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INDIANAPOLIS – After a 1: 1 start into the season, the No.. The KU men’s seven-man basketball team traveled to the Champions Classic in Indianapolis. Waiting for the jayhawks? The no. Kentucky Wildcats with 20 ranks.

Tuesday’s game was anything but a basketball clinic. Both teams shot worse than 40 percent from the field. But Kansas managed to score a late win, 65-62.

For Tuesday’s game, the Jayhawks rolled out with five starters: Marcus Garrett (senior), Agbaji (junior), Jalen Wilson (Redshirt newcomer), Braun (sophomore) and David McCormack (junior). Five-star freshman Bryce Thompson had previously posted a start instead of Wilson against Saint Joseph’s, but he started the game on Tuesday on the bench.

Before the game, there were some rumors that Garrett might be out due to illness. Phog. net first reported that he was a full participant in warm-up exercises. Garrett earned a start against the Wildcats, playing for more than 30 minutes.

The game started slowly, with no team scoring for the first two minutes and 20 seconds. Agbaji was first on the board as he recorded a setback from a missed Braun 3 to give the Jayhawks a 2-0 lead. Agbaji later hit a 3 of his own before the U-16 media timeout as he made all five of the Jayhawks’ points during that time

However, the Jayhawks shot 2 to 10 in the first four and a half minutes of the game with three turnovers, so Kentucky was ahead with a pair during the media stop. Kentucky 7, Kansas 5 (15:33)

Bill Self started looking at his bench when eight players showed up after the U-12 media timeout – with a ninth set that was supposed to check-in after the interruption. The Jayhawks shooting continued after Kansas hit 15. 4 percent of his looks relate to the U-12 break. Kansas was also up to seven turnovers. Kentucky 13, Kansas 5 (11:40)

Kentucky extended their lead to 12, 17-5, which resulted in yet another self-timeout (his second to this point). . However, the Jayhawks responded with their five guard attack, with Dajuan Harris giving the team an extra ball handler. Harris recorded two steals and the Jayhawks actually scored four points in a row to force a Kentucky break. Self reverted to the four guard approach, and the Wildcats extended their lead to 12 by the next media stop. Kentucky 21, Kansas 9 (7:45)

The Jayhawks worked the ball further into McCormack as the big man had up to four points (1: 4 FG), two rebounds and two turnovers at 5:55 in the half. At this point, KU followed at 11. After McCormack made two free throws, Self reverted to his five-guard look for the rest of the verse. Kentucky 32, Kansas 22 (3:43)

The Jayhawks relied on five guards for the rest of the period, reducing Kentucky’s lead by half to six. One memorable game came when Braun dived and was deemed a technical foul for trash talking by a Kentucky player. Self disagreed with the call and yelled at the officer that he was « so weak ». « 

The Jayhawks took a point off the lead in Kentucky for the next four minutes and switched. Wilson scored two points (with three rebounds) and McCormack added two more points on the free throw line. However, the KU-Bank received a technical foul for arguing an early foul call. Kentucky 38, Kansas 33 (3:45 pm)

Wilson continued to hit the glass and scored seven rebounds in the first six and a half minutes of the second half. He had points to 12:56 in the second half alone when Kentucky called time.

By the U-12 media timeout, Wilson had up to 10 points and 10 rebounds for the game. Kansas 41, Kentucky 40 (11:37)

Wilson recorded his fourth foul and went to the bank. The game got closer when Agbaji and McCormack shot together 4:22 from the field – and 0: 7 in the second half. Kansas 44, Kentucky 44 (7:48)

Kentucky started building a lead when the Wildcats hit their second 3 of the game to improve 4. However, Wilson returned to the game and responded with a 3 of his own. He later hit another 3 to tie the game at 51. Then he hit inside to tie again at 53. Kansas 53, Kentucky 53 (3:25)

Agbaji scored five points – two of them after a Harris theft – to give the Jayhawks a five point lead. Kansas held out for the final moments of the game, leading by 3 points with 10 seconds to go after Agbaji took two free throws. Kentucky missed a 3 as Kansas added the finishing touches to the win.

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