LAWRENCE – A career-high 24 points from junior Marcus Garrett was the highlight as No. 3 Kansas topped the Oklahoma Sooners, 87-70, Saturday afternoon inside Allen Fieldhouse.
Garrett was joined in double figures by sophomore Devon Dotson (19 points) and Udoka Azubuike (15 points, who turned in his 11th double-double of the season, as the Jayhawks claimed their 10th-straight victory.
The win improved Kansas to 22-3 on the year and 11-1 in Big 12 play. Oklahoma fell to 16-9 in its 2019-20 campaign and to 6-6 in the league.
MOMENT OF THE GAME
With the Jayhawks trailing 27-26 and under five minutes to play in the first half, junior Marcus Garrett collected steals on consecutive Sooner possessions to ignite the Allen Fieldhouse crowd as well as the Kansas offense. Garrett’s two steals led to four-straight KU points and kicked off a 15-5 run over the final 4:40 of the half to turn the one-point deficit into a nine-point lead, 41-32, as the teams headed to the intermission. KU’s scoring run overflowed into the second stanza, as the Jayhawks came out of the break on a 16-5 spurt over the first five minutes of the half. In all, Kansas outscored the visitors 31-10 over the middle 10 minutes of the contest, with Garrett’s plays on the defensive end sparking the impressive stretch.
STAT OF THE GAME
6 – Garrett, not known for his shooting prowess from deep, entered the day with just five 3-point makes in Big 12 play this season and only six attempts from deep in his last eight outings. The Dallas, Texas, native flipped that script Saturday when he shot in a career-high six triples on nine attempts. The mark doubled his previous best and made him the third Jayhawk to connect on six threes in a game in 2019-20.