KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team advanced to the Big 12 Championship semifinals defeating the West Virginia Mountaineers Thursday.
The Jayhawks (26-6) jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, putting away the Mountaineers (16-17) 87-63 at the T-Mobile Center.
The Jayhawks will play the TCU Horned Frogs, who stormed back from an early deficit to knock off the University of Texas Longhorns 65-60 in action earlier Thursday.
Two more Big 12 Championship quarterfinal games are set for Thursday night, with Oklahoma and Baylor tipping off at 6 p.m. Iowa State and Texas Tech will square off in the late game.
The No. 6-ranked Jayhawks finished with four players scoring double digits, led by 18 points from senior guard Ochai Agbaji.
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