Kansas senior Marcus Garrett attempts to make a move past a Kentucky defender Tuesday night during the Champions Classic inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Dec. 1, 2020. Photo courtesy of Phil Ellsworth of ESPN.
Kansas coach Bill Self told the Journal-World on Thursday morning that senior Marcus Garrett is expected to play tonight against Washburn at Allen Fieldhouse.
Self said the report that team doctors gave him about Garrett just after 11 a.m. Thursday indicated that the KU point guard was “good to go.”
No more information was given about whatever illness Garrett was dealing with and played through during the Jayhawks’ victory over No. 20 Kentucky on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.
[Self said after Tuesday night’s game that Garrett tested negative for COVID-19 that day][1] and in the days leading up to the KU-UK matchup in the Champions Classic.
Despite being under the weather, Garrett scored eight points — all in the first half — and grabbed five rebounds in 35 minutes of the 65-62 victory.
Garrett has started all three games at the point for the Jayhawks this season and is expected to be in there tonight, [when KU takes on Division II Washburn at 7 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse][2] in the 2020-21 home opener.
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
