Jalen Wilson’s Career-High 38 not enough against Kansas State

On an evening the place head coach Invoice Self mentioned that “4 performs have been the distinction within the basketball sport”, the Kansas Jayhawks did not have sufficient to beat the Kansas State Wildcats on the street, falling 83-82 in additional time. It was the primary misplaced in convention play for Kansas and dropped them right into a tie for first place at 5-1, a file matched by each Kansas State and the Iowa State Cyclones.

The 4 performs in query got here on the finish of every interval, as Keyontae Johnson made a jumper to finish the primary half and had a dunk on an inbound play that was oddly harking back to one thing the Invoice Self would name. On the opposite finish, a Dajuan Harris turnover on the finish of regulation prevented the Jayhawks from placing up a possible game-winning shot, solely to be mirrored by a Harris turnover to finish additional time and hold Kansas from an opportunity to win the sport.

Jalen Wilson led all scorers with a career-high 38 factors, taking part in all 45 minutes and carrying the Jayhawks when others struggled. Gradey Dick was 1-8 from past the arc, however completed with 16 factors due to his 7-8 mark from the free throw line. KJ Adams was an ideal 6-6 from the sphere, however he was solely 5-10 from the free throw line. Kevin McCullar fouled out with out scoring a single level. And Dajuan Harris had 11 assists, however solely made one in every of his seven photographs.

On the opposite aspect, Keyontae Johnson led the Wildcats with 24 factors and a few actually huge photographs, however his level complete was matched by Desi Sills. 

Regardless of the loss, the sport was pretty even, as each groups shot within the low 40percents, they every had 15 turnovers, 38 rebounds, they usually have been known as for roughly equal fouls (25 vs 24) and shot almost the identical variety of free throws (34 vs 33). However in the end, the truth that Dick, Adams and McCullar all fouled out meant that Kansas had some unfamiliar faces on the ground in late sport conditions, they usually simply weren’t capable of do sufficient to drag out the victory.

The Jayhawks are again in motion on Saturday as they host the TCU Horned Frogs in Allen Fieldhouse. Tipoff is scheduled for midday and will likely be broadcast on CBS.

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