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Welcome to the State Farm Champions Classic here in downtown Chicago, the site of the State Farm Champions Classic here this year. We've got another great game coming your way right now. The number one incoming freshman in the nation. Tyron Stokes will lead the Kansas Jay Hawks against the Kentucky Wildcats, who had as big of a portal pickup as there was. the best shooter in the nation last year, Milan Mong Chilivovich. All right, everybody ready to go? Pat Adams, Tony Padilla, Paul Cells are the officials and just trying to get everybody sorted out for the opening tip and Kansas wins it Wilkins who comes from Ferman and Dio who comes from Washington. The baseline
jumper there for Zoom Dio. Dio averaged 16 a game last season. If he can manage his turnovers, he's a playmaker. And he thought about it. Now kicks to Kaufman Ren who will launch a three. He became eligible. Became eligible about three weeks ago, but Bill Self said so quick to pick up their concepts. It really feels like he's been around longer. Loreno with his name in the draft decided to come back. Finds Mchilovic who lays it in just out of a little horn set and Mchilovich got the switch and was able to lock down Biden Jr.
A lot of length on this Kentucky team. In fact, Mark Pope has often said length is their strength. Nice back door cut there by White. Pick up these Kentucky guards right away. Both these guys, Dio and Wilkins, can score. Boy, how shifty and quick is he? He played for a great coach at first. Wilkins don't look pass behind Moreno, but it bounces to Dio. Maybe it was intended for Dio. You get an assist for that one.
Zoom. Dio hangs and hits the wild off to Kaufman. Now Stokes on a switch. Back into Kaufman. Long jump hook will find the bottom of the net. So they've got Moreno on the bench with two. Nice back door cut. Another good play there by the Jay Hawks. Is Kentucky struggling right now to get good looks at the offensive end. Dio gets one a three can play tend to be wide open over as there almost always is in this day and age. The spin by Stokes, the strength to get a good look, to follow it, to lay it in, and to draw the foul. And when he did that little spin move in the lane, he went right into his body.
Couldn't complete the play, but he was first to go get it. What a pass. Parker finds Kenny and he hits the corner three. Pretty basketball there from the Jay-Hawks. That may be the thing that's impressed this Kansas coaching staff more than anything is how well he can pass the ball. A mid-range jumper for Braden. Beckley, West Virginia is where you put in to raft the upper Gully River. Stokes for three. He's having a night. I'll see your gully and I'll raise you in Ottawa. Good pass. Christian Reeds running the floor and the big man lays it in. That's where Kansas is. limit Kentucky to just one shot per possession.
Chris, thank you. Stokes already six points, three rebounds, one assist, one steal. Did I say six points? I meant nine for that Trent Perry pass. Kenny into Stokes. Good position and met at the rim by Moreno. Back into the game with two fouls. But now Stokes behind the defense for the easy two. forcing another turnover and Kansas scoring off every miscue by Kentucky. They've got eight assists on 10 made field goals. Soft touch for Zundalo and a great shot fake to give him that one dribble pull out the leaves.
You cannot give up the lane. A chance to play more. 11 points, eight rebounds per game. Well, you get a piece of the paint there and Moreno has to help up. Dio behind the play and they're still building up the minutes for Williams as he turns it over. Had foot surgery in January and again in the summer and again Kansas getting down the court. Well, Cam Williams likes to go into the defender's chest, but Talon Kenny just knocked it away and man did they get down the court quickly. What a beautiful pass from Kenny to Trey White and the nice midair adjustment to get it off Kentucky and Kansas has scored eight points off those seven turnovers. Boreno trying to back down. Kaufman Ren scores over.
Mareno's an underrated passer these two young fellas have had on Kansas tonight. Kenny is from Kentucky and they're at it again. Kenny the assist, stokes the three. That's 13 points now I think for Tyron Stokes living up to the hype. Second three of the game. The lead grows to 10. But Stokes having a big first half again. The ball is not sticking at all for Kansas. They're getting good looks and they're hitting them this time. Trey White and Stokes has it. Stokes got hit in the face and still got back in the play and it's going to go at the other end for Trent Perry. Stokes with that vision, not only taking it right at Wilkins, the terrific pass and that's an excellent finish
by Perry to get that angle. Turned his back. So you had to go over the top of him. still able to see this kind of talent and uh in these kinds of games in the exhibition part of the season. Stokes blocked. Hawthorne with that great length. White the swing. Look at this. Good look. Wide open blind and in and out. Reads the offensive rebound. It's good. And one of the things you hear over and over to Kansas practices, Bill say, "Move the ball.
Don't let it stick." and they're playing the way he wants them to play here. Stokes smothered by Hawthorne and Kepn. Another good challenge by Keenong, but eventually Reeves will put it home. Kansas is getting second and third effort. Kucky's getting only one. Wilkins so quick. And Wilkins keeping Kentucky in this game right now. Stokes blocked from behind by Hawthorne. Reeves again, but had it knocked away. Dio into the paint and a chance for three. Just too easy.
Strong drive between two defenders. Zum Dio has had a really good first half on the offensive end. Kentucky has crept back within six with just over a minute to go here in the first half. White around and out. KN keeps it alive. Kaufman Ren comes up with it and finishes. Well, he just Man in the short roll. There it is. Floater. Yes. Nice little 10-foot shot put there from Kaufman Ren to give them a 10-point lead in the end of the first half. And they're going to play through Trey Kaufman Ren as often as they can.
Threeon-one after the turnover. White with the reverse. You kind of overlook or maybe sometimes Trey White gets a little bit overlooked. Then you look up at the end of the night and he's got 1574 and two. Again, a very experienced good cut off that post pass. Popping Rand, a good passer, finds Stokes. He'll launch a three and hit. Boy, he stepped into that one with confidence. Well, you have to be up on him. I mean, he doesn't get that much time to shoot in a game of horse. That's his third three of the night. Nai just gave him way too much space. Dio with space and he'll answer. Boy, he's having it. Stokes back out to Kenny. The ball continues to move for the Jay-Hawks.
Wide in with a step back. 12-point lead. You got to run something to get him some daylight cuz if he can get a shot off, he's going to make it more often than not. Has not even attempted a three in this game. To see Stokes playing like this against a program like Kentucky. Here's a turnover. Here's White. The foul and the bucket. And how about sticking with it? Just a poor pass by Zoom. Diala went got the foul and then Trey White went after the ball again. Knocked out of his hands on the foul and with the continuation he finishes the play. And one of the pleasant I want to say surprise, but how
how impressed the Kansas staff has been with his passing. Trey White is feeling it and Kansas is dominating. Boy, Kucky's got to run some offense. I mean, it's been a lot of pounding the ball into the deck. Dio's the only guy getting anything done at the offensive end right now. Andrew Daw guarding Mchilovich now. Puts a little size and strength on him. Dio two more. He's got 22 points. the offensive rebound. It bounces free to Mason Williams as Kentucky resets. This is the fourth offensive rebound of the game for Kentucky.
Big boy matchup right there. Moreno and Reeves. And Moreno muscles his way around to lay it in. But boy Jay, they look like a group that is very comfortable with one another right now. Here's another example. right out of the timeout and then you hit the elbow and Daws with that immediate back door pass and Trey White with the impressive finish with at least one assist in this game. Moreno trying to back down Reeves lays it in with the left. Nicely done by Malachi Moreno. Kansas doing a good job switching McBride into Moreno. They are playing more through him and he is making it pay off.
Both elbows in Marino to try to force him out and Marino's so big. He just got that inside position and not only picked up the foul but finished the play. You get it that deep, you're going to score, get fouled or both. You've got Houston and Florida on the same side of the draw in the first week. Will be on the Kansas side of the draw. We'll see them take on UNLV. There's sort of a shell shocked look on the Kentucky players right now. I think a lot of the Kentucky fans feel the same way that goes in and even he goes palms to the sky saying I don't even know quite how I did it but it went in. And Trey Kaufman Ren again delivering a pass because he has zero pressure on him. He
can just pick him apart from up there and that's just a want to, right? I mean, every player knows you got to put pressure on the ball. If that's the kind of shot that Mchilovich has to make to score, that's going to be rough. But what a great shot. Nai to Manchilovic. White all over. Back to Eni for a slam. We ran a little zoom action on the left and let Trey Kaufman Ren be a playmaker. Kenny gives it to Kaufman Ren. The cutter is white and these two have been clicking all night long. He can move it. That's assist number six for Kaufman Rand. 24 points for White. Now Kaufman Rand with a foul and Moreno's got a
chance for a three-point play. Him out of the game. They're going single coverage in the post, staying home on shooters because they don't want to give up kick out threes because Moreno is a very good passer out of the post. That's the kind of stuff that gets noticed on film in a couple of days in a very positive way and it pays off. The karma comes right back around to him. Stokes looking for the open man. White deep in the corner. I mean, he can't miss tonight. Absolutely. Game on 31 field goals. Only nine turnovers. And Kucky's got more turnovers than they have assists.
This felt more like White going up and hoping to draw a foul because Dio had his hand to the cookie jar and ended up he didn't get the foul call from way in the corner almost behind the backboard. He is having a huge night. Phil Self still going with single coverage. Tyron Stokes guarding Chillovic. This is his third game in a Kentucky uniform as Moreno lays it in. The first one went really well. We'll have it for you a week from tonight against UNLV fighting Josh Pasters. How about Trey White? How about a 30point effort here in this game got it back. Dioeno again and a chance for three. Kansas
will be 10 and six. That's the best record of any of the four schools as the final seconds tick away. And a very impressive team performance for Bill Selfquad here tonight. A 20point victory dominated really about the last 36 minutes of the game. And between White and Stokes and Kaufman and Kenny, they had they were really firing on all cylinders of the offensive end.
