The 11th-ranked Kansas men's basketball team picked up a huge, bounce-back home win over UCF on Tuesday night, outscoring the Knights 91-87 roughly 96 hours after falling to Houston in double-OT in the same building.
The win moved Kansas to 15-5 overall and 6-3 in Big 12 play, and the Jayhawks will head to Baylor this weekend.
Here's a look at some of the more notable numbers and stats to come from Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
KU STARTERS (Starts at KU/career starts): Rylan Griffen (8/41), Zeke Mayo (18/105), Shakeel Moore (8/76), Flory Bidunga (4/4), Hunter Dickinson (53/142)
Series info: Kansas leads the series with UCF, 2-1 (1-0 in Allen Fieldhouse)
THE KU WIN...
• Made Kansas 15-5 on the season and 6-3 in Big 12 play
• Improved Kansas to 127-21 following a loss under Bill Self, including 4-1 this season
• Made Kansas 10-2 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, giving KU 10-plus home wins for the 38th time in the last 39 seasons beginning in
1983-84 (9 wins in 2018)
• Made Kansas 865-120 all-time in Allen Fieldhouse, including 324-20 under Bill Self
• Made Bill Self 603-148 while at Kansas, 810-253 all-time, 2-1 versus UCF, all while at KU
• Made Kansas 2,408-901 all-time
TEAM NOTES
• Kansas moves to 4-4 on the season when trailing at the half
• The Jayhawks outscored the UCF bench by 27 tonight, the largest margin on the season
• Kansas ends the month of January with a 6-2 record
• Kansas only committed 2 turnovers in the second half, which ties the least in a half this season when they had 2 against North Carolina on November 8th, 2024.
• Kansas had a season-high of 25 FTM in a game, the most in a game since the Jayhawks made 28 FT against Kansas State on March 5, 2024
• Kansas made a conference season-high 10 three-point field goals. The last time Kansas made at least 10 three-pointers in a conference game was Feb. 24, 2023 vs. West Virginia (10)
• Kansas has won 69 consecutive conference games when scoring at least 90 points. The streak began on Feb. 12, 1997 vs Oklahoma State
• Kansas has won 22 straight games when scoring at least 90 points. The streak began on Nov. 27, 2020, vs Saint Joseph’s
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Senior guard Zeke Mayo set his season-high in three-pointers made with 6. Mayo has hit 5 or more threes in five games this season, with the previous four coming against Howard, NC State, Arizona State and Brown. Mayo finished Tuesday’s contest with 24 points and 9 rebounds, the second most rebounds this season. Mayo’s 6 threes tonight is the most in a game by a Jayhawk since Gradey Dick had 6 against NC State on November 23, 2022
• Senior guard David Coit tied his season-high in three-pointers made Tuesday night with 4. Coit drained 4 threes earlier this season against Missouri. Coit ended the game with 12 points on 50% shooting
• Freshman forward Flory Bidunga notched his second-straight double-double Tuesday night, finishing with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Bidunga has now tallied double-digit rebounds in three games this season with the others coming against TCU and West Virginia. The 5 blocks tonight by Bidunga puts his total at 11 blocks on the season against UCF. He added 5 offensive rebounds, which is his most in a game for him this season.
• Graduate center Hunter Dickinson finished the game with 24 points, including a career-high-tying 10 FTM. Tuesday night marks the 54th game of his career where he has scored 20 or more points, and the sixth time he has accomplished that feat this season. Hunter ties his career high in FTM in a game with 10 when he has 10 FTM against Kentucky November 14th, 2023
• Senior forward KJ Adams tallied 12 points and five rebounds while playing 26 minutes. Tuesday night was Adams’ first game since Iowa State on Jan. 15
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