Yahoo Sports KU Jayhawks basketball vs. Ivy League’s Brown Bears: Probable starters, tip time
The Kansas Jayhawks face Brown of the Ivy League at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Jayhawks’ final game before a short Christmas break and final game of the nonconference season.
THE DETAILS
When/where: 2 p.m., Sunday, Allen Fieldhouse
TV: ESPN.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Brown | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 22 | Landon Lewis | 6-7 | Jr. | 14.9 |
F/G | 21 | Aaron Cooley | 6-5 | Sr. | 13.1 |
G | 10 | Kino Lilly | 6-0 | Sr. | 20.2 |
G | 4 | Lyndel Erold | 6-3 | Sr. | 7.8 |
G | 13 | M. Wrisby-Jefferson | 6-4 | Soph. | 5.7 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 9.4 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 15.6 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 12.4 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 11.1 |
G | 6 | Rylan Griffen | 6-6 | Jr. | 6.9 |
About Brown (7-3): Brown has won six games in a row entering Sunday’s contest. The Bears in this stretch have beaten Rhode Island (84-80, 2 OTs), Bryant (76-75), Vermont (60-53), Stony Brook (77-54), Canisius (83-76) and Sacred Heart (89-80). The other victory this season was over New Hampshire (76-58). ... Brown has lost to Holy Cross (73-65), Maine (69-67) and Siena (72-71, OT). … The team’s 7-3 start is its best 10-game start since the 2001-02 season. … This six-game winning streak matches the longest nonconference winning streak under 12th-year coach Mike Martin. Brown won six in a row in 2018-19. ... Kino Lilly scored 23 points and dished 10 assists on Dec. 10, leading the Bears past Rhode Island. It was Rhode Island’s first loss of the campaign. Aaron Cooley had 19 points and four blocks and Landon Lewis 15 points, four blocks and four steals. … Martin is 155-174 in 12 seasons. … Lilly is the school’s all-time leader in 3-point baskets (280). … Lilly is looking to become the fourth Bears player to earn first team all-Ivy League honors in three consecutive seasons. The last player to do so was Jason Forte (2003-05). … Lilly is nine points shy of becoming third leading scorer in school history and 61 points shy from being second all time. He has 1,608 points. … Last season, Lilly averaged a league-leading 18.8 points per game, He ranked third in the country and first in the Ivy League in minutes per game (38.1).
About No. 8 Kansas (8-2): KU leads the all-time series against Brown, 2-0. KU won, 107-49, on Jan. 2, 1997 and, 115-45, on Jan. 3, 1989, both in Allen Fieldhouse. The 1989 contest is the widest margin of victory for Kansas against any opponent. … Kansas is 8-2 or better for the 11th-consecutive season beginning in 2014-15 and the 19th time in Bill Self’s 22 seasons at Kansas. … Kansas has won 25 of its last 27 games in the month of December beginning with the final game of the 2019-20 season. … KU, which beat N.C. State on Dec. 14, improved to 124-21 following a loss under Self (since 2003-04). … KU has won 20-straight nonconference games at home beginning on Nov. 7, 2022. … Kansas is 159-6 (96.4%) against non-conference opponents inside Allen Fieldhouse under Self. Dajuan Harris scored his 1,000th career point against N.C. State. He is the 67th Jayhawk to eclipse 1,000 points, including the 22nd KU player in the Self era. … Hunter Dickinson leads the Big 12 in double-doubles with five, which is 13th nationally, and rebounds per game at 10.0 rpg, which is 14th nationally. … KU is 6-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 861-118 all-time in the venue, including 320-18 under Self. …Kansas hit 10 3-point field goals in a 75-60 win over N.C. State on Dec. 14 at Allen Fieldhouse.It marked the second time this season the team has netted double-digit threes. … Zeke Mayo has scored 20+ points in 31 career games and twice this season. Mayo has made five 3-pointers in a game this season (Nov. 4 vs. Howard). ... With the Nov. 12 win against Michigan State, Self passed Phog Allen as the winningest coach in KU history. Self is 596-145 in his 22nd season at KU. Phog Allen was 590-129 in 36 seasons on the KU sidelines.
