Kansas Jayhawks vs. Iowa State Cyclones basketball: Probable starters, TV, notes
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- Kansas at Iowa State noon Saturday on ABC; radio: WHB 810, ESPN Wichita.
- No. 9 Kansas (19-5) starts freshman Darryn Peterson; KU is No. 13 NET.
- Iowa State (21-3) scores 84.6 ppg, leads Big 12 in assists, 13-game home streak.
The Kansas Jayhawks will travel to Ames, Iowa to meet Iowa State in a noon contest Saturday at Hilton Coliseum.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
Kansas vs. Iowa State: How to watch
When: 12 p.m. Saturday
Where: Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
TV: ABC
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM).
Probable Starters
Kansas (19-5, 9-2)
F (No. 40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 14.9 ppg
F ( 15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 9.0
G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 14.2
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 14.1
G (22) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 20.5
Iowa State (21-3, 8-3)
F (No. 23) — Blake Buchanan, 6-10, Jr., 8.2 ppg.
F (22) — Milan Momcilovic, 6-8, Jr., 18.4
F (5) — Joshua Jefferson, 6-9, Sr., 17.0
G (27) — Killyan Toure, 6-3, Fr., 9.6
G (3) — Tamin Lipsey, 6-1, Sr., 13.3
About No. 9 Kansas (19-5, 9-2): KU leads the all-time series 191-69. The Jayhawks are 28-25 in Hilton Coliseum, yet have lost three in a row in the building. … The teams have split the last six meetings. …
Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson has been named to the John R. Wooden Award late-midseason top 20 watch list, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced. Danny Manning (1988) and Frank Mason III (2017) are past winners. …
KU is 9-2 or better in Big 12 play for the 14th time Bill Self’s 23 seasons at Kansas and the first since 2021-22. … KU is 5-3 versus ranked teams this season, including 2-2 versus top-10 foes. … Kansas is No. 13 in the NET, which is fourth in the Big 12. Its seven Quad 1 wins are tied with Houston for second most in the league and fourth most nationally. Arizona is first with nine Q1 wins. KU’s strength of schedule is No. 3, which is first in the Big 12 and only trails (1) Alabama and (2) Auburn. …
Self is 628-161 while at Kansas, 835-266 all-time. … KU has defeated No. 1 Arizona and No. 2 Iowa State at home this season. The last time a team defeated No. 1 and No. 2 at home in the same season was in 2016-17 when West Virginia defeated No. 1 Baylor and No. 2 Kansas. This marks the fourth time this has happened since the 1996-97 season. …
Kansas has scored 80 or more points in 10 games. The Jayhawks are 10-0 in those games. … Kansas has grabbed 40+ rebounds in a game 11 times. The Jayhawks are 11-0 in those contests. … Soph Flory Bidunga has blocked two or more shots 19 times this season and 32 times in his two-year KU career.
About No. 5 Iowa State (21-3, 8-3): ISU is 5-2 since losing to Kansas, 84-63, on Jan. 13 at Allen Fieldhouse. … Iowa State has won 13 consecutive games at Hilton Coliseum, the eighth-longest streak in the building’s history. …
Tamin Lipsey has started 124 games at Iowa State, tied for the third with Jeff Grayer for third-most starts in ISU history. … T.J. Otzelberger is 116-48 in five seasons at ISU. … Otzelberger is the quickest coach in school history to 100 career wins, accomplishing the feat in 145 games. He has 27 Top 25 victories at ISU, the most of any coach in program history. …
Iowa State averages 84.6 points per game and its plus-19.8 scoring margin is second the Big 12 and sixth nationally. The Cyclones average 36.7 rebounds per contest with a plus-6.8 rebound margin. ISU leads the league in assists per game (18.5), steals per game (9.1), 3-point field goal percentage (39.9%), and turnovers forced per game (15.5). ISU also averages 18.5 assists and 3.0 blocked shots per contest. ...
The Cyclones started the season 16-0, the best start and longest winning streak in school history. KU handed the Cyclones their first loss of the campaign. … When Milan Momcilovic hits multiple 3-pointers in a game, ISU is 48-11. He was 3-of-11 for 3 for 11 points in Tuesday’s 62-55 loss at TCU. His nine games with five-plus 3-pointers this season are most in school history and most in the country. …
Lipsey is the 15th player in school history to graduate from Ames High School. … Freshman guard Killyan Toure, who averages 9.6 points a game, is from Pamiers, France. … Senior forward Joshua Jefferson has scored in double figures in 30 straight games. He had 12 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in the loss at TCU. … Momcilovic leads the team in scoring at 18.4 ppg. … Junior forward Blake Buchanan (8.2 ppg) is a transfer from Virginia.
