Notes: Kansas City Hosts Austin Peay in Penultimate Non-Conference Game

Sunday, December 21

Kansas City, Mo.

5:00 PM

Kansas City

Austin Peay

Photo by: Oklahoma State

12/19/2025 12:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball

The Roos and Governors will tip off on Sunday at 5 p.m.

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Kansas City Notes

Kansas City Men's Basketball is back home for the final two games of non-conference play, beginning with a game against Austin Peay on Sunday at 5 p.m. The Roos are looking for their third win in six games played at the Swinney Center this season.
Kansas City is coming off a loss at Oklahoma State that saw the Roos hold a lead late in the second half and play a Big XII team to the closest margin of defeat since the 2012-13 season. Over the last three halves of play, all against Power conference competition, the Roos are shooting 40.5% from three point range.
Karmello Branch has led KC in scoring in each of the last two games, averaging 21.5 points on 10-of-22 three-point shooting in those contests. Since missing a game due to illness on Dec. 3, Branch has steadily built back to form, reaching double-figure scoring in three-straight games.
Jayson Petty has remained a consistent scoring option for the Roos, averaging 12.2 points per game and reaching the 10-point mark in 10-of-13 games. Across the last two seasons, Petty has scored in double figures in 32-of-46 contests, leading the Roos in scoring six times.
Kansas City has stuck with the starting lineup of Branch, Petty, CJ Evans, Kasheem Grady II and Jerome Palm in five-straight games, tied for the Roos' most-used starting lineup this season. Since entering the starting lineup, Grady is averaging 13.5 points per game.

Austin Peay Notes

Austin Peay enters Sunday's contest with an even 5-5 record, most recently taking down ETSU on a pair of game-winning free throws from Zyree Collins.
Collin Parker is the Governors' leading scorer, averaging 15.0 points per game on 46.6% field goal shooting and 41.3% shooting from three-point range.
As a team, Austin Peay ranks 15th in the NCAA averaging 10.6 steals per game.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the Roos and Governors.