K.J. Lawson has averaged 9.6 minutes a game compared to his brother Dedric’s team-leading 33.0 mark during the Memphis transfers’ initial season at Kansas.
“I’ve not given K.J. many opportunities. He’s made the most of them the last two games. That’s a big bonus for us,” KU coach Bill Self said after K.J. scored a season-high 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting (3 of 4 from three) in the Jayhawks’ 78-53 victory over West Virginia on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
K.J. — he played a season-high 24 minutes versus WVU — had scored 10 points in 16 minutes in Monday’s 82-77 overtime victory at TCU.