Top-ranked Kansas has no difficulties defeating Oakland

AJ Storr scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting and KJ Adams Jr. contributed 12 points to lead top-ranked Kansas over Oakland 78-57 on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.

Hunter Dickinson chipped in 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds, proving to be an anchor on both ends of the floor as he also tallied four blocks. Rylan Griffin added 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting, while Flory Bidunga added nine points off the bench.

Allen David Mukeba scored 19 points on 9-of-15 shooting to lead Oakland, while Tuburu Naivalurua added 12 points and nine rebounds. DQ Cole struggled, shooting 2-of-8 from the field on his way to six points.

Kansas went on an early 8-0 run to take a 14-5 lead with 13:12 remaining in the first half, holding Oakland scoreless for over three minutes. Kansas extended their lead to double-digits for the first time with 10:24 left in the half on an emphatic dunk by Storr and led by at least 10 points for the rest of the contest.

Kansas made eight of its last nine field-goal attempts in the first half, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Griffin to push their lead to 22 at halftime. Oakland started the game shooting 2 of 14 from the field and finished the first half 10 of 29. It was a much different story for the Jayhawks, who shot 19 of 28 from the field and made five threes on nine attempts.

Kansas finished the game 32-of-56 (57.1 percent) from the field, and made 8 threes in 20 attempts (40 percent). The Jayhawks outscored Oakland 36-17 in bench points and outrebounded them 32-30 as a team.

Dajuan Harris Jr. had four steals for Kansas.

Oakland made its first four field-goal attempts in the second half, improving upon their first-half shooting performance in the second half to finish the game 24-of-55 (43.6 percent) from the field and 6-of-22 (27.3 percent) from three-point range.

The Jayhawks' lead topped out at 30 points.

--Field Level Media