The veteran Kansas Jayhawks guard stands out against Arkansas

On Friday, the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks and Arkansas Razorbacks played an exhibition game that can best be described as sloppy in Fayetteville Arkansas on Friday. However, the Jayhawks saw a Vertan guard stand out in this contest.

The Razorbacks, of course, tested a new system with their new bench boss John Calipari. Kansas wants to recover from the turbulent season a year ago. In that exhibition game, the NBA Draft world got its first look at Zeke Mayo and AJ Storr in Jayhawk uniforms — they scored eight and seven points, respectively — but it was a returner for KU that stole the show.

Dajuan Harris Jr. – who has been playing college basketball since the Polk administration and was a teammate of Perry Ellis – shined at the start of another college basketball year with 140 appearances under his belt.

The 6-foot-1 guard is a standout defensively and could get an NBA look as a result. However, his offense needs to catch up. That was the case against Arkansas.

Harris was impressive and led all scorers with 26 points. He shot 64 percent from the floor, including an eyebrow-raising 4-for-5 from long range.

Last season, Harris played 34 games, averaging 8.5 points, grabbing 2.0 rebounds, dishing out 6.5 assists and throwing 1.5 steals while shooting 42 percent from the floor, 38 percent from the 3-point line and Shot 80 percent from the charity stripe.

No. 1 Kansas will play its final exhibition game of the 2024-25 season against Washburn on Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m. CT at Allen Fieldhouse.

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