Kansas’ Darryn Peterson misses most of 2nd half with cramping
star Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson scored 20 of his 23 factors within the first half towards Oklahoma State on Wednesday however was restricted to only the primary three minutes of the second half with a cramping concern that coach Bill Self referred to as regarding.
Peterson eliminated himself from the No. 8 Jayhawks’ 81-69 win over Oklahoma State shortly after hitting a 3-pointer. He didn’t return for the ultimate 17:22 of the sport.
“It’s a concern,” Self advised reporters after the sport. “I thought we were past it, but obviously we’re not. It’s certainly a concern.
“You get into the NCAA event, you are taking part in a staff simply pretty much as good as you and it is advisable to have all of your greatest gamers accessible, so to talk. All it takes is for in the future like that to derail not solely a recreation, however a season. It’s regarding, however I do suppose we’re making progress with it.”
Peterson, a guard who is expected to be among the first picks in the NBA draft later this year, has had a stop-start season for the Jayhawks, missing several games due to a hamstring issue while also sitting out due to an ankle injury and illness. He has previously missed or exited games early due to cramping issues.
“One factor about it’s [cramping] “It’s happened enough that our guys have learned to play without him, even though that’s not the way we want to play,” Self advised reporters. “But that’s certainly something we’re not unaccustomed to right now.”
Against the Cowboys, Peterson made 7 of 12 discipline objectives, together with 6 of 10 3-pointers. He had shot 13-for-36 from the sphere mixed in his earlier three video games.
Tre White scored 16 factors, Elmarko Jackson added 14, and Bryson Tiller had 10 factors, 11 rebounds and seven assists as Kansas (20-6, 10-3 Big 12) bounced again from a blowout loss at Iowa State on Saturday.
Parsa Fallah scored 21 factors and Anthony Roy added 16 for Oklahoma State (16-10, 4-9), which misplaced its fourth straight recreation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
