![]() ![]() Somehow Cam Carter didn’t score until a free throw early in the second half, and he finished with 6 points for the night. ![]() But there was still plenty to like as the shots just kept dropping and the defense did a lot more things right, drawing charges, contesting shots and getting into passing lanes. ![]() And it didn’t stop there.Ī slight lull at the end of the first half gave a sign of things to come at times in the second half for Kansas State, which was understandable considering the scoreboard. Tykei Greene showed off his athleticism on a great dunk to finish off a drive, made the free throw to put KSU ahead by 30 and he later hit a three at the halftime buzzer to make it 52-26 Kansas State. Tomlin matched Nowell with a team-high 14 points and also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. It seemed like almost any rebound had the potential to lead to transition buckets and K-State’s guards did well applying pressure to help force UTRGV into 25 turnovers.ĭavid N’Guessan’s 3-pointer off a nice drive-n-dish by Nowell (one of his 7 assists) gave the Wildcats a 25-7 advantage and the flashy point guard’s behind-the-back pass Nae’Qwan Tomlin’s dunk a couple possessions later to extend the lead to 20. The defense came out aggressive from the tip, holding the Vaqueros scoreless for the first three minutes and limiting them to two field goals before the second media timeout. My personal favorite was the one where he pulled a Steph Curry and turned around while the ball was still in the air, but his catch-and-shoot from about 25 feet was fun, too. Markquis Nowell buried a three for the game’s first field goal, one of 3 he would hit on 3 attempts from beyond the arc on his way to 14 points. His back-to-back threes put Kansas State ahead 18-5 not quite seven minutes into the game, even after a somewhat slow offensive start. The 3-point shooting! It was all there for the Wildcats in a 93-59 thrashing that wasn’t really that close.įormer Florida standout Keyontae Johnson impressed just like he did in the exhibition win over Washburn, scoring 11 of his 13 points in the first half. That disclaimer aside, could Jerome Tang’s regular season debut at Bramlage Coliseum have gone any better Monday night? This Kansas State team looks like a group ready to Make Basketball Fun Again. ![]() Let’s start by noting this was just one game and UT Rio Grande Valley is a very bad basketball team, picked to finish last in the WAC, ranked 332 out of 364 Division I teams by KenPom. ![]()
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