Kansas was down 15 points with less than five minutes remaining in regulation against TCU on Tuesday, but what felt like the emotional low point of KU’s second-half near-disaster occurred when the margin was just nine. With the Jayhawks attempting to push the ball up the floor and just over two minutes remaining, Elmarko Jackson tossed it down the court to Darryn Peterson. But Peterson, who was starting to ...
Darryn Peterson scored a season-high 32 points and hit three free throws to force overtime on Tuesday night, Melvin Council Jr. carried the Jayhawks through the extra period, Tre White poured in a workmanlike 26 points, Jamari McDowell hit one of the biggest shots of the game when KU trailed TCU by nine points with just over a minute remaining and a previously quiet Flory Bidunga grabbed some pivotal offensive ...
Former Georgia Tech defensive back Christian Pritchett has committed to join the Kansas football team, the Journal-World confirmed on Wednesday night. The safety from Harvey, Louisiana, will have two seasons left to play after working primarily on special teams during his two years with the Yellow Jackets. He is the latest transfer to commit in short order following a visit to Lawrence. “They came in with ...
The revamp of Kansas’ interior defensive line continued on Tuesday afternoon with the commitment of Tre’Von McAlpine. McAlpine announced his decision in a post on X. He is a 6-foot-3, 305-pound defensive tackle who joins KU after spending the 2025 season at Tulane, which reached the College Football Playoff. McAlpine played in all 14 games with 12 starts and about 31 snaps per game in his lone season with ...
Kansas trailed by as many as 16 points on Tuesday night, including by 13 with four minutes to go, but completed a wild comeback to beat TCU in overtime, 104-100, at Allen Fieldhouse. KU guard Darryn Peterson came back from another late-game absence to hit three free throws and tie the game with 1.7 seconds to go. He finished the game with 32 points, but did not play in overtime, when Melvin Council Jr. helped ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team, which features just three players who had played Big 12 minutes prior to this season, has already gotten a taste of just how difficult it can be to win in the conference. The Jayhawks’ league opener at UCF on Saturday didn’t go according to plan, as star guard Darryn Peterson carried KU through the first half but spent most of the second on the bench — which head coach ...