Darryn Peterson Leads Jayhawks Past Texas Tech
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Darryn Peterson plays 35 pivotal minutes, both North Carolina teams hang on, Ole Miss shuts down Auburn's offense, Joyce Edwards goes off and more from Monday's college basketball action.
Kansas is up to No. 11 in Tuesday morning's updated Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, where Arizona remains No. 1 for the 24th consecutive day. Texas Tech is down to No. 17. Next up for the Jayhawks is Saturday's game at home with Utah. Two days after that, they'll host top-ranked Arizona inside Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas standout freshman Darryn Peterson played only his second full game of the season Monday night. And despite a mostly underwhelming second half, the potential No. 1 pick in the next NBA Draft came in clutch with a pair of game-winning buckets in the final minutes, sparking a 64-61 comeback win for the No. 11 Jayhawks over No. 13 Texas Tech.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Darryn Peterson scored 18 points in 20 minutes and No. 14 Kansas beat No. 13 BYU 90-82 on Saturday in the 1,000th game played at historic Allen Fieldhouse. Bryson Tiller had career-high 21 points and seven rebounds for Kansas (16-5,
On Saturday against BYU, in a matchup billed as a battle of potential No. 1 picks, Peterson did whatever he wanted against AJ Dybantsa in the first half, scoring 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting along with three steals. Kansas was up by 20 at halftime, then Peterson hardly played after the break, and BYU made it a game late.
Kansas' star freshman was one of 10 players named to the midseason Jerry West Award watch list.
However, the real story of the whole game was Peterson vs. Dybantsa. Many fans and scouts watched to see how they'd react in such a high-pressure game. Among those in attendance was Kansas legend Paul Pierce, who spoke on the "No Fouls Given" podcast to express his excitement about the future of both Darryn and AJ.