How can michigan beat kansas

Wendell Moore Jr. Moore has been wildly inconsistent his first two seasons and has struggled shooting the ball. But early reports out of Durham this offseason pointed toward a potential junior-year breakout. So far, so good. Moore is 4-for-4 from the field and leads all players with eight points. Perhaps the light has come on.

Wendell Moore having a very nice start to this one: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and that flying putback dunk off Keels' miss. Hasn't missed a shot. Duke's gonna need that level of production all year. Paolo Banchero has been impressive from the jump tonight, with a game-high six points and two boards in 10 minutes. The Blue Devils have the lead because of it.

Fellow freshman Trevor Keels is also off to a good start for Duke with four points and two assists. Kentucky has made five of its last 10 field goals but TyTy Washington has missed his first four shots. Sahvir Wheeler leads the Cats with five points. We're at the under timeout, and Kentucky and Duke are separated by one point. Which in some ways is surprising, given how much bigger and stronger the Blue Devils look. Well, OK, Oscar Tshiebwe is a man mountain and a force of nature on the glass.

But when he goes out of the game, the Wildcats look awfully small. The hope is they can make up for that with shooting, but it's been tough sledding for the most part in that area. UK is just 7-of from the field, though it has hit 3-of-5 from 3. John Calipari has to hope that Tshiebwe can stay on the floor and not get in foul trouble, because the Duke frontcourt advantage looks substantial otherwise.

Kentucky might win this game, but the talent and size differential is pretty stark from courtside in the early going. The Blue Devils lead the Wildcats at the first timeout, in large part due to Kentucky's 2-of start from the field. Joey Baker has also gotten a look. He scored a career-high 29 points, leading the Jayhawks to an win against Michigan State in the Champions Classic. Agbaji probably profiles as a 3-and-D wing at the next level but he was attacking the rim for KU, shooting 9-of overall from the field and 3-of-6 from 3.

He was 8-of-8 from the free-throw line, more attempts than any other play in the game. Kansas pulled ahead late in the first half, , and never trailed in the second half to put away the unranked Spartans. Michigan State was led by 17 points from A. Hoggard, but turned the ball over 16 times and made 35 percent of its 3-point attempts. OK, so Michigan State is not a national title contender and has some stuff to figure out.

Still, don't discount just how impressive Kansas was in dispatching the Spartans in the Champions Classic. Opening nights can often be choppy — remember the Duke-Kansas turnover-fest in this event two years ago? But the Jayhawks turned in a crisp performance on offense, where they scored almost 1. Ochai Agbaji was the big story with a career-best 29 points on 17 shots. Everything he did was in the flow of the offense, and the senior looked incredibly comfortable on this stage.

Don't forget that Bill Self is still working in a lot of new pieces too. The Jayhawks have a lot of room to grow — and they're already pretty damn good.

Credit Ochai Agbaji career-high 27 points on 9-of shooting but also a Kansas defense that has taken advantage of Michigan State's sloppiness with the ball 15 turnovers. Michigan State trails Kansas at the under 8 timeout at the Champions Classic, and how much worse would it be if not for A. The sophomore didn't get the start at point guard, as that distinction went to Northeastern transfer Tyson Walker. But Hoggard has a team-high 15 points on 7-of shooting in 21 minutes, to go along with three assists.

He has more turnovers three than points two and got an earful early on in the game from Tom Izzo. If Walker needs some time to make the adjustment to this level — which would be totally understandable, by the way — then Hoggard becomes even more important for the Spartans.

Arguing a Mitch Lightfoot block, Izzo earns the T. And after a 3 moments later, Kansas is up on Michigan State with to go. Let the record show Tom Izzo with his first technical at PM Eastern on the first day of the season. Log In. Real Time. Top News. Champions Classic live updates: Kansas vs.

Michigan State, Duke vs. He also praised how the young guys on his team, especially freshmen Bobby Pettiford and Zach Clemence, are doing. Bobby Pettiford is playing well for Kansas and he's helped his team to a lead against Michigan State. He and Zach Clemence, both freshmen, look comfortable on a stage like this. That's very promising for the Jayhawks moving forward. Ochai Agbaji became the first player to reach double figures scoring, and he has 10 points.

But it wasn't Agbaji who made the most plays during this stretch to help put that team in the lead. Zach Clemence became the first Kansas freshman to make an appearance in the game, and he's already up to seven points.

He had a nice steal and then hit a 3 on the other end at the beginning of this stretch. Bill Self had been complimentary of Clemence throughout the lead-up to this game. Christian Braun had the highlight of the night so far when he took a Michigan State turnover and dunked it on the other end. But the Jayhawks are trailing at this break. The Spartans' Max Christie is up to six points.

It's been a quiet night for Remy Martin so far, as he's yet to attempt a shot for Kansas. The shots are starting to fall for Michigan State, which is now 8-for from the field while Kansas is 6-for The Spartans seem to be finding success by going after Mitch Lightfoot defensively.

The Jayhawks' Ochai Agbaji leads all scorers with six points. Jalen Coleman-Lands, who'd missed time and the exhibition due to injury, made his first appearance for Kansas in the game during this stretch. He hit a 3 for his first points. The Jayhawks opened the scoring with a 3-pointer from Ochai Agbaji, but struggled to find consistency offensively as time progressed. They have three turnovers and two made shots at this point.

Things aren't coming easily for the Spartans and they're 0-for-3 from behind the arc. The starters for kubball vs.

Michigan State: pic. Bill Self said it never gets old getting to do something like compete inside Madison Square Garden. He doesn't know how ready his team, or any team, is for their first game.

He said it was a possibility that either team could dominate the game. Agbaji's previous career-high was 26 points March 11, , against Oklahoma. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Kansas fans erupt as Agbaji slams down alley-oop Madison Square Garden goes wild over Christian Braun's alley-oop lob to Ochai Agbaji for the thunderous slam. Nov 9, AP. Butler squares off against Troy Troy vs. Lehigh Youngstown St. Youngstown State vs.

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