KU star Harris going back to lineup versus Baylor

Kansas point player Dajuan Harris Jr. will play at Baylor on Saturday, coach Bill Self informed ESPN’s Pete Thamel.Harris will return to the lineup after his streak of 98 consecutive starts– the seventh longest in school history– was snapped when he missed the No. 11 Jayhawks ’91-87 win Tuesday over UCF with an ankle injury.After the success, Self stated the Jayhawks were “just attempting to make it through”without

Harris. UCF nearly handed Kansas back-to-back losses at Allen Fieldhouse for the very first time considering that Roy Williams remained in his very first season roaming the sideline almost 36 years ago.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated”I believe it’s quite obvious how valuable Juan wants enjoying our ballhandling and getting us into offense and defense,”Self said.Harris didn’t play against the Knights after tweaking his ankle in practice.For Baylor, guards Jeremy Roach(concussions )and Langston Love(ankle)are both considered game-time choices, coach Scott Drew told Thamel. Both were anticipated to participate in shootaround and then gauge

how they feel.Harris has actually scored 1,078 points with 786 helps, and he requires 19 to pass Jacque Vaughn for No. 2 on the career list behind Aaron Miles.Harris’ 4,688 minutes played are second only to Danny Manning in school history. And the only player to appear in more games than Harris ‘159 for Kansas is Mitch Lightfoot, who played in 168. Harris could go beyond that by the end of the routine season or in the Huge

12 or NCAA tournaments.Information from The Associated Press was utilized in this report.