Kansas Jayhawks basketball vs. Iowa State Cyclones: Probable starters, game time, TV
The Kansas Jayhawks will play host to Iowa State in an ESPN Big Monday game at Allen Fieldhouse.
Here’s everything you need to know before tipoff...
Kansas vs. Iowa State: Game details
When: 8 p.m., Monday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence
TV: ESPN
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Iowa State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 1 | Dishon Jackson | 6-11 | Sr. | 8.9 |
F | 2 | Joshua Jefferson | 6-9 | Jr. | 12.9 |
G | 3 | Tamin Lipsey | 6-1 | Jr | 10.8 |
G | 5 | Curtis Jones | 6-4 | Sr. | 17.9 |
G | 10 | Keshon Gilbert | 6-4 | Sr. | 15.2 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 16.4 |
F | 40 | Flory Bidunga | 6-9 | Fr. | 7.0 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 15.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.8 |
G | 0 | Shakeel Moore | 6-1 | Sr. | 4.2 |
About Iowa State (17-4, 7-3)
Iowa State is coming off an 80-61 loss to Kansas State on Saturday in Ames, Iowa. K-State went 10-of-20 from 3 and 18-of-21 from the line as five players scored in double digits. ISU, which hit 8 of 18 3s and 15 of 19 free throws, was led by Tamin Lipsey (20 points), Curtis Jones (14 points on 4-of-15 shooting) and Joshua Jefferson (13 points). … ISU has dropped two consecutive games. Arizona beat the Cyclones 86-75 in overtime on Jan. 27 in Tucson. … ISU is 3-2 on the road in the Big 12. … The Cyclones notched their first ranked win of the season with an 81-70 victory over then No. 5 Marquette on Dec. 4, 2024. T.J. Otzelberger is 24-19 against ranked teams. …
Dishon Jackson is a transfer center from Charlotte. He also played at Washington State with former Cyclone Aljaz Kunc. … Joshua Jefferson is a transfer from Saint Mary’s. His dad played in the NFL. … Tamin Lipsey is a transfer from UNLV. He originally committed to UNLV when Otzelberger was coach of the Rebels. …
Curtis Jones is a transfer from Buffalo. He had 26 points against Illinois in the Sweet 16 last year. … Jones, leading scorer in a win over KU on Jan. 15, scored eight points on 1-of-11 shooting (0-for-8 from 3) in an 86-75 overtime loss to Arizona on Jan. 27 in Tucson. Milan Momcilovic started a school record 37 games as a freshman. He was named to the Big 12 all-freshman team in 2024.
Kansas (15-6, 6-4)
Kansas is 79-24 all-time on Big Monday (48-1 at home and 31-23 on the road), including 60-18 under head coach Bill Self (37-0 at home and 23-18 on the road). ... KU has won 41-consecutive Big Monday games played at Allen Fieldhouse. Overall, KU is 24-6 in its last 30 Big Monday contests. ... KU is 127-21 (85.8%) following a loss in the Bill Self era, including 4-1 this season. ...
KU leads the all-time series against ISU, 189-69. The Jayhawks are 57-10 versus ISU at Allen Fieldhouse; 28-25 at Hilton Coliseum. KU has lost two in a row and three of the last four in the series. Prior to that stretch KU had won seven in a row vs. ISU. KU has won eight of the last 11 in the series. … KU has won seven games in a row over the Cyclones in Allen Fieldhouse yet has dropped three in a row in Ames. Last loss to ISU in Allen Fieldhouse was 92-89 in overtime on Feb. 4, 2017. Self is 33-12 vs. ISU as KU coach. T.J. Otzelberger is 3-4 vs. KU as ISU coach. …
Under Bill Self, Kansas is 22-3 in Allen Fieldhouse against teams ranked higher than KU and KU has won 15 of those last 16 meetings. ... The Cyclones defeated KU 74-57 on Jan. 15 in Ames, Iowa. Curtis Jones hit five 3s and scored 25 points while Tamin Lipsey and Joshua Jefferson had 10 points apiece. Jefferson had 12 rebounds and Lipsey three steals. Zeke Mayo led KU with 17 points. He was 3-of-9 from 3. Hunter Dickinson had six points and seven boards. KU was 5-of-16 from 3 and 4-of-11 from the line with Dajuan Harris 1-of-6. …
Dickinson scored 20 points Saturday at Baylor for his second-straight 20-point game, his seventh of the season and 55th of his career. … With his eight assists at BU, Dajuan Harris moved into No. 2 on the all-time Big 12 career assist list now with 794 career assists. Harris trails only former Jayhawk Aaron Miles (KU, 2002-05; 954 assists) after passing Doug Gottlieb (Oklahoma State, 1996-2000; 793 assists) on the list.
