KU basketball vs. Iowa State Cyclones: Probable starters, tipoff time & TV info
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- Iowa State visits Kansas at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse on ESPN.
- No. 2 Iowa State is 16-0, 42-week AP streak, two 17+ ppg leaders.
- Kansas leans on Allen Fieldhouse edge, freshman Peterson and sophomore Bidunga.
The Kansas Jayhawks will meet an undefeated Iowa State team at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
Iowa State vs. Kansas: How to watch
When: 8 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence)
TV: ESPN
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM)
Probable Starters
Iowa State (16-0, 3-0)
F (No. 23) — Blake Buchanan, 6-10, Jr., 9.6 ppg.
F (22) — Milan Momcilovic, 6-8, Jr., 17.6
F (5) — Joshua Jefferson, 6-9, Sr., 17.7
G (27) — Killyan Toure, 6-3, Fr., 10.4
G (3) — Tamin Lipsey, 6-1, Sr., 14.5
Kansas (11-5, 1-2)
F (No. 40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 14.3 ppg
F ( 15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 8.5
G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 15.0
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 13.7
G (22) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 22.5
More on the game
About No. 2 Iowa State (16-0, 3-0)
ISU at 16-0 is off to its best start in school history and is on the longest winning streak in school history. … In Big 12 play ISU has defeated Oklahoma State (83-71) and West Virginia (80-59) at home and won at Baylor (70-60). …
No. 2-ranked Iowa State has been included in the AP top 25 for 42 straight weeks. It is the second-longest streak in the Big 12 behind Houston’s 115 weeks, which is the longest streak in the country. ISU’s No. 2 ranking ties for the highest ranking in school history (with last year’s squad). … The Cyclones are in the top 10 for the 74th week in program history. Of those 74 weeks, 32 have come under coach T.J. Otzelberger. … Otzelberger is 111-45 in five years at ISU. …
The Cyclones are 3-0 in conference play for the seventh time in program history and third time in the last four years. ISU has been 4-0 in league play four other times, two under Otzelberger. … ISU is 43-8 when Milan Momcilovic has multiple 3-point baskets in a game. He was 3-of-5 from 3 Saturday versus OSU. The junior wing passed Fred Hoiberg for the seventh-most made 3s in Iowa State history and now has 185. Momcilovic on Saturday became the 36th Cyclone to score 1,000 points. …
Tamin Lipsey is the 15th player in school history to graduate from Ames High School. … Lipsey’s 268 career steals are the most in school history. He passed Monte Morris (225) on Feb. 22, 2025. He has fourth most steals in Big 12 history. On Saturday he became the seventh ISU player to record 500 assists. … Freshman guard Killyan Toure, who averages 10.4 points a game, is from Pamiers, France. …
Senior forward Joshua Jefferson, who leads the team in scoring (17.7 ppg to Momcilovic’s 17.6 ppg) is a transfer from Saint Mary’s and junior forward Blake Buchanan (9.6 ppg) a transfer from Virginia. ... ISU has won 34 straight games when allowing 59 points or less.
About Kansas (11-5, 1-2)
KU leads the all-time series, 190-69. KU has won two of the last five meetings. The Jayhawks are 58-10 versus ISU at Allen Fieldhouse, winning the last seven games in Lawrence. … Bill Self as KU coach is 35-13 vs. Iowa State. …
KU is 11-5 for the first time since the 2020-21 season. The Jayhawks are 1-2 in league play for the first time since the 2005-06 season. The last time KU opened 1-3 in the league was 1987-88. KU won the national title that season. … Under Bill Self, since 2003-04, Kansas is 12-2 against AP top-5 teams in Allen Fieldhouse. KU is 4-0 versus No. 2 AP teams in the Self era in Allen Fieldhouse. … Self is 620-161 while at KU and 827-266 all-time. …
The Jayhawks are 9-3 when leading at halftime. … Senior Melvin Council Jr., who scored 11 points on 4-of-10 shooting Saturday at West Virginia, has 1,206 points over his career. He has scored in double figures in six straight games and 12 games overall this season. … Sophomore Flory Bidunga recorded four blocks versus WVU. He has at least one block in 12 of his last 13 games and now has 92 over his career. Bidunga’s four blocks marked the third time this season that he had four or more blocks and the ninth time in his career. …
Freshman Darryn Peterson has scored 20-plus points in three straight games. … Peterson was 6-of-6 from the free throw line on Saturday, marking his first game perfect from the line with at least five attempts.
This story was originally published January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM.
