Kansas gets the best of Kansas State in Sunflower Showdown

The Jayhawks are automatic at Allen Fieldhouse.

No. 7 Kansas (18-4, 6-3) found a way to beat Kansas State (13-9, 2-7) 77-59 despite getting outrebounded by 15 boards and committing 16 turnovers. The Jayhawks forced 23 turnovers for the Wildcats and only allowed them to shoot about 42 percent from the floor while shooting 55 percent themselves.

Only three Jayhawks scored in double figures and they were led by Perry Ellis and his 19 points and five boards. Devonte' Graham and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk had 10 points apiece. Kansas shot 39 percent from beyond the arc and kept KSU to 28 percent from that area. The Wildcats next head to TCU for a game on Saturday.