Thanks in part to sizzling senior Svi Mykhailiuk, Kansas’ basketball players did not come close to suffering a letdown three nights after defeating fellow blueblood Kentucky at the Champions Classic.
Senior guard Mykhailiuk scored a career-high 27 points as the No. 4-ranked Jayhawks, who committed zero turnovers the first half and seven in 40 minutes, rolled to an early 18-point lead and a 98-64 victory over South Dakota State on Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
Mykhailiuk — whose 14 points early sparked KU to a 27-12 advantage eight minutes into the contest (KU led by 18 points at the 9:12 mark) — cashed 8 of 13 first-half shots and was 10 of 17 for the game, including 5 of 7 on three-pointers.