapping a nine-game losing skid to Houston, the Big 12’s only unbeaten team, falling 69-68 on Jan. 18 in Orlando. Hall gave UCF a lead off a layup with 9.8 seconds to play, only for the Cougars to answer with 3.2 ticks remaining. … Jordan Ivy-Curry tied a career-high with six made 3s in a 108-83 loss to Iowa State on Jan. 21 in Ames, Iowa. He scored 24 points in that game. … Ivy-Curry, who goes by the nickname “Juice,” has made four or more 3s in five of his last 10 games. He was 3-of-8 from 3 against TCU on Saturday. …
Darius Johnson has 46 steals in 19 games. Next highest steal total on the Knights is Ivy-Curry with 29. … Dallan Coleman has made 14 of 28 3s over the last 10 games. … Moustapha Thiam scored a career high 18 points against Houston. … Thiam, who had six blocks against Texas A&M, has 45 blocks in 17 games. Next highest block total on the team is 13 by Benny Williams.
About No. 11 Kansas (14-5, 5-3)
The all-time series is tied 1-1. KU clobbered UCF 99-48 on Jan. 5 in Orlando. KU’s 51-point win is the widest margin of victory by a road team in Big 12 history Last season, UCF defeated KU 65-60 in Orlando. … KU has won five of its last seven games. …
The Jayhawks, who are coming off a double-OT loss to Houston Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, last lost back-to-back home games during the 1988-89 season when KU dropped four in a row at home (to Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma). KU, which also lost to West Virginia 62-61 on New Year’s Eve in Allen, last lost two games at Allen in the same season in 2017-18, when the Jayhawks lost to Arizona State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. In the Bill Self era, KU also lost two home games in 2006-07 (Oral Roberts, Texas A&M) and 2005-06 (Nevada, Kansas State). … .
KU is 126-21 following a loss under Bill Self, including 3-1 this season ... Kansas is 9-2 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 864-120 all-time in the venue, including 323-20 under Self. … Self is 602-148 while at KU, 809-253 all-time. … Kansas has 20 or more assists in eight games. …
Senior Dajuan Harris has started 98 consecutive games, which ranks No. 7 on Kansas’ consecutive starts list along with Ochai Agbaji (2019-22) and Keith Langford (2002-05). … Harris had 12 assists against Houston, most by a Jayhawk since Devonté Graham dished 13 against West Virginia on March 10, 2018, in the Big 12 Tournament. … Senior Hunter Dickinson has scored in double figures in 17 games this season and 131 times in his career. …
Junior guard Rylan Griffen tied a career high in 3-pointers made against Houston with five. As an Alabama player, he hit five 3s versus North Carolina on Mar. 28, 2024. He also tied a career high in rebounds with seven, the last time being against Auburn on Jan. 24, 2024.
