Roos Rout KCC in Home Opener

Wednesday, November 17

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

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Kansas Christian

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Kansas Christian

Kansas City

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

11/17/2021 10:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Six Roos finished in double-digit scoring, holding Falcons to 11 first half points

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In their 2021-22 home debut, Kansas City Men's Basketball defended the Swinney Center against Kansas Christian, defeating the Falcons, 99-36. Six Roos reached double-digit scoring, led by Josiah Allick and Anderson Kopp with 17 apiece.

KEY MOMENTS

1H / 6-2 | Shemarri Allen stole the ball and got out in the fast break for a slam dunk, sparking eight-straight points for Kansas City.
1H / 23-9 | After an Allick rebound, Evan Gilyard II sliced through the Falcons' defense and got to the rim for an easy finish.
1H / 32-11 | At the beginning of the Roos' 30-point run, Justus Peuser found Allick for a triple at the top of the key, Peuser's first career stat as a Roo.
1H / 43-11 | Timothy Barnes hung in the air, changing directions for a nifty layup around the rim near the end of the first half.
2H / 56-13 | After KCC got on the board for the first time in over 10 minutes, Anderson Kopp responded with his second three of the half.
2H / 77-21 | Jack Chapman took a steal away from the Falcons and found Gilyard in the fast break, who knocked down a triple to put the Roos ahead by 56.
2H / 99-36 | With under a minute remaining in the game, Caden Boser finished at the rim to allow the Roos to end the game with their largest lead.

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos went on a 30-0 scoring run, spanning from the 6:39 mark of the first half into the 16:04 mark of the second half.
Kansas City held the Falcons to just 3-of-28 shooting in the first half, including 0-of-8 from three-point range.
The Roos shot a perfect 18-of-18 from the free-throw line in the first half, and 21-of-23 from the stripe for the game
Eleven different Roos played at least ten minutes.
Kansas City capitalized on Kansas Christian's 20 turnovers, scoring 34 points off of turnovers.
Kopp and Allick led the Roos in scoring, with 17 points apiece, and Allick, Nesbitt, and Chapman paced the Roos with eight rebounds apiece.
In his first career game, Peuser dished out a game-high six assists in just 19 minutes of playing time.
The Roos collected 23 assists on their 34 field goals.

THE ROOS, QUOTED

Coach Billy Donlon
- "I'm a defensive-minded coach, it's really hard to win championships when you're not a defensive-minded team. We spend time watching film, doing walk-throughs, and having a willingness to adjust."
- "Our depth has to become a strength. In college basketball, with fouls and those types of things, you need to play nine guys."
- "Justus and Sam have to be good. To be fair to Justus, in the last seven weeks he's been able to practice for one, because of injury. Just getting him minutes and game experience is going to be really important."
Josiah Allick
- "Today was a new game, I had to leave the Missouri game in the past and move on from it."
- "We're still learning how to play together against new competition, learning each others' habits. I'm trying to share the ball as much as I can and not force things."

UP NEXT
After playing their first four games of the season to an even 2-2 record, the Roos travel to Idaho State for a matchup on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. on ESPN+. The Roos and Bengals last played in 2010, a 78-57 win for Idaho State.