Manhattan, Kansas — The 16th-ranked KU men's basketball team landed on the wrong side of a bunch of numbers following Saturday's 81-73 loss at Kansas State in Bramlage Coliseum.
Here's a look back at some of them.
KU Starts (starts at KU/career starts): Hunter Dickinson (56/145) Dajuan Harris Jr. (133/133) Zeke Mayo (21/108) Rylan Griffen (10/43) KJ Adams (87/87)
Series info: Kansas leads the overall series with Kansas State, 203-97 (28-8 record in Bramlage Coliseum)
THE KU LOSS...
• Made Kansas 16-7 on the season (7-5 in Big 12 play)
• Made the Kansas-Kansas State series 203-97 in favor of Kansas, including 80-51 in Manhattan meetings (28-8 in Bramlage Coliseum)
• Made Kansas 3-5 in true road games this season and 5-5 in games not played in Allen Fieldhouse
• Made Bill Self 604-150 while at KU, 811-255 all-time and 38-9 against Kansas State (37-9 while at KU)
• Made KU 2,409-903 all time
More from Saturday's loss...
TEAM NOTES
• Kansas shot 50.0 percent (30-of-60) from the floor. It is the fourth Big 12 conference game this season where Kansas has shot 50.0 percent or better
• Kansas dished out 22 assists, which is tied for the fourth-highest team total this season. Kansas’ 22 assists is the team’s second-highest in Big 12 play this season (UCF, Jan. 5, 2025 - 30 assists)
• Kansas outrebounded Kansas State, 36-30
• Kansas outscored Kansas State in the paint, 44-40
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Graduate guard Dajuan Harris Jr. eclipsed the 800 assist mark with 6 assists against Kansas State. He is now just the third Jayhawk with 800 or more career assists. Harris now has 804 assists for his career and is tied for No. 2 with Jacque Vaughn (804) on Kansas’ all-time career assist list. Harris also picked 2 steals, which moves him into a tie for No. 5 with Russell Robinson (247) on the Kansas all-time career steals list.
• Senior center Hunter Dickinson scored 21 points on 8-of-16 (50.0 percent) shooting and brought down 9 rebounds, also dishing out 4 assists. Dickinson now has eight games this season scoring 20 or more points.
• Senior guard Zeke Mayo scored 15 points and went a perfect 3-of-3 (100.0 percent) from beyond the arc. Mayo added 7 rebounds and dished out 5 assists. It is Mayo’s fourth game this season with 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists.
• Senior forward KJ Adams went 6-of-9 (66.7 percent) from the floor for 13 points and 5 boards. Adams has scored 10 or more points in seven games this season, 53 for his career.
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