Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders: Probable starters, tipoff, TV, notes

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THE DETAILS

When/where: 8 p.m. Monday, United Supermarkets Arena, Lubbock, Texas.

TV: ESPN.

Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.

PROBABLE STARTERS

P

No.

Kansas

Ht.

Yr.

PPG

C

1

Hunter Dickinson

7-2

Sr.

18.7

F

24

KJ Adams

6-7

Jr.

12.7

G

15

Kevin McCullar

6-7

Sr.

19.5

G

3

Dajuan Harris

6-2

Sr.

8.0

G

10

Johnny Furphy

6-9

Fr.

8.4

P

No.

Texas Tech

Ht.

Yr.

PPG

F

5

Darrion Williams

6-6

Soph.

8.9

F

22

Warren Washington

7-0

Sr.

10.3

G

2

Pop Isaacs

6-2

Soph.

17.6

G

6

Joe Toussaint

6-0

Sr.

12.5

G

24

Kerwin Walton

6-5

Sr.

8.1

About No. 4 Kansas (19-5, 7-4): KU, which has won four in a row and eight of the last nine meetings, leads the all-time series against Tech, 42-7 including a 13-4 mark in United Supermarkets Arena. KU has won three of the last four meetings in Lubbock. … Kansas is 75-23 on ESPN Big Monday, including 56-17 under coach Bill Self. ... Self is 28-6 versus Tech… KU after defeating Baylor on Saturday improved to 120-18 under Self in the game following a loss. … Self is 791-242 all-time, including 584-136 at KU. He’s six wins from tying Phog Allen as KU’s all-time winningest coach. … Kansas has posted six wins against AP Top 25 teams. That is tied for the most in the country (with Purdue). … Kansas had 17 steals in Saturday’s 64-61 win over Baylor. The 17 steals are the most by Kansas in a conference game since Jan. 27, 2007 vs. Colorado (19). … Kansas is 122-55 in games decided by five points or less or overtime in the 21-year Self era. ... Kansas forced Baylor into 21 turnovers, most in a game by a Kansas opponent this season. … Hunter Dickinson has scored in double figures in 23 of 24 games … Kansas is 31-2 when Dajuan Harris scores at least 10 points. … KJ Adams has scored in double figures in 11-straight contests. … Johnny Furphy’s six steals against Baylor were the most by a Kansas freshman since Xavier Henry had seven steals on Jan. 20, 2010 vs. Baylor. … Elmarko Jackson recorded a career-high four steals against BU. ... Kansas is the only school in the Big 12 that has four different players lead in four different statistical categories — Kevin McCullar (scoring at 19.5 ppg), Hunter Dickinson (rebounding at 11.0 rpg), Dajuan Harris (assists at 6.6) and KJ Adams (field goal percentage at 63.8%).

About No. 23 Texas Tech: (17-6, 6-4): Texas Tech snapped a three-game losing streak by beating UCF, 66-59, Saturday in Lubbock. … Darrion Williams recorded his fifth double-double of the season and sixth of his career with team-highs of 13 points and 13 rebounds versus UCF. Seven-footer Warren Washington, who missed the game at No. 13 Baylor on Tuesday with illness, scored 10 points with 11 rebounds for his second double-double. … Pop Isaacs was limited to seven points vs. UCF, snapping a streak of 13 straight games in double figures. He had six assists and five rebounds. … UCF hit 5 of 24 3s versus Tech, which hit 7 of 21. … Texas Tech leads the Big 12 and is 16th nationally with a 77.9% mark at the free-throw line after going 13-for-15 in the win over UCF… Tech has shot over 80% at the line in 11 of 23 games. Tech has made 10 or more free throws in 21 of 23 games. ... Tech has made nine or more 3s in 12 of 23 games after going 7-for-21 against UCF and 9-for-22 at Baylor last week … Tech is second in the Big 12 with 10 turnovers per game after committing 10 against UCF. The fewest turnovers this season was four in a win over Oklahoma State. Tech has had less than 10 turnovers in 10 games. ... Tech has held two Big 12 opponents below 60 points (60-59 win over Kansas State and 66-59 win over UCF). .... Tech is 13-0 when holding opponents under 70 points. ... The Red Raiders are 3-1 in games decided by five points or less. ... Tech is 3-2 against ranked opponents this season with wins over Oklahoma, BYU and Texas. The losses came at Houston and at TCU. ... First-year Red Raider coach Grant McCasland played at Baylor from 1995-99. He was assistant for Bears’ coach Scott Drew from 2011-16. He is currently in his 10th season as an NCAA head coach and has a 228-95 overall record with head coaching experience at Midwestern State, Arkansas State, and North Texas. He won the 2007 NJCAA National Championship in his first head coaching role leading Midland College.

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