Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson misses recreation with hamstring damage

[ad_1] LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson sat out Tuesday evening's 77-46 rout of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi after hurting his hamstring in a shootaround earlier within the day, however coach Invoice Self doesn't consider the damage will maintain the potential NBA lottery pick of the beginning lineup for lengthy.

The No. 25 Jayhawks, who had been coming off a loss at North Carolina, rolled even with out Peterson, who many thought of the No. 1 total recruit popping out of highschool. They led the Islanders 38-18 at halftime earlier than cruising by the second half.

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“I truly instructed the fellows, ‘I’m excited to look at you play as a result of (Peterson) just isn't going to be there,'” Self mentioned. “There's going to be video games the place he has 4 fouls and he is not there, and the way can we play? I assumed it was good he wasn't on the market, to see these issues — even when it wasn't good that he wasn't on the market."

Kohl Rosario stepped up in Peterson’s place, pouring in 16 factors to guide the Jayhawks in opposition to Corpus Christi. Flory Bidunga had 12 factors and Tre White and Bryson Tiller scored 11 apiece as Kansas leaned closely into its benefit within the paint.

Peterson scored 21 factors in 22 minutes throughout his faculty debut in opposition to Inexperienced Bay, and he had 22 in opposition to the Tar Heels. However he additionally has been hampered by cramping issues early within the season, which restricted him to at least one half of an exhibition in opposition to Louisville and stored him from enjoying completely in one other exhibition recreation in opposition to Fort Hays State.

Self mentioned cramping wasn't the problem this time. It was the hamstring that tightened up.

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“This was as a lot a physician's factor as something — ‘If it’s bothering him, we should not put him on the market,'” Self mentioned. “Yeah, if it is as much as him, he is enjoying regardless, however when you'll be able to visibly inform on the finish of the shootaround right now that possibly he was settling for jumpers and never making an attempt to get to the outlet — ‘Are you tight?’ ‘Yeah, I’m tight.' That was sufficient.”

Nonetheless, the Jayhawks will want Peterson on the ground within the coming weeks.

They play Princeton on Saturday earlier than heading to New York to play No. 4 Duke within the Champions Traditional at Madison Sq. Backyard. That showdown is adopted by a visit to Las Vegas, the place Kansas is assured video games in opposition to Notre Dame and Syracuse within the Gamers Period Pageant. The group's subsequent recreation at Allen Fieldhouse is in opposition to No. 3 UConn on Dec. 2.

“We expect he will be OK and every little thing,” Self mentioned of his prized recruit, “however it's an extended season guys, and he is too useful to place on the market and create a state of affairs out of one thing that should not be a state of affairs.”

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