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The Kansas Jayhawks will play host to Towson of the Coastal Athletic Association at 8 p.m Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse. The Tigers were picked to win their league in a preseason poll of CAA coaches.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
Towson vs. Kansas: How to watch
When: 8 p.m., Tuesday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence)
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM)
Probable starters
Towson (6-4)
F (No. 23) — Caleb Embeya, 6-9, Soph, 2.2 ppg
F (3) — Tyler Coleman, 6-7, Sr., 3.4
G/F (15) —Tyler Tejada, Jr., 6-9, Jr., 18.8
G (1) — Tyler Schmidt, 6-3, Sr., 4.3
G (4) — Dylan Williamson, 6-1, Jr., 15.6
Kansas (8-3)
F (40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 14.1 ppg
F (15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 8.6
F (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 14.1
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 13.0
G (22) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 19.3
About Towson (6-4)
The Tigers are 0-3 on the road this season, losing to Houston (65-48), James Madison (81-75) and UCF (86-61). Towson went 2-1 at the ESPN Events Invitational Nov. 24-26 in Kissimmee, Florida. Towson beat Rhode Island (62-55) and Liberty (72-69) before losing to UC San Diego (87-73). In home games, Towson has defeated Loyola/Maryland (67-56), Wilson College (101-62), Norfolk State (51-41) and Cornell (93-80). …
Pat Skerry is 241-214 in 15 seasons at Towson. His first game at Towson was a 100-54 loss to KU on Nov. 11, 2011 at Allen Fieldhouse. That game remains the largest margin of defeat for Skerry at Towson. The Tigers would return to KU on November 22, 2013, losing again 88-58. Towson, 0-3 all time versus KU, also lost to the Jayhawks 87-61 on Nov. 19, 2006, in Las Vegas. …
Towson was picked to finish first of 13 teams in the Coastal Athletic Association preseason poll. … Tyler Tejada was named 2025 Coastal Athletic Conference player of the year. He earned first-team all-league honors with teammate Dylan Williamson. … Nearly half of the Tigers’ roster hails from Maryland. Ryan Conway, Ryan Skerry and Brandon Holmes are from the Baltimore area. Towson is located just north of Baltimore. …
Four Tigers have wingspans above 7-foot. Mor Seck leads the team with a 7-3 1/2 wingspan. … Eight players return to Towson from last year’s 22-11 team. Towson has added transfers in Ryan Conway (Howard Community College), Tyler Schmidt (Valparaiso), Jack Doumbia (Wright State) and Seck (Fresno State). … Towson averages 70.3 points per game while allowing 68.2 ppg. The Tigers have made 66 of 220 3s for 30%. Opponents have made 73 of 245 3s for 29.8%.
About No. 17 ranked Kansas (8-3)
KU is 8-3 or better for the 20th consecutive season and the 22nd time in Bill Self’s 23 seasons at KU. … Self is 617-159 while at Kansas, 824-264 all-time. … Kansas 2-1 in the month of December and 120-19 in December under Self. …
KU’s 77-76 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday came in KU’s first overtime game of the season and first since March 12, 2025 (98-94 win over UCF in Big 12 tourney). The overtime win marked Kansas’ first in a true road game since Feb. 11, 2019, in an 82-77 victory over TCU. It was also Kansas’ first nonconference true road win in overtime since Jan. 9, 2011, in a 67-60 win over Michigan. …
Kansas leads the Big 12 and is 10th nationally in blocked shots per game (6.1) and also leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage defense (25.1%) which is fifth nationally. KU is second in the league in field-goal percentage defense (37.6%), which is 13th nationally. … Kansas is 272-9 (96.8%) against unranked opponents in Allen Fieldhouse under Bill Self (since 2003-04). … Since the 2019-20 season, Kansas is 120-19 (86.3%) in December under Self. …
Flory Bidunga leads the Big 12 with 26 blocked shots. His 2.4 blocks per game rank first in the Big 12 — 23rd nationally. Bidunga now has at least one blocked shot in each of the last nine games. Bidunga has eclipsed 10 or more rebounds in three consecutive games and five times this season. …
Tre White has scored in double digits nine times this season and 57 times in his career. He has grabbed six or more rebounds in nine consecutive games.
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Gary Bedore
The Kansas City Star
Gary Bedore covers KU basketball for The Kansas City Star. He has written about the Jayhawks since 1978 — during the Ted Owens, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Bill Self eras. He has won the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year award and KPA writing awards.
