Kansas Jayhawks freshman star Darryn Peterson has been held back by multiple injuries out of the gate, and after Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self provided a murky update on the matter last week, he gave a new one on Monday night.
“[Peterson’s family] decided, which I do not disagree with it in any respect, that they need him to be as near 100% as attainable when he comes again,” Self mentioned on Monday evening following Kansas’ 90-61 victory over Davidson, per ESPN. “He is simply not fairly there but. It is a day-to-day deal. He can be [ready]. I want he might have performed tonight, however the reality of the matter is different guys bought some run and did nicely.
“So hopefully giving different guys some alternatives will make us deeper after we get into convention play.”
Whereas saying that Peterson, who’s presently coping with a quad harm, will “proceed to work tirelessly and put together to compete along with his teammates and characterize Kansas within the very close to future,” Self mentioned final week that the 6-foot-6 guard “just isn’t in a position to compete at full power,” according to ESPN.
After the Jayhawks’ first two video games of the season, Peterson missed seven video games attributable to a hamstring harm. Then, in his second sport again from the hamstring harm, Peterson suffered a quad harm in a Dec. 13 additional time win over NC State.
By the 4 video games that Peterson has appeared in, he has averaged a team-high 19.3 factors, 3.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per sport, whereas capturing 52.8/42.3/76.9. Peterson was a consensus top-three recruit within the Class of 2025 and is a possible top-10 choice within the 2026 NBA Draft.
“We have talked about this. We’re in settlement with the household that he mustn’t play till he feels good,” Self mentioned about Peterson on Monday evening. “We’re in settlement. However I am not inside his head or his physique that I can decide if he feels adequate or not. That is as much as him. He desires to be on the market. He is simply not prepared.”
Elsewhere, sophomore ahead Flory Bidunga is averaging 14.7 factors, 9.2 rebounds and a pair of.2 blocks per sport; senior guard Tre White is averaging 14.5 factors and 7 rebounds per sport; fellow senior Melvin Council Jr. is averaging 12.9 factors, 5.2 assists and 4.4 rebounds per sport.
The No. 17-ranked Jayhawks are 10-3. Whereas Kansas has a ranked win over Tennessee below its belt, it has additionally misplaced ranked matchups to North Carolina, Duke and UConn.
Subsequent up for Kansas is a highway matchup towards UCF on Jan. 3 in what is the former’s Big 12 season opener.
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