Kansas vs. Kentucky: Tre White Scores 23 of 30 After Halftime as No. 15 KU Tops No. 24 UK 89-69
Tre White went 8 of 9 from the floor in the second half, and Kansas scored 22 points off Kentucky's 16 turnovers while giving up none off its own in an 89-69 win at the United Center.
Photo: Kansas Athletics. Tre White, official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.
FINAL, United Center, Chicago: No. 15 Kansas 89, No. 24 Kentucky 69.
Both teams shot 46 percent. Kansas won by 20 anyway. Points off turnovers went 22-0 to Kansas, larger than the 20-point final margin. Kentucky gave it away 16 times and Kansas turned those into 22 points, per the ESPN box. Kansas gave it away 10 times and Kentucky scored 0 points off them. Add 12 offensive rebounds to Kentucky's 8 and Kansas got 69 shots up to Kentucky's 59.
Tre White had 7 points at the half. He finished with a career-high 30, per CBS Sports, on 11-of-16 shooting, 4 of 8 from three and 4 of 4 at the line. By our count from the ESPN play-by-play, he went 8 of 9 from the floor after the break and scored 23 of his points there. Zoom Diallo's three at 18:35 of the second half cut it to 51-41. Kentucky did not score again until 14:48, and by then Kansas led 63-41 after a 12-0 run, 6 of it from White, by our count. Kentucky never got within single digits in the second half. The Kansas lead peaked at 23.
Who else carried it
Tyran Stokes had 23 points and 10 rebounds on 8-of-19 shooting, 4 of 8 from three, with 4 assists. Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 12 on 4-of-5 shooting with 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and his tip-in and floater in the last minute of the first half made it 46-36 at the break. Taylen Kinney shot 1 of 9 but handed out 8 assists. Christian Reeves added 8 points in 12 minutes. Kansas had 24 assists on 32 baskets and made 10 of 26 threes. Kentucky made 4 of 21, a 30-12 gap from deep, by our count.
Diallo led Kentucky with 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting, 3 of 6 from three. Malachi Moreno had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-11 shooting after picking up two fouls in the first 3:23, per CBS Sports. Milan Momcilovic scored 5 on 2-of-7 shooting and did not make a three until 6:53 remained in the game. Braydon Hawthorne blocked 3 shots. Kentucky opened 5 of 5 from the floor and led 10-5, its biggest lead of the night.
The context
Kansas played without starting guard Melvin Council Jr., who broke his foot in practice on Monday, per CBS Sports and KSR. Ousmane N'Diaye and Kinney drew offsetting technicals after a first-half scrum around Stokes. Kansas had won the last two meetings coming in, per Kansas Athletics, so this makes three straight in the series. The Jayhawks came in 9-6 all time in the Champions Classic, per the same preview, and leave 10-6 by our count.
Kansas is 3-0 and opens the Players Era 8 against UNLV on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas. Kentucky falls to 2-1 and hosts Northern Arizona on Friday.
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