Game Preview // K-State Hosts Tulsa in Wichita Wildcat Classic Saturday

GAME #10
KANSAS STATE (8-1) vs TULSA (4-4)
Wichita Wildcat Classic
Saturday, December 9, 2017 >> 7:10 p.m. CT >> INTRUST Bank Arena (15,004) >> Wichita, Kan.

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COACHES
Kansas State: Bruce Weber (Wis.-Milwaukee '78)
Overall: 421-224/20^th season
At K-State: 108-69/6^th season
vs. Tulsa: 2-0

Tulsa: Frank Haith (Elon '88)
Career Record: 249-173/13th Year
Record at Tulsa: 62-44/4th Year
vs. Kansas State: 0-2

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (8-1)
G: #3 Kamau Stokes
G: #5 Barry Brown, Jr.
G: #20 Xavier Sneed
F: #32 Dean Wade
F: #14 Makol Mawien

Tulsa (4-4)
G: #4 Sterling Taplin
G: #10 Curran Scott
G: #13 Jaleel Wheeler
G/F: #2 DaQuan Jeffries
F: #0 Junior Etou

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Tulsa leads 5-1
In Wichita: First meeting
Last Meeting: L, 61-72, 12/12/1990
Weber vs. Haith: 0-1

OPENING TIP

Kansas State (8-1) makes the short trek south to Wichita, as the Wildcats play host to American Conference foe Tulsa (4-4) at 7 p.m., CT on Saturday in the Wichita Wildcat Classic at INTRUST Bank Arena. It will mark the fourth edition of the game, which began in 2011. K-State is 2-1 all-time in the event, defeating Gonzaga, 72-62, on Dec. 21, 2013 and Colorado State, 61-58, on Dec. 19, 2015 after losing a double-overtime thriller to West Virginia in the inaugural game on Dec. 8, 2011.
K-State has a long history of playing games in Wichita with 21 such matchups dating back to the first game in the city on Dec. 17, 1932. The school is 9-12 all-time in games played in Wichita, which includes 15 meetings with the hometown Shockers and NCAA Tournament games in both 1964 and 1968.
K-State and Tulsa will meet for the first time since 1990 in what will be the start of a three-game series between the schools. The Golden Hurricane own a commanding 5-1 advantage in the all-time series that dates all the way back to 1965, including a 2-1 mark in games played on the road. The Wildcats won their first and only matchup in the series, 75-69, at Bramlage Coliseum on Dec. 14, 1989. Tulsa won the last meeting, 72-61, at home on Dec. 12, 1990.
The Wildcats will put their 23-game non-conference home winning streak to the test against the Golden Hurricanes, as the contest will represent a home game since the school controls all the ticket sales and runs all the game operations for the Wichita Wildcat Classic. The 23-game win streak, which dates back to the start of the 2015-16 season, spans Bramlage Coliseum (21 straight such wins) as well as INTRUST Bank Arena (2015 Wichita Wildcat Classic vs. Colorado State) and Kansas City's Sprint Center (2016 Wildcat Classic vs. Washington State).
K-State has a 96-5 (.949) record at home venues in non-conference play since 2006-07, including 88-5 (.946) mark at Bramlage Coliseum, and has won 83 of their last 86 non-conference home games. This season, the team is 6-0 at home (American, UMKC, UC Irvine, Northern Arizona, Oral Roberts and USC Upstate) with an average margin of victory of 24.8 points per game.
The Wildcats ran their non-conference winning streak at Bramlage Coliseum to 21 games on Tuesday night, as the team jumped out to leads of 14-0 and 27-4 en route to an 86-49 victory over USC?Upstate. K-State was efficient on offense once again, connecting on 50.8 percent (30-of-59) from the field and recording assists on 21 of 30 made field goals, while the defense held the Spartans to a season-low 49 points (26 points under their 75.0 points per game scoring average).
K-State among the national leaders in several defensive categories, including 13th in scoring defense (61.1 ppg.) and 19th in field goal percentage defense (37.5), while the squad is ninth in assist turnover ratio (1.56), 11th in turnover margin (+5.8) and 15th in fewest turnovers per game (10.7).

NOTES ON TULSA

Tulsa enters Saturday's contest with a 4-4 overall record and have been off from competition this past week after dropping a road game at Illinois State, 65-58, on?Dec. 2. The second loss to the Redbirds (also lost at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off at Myrtle Beach on Nov. 19) snapped a two-game winning streak (Central Arkansas and UTSA). The Golden Hurricane also have wins over Oral Roberts and Western Michigan, while their other two losses have come to Lamar and Iowa State.
The Golden Hurricane are averaging nearly 80 points per game (79.2) on 47.1 percent shooting, including 34.1 percent from 3-point range, with 37.6 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 4.3 steals and 3.3 blocks per game, while allowing opponents to average 77 points on 42.7 percent shooting, including 37.3 percent from long range. The team is shooting 71 percent from the free throw line.
Senior forward Junior Etou paces four players in double figures at 16.8 points per game on 57.4 percent shooting with a team-best 6.4 rebounds in 26.5 minutes per game. The transfer from?Rutgers averages 6.1 free throw makes per game to go with 9 attempts per game. Junior guard Sterling Taplin is second in scoring at 13.4 points per game on 45.9 percent shooting to go with a team-best 3.8 assists per game. Fellow junior DaQuan Jeffries also averages double figures at 11.4 points per game on a 62.1 field goal percentage and 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. Sophomore Curran Scott averages 9.4 points on 40.4 percent shooting, while three others -- Martins Igbanu (6.8 ppg.), Elijah Joiner (6.3 ppg.) and Corey Henderson, Jr. (6.0 ppg.) -- all average better than 6 points per outing.
Tulsa is led by fourth-year head coach Frank Haith, who has a 62-44 (.585) in his tenure. Overall, he has a 249-173 mark in his 13th season as head coach, which includes stints at Miami (2004-11), Missouri (2011-14) and now Tulsa. He is 0-2 all-time against K-State.

SERIES HISTORY

This will be just the seventh meeting between Kansas State and Tulsa on the hardwood with the Golden Hurricane holding a 5-1 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to 1965. Tulsa is 2-1 in games played on the road, including a 70-63 win at Ahearn Field House on Dec. 4, 1965 and a 66-63 win on Dec. 7, 1968. K-State won the last meeting at home, 72-61, on Dec. 12, 1990, while Tulsa won the last overall meeting in 1990 at home.
Head coach Bruce Weber is 2-0 all-time against Tulsa, winning at home game against the Golden Hurricane in his first season at Southern Illinois, 70-56, on Jan. 2, 1999 and a neutral site victory while at Illinois, 48-44, at the South Padre Island Invitational on Nov. 29, 2008.
K-State is 39-33 all-time against schools in the American Conference, including a 23-6 mark in home venues. The school has met Cincinnati (1-7), Houston (5-3), Memphis (1-2), SMU?(6-2), Temple (1-2), Tulane (2-2), Tulsa (1-5), UCF (2-0) and Wichita State (20-11). The Wildcats are 7-3 in their last 10 meetings against the league, which includes a 75-61 loss to Cincinnati in the 2017 NCAA?Tournament in?Sacramento, Calif.

HISTORY IN WICHITA

K-State has a long history of playing games in the city of Wichita, which dates back to a matchup with the hometown Wichita State at Henrion Gymnasium on?Dec. 17, 1932. Of the 21 meetings in the city, all but six of them are against the Shockers, which includes a 94-86 win at Levitt Arena in the NCAA?Midwest Regional Finals on March 14, 1964 that propelled the Wildcats to the Final Four.
K-State enters Saturday's game with a 9-12 all-time mark in the city of Wichita, including a 2-1 mark in the Wichita Wildcat Classic. The Wildcats are 6-9 all-time against Wichita State in its hometown of Wichita (5-9 in true road games), while they are 3-3 against other competition. The 3-3 record includes a 64-60 win over Texas-El Paso in the 1964 NCAA?Tournament, losses to TCU and Louisville in the 1968 NCAA?Tournament and three games in the Wichita Wildcat Classic.

HISTORY AT INTRUST BANK ARENA

K-State is 2-1 all-time at INTRUST?Bank?Arena, which includes all three games of the Wichita Wildcat Classic. The Wildcats lost the inaugural event, 85-80, in a double overtime thriller to West Virginia on?Dec. 8, 2011 before collecting wins against No. 14 Gonzaga, 72-62, on Dec. 21, 2013 and Colorado State, 61-56, on Dec. 19, 2015.
West Virginia's Kevin Jones scored a game-high 30 points to go with 12 rebounds in 49 minutes of action, as the Mountaineers out-scored the Wildcats, 11-6 in the pivotal second overtime to win 85-80 on Dec. 8, 2011. Rodney McGruder led the way with 20 points on 9-of-19 field goals, while Will Spradling added 16 points. Thomas Gipson collected a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
K-State out-scored Gonzaga, 19-7, at the free throw line, as the Wildcats upset the 14th-ranked Bulldogs, 72-62, on Dec. 21, 2013. Gonzaga connected on a higher percentage from the field (48.0 to 44.4 percent), but made just 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from the line compared to K-State's 19-of-25 effort). Four Wildcats scored in double figures, including 14 points by Marcus Foster and Gipson, 13 by Wesley Iwundu and 11 by Shane Southwell.
In a defensive slugfest, K-State held on for a 61-56 win over Colorado State in the most recent edition of the Wildcat Classic on Dec. 19, 2015. The Wildcats led by as many as 13 points in the second half, but the pesky Rams rallied to close to within 58-54 with just over a minute left. Justin Edwards hit 3-of-4 free throws down the stretch to help the Wildcats hold off the late charge. Dean Wade scored a team-high 13 points and Edwards had 12.

NON-CONFERENCE HISTORY

K-State has a 96-5 (.950) record at home venues (includes home games played at Bramlage Coliseum, INTRUST Bank Arena and the Sprint Center) in non-conference game dating back to the 2006-07 season, including an 88-5 (.946) mark at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats have won 83 of their last 86 non-conference home games, including their current 23-game winning streak in home non-conference games.
K-State went 8-0 in non-conference games played at home venues in 2016-17 (7-0 at Bramlage Coliseum and 1-0 at the Sprint Center) with an average margin of victory of 19.1 points per game. The last home non-conference loss came in a 50-46 loss to Georgia on Dec. 31, 2014.
Overall, the Wildcats went 11-2 in non-conference play in 2016-17, which included a pair of road victories at Saint Louis (84-53) and Colorado State (89-70). The two setbacks came to No. 23 Maryland (69-68) on Nov. 26, 2016 at the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y., and at Tennessee (70-58) in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 28, 2017. The team has won double-digit non-conference games each of the past two seasons (23 total/23-5 record) since posting a 7-6 record in 2014-15.

HISTORY OF STRONG STARTS

K-State is looking to continue a history of strong starts to a season on Saturday, as the Wildcats have jumped out to an 8-1 record for the second consecutive season. It marks the first time that the school has started 8-1 in back-to-back seasons since the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. A win against Tulsa would give K-State a 9-1 record for the second straight season and tie for the best start under Bruce Weber.
K-State's best start after 10 games has been a 9-1 mark, which has been done on five occasions, including 2004-05, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2016-17.
The Wildcats have started 2-0 (2014-15), 4-0 (2015-16), 5-0 (2016-17) and 4-0 (2017-18) in each of the last four seasons after dropping their opener to Northern Colorado in 2013. The 5-0 start last season was the best since the 2012-13 season. The squad has started 5-0 five times in the last 15 seasons, including 2004-05 (8-0), 2008-09 (5-0), 2011-12 (5-0), 2012-13 (5-0) and 2016-17 (5-0).
The best start in the last 15 seasons came in 2016-17 when K-State won each of its first five games en route to a 12-1 start (which included a 7-game winning streak). The best-ever start to a season came in 1918-19 when the squad opened 17-0 before losing their last two games to finish 17-2 and win the Missouri Valley Conference title under head coach Zora Clevenger for the second time in three seasons.
Other impressive starts to a season include 7-0 in 1915-16, 10-0 in 1947-48, 9-0 in 1957-58, 7-0 in 1961-62, 8-0 in 1979-80 and 9-0 in 1997-98.

DEFENSIVE PROWESS

K-State has been solid on the defensive end to start the season, allowing a Big 12-best 61.6 points while holding its opposition to 37.5 percent shooting (174-of-464), including 31.3 percent (62-of-198) from 3-point range. The team ranks second in the Big 12 in turnover margin (+5.8), third in field goal percentage defense, fourth in steals (8.6) and sixth in 3-point field goal percentage defense.
The Wildcats rank among the Top 50 in six defensive categories, including 11th in turnover margin, 13th in scoring defense, 19th in field goal percentage defense and 21st in scoring margin. The team is 53rd in turnovers forced at 16.44 per game.
Only four times in the modern era (since 1953-54) has a K-State team allowed 60 points or less six times to the first nine opponents, as the 2017-18 squad joins the 1981-82, 1984-85 and 2005-06 teams to accomplish the feat. If you remove the ASU and Vanderbilt games, the Wildcats are allowing just 54.1 points on 34.1 percent shooting, including 27.7 percent from 3-point range.
The Wildcats have held six of the nine opponents to 45, 51, 49, 58, 59 and 49 points, respectively, as they have now held 64 opponents to 60 points or less under head coach Bruce Weber's direction with the squad boasting a 57-7 (.891) record in those contests. The squad has held 17 opponents to 50 points or less under Weber (16-1 record), which includes a Weber era-best 26 points allowed to Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 13, 2012.
The 45 points by American (11/10/17) were the fewest points allowed in an opener since holding South Dakota to 45 points in a 50-point win on Nov. 29, 1986, while the 38 points was the largest margin of victory since also winning by the same margin against Loyola Chicago on Nov. 13, 2009. UMKC, which scored 100 points twice in its first four games, was held to just 51 points on 26 percent shooting (13-of-50), including 28.6 percent (8-of-28) from 3-point range. USC Upstate was held to a season-low 49 points and nearly 26 points under their scoring average of 75.0 points per game.
K-State has put up some impressive defensive numbers under Weber, leading the Big 12 in scoring defense twice in the past five seasons (60.4 ppg., in 2012-13 and 65.4 ppg., in 2013-14). Since his arrival in 2012-13, the Wildcats are allowing opponents just 64.5 points per game (11,421 points) on 42.4 percent shooting (3945-9296), including 31.7 percent (1013-3193) from 3-point range.
Under Weber's direction, K-State has a 92-25 (.786) record when holding an opponent to 69 points or less since 2012-13 and a 16-44 (.267) mark when allowing an opponent to score 70 or more points.

OFFENSE OFF TO A GOOD START

K-State is averaging 78.9 points on 49.4 percent shooting, including 39.1 percent from 3-point range, to go with a solid 75.1 percent clip from the free throw line through nine games. The Wildcats have scored 80 or more points five times and have eclipsed the 75-point barrier five times in the last six games. The 710 points are the most points through nine games since scoring 721 (80.1 ppg.) in the first nine game of the 2009-10 season.
The Wildcats scored a season-high 90 points vs. Arizona State (11/26) on 57.6 percent shooting, which tied for the fourth-most points ever scored in a loss and the most since a 112-95 loss at No. 4 Oklahoma on Feb. 13, 1988. The 84 points at Vanderbilt (12/3) were the most in a road game since scoring 96 at Oklahoma State on Jan. 18, 2017 and the most in a non-conference road game since also scoring 84 at Saint Louis on Dec. 3, 2016.
K-State ranks third in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage, fourth in field goal percentage and free throw percentage, while the team is second in both turnover margin (+5.8) and assist/turnover ratio (1.6). Nationally, the Wildcats are among the Top 50 in four offensive categories, including ninth in assist/turnover ratio, 11th in turnover margin, 15th in fewest turnovers per game (10.7).
The Wildcats have connected on better than 50 percent from the field in 5 games, including a season-best 58 percent (29-of-50) in the win at Vanderbilt (12/4). The team has hit on 50 percent or better in both halves in three games (Arizona State, Vanderbilt and USC?Upstate).

SUCCESS BEYOND THE ARC

K-State has been successful to start the season from 3-point range, averaging 8.6 treys per game on 39.1 percent shooting (77-of-197). Junior Kamau Stokes is one of five players to connect on at least seven 3-pointers this season, as he leads all players with 25 treys on 50 percent shooting (25-of-50) this season. Stokes hit on a career-high 7 3-point field goals against Arizona State (11/23), which tied for the fourth-most in school history, while he has hit on at least treys in seven games. Sophomore Xavier Sneed is second in 3-pointers with 13 on a 35.1 percent clip, while junior Barry Brown, Jr. (12), redshirt freshman Cartier Diarra (8) and junior Dean Wade (7) all have more than 7 3-point makes this season.
K-State has hit on six or more 3-pointers in 7 of 9 games this season, including double-digits against American (12), Arizona State (15) and USC Upstate (12). The 15 makes against the Sun Devils tied for the second-most in school history and were the most since also converting on 15 3-pointers against Nebraska on Jan. 8, 2000. It was also the most-ever made away from home. Overall, the Wildcats hit on 46.9 percent from beyond the arc against ASU with the 32 attempts the third-most ever in a game and the most since attempting a school-record 37 at Texas on Feb. 12, 2005.
Four Wildcats (Brown, Diarra, Stokes and Wade) had have at least one game making 3 or more 3-pointers this season.

OFFENSIVE BALANCE CONTINUES

One of the hallmarks of the 2016-17 NCAA?Tournament team was its offensive balance, as four of five starters averaged in double figures led by Wesley Iwundu (13.0 ppg.), Kamau Stokes (11.7 ppg.), Barry Brown, Jr. (11.7 ppg.) and D.J. Johnson (11.3 ppg.). The last time K-State saw four players average in double digits was 2009-10, while you would have to go all the way back to 1980-81 to find four Wildcat starters in double figures.
That balance has continued to start the 2017-18 season, as four of the team's five starters (Stokes, Brown, Dean Wade and Xavier Sneed) are all currently averaging in double figures. Stokes (15.3 ppg.), Brown (14.8 ppg.) and Wade (13.0 ppg.) are all averaging at least 13 points per game through nine games, as K-State joins Kansas as the only Big 12 schools to have at least three players averaging 13 points per game, while the Wildcats are one of just four Big 12 teams (along with Kansas, Texas and TCU) to have four starters averaging in double figures so far this season.
The trio of Brown, Stokes and Wade have all scored in double figures in 13 career games, including five of nine this season. The Wildcats boast a 10-3 record in those games, including 5-0 this season. The three are averaging 43.1 points per game on 50 percent shooting, including 44 percent from 3.
At least three of the five starters have tallied double figures in seven of nine games this season, including four in the opener against American (11/10) and Northern Arizona (11/20). In all, five players registered double figures as 10 posted at least one made field goal in the season-opening win. Wade led all scorers with 17 points on 6-of-7 field goals, while redshirt freshman Cartier Diarra (13 points), sophomore Makol Mawien (12), Brown (10) and Stokes (10) each tallied double digits. Sneed nearly recorded double figures, finishing with 8 points.
K-State saw four players scored in double figures in the win over UMKC (11/14), as Brown scored a game-high 14 points followed by Sneed's first double-digit outing of the year with 13 points to go with 11-point efforts from Wade and junior Mawdo Sallah. Three players registered double figures against UC?Irvine (11/17) led by Stokes' game-high 14 points, joining Sneed (12) and Diarra (10).
Just like the opener, four of the five starters tallied double figures in the win over Northern Arizona (11/20) with Brown recording his fifth career 20-point game on 9-of-13 field goals, while Stokes (16 points), Wade (15) and Sneed (12) also registered double-digit points.
K-State had multiple 20-point scorers for the first time this season against Arizona State (11/23), as Brown and Stokes combined for 50 of the team's 90 points... Brown had a career-high 27 points, while Stokes was one short of his career-high with 23 points on 7-of-10 shooting (all 3-pointers).
K-State again had multiple 20-point scorers in the win at Vanderbilt (12/3) to go with an 18-point effort by Brown, as the trio combined to score 59 of the 84 points on 58.8 percent shooting (20-of-24). Sneed posted a career-high 21 points, while Stokes earned his sixth career 20-point game.
In all, the Wildcats have seen seven players total 30 double-digit scoring games this season with 12 different players registering at least one made field goal. Stokes has posted double-figure points in eight of nine games, while Brown has done it seven times and Wade six times.
At least four Wildcats scored in double figures in 19 of 35 games in 2016-17, including at least three in 28 games. In all, nine players had at least one double-digit scoring game with six having at least 12 double-digit scoring games led by Iwundu's 26. The other four starters had at least 17 double-figure scoring games. In all, starters were responsible for 78 percent of the team's 2,523 points and 848 made field goals.

NIGHT TO REMEMBER

K-State enjoyed quite the memorable night on defensive end against Northern?Arizona (11/20), as the Wildcats tied the school record with 19 steals while forcing 31 total turnovers and enjoying a 38-15 edge in points off turnovers in the convincing 80-58 win.
The 19 steals tied the original school mark set against Tulane on Jan. 10, 1976 at Ahearn Field House. The 31 turnovers tied for the fifth-most by an opponent and were the most since also forcing 31 against Kentucky (at Orleans Arena) on Nov. 28, 2008. The 38 points off of turnovers were the fourth-most since the stat began being recorded in 2000-01 and the most since totaling 39 against Washington State on Dec. 5, 2009.
In all, five different Wildcats had at least two steals, including a career-best 6 by junior Barry?Brown, Jr., and 5 by junior Dean?Wade. The 6 steals by Brown tied nine other players for the eighth-most steals in a game. He now has 133 in his career, which ties him for third-place with Askia Jones (1989-94) on the all-time list. Junior Kamau Stokes also had 3 steals, while sophomore Xavier Sneed and freshman Cartier Diarra had two each.
A year ago, K-State ranked 21st nationally in total steals (271) and 31st in steals per game (7.7), while was 41st in turnovers forced (14.94) and 49th in turnover margin (+2.0). The 271 steals were the fourth-most in school history and the most since the 2009-10 season. The 7.74 steals average ranked fifth in school history and was the highest average since the 1994-95 season (8.44).
Brown set the single-season record with 82 steals in 2016-17, while his 2.34 per game placed third for a single-season. He ranked second in the Big 12 in overall steals, while his 45 in league play led all players. He ranked seventh nationally in total steals and 11th in average.

SOLID DEBUTS FOR NEWCOMERS

Redshirt freshman Cartier Diarra and transfers Makol Mawien and Mawdo Sallah have each been impressive to start the season.
Diarra and Mawien each posted double figures in their debuts against American (11/10), as Diarra scored 13 points off the bench on 4-of-5 field goals, including all four 3-pointers to go with 4 assists, while Mawien nearly totaled a double-double with 12 points on 5-of-7 field goals and game-highs with 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.
It was Sallah's turn against UMKC (11/14), as he came off the bench to miss a double-double by one rebound with 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting with a game-high 9 rebounds.
Diarra turned in his second double-digit scoring games with 10 points against UC?Irvine (11/17).

ONE OF THE YOUNGEST TEAMS

K-State is one of 15 schools nationally (Auburn, American, Bowling Green, UC Irvine, The Citadel, Holy Cross, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Marquette, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Toledo and Wofford) to have one or fewer seniors on its roster in 2017-18, while the Wildcats' nine freshmen (true and redshirt) and sophomores ranks nine nationally and are only surpassed by the 12 at Auburn and Kentucky, 11 by UC Irvine, 10 each by American, The Citadel, Tennessee, Toledo and Wofford.

K-STATE WELCOMES SHAUN WILLIAMS

Head coach Bruce Weber announced the signing of Shaun Williams (St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood Central) on the first day of the National Signing Period Wednesday.
A 6-foot-3, 170-pound guard, Williams led Hazelwood Central in 12 categories en route to helping the Hawks to a 17-11 record and a trip to the Class 5, District 3 Championship Game. He averaged a team-best 18.6 points on 47.4 percent shooting (155-of-237), including 35.2 percent (38-of-108) from 3-point range, to go with 3.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He connected on a team-best 83.8 percent (98-of-117) from the free throw line. He was a First Team Class 5 All-State selection by the Missouri Basketball?Coaches Association as a junior.

UP NEXT: SE MISSOURI STATE (5-4)

K-State returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 16 when the Wildcats play host to SE Missouri State (5-4) at 7 p.m., CT at Bramlage Coliseum. Tickets are available starting at $10, while fans can take advantage of the Wildcat 4 Pack for just $30. The contest will be televised on FOX Sports Kansas City (state of Kansas/Kansas City area), K-StateHD.TV (free) and ESPN3 (outside of state of Kansas).

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