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KU Jayhawks vs. K-State Wildcats in basketball: Probable starters, time, TV info

Jan 7, 2025; Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA; Kansas State Wildcats coach Jerome Tang greets players after the game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Kansas will play host to Kansas State on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. The game will start at noon and be televised nationally on CBS.

THE DETAILS

When/where: 12 p.m., Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse

TV: CBS.

Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.

PROBABLE STARTERS

P

No.

Kansas State

Ht.

Yr.

PPG

F

33

Coleman Hawkins

6-10

Sr.

10.6

F

1

David N’Guessan

6-9

Sr.

12.6

G

11

Brendan Hausen

6-4

Jr.

12.3

G

2

Max Jones

6-4

Sr.

9.0

G

0

Dug McDaniel

5-11

Jr.

9.3

P

No.

Kansas

Ht.

Yr.

PPG

C

1

Hunter Dickinson

7-2

Sr.

15.2

G

6

Rylan Griffen

6-6

Jr.

6.9

G

5

Zeke Mayo

6-4

Sr.

14.4

G

3

Dajuan Harris

6-2

Sr.

9.8

G

0

Shakeel Moore

6-1

Sr.

3.9

About Kansas State (7-9, 1-4): Jerome Tang is 2-2 versus KU as K-State coach. … Kansas State has lost four in a row since its 70-67 Big 12 opening victory over Cincinnati on Dec. 30 at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats fell to Texas Tech, 61-57, on Tuesday in Manhattan. … Tang is 52-34 in three seasons at KSU. … David N’Guessan leads K-State in both scoring (12.6 ppg.) and rebounding (7.4 rpg) while connecting on 64.3% percent (81-of-126) of his shots. He had 11 points and three boards while playing 37 minutes in KSU’s last game, a home loss to Texas Tech. He collected his sixth career double-double with 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds to go with a career-best four assists at Oklahoma State on Jan. 7. … N’Guessan has scored in double figures in 14 of his last 16 games, including his sixth career double-double at Oklahoma State with 12 points and 12 rebounds. … Brendan Hausen, a Villanova transfer, has started all 16 games after having never started in college, scoring in double figures in 11 games with a career-high 27 points at St. John’s (Dec. 7, 2024). He had 13 points versus Texas Tech. Hausen has made 50 of 124 3s for 40.3%. … Coleman Hawkins, the preseason Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Year, has scored in double figures in four of five Big 12 games, including a 20-point, 10-rebound effort vs. Cincinnati on Dec. 30, 2024. He had 12 points and five boards against Tech. ... Hawkins not only guided Illinois to four NCAA Tournament bids, but left as the only Illini player with at least 900 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, 100 blocks and 100 steals. He was an all-Big Ten pick in 2023-24, averaging 12.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

About No. 9 Kansas (12-4, 3-2): KU leads the all-time series 202-96. The Jayhawks are 53-18 versus K-State in Allen Fieldhouse. … KU has won 17 in a row against KSU in Allen. KSU’s last win in the venue was in 2006 (59-55). ... KU coach Bill Self is 36-8 against the Wildcats as KU’s coach. … KU has won eight of 10 and 14 of 17 in the series. … The teams have split the last four meetings. KU won the last meeting, 90-68, on March 5, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. … Bill Self is 600-147 while at KU and 807-252 all-time including stops at Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois. … Kansas has blocked 10 or more shots in three games this season. … Senior guard Zeke Mayo has scored in double figures in nine games. … Dajuan Harris, who had seven assists Wednesday at Iowa State, now trails Jacque Vaughn (1994-97) by 42 assists on Kansas’ all-time list. Harris has 762 assists for his career, while Vaughn sits in second on the list at 804. … Freshman forward Flory Bidunga, who blocked four shots at ISU, has four or more blocks in two games, both on the road. … Junior guard AJ Storr scored his 1,000th career point at Iowa State. He became the sixth Jayhawk on this year’s roster with 1,000+ career points. Storr had 999 career points entering the contest and now has 1,004 points for his career.