"Peterson has missed the last six games with the injury. "Darryn is not going to play tonight," coach Bill Self said in a statement. "He is very close. He has worked his butt off, but he is still not 100 percent. He is day-to-day. Peterson averaged 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the first two games of the season before missing the rest of the month."
"With Peterson sidelined, Kansas has won five of six games, with the lone loss coming to Duke at Madison Square Garden. The Jayhawks went 3-0 at the Players Era Championship in Las Vegas last week, including an 81-76 win over Tennessee in the third-place game. Self has gone with a bigger lineup without Peterson, going with 6-foot-11 Bryson Tiller next to Flory Bidunga down low. Tiller has responded by averaging 9.2 points and 7.2 rebounds as a starter."
Darryn Peterson will miss Tuesday's showdown against UConn with a lingering hamstring injury. He has missed the last six games and is day-to-day, with coach Bill Self saying Peterson is very close but not 100 percent. Peterson averaged 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the first two games before missing the rest of the month. He entered the season as the frontrunner for the No. 1 pick in the June NBA draft. With Peterson sidelined, Kansas has won five of six games and went 3-0 at the Players Era Championship in Las Vegas. Coach Self has used a bigger lineup featuring 6-foot-11 Bryson Tiller alongside Flory Bidunga, and Jamari McDowell has been moved into the starting lineup, providing length and perimeter shooting.
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