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Coit-to-Adam’s lob off harris steals exemplifies KU’s hustle in victory over ISU

Coit-to-Adam’s lob off harris steals exemplifies KU’s hustle in victory over ISU

On February 4, 2025By Littum

Kansas -Guard Dajuan Harris Jr. (3) Coming down on the floor to steal from Iowa State Guard Keshon Gilbert (10) during the first half of Monday, February 3, 2025 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photo by Nick Krug

When Kansas lost against Iowa State on January 15, KU trainer Bill Self noticed about Cyclones’ ability to hang “75% of every 50/50 ball.”

On Monday night, Rematch Jayhawks’ way went, and so did a special pivotal loose ball.

With one and a half minutes back in the first half, and KU up 31-19, ISU’s reserve Big Man Brandton Chatfield disturbed a one-handed care of KU Center Hunter Dickinson, creating a live-ball revenue and a chance for Cyclones Guard Keshon Gilbert to sprint down on the floor.

But aj Storrr came down the field faster than Gilbert in transition to block his way, and Dickinson took the opportunity to knock the ball away. Ku -vagt Dajuan Harris Jr. Get out of nowhere, slid on the floor to hang it with his left hand, prevent it from going out of borders and in a floating movement turning it to Dickinson while still on the ground.

Dickinson turned the ball to David Coit, who at the time he reached “U” in the KU logo at Halfcourt, was already throwing a 45-foot spawning oop to KJ Adams. As usual, Adams was in the perfect position to jump after an energizing two -handed jerk.

“It may have been the game of the year for us,” said KU coach Bill Self on Postgame Radio.

The sequence involving all five Jayhawks ended a potential four-point swing in the dying minutes from the first half, and the University eventually went into the dressing room with a 16-point advantage that Jayhawks turned into a 17-point last margin of victory.

ISU coach TJ Otzelberger agreed with a reporter’s proposal after the play in some sense typed the night of Cyclones: “It seems that there is some optimism, and then immediately they make a big game,” he said.

He said he thought his team generally did well in terms of congestion, but that Adams ‘slam exemplified Jayhawks’ ability to punish teams on the quick break.

“You make a good defensive game, and then it turns into a turnover that turns into transition points for them,” Otzelberger said. “There is probably not a place or team or a program that does a better job than what Kansas does in the transition if you have a turnover and how they do it to points. We had very few revenue, very few live-ball revenue, and you feel like anyone we had turned into a layup, a can at the other end. It really is a credit to the pace they are playing on and what they require. “

He also called Harris an “elite competitor, winner, he is a guy you want on your team, no question about it.”

Harris said he was aware that “usually when we play Iowa State, it is always the one that is the first to come on the floor” to get a loose ball.

“I just wanted to play and get on the floor,” he said. “I honestly thought it was aj behind me when Diggy (Coit) threw it, but it was KJ. Either way, it was a big passport. “

Even when he recognized the impressive nature of the sequence, Self said Postgame he wasn’t sure what the game would look like with regard to KU’s efforts on 50/50 pieces, but exposed some praise.

“I thought we did a better job with the exception of defensive rebounding,” Self said when KU admitted 17 offensive rebounds to cyclones. “I thought we had more active hands tonight … I think we were doing some plays that were signs of being tough with the ball, and maybe even though we didn’t get a 50/50 ball, we may have prevented The ones in getting it where I previously think they got them the first time we played them. “

In the end, KU ISUS 17-point victory opposed January 15 with one of its own.

Kansas tip Kj Adams Jr. (24) Get up for a LOB marmalade against Iowa State Guard Tamin Lipsey (3) during the first half of Monday, February 3, 2025 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photo by Nick Krug