The Sports Xchange
Nov 24, 2017
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Third-ranked Kansas rang up triple digits for the second straight game, rolling past the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, 102-59, Friday night in its second HoopHall Miami campus game.
The Jayhawks' inside duo of sophomores Udoka Azubuike and Mitch Lightfoot dominated inside for 32 points and 18 rebounds as Kansas improved to 5-0 in front of a sellout crowd in Allen Fieldhouse.
Azubuike, the nation's leading field goal shooter, finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds in just 20 minutes, while Lightfoot scored 11 points and added eight rebounds.
Seven different KU players scored in double figures for the second straight game.
Lagerald Vick and Malik Newman each scored 15 points, while Svi Mykhailiuk and Devonte Graham added 14 points each. Marcus Garrett rounded out the double-figure scoring with 10.
The Jayhawks got nine early points from Azubuike in the first 4 1/2 minutes and used an 11-0 run midway through the first half to open up a 22-point margin (36-14). They never looked back after that and led by as many as 46 points in the second half.
Kendrick Nunn led Oakland (2-3) with 23 points. Redshirt senior Jalen Hayes, who missed the first four games of the season because of an NCAA suspension, scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds for the Grizzlies. Hayes averaged 16 points and 8 rebounds a game last year for the Horizon League champions.
The Jayhawks return to action Tuesday night at home with a 7 p.m. game against Toledo. Oakland will travel to Oral Roberts on Monday.
NOTES -- Azubuike entered Friday night's game leading the country in field goal shooting at 84.8 percent (28 of 33), but that will drop after his 10 of 16 (62.5 percenter) performance. Meanwhile, after shooting 50 percent or better in each of its first four games (two exhibitions and two regular season), Oakland has shot a combined 33.8 percent from the field in its last three contests -- road games against Toledo, Syracuse and Kansas.