LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Hunter Dickinson had 25 points and Zeke Mayo scored 24 to lead No. 9 Kansas over Kansas State 84-74 on Saturday.
Kansas (13-4, 4-2 Big 12) built a big lead to start the game and then kept K-State at arm’s length. The Wildcats (7-10, 1-5) never got closer than six points.
Mayo had 14 points in the first half. Dajuan Harris Jr. had nine in the first half and six in the second.
With a chance to cut the Wildcats’ deficit to five, Max Jones missed a corner 3-pointer with 2:32 remaining.
Coleman Hawkins led the Wildcats with 15 points and 10 assists.
Kansas State: The Wildcats need to avoid big runs. A 14-0 run to start the game made it an up-hill climb all day. The Jayhawks’ biggest lead was 16 points.
Kansas: The Jayhawks need KJ Adams Jr. to heal quickly. Adams suffered a partially separated right shoulder against Iowa State on Wednesday and is expected to miss several games. The Jayhawks got little production outside of Dickinson from their inside players.
The 14-0 run. Kansas hit five of its first six shots, including going 3 of 3 from beyond the arc, while K-State missed its first seven shots. The Wildcats went into halftime trailing 39-29.
K-State managed to stay in the game despite shooting just 23.1% from 3-point range. The Wildcats were just 2 of 15 in the first half. They shot 4 of 11 after halftime.
Kansas State remains on the road Wednesday night at No. 25 Baylor. Kansas visits TCU on Wednesday night.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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33
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C. Hawkins G | 15PTS | 7REB | 10AST | |
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1
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H. Dickinson C | 25PTS | 8REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Hawkins | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| D. N’Guessan | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Jones | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| D. McDaniel | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| B. Hausen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| U. Onyenso | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Castillo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Jones | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| T. Manning | – | – | – | – |
| M. Rich | – | – | – | – |
| B. Fall | – | – | – | – |
| M. Ikegwuruka | – | – | – | – |
| S. Bain | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 74 | 23 | 19 | 17 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| H. Dickinson | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Z. Mayo | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| D. Harris Jr. | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| F. Bidunga | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Moore | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Storr | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Passmore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Griffen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Coit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wilhite | – | – | – | – |
| W. Evers | – | – | – | – |
| J. Cross | – | – | – | – |
| P. Cassidy | – | – | – | – |
| W. Thengvall | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 84 | 33 | 16 | 13 |