Kansas guard Josh Jackson (11) gets up for a shot over Washburn forward Jeremy Lickteig and teammate Carlton Bragg Jr. (15) during the second half, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Now that Kansas freshman Josh Jackson has had an opportunity to work through some of those inevitable first-game jitters, KU coach Bill Self has a better idea of what he would like to see from his high-profile guard in Sunday’s final tune-up for the regular season against Emporia State.

And it has nothing to do with points.

“I’ve said all along he could score 12 points and dominate a game,” Self said. “But he’s got to do more things to get us easy baskets. We get so hung up on what we do when we have the ball. Josh played 19 minutes the other day. He probably actually had the ball maybe a total of one minute or a minute and a half. What did he do the other 17 minutes that (he didn’t) actually touch the ball (with the intent to score)?”

The answer? Five turnovers, four rebounds, three fouls, two blocks, one assist and one steal. Decent numbers to be sure, but not numbers that produced the type of impact that Self expected.

“A lot of times, you guys look at points as a determining factor if you play well or not, and I don’t as much,” Self said.

Therein lies the battle that nearly all of Self’s freshmen — high-profile or otherwise — have had to fight through during the early stages of their KU careers. Andrew Wiggins did it. Perry Ellis did it. Frank Mason did it. And Devonte’ Graham did it, as well.

“I think he’s just trying to find his role and when to be aggressive and when not to be aggressive,” Graham said of Jackson. “It’s real confusing when you get here as a freshman. You don’t know when you should shoot the ball or when you should get it moving. You kind of have to get the feel for that as you go, but he’ll definitely get it. He’s just gotta figure out when he needs to be aggressive, which is all the time.”

Graham said the line between an aggressive play being defined as one that ends in a shot and one that ends in a pass can be difficult to discover.

“That’s the struggle, right there,” Graham said. “(Self’s) telling you to be aggressive (and) in a lot of guys’ minds we first think go and score. But that’s not what he’s saying. He means get guys open, drive to pass or get a teammate a shot. You gotta get your nose dirty.”

Graham said identifying the difference on film helped him a bunch during his freshman season and he knows it will do the same for Jackson, who Graham said already has examined closely the tape that clearly displayed the difference between his scoreless first half and 14-point second half Tuesday night against Washburn.

Without needing film to support his claim, Self described what Jackson should be looking for in more colorful terms.

“He needs to be a junkyard dog,” Self said. “He needed to be an extra-possessions-offensive-rebounding guy — a guy that creates points in transition. And at times the other night in the second half, I thought he did some good things. But the way he scored the other night, against Washburn, won’t be how he would score against Indiana. I think there’s got to be more explosive, more straight-line drives, more athletic-type plays. I still think there’s an aggressive mindset that he can definitely play with more of than what he did the other night.”

The only thing standing between Tuesday’s learning experience against Washburn and Jackson tipping it off for real against 11th-ranked Indiana Nov. 11 in Honolulu is Sunday’s 7 p.m. exhibition finale against Emporia State at Allen Fieldhouse.