Arizona pulls away past due to overcome Kansas 88-77 in a Giant 12 Convention Event quarterfinal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Henri Veesaar and KJ Lewis scored 19 issues apiece and Arizona pulled away past due to overcome Kansas 88-77 in a Giant 12 Convention Event quarterfinal at T-Cell Heart on Thursday evening.Veesaar got here off the bench to sink 7 of eleven photographs with two 3-pointers for the third-seeded Wildcats (21-11), who transfer directly to play second-seeded and ninth-ranked Texas Tech in a Friday semifinal. No. 1 seed Houston performs No. 4 seed BYU within the different semifinal.Veesaar scored 10, main Arizona to a 45-37 merit at halftime. Dajuan Harris Jr.’s 3-pointer gave No. 6 seed Kansas (21-12) its simplest lead of the part at 3-2. The Wildcats two times constructed 12-point leads. KJ Adams made two loose throws to get the Jayhawks inside 40-37, however Veesaar spoke back with a 3-pointer and Arizona stayed in entrance.Arizona performed with a lead till Zeke Mayo hit back-to-back 3-pointers for Kansas to knot the rating at 50 with 15:43 closing. Harris hit a 3-pointer to present the Jayhawks their moment lead at 56-54. Rylan Griffen hit a jumper with 8:44 left to position Kansas up for the remaining time at 63-61. Trey Townsend adopted with a dunk and a three-point play and Arizona maintained a lead over the general 7:48.Towsend had 16 issues and Love scored 11 with six assists.Mayo scored 20 to steer Kansas. Hunter Dickinson totaled 19 issues and 12 rebounds. Harris hit 4 3-pointers and scored 16.The Jayhawks wore their blue jerseys within the match for the primary time because the 2008 identify sport towards the Texas Longhorns. They had been the upper seed and wore white of their earlier 36 immediately video games. Kansas — the 2 seed in ’08 — beat the top-seeded Longhorns 84-74.___Get ballot signals and updates at the AP Most sensible 25 all through the season. Join right here. AP university basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball