LAWRENCE, Kan. - Tre White scored a game-high 16 points while Christian Reeves and Tyran Stokes added 14 points each to lead the Kansas Jayhawks to a 80-62 victory over Pittsburg State on Friday night during Late Night in the Phog at Allen Fieldhouse.
The win is the 58th consecutive home exhibition victory for the Jayhawks. Kansas also improved to 11-0 in exhibition matchups against Pitt State, a Division II program coached by former Kansas standout guard Jeff Boschee.
Reeves recorded a double-double, pulling down 10 rebounds in the contest, while White had eight rebounds. KU had 11 different players score in the game, including six points apiece from Taylen Kinney, Leroy Blyden Jr and Paul Mbiya.
Pitt State led 22-21 just over midway through the first half, but the Jayhawks held the Gorillas scoreless for more than seven minutes while using a 22-0 run to break the game wide open. Kansas led by as many as 21 in the half, going up 43-22 after a breakaway dunk by Dennis Parker Jr, and the Jayhawks took a 47-30 lead into halftime.
Reeves opened the second half with a dunk and Kansas quickly pushed its advantage back above 20 points, reaching as high as 25 at 64-39 with 10:49 to play after Luke Barnett hit a pair of free throws. KU maintained a lead of at least 16 points the entire second half before finishing off the game with a final margin of 80-62.
Kansas shot 39 percent from the field in the contest, hitting 30-of-77 field goal attempts, including 23 percent from three-point range as the Jayhawks knocked down 7-of-30 from long range. KU outrebounded Pitt State 58-40, while outscoring the Gorillas 40-to-30 on points in the paint.