For one of many few occasions this season, Darryn Peterson performed the ultimate 80 seconds of a recreation. Sadly for Texas Tech, it got here at Texas Tech.
Closing rating: Kansas 64, Texas Tech 61.
Did you see the top? If not, let me stroll you thru it.
Superior recreation.
Kansas was down 61-58 with 81 seconds remaining late Monday. Peterson had been nice all through — and, most significantly, wholesome — however hardly nice. He was nonetheless within the recreation, although. Massive second. And, buddy, what got here subsequent was legendary inside United Supermarkets Area.
First, Peterson used a flare display to create house and bury a tricky 3-pointer from the precise nook to tie issues, 61-61. Then, 36 seconds later, he made one other robust 3-pointer to create a 64-61 rating that by no means modified.
Peterson completed with 19 factors, two rebounds, two steals and an help in a career-high 35 minutes. Once more, he wasn’t excellent from begin to end. However in these final 80 seconds, and in numerous different components of this season, when he is been accessible, the 6-foot-6 guard has made it clear that no one is extra proficient in school basketball. Barring a shock, he’ll be the No. 1 choose within the 2026 NBA Draft. Sometime, he needs to be the face of a franchise.
Kansas is as much as No. 11 in Tuesday morning’s up to date High 25 And 1 every day school basketball rankings, the place Arizona stays No. 1 for the twenty fourth consecutive day. Texas Tech is all the way down to No. 17. Subsequent up for the Jayhawks is Saturday’s recreation at dwelling with Utah. Two days after that, they will host top-ranked Arizona inside Allen Fieldhouse.