No. 1 Kansas visits Creighton following Adams’ 22-point game

Kansas Jayhawks (7-0) at Creighton Bluejays (5-3)

Omaha, Nebraska; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Jayhawks -4.5; over/under is 152.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Kansas plays Creighton after KJ Adams scored 22 points in Kansas’ 86-51 victory over the Furman Paladins.

The Bluejays have gone 4-1 in home games. Creighton is fourth in the Big East with 17.5 assists per game led by Steven Ashworth averaging 5.6.

The Jayhawks play their first true road game after going 7-0 to start the season. Kansas is the top team in the Big 12 with 45.1 points per game in the paint led by Hunter Dickinson averaging 11.4.

Creighton makes 45.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.3 percentage points higher than Kansas has allowed to its opponents (39.2%). Kansas has shot at a 52.6% clip from the field this season, 14.6 percentage points higher than the 38.0% shooting opponents of Creighton have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Kalkbrenner is shooting 78.1% and averaging 18.1 points for the Bluejays.

Dickinson is averaging 15.7 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the Jayhawks.

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