Agbaji passes Chamberlain in No. 5 Kansas win over K-State

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji scored 23 points and passed Wilt Chamberlain on Kansas’ career scoring list, leading the No. 5 Jayhawks to a 102-83 win over Kansas State on Tuesday night.

Agbaji, a 6-foot-5 senior guard, now has 1,444 points in 110 games, 26th on Kansas’ all-time list. He passed Chamberlain with his 13th point of the first half. Chamberlain had 1,433 points in 48 games.

“I didn’t know that,” Agbaji said when asked about his milestone in the postgame. “That’s an honor, big time.”

When told it took Chamberlain just 48 games to reach his total, Agbaji just said, “Oh, wow.”

Danny Manning (2,951 points) is Kansas’ all-time scoring leader.

Christian Braun scored 20 points, Jalen Wilson added 17 and Mitch Lightfoot 13 for Kansas (23-4, 12-2 Big 12), which posted its 16th straight win over K-State at home.

Kansas coach Bill Self was asked if the margin of victory gave his team confidence and momentum.

“I think a win would have given us confidence and momentum,” he said, “but we played pretty well offensively. We were cooking there for a while. K-State played pretty well offensively, too. We couldn’t stop them and they couldn’t stop us.

“It was a good game. The game had more pace to it than probably any game we’ve played this year.”

Kansas is 203-94 all-time against Kansas State. The 203 victories are the most by any school over any opponent in NCAA Division I history. Oregon State’s 193 wins over Oregon ranks second.

Markquis Nowell scored 20 points, Nijel Pack, Selton Miguel and Mike McGuirl each had 13, and Mark Smith added 11 for Kansas State (14-13, 6-9), which finished a point shy of its season high.

“I think K-State did a lot to force the (pace),” Self said. “They did some things we hadn’t seen before.”