Kansas combo guard Malik Newman scored just one point in 15 foul-plagued minutes Saturday night at TCU.
Still, the Jayhawks won 88-84 in a pivotal early-season game at Schollmaier Arena, perhaps changing the perception regarding the performance of the 6-foot-3 sophomore transfer from Mississippi State, who has scored in single figures in three of KU’s last four games.
“He’s a great player. Sometimes people have bad games. Sometimes people have good games. He played good today,” KU senior Svi Mykhailiuk said Saturday of Newman, who was 0 for 2 shooting (0 for 1 from three) but did convert one of two free throws with 4.