Notes and numbers from Wednesday's come-from-behind, 81-76 win over No. 17 Tennessee at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The win moved Kansas to 6-2 on the season and gave the Jayhawks their third consecutive win over a power-conference program. It also added $300,000 to KU's NIL bank in addition to the $1 million NIL money the Players Era programs got for participating in the event.
Next up: KU will return home to face UConn at Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
Kansas Starters (at Kansas/career): 3-Tre White (8/94); 11- Jamari McDowell (2/2); 14-Melvin Council Jr. (8/69); 15-Bryson Tiller (5/5); 40-Flory Bidunga (14/14)
Series info: Kansas leads 6-3
THE WIN...
• Makes Kansas 6-2 or better for the 20th consecutive season and the 22nd time in Bill Self’s 23 seasons at KU.
• Makes the Kansas-Tennessee series 6-3 in favor of KU.
• Makes Kansas 3-1 in neutral site games this season.
• Makes Bill Self 615-158 while at Kansas, 822-263 all-time and 7-3 all-time against Tennessee, including 6-3 while at Kansas.
• Makes Kansas 2,420-911 all time.
TEAM NOTES
• All seven Jayhawks who played in the first half against Tennessee scored.
• Kansas grabbed double digit offensive rebounds for the third consecutive game.
• Every Jayhawk who played scored.
• Kansas shot a season high 41.2% (7/17) from behind the arc, and shot a season high 87% (26/30) from the free throw line against Tennessee.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Senior Tre White scored 14 points on 3-4 shooting from the field, and has now scored in double figures for the seventh consecutive game, and 55th time in his career. White went 2-3 from behind the arc, and has now made two three pointers in three games this season and 14 times in his career. White grabbed six rebounds and has now grabbed five or more rebounds in six consecutive games this season, and 63 times in his career.
• Senior Melvin Council Jr. finished the game with a season-high 17 points on 6-17 shooting, marking his fourth-consecutive game scoring in double figures, and 61st time of his career. Council recorded four assists, and has now recorded four-plus assists in all eight games this season. Council grabbed six rebounds, and has now grabbed five or more rebounds in three-consecutive games, and 47th time in his career. Council tied a season high with two blocked shots.
• Sophomore Flory Bidunga finished with 13 points giving him his sixth-consecutive game scoring in double figures, and 12th time in his career. Bidunga pulled down seven rebounds and has now grabbed five or more rebounds eight times this season, and 25 times in his career. Bidunga recorded three blocked shots, and has now recorded three or more blocks in five games this season.
• Redshirt sophomore Jamari McDowell tied a career high with knocking down two threes and has now made two or more three point field goals in backto-back games. McDowell tied a career high with two steals, and recorded his second second block of the season.
• Redshirt-sophomore Elmarko Jackson scored a career high 17 points on 4-7 shooting from the field, this is the fourth time in Jackson’s career where he’s hit double figures in points. Jackson also led the team in points for the first time in his career. Jackson tied a career high with two made three pointers, and went 2-3 from behind the arc. Jackson grabbed a season-high four rebounds.
• Redshirt-freshman Bryson Tiller grabbed eight rebounds, and has now grabbed five or more rebounds in six consecutive games. Tiller tied a season high with two assists, something that he has accomplished two times this season.
• Freshman Kohl Rosario made one three pointer and has now made a three pointer in six of eight games to start the season.
• Freshman Paul Mbiya made his first career basket, and scored a career-high two points on 1-1 shooting from the field.
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