Kansas 62 Iowa State 61

No. 9 Jayhawks Win on a Last-Second Shot against No. 15 Iowa State
Dejuan Harris earned his first career team MVP against Iowa State

Game Summary:

Not only did he hit the game-winner with 7 seconds left; Dejuan Harris was solid on both ends to earn team MVP honors. Ochai Agbaji was poised to win this distinction due to a solid 22-point outing, but his defense down the stretch lowered his value score significantly. K.J. Adams got the start and had yet another positive outing (10 of his 13 game appearances have netted positive value). Despite being benched for most of the game and only scoring 1 point, David McCormack was good on the defensive end and glass. Christian Braun had his first negative-value performance of the season, and Bobby Pettiford returned from injury but looked very rusty.

The team is missing Remy Martin, and frankly David McCormack although the latter is on the coach and not due to injury. Playing worse players at these positions (such as Pettiford/Yesufu or Lightfoot) has unsurprisingly made this team worse. The team is loaded at wing, so giving K.J. Adams a look at the 5 can provide a small bit of value most nights.

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