Kansas Jayhawks suffered a devastating double overtime loss to No. 7 Houston, blowing a late lead and leaving the home crowd stunned. Despite dominating much of the game, Kansas crumbled in the final minutes of regulation and the second overtime, ultimately falling 92-86.
The Kansas Jayhawks endured a heart-wrenching loss at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, blowing a late lead to fall 92-86 in double overtime to No. 7 Houston. Despite holding a six-point advantage with just 15 seconds remaining in regulation, Kansas unraveled in spectacular fashion, leaving the home crowd stunned and disappointed.
The Jayhawks appeared poised to secure a gritty victory, thanks to key three-pointers from Rylan Griffen that gave Kansas a 79-73 lead with under 20 seconds left in regulation. However, Houston's Emmanuel Sharp buried a clutch three-pointer to cut the deficit to 79-76 with 15 seconds left. Disaster struck for Kansas when Zeke Mayo attempted an ill-advised pass to Hunter Dickinson, which was intercepted by Houston's Milos Uzan. Uzan quickly found Mylik Wilson, who drained a game-tying three-pointer with six seconds left to force overtime, sending the Allen Fieldhouse faithful into a mix of shock and silence deadlocked at 79-79.Kansas suffered another critical blow in the second overtime when Flory Bidunga, who had been a force with 19 points and seven rebounds, fouled out with 4:50 remaining. Houston capitalized immediately. After J’Wan Roberts hit a free throw, Emmanuel Sharp knocked down a dagger three-pointer to push the Cougars' lead to 83-79. Although Mayo responded with a jumper to narrow the gap to two, Uzan answered with another three to extend Houston’s lead to 86-81. Mayo kept Kansas in it with an and-one play, trimming the deficit to 86-84, but the Jayhawks couldn't secure a critical rebound after Roberts missed a layup near Hunter Dickinson.Kansas had chances to stay in the game, but AJ Storr’s two missed free throws with the game standing at 89-84 proved costly, and Houston sealed the win with four straight free throws from Uzan and Sharp.As the final buzzer sounded, the fans at Allen Fieldhouse voiced their frustration with loud boos, marking a sour ending to a game that had so much promise for the Jayhawks
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