LOUISVILLE, Ky. — BYU’s AJ Dybantsa and Duke’s Cameron Boozer set a high bar to clear, as the No. 2 and No. 3 prospects from the Class of 2025 each dropped more than 30 points in their exhibition debuts this week.
But if anyone was wondering why neither of them closed the cycle as the No. 1 player in the 247Sports recruiting rankings, Darryn Peterson provided the answer on Friday night. In his first game in a Kansas uniform, the 6-foot-6 freshman guard put on a show as the No. 19 Jayhawks took down No. 11 Louisville 90-82 in an exhibition game.
The result won’t be recorded on either team’s ledger and Peterson’s 26 points and five steals in 25 minutes won’t be counted in official statistics, but what transpired at the KFC Yum! Center will only elevate what’s expected of Peterson and the Jayhawks in the 2025-26 season.
“He played about perfect in the first half offensively,” Kansas coach Bill Self said.
2025-26 CBS Sports Preseason Freshman of the Year: Kansas’ Darryn Peterson leads All-Freshman Team
Gary Parrish
Just seven times since the introduction of the 3-point line has a Kansas player made six or more 3-pointers in a road game against a ranked opponent, per Stathead.
Peterson did it in one half.
No Kansas player has ever recorded six 3-pointers and five steals in a single game. Peterson did it in his exhibition debut.
On the road. Against a top-15 opponent.
The Canton, Ohio, native dropped seven points in a span of just over two minutes before the first…
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