OSU Cowboys vs. KU Jayhawks in basketball: Probable starters, time, TV, facts & figures
After losing a pair of games during a five-day road trip to Utah and BYU, the Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team returns to Allen Fieldhouse to meet Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Here’s more about the game, which will be aired on CBS:
THE DETAILS
When/where: 3 p.m., Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse
TV: CBS
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Oklahoma State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 25 | Robert Jennings | 6-7 | Jr. | 6.2 |
F | 33 | Abou Ousmane | 6-10 | Sr. | 12.0 |
G | 1 | Bryce Thompson | 6-6 | Sr. | 12.1 |
G | 2 | Arturo Dean | 5-11 | Jr. | 7.2 |
G | 14 | Jamyron Keller | 6-3 | Soph. | 5.6 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 8.1 |
F | 40 | Flory Bidunga | 6-9 | Fr. | 6.5 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 16.3 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.5 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 14.7 |
About Oklahoma State (13-13, 5-10): The Cowboys, who have averaged 69.3 points a game (while allowing 77.0 ppg) in 15 Big 12 games, snapped a two-game losing streak by beating UCF, 104-95, on Wednesday in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Bryce Thompson, who played one season at KU before transferring to OSU, had 25 points vs. UCF on 10-of-15 shooting. Abou Ousmane had 17 points, Arturo Dean 16 points, seven boards and four assists and Khalil. Brantley 15 points and five assists. … OSU is 0-7 on the road and 5-3 at home in Big 12 action. … The Cowboys are in search of their first top 25 victory since a 93-83 win over then-No. 19 BYU on Feb. 17, 2024. … OSU is 1-10 when surrendering at least 80 points. … Ten Cowboys average 10+ minutes. … Ousmane (12.0 ppg) is the team’s top rebounder (5.5) and shot-blocker with 24 rejections this season and 150 for his career. … Junior point guard Dean, who led the country in steals last year at FIU (104), has 52 steals this season. … Andrija Vukovic, 6-10, 245 from Serbia, is the lone true freshman on a 17-player roster. Vukovic, 20, has spent the past two years competing in the Basketball League of Serbia. He’s played in just six conference games. … The Cowboys have lost seven straight overtime games going back to the 2021-22 season. Their last OT victory came Feb. 19, 2022 against Kansas State. They last played an overtime game on Feb. 24, 2024 against Oklahoma. … OSU is 12-1 when leading at halftime.
About No. 23 Kansas (17-9, 8-7): The Jayhawks lead the all-time series 126-60 including a 53-10 mark at Allen Fieldhouse. … KU has won the last seven meetings dating to Feb. 8, 2021. ... KU is 53-10 versus OSU in Allen Fieldhouse and have won the last six meetings in the venue. ... KU is 129-22 following a loss in the Bill Self era. ... Self is 29-11 vs. OSU as KU coach; Steve Lutz is 0-0 vs. KU. … Self is 605-152 at KU and 812-257 all-time. … KU’s bench combined for 31 points Tuesday at BYU. It marked the Jayhawks’ second-highest bench point total of the season (42 at UCF on Jan. 5, 2025). … Hunter Dickinson is now 38th (2,631 points) on the NCAA Division I career scoring list. … Dickinson has 10 double-doubles, which ranks second in the Big 12. … Dickinson has 14 or more rebounds in three games this season. … David “Diggy” Coit recorded his 400th career field goal in KU’s loss at BYU. He hit three 3s. … Dajuan Harris on Tuesday played in his 165th game as a Jayhawk, which ranks No. 2 on the all-time Kansas list behind Mitch Lightfoot (168 games, 2017-22) … Freshman forward Flory Bidunga has 41 blocked shots, which ranks No. 6 on the freshman single-season blocks list for Kansas.
