LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Zeke Mayo scored 23 points and No. 11 Kansas held Arizona State to 13 in the second half of a 74-55 victory Wednesday night.
Hunter Dickinson added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Jayhawks (11-3, 2-1 Big 12), who started the second period with a 20-3 spurt that turned a six-point deficit into an 11-point lead at the second media timeout.
Kansas outscored the Sun Devils 38-13 after halftime.
Arizona State (10-4, 1-2) didn’t score its 10th point of the half until 3:09 remained. ASU was led by Alston Mason with 19 points. BJ Freeman had 10, and Jayden Quaintance added nine points and 11 rebounds.
Arizona State: The Sun Devils clearly missed co-leading scorer Joson Sanon and his 13.5 points per game. Down a player, and with Freeman picking up his fourth foul with 12:32 left, they had trouble handling Kansas’ press for most of the second half.
Kansas: The Jayhawks lost their previous home game to West Virginia, but haven’t dropped consecutive home games since losing four straight in 1988-89 as part of a seven-game losing streak in Roy Williams’ first season as coach.
Kansas trailed 42-36 at halftime, but Dickinson took a pass from Dajuan Harris and threw down a thunderous dunk over Quaintance to tie the score early in the second half. Quaintance picked up the foul and Dickinson’s free throw gave Kansas its first lead since the 8:24 mark of the first half. It was part of an 11-0 run to start the period.
Arizona State, which shot 46.7% in the first half, including 5 of 13 from 3-point territory, shot just 21.7% in the second half, including 1 of 11 from long range.
Arizona State returns home Saturday to face Baylor, while Kansas visits Cincinnati.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Mason | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| B. Freeman | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Quaintance | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Miller | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Jihad | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Ali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Phillips Jr. | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Hurley | – | – | – | – |
| J. Williams | – | – | – | – |
| B. Gardner | – | – | – | – |
| Q. McCoy | – | – | – | – |
| C. Clay | – | – | – | – |
| C. Braun | – | – | – | – |
| B. Long | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 55 | 25 | 10 | 14 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| Z. Mayo | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Dickinson | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Harris Jr. | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| S. Moore | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| K. Adams | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Griffen | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| F. Bidunga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Storr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Coit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Wilhite | – | – | – | – |
| W. Evers | – | – | – | – |
| J. Cross | – | – | – | – |
| P. Cassidy | – | – | – | – |
| R. Passmore | – | – | – | – |
| W. Thengvall | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 74 | 36 | 15 | 14 |