Top seed Kansas opens 50th NCAA with 83-56 win over TSU

FORT WORTH, Texas — Remy Martin had 15 factors and Christian Braun 14 as 5 gamers scored in double figures for top-seeded Kansas, and the Jayhawks opened their fiftieth NCAA Match with an 83-56 victory over Texas Southern on Thursday evening.

Southwestern Athletic Convention champion Texas Southern (19-13), which received a First 4 sport two nights earlier, had its solely lead in opposition to the Massive 12 champs after Bryson Etienne made its first shot of the sport.

As soon as the Jayhawks lastly bought on the board on a tying layup by Dajuan Harris after lacking their first three pictures, they bought on a roll. They made their subsequent six pictures, and shortly after that had a stretch of seven makes in a row.

Kansas (29-6) performs its second-round Midwest Regional sport Saturday in opposition to ninth-seeded Creighton, which opened with a 72-69 additional time victory over San Diego State and can attempt to get to the Candy 16 for the second 12 months in a row.

John Walker III had 13 factors for the Tigers.

Massive 12 participant of the 12 months Ochai Agbagi had a comparatively quiet evening with 11 factors for Kansas, however he had a brief scoring outburst within the first half and his final factors had been a spotlight play, scoring on an alley-oop go from Harris, who completed with 12 factors. Jalen Wilson had 11 factors.

The Jayhawks led 47-19 after scoring 5 factors within the ultimate 4 seconds of the primary half. It was their largest halftime lead in an NCAA Match sport since they led by 29 over Marquette within the 2003 nationwide semifinals.

After Texas Southern bought a putback layup from Joirdon Karl Nicholas with 15 seconds left within the half, Jayhawks coach Invoice Self known as timeout.

Joseph Yesufu handed to true freshman Zach Clemence, who break up via two defenders for a layup whereas being fouled with 4 seconds left. Clemence missed the free throw, however Jalen Coleman-Lands bought the rebound and hit a half-ending 3-pointer from the best nook.

Agbaji had all seven of his first-half factors by making three pictures in row in a span of lower than two minutes. He had a jumper, 3-pointer after which a layup that made it 14-7 earlier than Braun’s 3-pointer for the primary double-digit lead with 12:43 left within the half.

The Jayhawks later had an 18-2 run during which Martin scored 9 factors. He ignited the spurt with an emphatic bounce go to David McCormack for a thunderous one-handed slam dunk and a 21-12 lead.

Texas Southern: It was the second consecutive March and the third NCAA Match look in a row during which the Tigers received a First 4 sport earlier than falling within the subsequent sport — they beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 76-67 on Tuesday. Texas Southern has made six of the final 9 NCAA tourneys.

Kansas: The Jayhawks are of their file thirty second NCAA tourney in a row. The three-time nationwide champions are 110-48 general in NCAA video games and have received their final 15 tourney openers since shedding to Bradley in 2006. In addition they fell to Bucknell of their 2005 opener, however these are the one first-round losses of their 32 straight appearances.

Kansas and Creighton have performed within the NCAA Match solely as soon as, when the Jayhawks received 55-54 in 1974. Their solely assembly since was one other one-point victory for Kansas on Dec. 8, 2020.