Ochai Agbaji to miss game vs. Iowa State due to protocols

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Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji to miss game vs. Iowa State due to health and safety protocols

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 2/1/22

The Kansas Jayhawks will be without their leading scorer Tuesday night when they take on the Iowa State Cyclones in a rematch of January's nail-biting game three weeks ago.

Ochai Agbaji did not travel with the team to Ames due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, and will miss tonight’s game, spokesman told @Stadium
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) February 1, 2022

Kansas — which was ranked as high as third in the country earlier in the season — enters Tuesday's road contest as the No. 10 team, while Iowa State is currently No. 20. The Jayhawks (17-3) knocked off the Cyclones (16-5) at home on Jan. 11 by a 62-61 final.

Agbaji scored a game-high 22 points on 8-for-15 shooting (4-for-8 on three-pointers) in that game and paces Kansas and the entire Big 12 with 20.9 points per contest. Tuesday will be the senior's first absence of the season. He also leads coach Bill Self's crew in minutes per game (34.7) and three-point field goal percentage (46.4%), while posting a 51.5% field goal and 69.6% free throw percentage.

The guard's scoring average is a career-high, as are his rebound numbers (4.9 per game) and shooting percentages across the board. Per The Athletic, Agbaji has made 97 straight starts since January 2019 during his freshman campaign.

Kansas and Iowa State are slated to tip off at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

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