Darryn Peterson sits out Kansas win with tight hamstring

No. 25 Kansas bounced again from final week’s loss to North Carolina with a 77-46 rout of visiting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday night time, doing so with out star freshman Darryn Peterson, who was a shock scratch.

Jayhawks coach Bill Self mentioned after the sport that Peterson, the nation’s No. 1 recruit, did not play due to a decent hamstring.

“We didn’t anticipate this but at the end of the practice [this morning], he said it was tight. So I told him no reason to go,” Self informed reporters in Lawrence.

Self referred to as the transfer precautionary.

“I look forward to seeing him practice Thursday, at least we think that’s the case,” the coach mentioned.

Kansas performs Princeton on Saturday, then has a stretch of high-profile video games towards the likes of No. 4 Duke, Notre Dame, Syracuse, No. 3 UConn and Missouri earlier than Big 12 play begins.

Kohl Rosario scored 16 factors to assist make up for the absence of Peterson. Flory Bidunga added 12 factors whereas Bryson Tiller and Tre White had 11 apiece for the Jayhawks (2-1), who held the Islanders (1-3) to 32% capturing whereas profitable their twenty second consecutive nonconference house sport.

Peterson scored 21 factors in his debut towards Green Bay and 22 towards North Carolina. He additionally has been coping with cramping points early within the season.

“It’s frustrating for him, I’m sure,” Self mentioned. “And it’s frustrating as a coach, too, because we don’t know from day to day how he’s going to be.

“It’s a protracted season, guys. And he is too invaluable to place on the market and create a scenario out of one thing that should not be a scenario.”

Kansas was sloppy and sluggish with out Peterson within the lineup early Tuesday night time, however Rosario ultimately lifted the staff from its malaise. He threw down a collection of alley-oop dunks, then started flattening 3-pointers, serving to the Jayhawks to drag away.

They led 38-18 on the break and used a 14-0 second-half run to bury a program that was within the NCAA match two years in the past.

Information from The Associated Press was used on this report.