Tre White set the pace and Kansas spent the middle of the first half burying Pitt State under a long scoring surge, rolling to an 80-62 exhibition win Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse during Late Night in the Phog.
White finished with a game-high 16 points, while Christian Reeves and Tyran Stokes added 14 apiece. Reeves also turned in a double-double by grabbing 10 rebounds, and White pulled down eight boards as the Jayhawks controlled the glass from start to finish.
Kansas got scoring from 11 different players, with Taylen Kinney, Leroy Blyden Jr. and Paul Mbiya each chipping in six points. The Jayhawks also outscored Pitt State 40-30 in the paint and finished with a 58-40 rebounding edge.
The Gorillas actually grabbed a 22-21 lead more than halfway through the opening half, but that was the high point. Kansas held Pitt State without a point for more than seven minutes and answered with a 22-0 burst to blow the game open. The Jayhawks stretched the lead to as many as 21 in the half, going up 43-22 after a breakaway dunk from Dennis Parker Jr., and carried a 47-30 advantage into the break.
Kansas kept the pressure on early in the second half. Reeves started the period with a dunk, and the Jayhawks pushed the margin back above 20 before reaching their largest lead at 64-39 with 10:49 remaining after Luke Barnett sank two free throws. KU stayed ahead by at least 16 the rest of the way and closed it out at 80-62.
The Jayhawks shot 39 percent overall, going 30-of-77 from the field, and hit 7-of-30 from three-point range for 23 percent.
Kansas is back in exhibition action Wednesday, Oct. 21, when it hosts Louisville at Allen Fieldhouse. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT, and the game will be televised on ESPNU.
The victory was Kansas’ 58th straight home exhibition win. The Jayhawks are also now 11-0 in exhibition games against Pitt State, a Division II program coached by former Kansas guard Jeff Boschee.
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