Yahoo Movies KU basketball vs. Texas Southern: Probable starters, tipoff time, streaming info
THE DETAILS
When: 7 p.m. Monday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
Streaming: Big 12 NOW on ESPN+
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Texas Southern | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 5 | Joirdon Karl Nicholas | 6-9 | Sr. | 7.8 |
F | 24 | John Walker | 6-9 | Sr. | 12.1 |
G | 25 | Jordan Gillam | 6-6 | Sr. | 2.4 |
G | 2 | Davon Barnes | 6-5 | Soph. | 14.1 |
G | 3 | PJ Henry | 5-10 | Sr. | 13.2 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Soph. | 6.0 |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 22.9 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 9.7 |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 15.4 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 8.1 |
About Texas Southern (1-6):
Texas Southern was picked to finish first in the 12-team preseason Southwestern Athletic Conference poll. Texas Southern senior forward Joirdon Karl Nicholas was named first-team preseason all-SWAC and claimed preseason defensive player of the year recognition. Senior forward John Walker was named second-team all-league. ... Johnny Jones is in his fifth season as Texas Southern head coach. Previously he was associate head coach at Nevada for one year and head coach at LSU for five years. …
In 2018-19, Texas Southern defeated Baylor, Oregon and Texas A&M. ... This year, Texas Southern has defeated Arizona State in Houston (67-66, OT) and has lost to Samford (73-68), Auburn (72-56), Houston (83-48), Oral Roberts (82-64), Texas Tech (78-54) and San Francisco (90-77). … Sophomore guard Davon Barnes had a career-high 30 points versus Samford. He had 36 points total in his entire freshman campaign. … TSU will play teams from nine Division I conferences in 2022-23. TSU plays teams from the WCC, Big 12, Pac-12, Summit, SoCon, American, SEC, Big South and CAA.
About Kansas (6-1):
The Jayhawks are 5-0 all-time versus Texas Southern. The two teams met in last year’s NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks defeated TSU 83-56 in a first-round game on March 17 in Fort Worth, Texas. Remy Martin scored 15 points to pace five players in double-figure scoring for KU. Jalen Wilson had 11 points and six rebounds, and Dajuan Harris had 12 points and three assists. KU went on to win the NCAA title. … KU has also defeated TSU in Allen Fieldhouse four times: 114-71 on Nov. 21, 2017; 78-74 in overtime on Jan. 3, 1985; 101-64 on Jan. 11, 1984 and 67-65 on Dec. 2, 1981. …
KU is 6-1 or better for the 11th straight season, dating back to 2012-13. … KU had its 17-game win streak, fifth-longest winning streak in the Bill Self era, halted against Tennessee on Friday. ... The Jayhawks have at least 10 offensive rebounds in six of their seven games this season. ...
Wilson has 160 points, which is the most by a KU player through the first seven games since at least the 1996-97 season. ... Wilson was named to the Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team. ... Junior Joseph Yesufu scored a season-high 14 points on 6-of-11 (54.5 percent) shooting in a season-high 27 minutes off the bench. The 14 points and 27 minutes were both career highs at KU. ... Senior guard Kevin McCullar collected seven rebounds in KU’s loss to Tennessee. He has at least seven rebounds in five games this season. ... Kansas’ defense forced a season-high 24 turnovers against UT, including 17 turnovers in the first half. It’s the most turnovers by an opponent since Chaminade had 27 turnovers on Nov. 25, 2019. The 24 turnovers were the most by a ranked KU opponent since No. 7 UCLA had 25 turnovers on March 24, 2007. ... Kansas also had a season-high 11 steals vs. Tennessee, the most since having 12 steals at No. 20 Iowa State on Feb. 1, 2022.
