No. 1 Kansas overcomes sluggish start, beats UNC Wilmington 84-66 to give Bill Self 800th career win
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Hunter Dickinson had 15 points and 15 rebounds, Dajuan Harris Jr. scored 16 points, and No. 1 Kansas shrugged off a sluggish start to beat UNC Wilmington 84-66 on Tuesday night and give Jayhawks coach Bill Self his 800th career win.
David Coit added 13 points and Zeke Mayo had 10 for the Jayhawks (5-0), who led 43-38 at halftime before going on a 12-2 run to start the second half. They stretched the lead to 20 and coasted to their 18th straight nonconference home win.
The Jayhawks next face No. 12 Duke in the Vegas Showdown on Tuesday.
Khamari McGriff had 18 points and Noah Ross had 10 with nine boards for UNC Wilmington (4-1), which was picked to finish third in the Colonial Athletic Association after winning 21 games last season.
The Seahawks weren't intimidated by the 372nd straight sellout at Allen Fieldhouse. They beat Kentucky at Rupp Arena just last season. And while Kansas started the game with energy, UNC Wilmington matched it for the first 20 minutes. It wasn't until Harris led the Jayhawks' early second-half charge that they put the game away.
UNC Wilmington got just seven points from Donovan Newby. He had 20 in a recent win over USC Upstate.
Kansas lost freshman Flory Bidunga to an injury in the first half. He did not put any weight on his right leg as he was helped to the bench. He did not return. Bidunga's loss would be a big blow to the Jayhawks' interior depth.
Kansas roared out of halftime on the run that ultimately decided the game.
The Jayhawks won despite shooting 6 of 25 from 3-point range.
The Seahawks play Colgate on Nov. 27. The Jayhawks play the Blue Devils on Tuesday.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | (Jayhawks gains possession) | |||
19:46 | Zeke Mayo misses two point jump shot | |||
19:44 | Sean Moore defensive rebound | |||
19:34 | Donovan Newby turnover (Hunter Dickinson steals) | |||
19:30 | +2 | Hunter Dickinson makes two point dunk (Zeke Mayo assists) | 0-2 | |
19:04 | Zeke Mayo shooting foul (Donovan Newby draws the foul) | |||
19:04 | +1 | Donovan Newby makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 1-2 | |
19:04 | +1 | Donovan Newby makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-2 | |
18:51 | +2 | Hunter Dickinson makes two point layup (KJ Adams Jr. assists) | 2-4 | |
18:33 | Khamari McGriff misses two point hook shot | |||
18:31 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
18:22 | Zeke Mayo misses three point jump shot | |||
18:20 | Khamari McGriff defensive rebound | |||
18:08 | +2 | Khamari McGriff makes two point layup | 4-4 | |
18:02 | +2 | Zeke Mayo makes two point layup (Dajuan Harris Jr. assists) | 4-6 | |
17:51 | Donovan Newby turnover (Dajuan Harris Jr. steals) | |||
17:44 | +3 | Rylan Griffen makes three point jump shot (Dajuan Harris Jr. assists) | 4-9 | |
17:25 | +3 | Sean Moore makes three point jump shot | 7-9 | |
17:08 | Dajuan Harris Jr. misses three point jump shot | |||
17:06 | Khamari McGriff defensive rebound | |||
16:54 | Flory Bidunga shooting foul (Harlan Obioha draws the foul) | |||
16:54 | Harlan Obioha misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
16:54 | Harlan Obioha misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
16:54 | KJ Adams Jr. defensive rebound | |||
16:49 | Zeke Mayo misses three point jump shot | |||
16:47 | Jayhawks offensive rebound | |||
16:40 | KJ Adams Jr. turnover (bad pass) | |||
16:23 | Hunter Dickinson blocks Greedy Williams's two point layup | |||
16:21 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
16:16 | Nolan Hodge shooting foul (Dajuan Harris Jr. draws the foul) | |||
16:16 | Dajuan Harris Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
16:16 | +1 | Dajuan Harris Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-10 | |
15:54 | Harlan Obioha misses two point layup | |||
15:52 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
15:47 | Greedy Williams shooting foul | |||
15:47 | TV timeout | |||
15:47 | David Coit misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
15:47 | +1 | David Coit makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-11 | |
15:30 | Elijah Jamison misses two point layup | |||
15:28 | KJ Adams Jr. defensive rebound | |||
15:22 | David Coit misses three point jump shot | |||
15:20 | Jayhawks offensive rebound | |||
15:16 | +2 | Zeke Mayo makes two point layup | 7-13 | |
15:09 | +3 | Elijah Jamison makes three point jump shot (Nolan Hodge assists) | 10-13 | |
14:41 | AJ Storr misses three point jump shot | |||
14:39 | Harlan Obioha defensive rebound | |||
14:32 | Elijah Jamison misses two point layup | |||
14:30 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
14:24 | +2 | David Coit makes two point layup | 10-15 | |
14:19 | Elijah Jamison turnover | |||
14:07 | Hunter Dickinson misses three point jump shot | |||
14:05 | Sean Moore defensive rebound | |||
13:55 | Elijah Jamison misses three point jump shot | |||
13:53 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
13:46 | +2 | Flory Bidunga makes two point dunk (Hunter Dickinson assists) | 10-17 | |
13:28 | Dajuan Harris Jr. shooting foul | |||
13:28 | +1 | Elijah Jamison makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 11-17 | |
13:28 | Elijah Jamison misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
13:28 | AJ Storr defensive rebound | |||
13:22 | AJ Storr turnover (bad pass) | |||
13:01 | Josh Corbin misses three point jump shot | |||
12:59 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
12:54 | Donovan Newby personal foul (AJ Storr draws the foul) | |||
12:48 | +2 | KJ Adams Jr. makes two point layup (AJ Storr assists) | 11-19 | |
12:29 | Noah Ross misses two point layup | |||
12:27 | Flory Bidunga defensive rebound | |||
12:15 | Dajuan Harris Jr. misses three point jump shot | |||
12:13 | Noah Ross defensive rebound | |||
12:01 | AJ Storr shooting foul (Noah Ross draws the foul) | |||
12:01 | Noah Ross misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
12:01 | +1 | Noah Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 12-19 | |
11:40 | David Coit misses two point jump shot | |||
11:38 | Josh Corbin defensive rebound | |||
11:28 | Nolan Hodge misses three point jump shot | |||
11:26 | Noah Ross offensive rebound | |||
11:22 | +3 | Donovan Newby makes three point jump shot (Noah Ross assists) | 15-19 | |
10:53 | +2 | Flory Bidunga makes two point jump shot (KJ Adams Jr. assists) | 15-21 | |
10:39 | Donovan Newby misses three point jump shot | |||
10:37 | Nolan Hodge offensive rebound | |||
10:34 | +2 | Nolan Hodge makes two point layup | 17-21 | |
10:14 | David Coit misses three point jump shot | |||
10:12 | Flory Bidunga offensive rebound | |||
10:03 | +3 | Dajuan Harris Jr. makes three point jump shot | 17-24 | |
9:49 | +2 | Khamari McGriff makes two point hook shot | 19-24 | |
9:28 | +3 | David Coit makes three point jump shot (Dajuan Harris Jr. assists) | 19-27 | |
9:13 | Josh Corbin misses three point jump shot | |||
9:10 | Seahawks offensive rebound | |||
9:10 | TV timeout | |||
8:57 | Nolan Hodge misses three point jump shot | |||
8:55 | Harlan Obioha offensive rebound | |||
8:54 | Hunter Dickinson shooting foul | |||
8:54 | +1 | Harlan Obioha makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 20-27 | |
8:54 | Harlan Obioha misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
8:54 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
8:32 | Harlan Obioha personal foul | |||
8:28 | Hunter Dickinson misses two point jump shot | |||
8:26 | Sean Moore defensive rebound | |||
8:14 | +2 | Elijah Jamison makes two point layup | 22-27 | |
7:58 | Rylan Griffen misses three point jump shot | |||
7:56 | KJ Adams Jr. offensive rebound | |||
7:54 | Shakeel Moore turnover (Nolan Hodge steals) | |||
7:43 | Harlan Obioha misses three point jump shot | |||
7:41 | Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound | |||
7:39 | Nolan Hodge personal foul | |||
7:39 | TV timeout | |||
7:30 | KJ Adams Jr. misses two point jump shot | |||
7:29 | Hunter Dickinson offensive rebound | |||
7:29 | Bo Montgomery personal foul | |||
7:19 | Harlan Obioha shooting foul (Hunter Dickinson draws the foul) | |||
7:19 | Hunter Dickinson misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
7:19 | +1 | Hunter Dickinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-28 | |
7:06 | Elijah Jamison turnover (out of bounds) | |||
6:52 | +2 | Shakeel Moore makes two point layup | 22-30 | |
6:31 | +2 | Khamari McGriff makes two point layup | 24-30 | |
6:20 | +2 | Zeke Mayo makes two point layup | 24-32 | |
6:01 | Elijah Jamison misses two point layup | |||
5:59 | Khamari McGriff offensive rebound | |||
5:55 | +2 | Khamari McGriff makes two point layup | 26-32 | |
5:43 | Rylan Griffen turnover (Sean Moore steals) | |||
5:26 | +2 | Noah Ross makes two point jump shot | 28-32 | |
5:22 | Jayhawks 30 second timeout | |||
5:10 | +2 | Flory Bidunga makes two point dunk (KJ Adams Jr. assists) | 28-34 | |
4:54 | KJ Adams Jr. shooting foul | |||
4:54 | +1 | Khamari McGriff makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 29-34 | |
4:54 | +1 | Khamari McGriff makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-34 | |
4:37 | Dajuan Harris Jr. misses three point jump shot | |||
4:35 | Dajuan Harris Jr. offensive rebound | |||
4:30 | Zeke Mayo misses three point jump shot | |||
4:28 | Josh Corbin defensive rebound | |||
4:02 | Donovan Newby misses three point jump shot | |||
4:00 | Noah Ross offensive rebound | |||
3:57 | +2 | Noah Ross makes two point jump shot | 32-34 | |
3:38 | +3 | AJ Storr makes three point jump shot | 32-37 | |
3:17 | Donovan Newby misses three point jump shot | |||
3:15 | Zeke Mayo defensive rebound | |||
3:08 | Greedy Williams personal foul | |||
3:08 | TV timeout | |||
3:08 | +1 | KJ Adams Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 32-38 | |
3:08 | KJ Adams Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
3:08 | Josh Corbin defensive rebound | |||
2:53 | Josh Corbin misses three point jump shot | |||
2:51 | Josh Corbin offensive rebound | |||
2:47 | Josh Corbin misses three point jump shot | |||
2:45 | Noah Ross offensive rebound | |||
2:30 | +2 | Khamari McGriff makes two point layup (Donovan Newby assists) | 34-38 | |
2:13 | +3 | Dajuan Harris Jr. makes three point jump shot (Hunter Dickinson assists) | 34-41 | |
1:47 | +2 | Noah Ross makes two point jump shot | 36-41 | |
1:25 | Sean Moore blocks KJ Adams Jr.'s two point layup | |||
1:23 | Khamari McGriff defensive rebound | |||
1:11 | Khamari McGriff turnover (traveling) | |||
0:53 | AJ Storr misses three point jump shot | |||
0:51 | Josh Corbin defensive rebound | |||
0:43 | Seahawks 30 second timeout | |||
0:23 | Sean Moore misses two point jump shot | |||
0:21 | Khamari McGriff offensive rebound | |||
0:18 | KJ Adams Jr. personal foul | |||
0:18 | +1 | Khamari McGriff makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 37-41 | |
0:18 | +1 | Khamari McGriff makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 38-41 | |
0:03 | +2 | Hunter Dickinson makes two point layup (Dajuan Harris Jr. assists) | 38-43 | |
0:00 | End of period |