Game Preview // 12/12 K-State Returns Home to Face Lehigh Saturday

GAME 6
12/12 KANSAS STATE (5-0) vs. LEHIGH (4-1)
Saturday, November 24, 2018 >> 3:37 p.m. CT >> Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) >> Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
FOX Sports Kansas City / FOX Sports App/Watch / ESPN3

Ben Boyle (play-by-play)
Missy Heidrick (analyst)
Bridget Howard (sideline reporter)

Channel Listing: DirecTV 671-5 [HD] / Dish 453 or 412-41 / AT&T U-Verse 750 or 1750 [HD]
FOX Sports App – https://foxsports.onelink.me/SY6x/2622b9e
ESPN3 – http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3452465/lehigh-vs-kansas-state-m-basketball

RADIO
K-State Sports Network*

Wade Gerstner (play-by-play)
Schyler Thomas (analyst)

Listen Online: TuneIn.com [free] // www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]
Satellite Radio: Sirius 94 / XM 210 / Internet 986

*Due to the K-State football game at Iowa State, which starts at 6 p.m., most network affiliates will have full coverage of the football game, beginning with the pre-game show at 4 p.m.

These stations will carry the men's basketball game:

580 AM (Topeka)
102.5 FM (Manhattan)
980 AM (Kansas City)
94.9 FM (Concordia)

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
kstate.statbroadcast.com [media only]

TICKETS
www.kstatesports.com/tickets
(800) 221.CATS [2287]

Wildcat 4 Pack: $30
Bramlage Bundle: $20
Single Game: $10 (bench/GA)/$20 (chairback)
Group (12+): $5

COACHES
Kansas State: Bruce Weber (Wis.-Milwaukee '78)
Overall: 443-235/21^st season
At K-State: 130-80/7^th season
vs. Lehigh: 0-0

Lehigh: Dr. Brett Reed (Eckerd College '95)
Overall: 202-147/12th season
At Lehigh: 202-147/12th season
vs. Kansas State: 0-0

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (5-0)
G: #3 Kamau Stokes
G: #5 Barry Brown, Jr.
G/F: #20 Xavier Sneed
F: #32 Dean Wade
F: #14 Makol Mawien

Lehigh (4-1)
G: #2 Kyle Leufroy
G: #5 Lance Tejada
F: #11 Jordan Cohen
F: #31 Pat Andree
F: #13 James Karnik

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: First Meeting
In Manhattan: First Meeting
Last Meeting: n/a
Weber vs. Reed: First Meeting

OPENING TIP

No. 12/12 Kansas State (5-0) returns home to Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday, as the Wildcats host Patriot League member Lehigh (4-1) in a rare home non-conference afternoon tilt at 3:30 p.m., CT. The game was moved to the afternoon, as the Wildcat football team's (5-6) regular-season finale at Iowa State will kick off at 6 p.m., CT.
This will be the first meeting between K-State and Lehigh on the hardwood and the first against the Patriot League since an 83-45 victory over American in last season's season opener.
The Wildcats have won 25 consecutive games against non-conference opponents at Bramlage Coliseum since the start of the 2015-16 season. Overall, the school has an 97-6 (.941) record at home in non-conference play since 2006-07, including 95-5 (.950) in the regular season, and has won 86 of their last 91 non-conference home games. The team went 11-2 in non-conference action in 2017-18, including 8-1 at home venues. The lone home loss came to Tulsa, 61-54, on Dec. 9, 2017 in Wichita.
K-State is off to its best start since also winning the first 5 games of the 2016-17 season, as the Wildcats won the 19^th annual U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., on Monday after defeating Eastern Kentucky (95-68), Penn (64-48) and Missouri (82-67). It was the 14^th regular-season tournament championship in school history and the first since winning the 2011 Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu, Hawai'i. It was also the sixth career tournament title for head coach Bruce Weber and his first with the Wildcats.
Senior Dean Wade was named the tournament's most valuable player after averaging 17.3 points on 61.8 percent (21-of-34) shooting with 6.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists in three games, including a team-high 21 points in the title game against the Tigers, while fellow senior Barry Brown, Jr., was one of five players selected as Paradise Jam Tournament All-Stars.
Brown and Wade both moved up the career scoring list during the Paradise Jam, as Brown (1,361 points) cracked the school's Top 10 and moved to within four points of Chuckie Williams (1,364 points; 1972-76) for ninth place, while Wade eclipsed the Top 15, moving into the 13^th place with 1,266 points and now needs 100 points to join Brown in the Top 10.
Wade, who became the tallest player in school history with 200 career assists at the Paradise Jam, recently became just the fourth Wildcat with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists, joining Ed Nealy, Wesley Iwundu and Rolando Blackman.
K-State has been strong on the defensive end to start the season, holding opponents to 56 points on 37.4 percent shooting, including 30.2 percent from 3-point range, while forcing opponents into 17.6 turnovers per game. The Wildcats rank 11^th nationally in scoring defense, 19^th in turnover margin (+6.0), 40^th in field goal percentage defense and 43^rd in turnovers forced.

After a slow start to the season, the offense seems to be gaining steam after averaging 80.3 points on 50.6 percent shooting in three games at the Paradise Jam, including a season-high 95-point performance against Eastern Kentucky (11/16/18). Four Wildcats averaged in double figures led by Wade's 17.3 points per game average, while junior Xavier Sneed (13.3 ppg.), Brown (12.7 ppg.) and senior Kamau Stokes (12.0 ppg.) also averaged double digits.

NOTES ON LEHIGH

Lehigh (4-1) enters Saturday's game on a 3-game winning streak (Marist, Princeton, Siena) since dropping its only loss of season in an 83-62 decision at Miami (Fla.) on Nov. 9. The squad opened the year with an 85-61 win at Monmouth.
The Mountain Hawks return 11 lettermen, including four starters (Pat Andree, James Karnik, Kyle Leufroy, Lance Tejada) from a squad that posted a 16-14 overall record and finished in a tie for third place in the Patriot League with an 11-7 mark. A veteran team with 8 of their 16 players being upperclassmen led by senior Leufroy and Tejada).
Lehigh was picked as the preseason favorite in the Patriot League, collecting 145 points and seven first-place votes, followed by Bucknell and Colgate. Tejada was selected to the preseason All-Patriot League after earning second team honors as a junior in 2017-18.
The Hawks are averaging 75.4 points on 45.1 percent shooting, including 44.3 percent from 3-point range, to go with 41.6 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 4.8 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, while allowing 68.4 points on 36.5 percent shooting, including 31.3 percent from the free throw line. The team is connecting on 67.4 percent from the free throw line.
Leufroy paces four players in double figures at 16.2 points per game on 60.9 percent shooting, including 58.3 percent from 3-point range to go with 7.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 29.4 minutes per game, while Andree is averaging 15.4 points on 49 percent shooting, including 51.7 percent from long range, to go with 7.4 rebounds in 29.2 minutes per game. Leufroy and Andree are responsible for more than half of the Hawks' 3-point field goals (29 of 51). Tejada (11.2 ppg.) and junior Jordan Cohen (11.0 ppg.) also average in double figures, as Tejada paces the team in assists at 4.0 per game, while Cohen is second at 3.0 per game.
The all-time winningest coach in school history, head coach Dr. Brett Reed enters his 12th season at Lehigh, registering a 202-147 overall record. The Patriot League's second longest-tenured coach, Reed boasts a .576 career winning percentage, which ranks sixth in league history and second among active coaches. His 202 overall wins and 102 Patriot League victories are both fourth in league history. He has led the Hawks to three postseason appearances, including trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2012.
Reed most famously led the Mountain Hawks to a 75-70 upset of Duke in the 2012 NCAA Tournament behind the play of current Portland Trail Blazer C.J. McCollum.

SERIES HISTORY

K-State and Lehigh will meet for the first time on the hardwood.
K-State is 5-2 all-time against the Patriot League, including games against American (1-0), Army West Point (0-1), Boston University (1-0), Holy Cross (1-1), Lafayette (1-0) and Loyola Maryland (1-0). The last matchup with a Patriot League foe came in last season's opener when the Wildcats knocked off American, 83-45, on Nov. 10, 2017.

LAST TIME OUT: K-STATE 82, MISSOURI 67

Behind a stellar night behind the 3-point line, No. 12/12 K-State captured the 2018 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Championship with an 82-67 win over former conference rival Missouri on Monday night at the UVI Sports and Fitness Center.
K-State earned the 14^th regular-season tournament championship in school history and the first since winning the 2011 Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu, Hawai'i. It was also the sixth career tournament title for the head coach Bruce Weber and his first with the Wildcats.
Senior Dean Wade was named the tournament's most valuable player after averaging 17.3 points on 61.8 percent shooting with 6.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists in three games, while fellow senior Barry Brown, Jr., was one of five players selected as Paradise Jam Tournament All-Stars.
Struggling from the 3-point line through the first four games of the season, the Wildcats broke out with a barrage of 12 treys from five different players on 24 attempts, including a game-high 4 by Wade. The 3-point performance highlighted an impressive all-around offensive night, as the team connected on 53.6 percent (30-of-56) of their field goals, including 50 percent or better in both halves, and shot 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from the free throw line.
Tied at 27-27, consecutive 3-pointers by Wade with 3:29 remaining in the first half started a 13-0 run that gave K-State a 40-27 advantage at the break. The run continued, as a quick 7-2 spurt extended the lead to 47-29 just 90 seconds into the second half.
Wade paced four Wildcats in double figures with a team-high 21 points on 8-of-10 field goals, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, to go with 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Brown scored 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting to go with a game-high 6 assists and 6 rebounds, while junior Xavier Sneed and senior Kamau Stokes chipped in 13 and 10 points, respectively.

'CATS HAVE BEEN STELLAR ON DEFENSE UNDER WEBER

K-State has put up some impressive defensive numbers under head coach Bruce Weber, leading the Big 12 in scoring defense twice in the last 6 years (60.4 ppg., in 2012-13 and 65.4 ppg., in 2013-14). Last season, the Wildcats held opponents to 67 points on 42.5 percent shooting.
K-State is holding opponents to 56 points on 37.4 percent shooting, including 30.2 percent from 3-point range, while forcing opponents into 17.6 turnovers per game. The Wildcats rank 11^th nationally in scoring defense, 19^th in turnover margin (+6.0), 40^th in field goal percentage defense and 43^rd in turnovers forced.
K-State has held 3 of 5 opponent to 60 points or less this season with none eclipsing 70 on the season. The squad has now held 72 opponents to 60 points or less in Weber's tenure, boasting a 65-7 mark (losses to Kansas in 2012, Northern Colorado and Kentucky in 2013, Texas Southern and Georgia in 2014, Texas and Oklahoma State in 2016 and West Virginia in 2017).
K-State has a 109-28 (.796) record under Weber when holding a foe to 69 points or less and a 21-52 (.288) when allowing 70 or more points.

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

Nearly a third of K-State's points (105/361) this season have come off turnovers, as the Wildcats are averaging 21 points off 17.6 opponent mistakes per game.
The Wildcats scored 20 or more points of turnovers in the first four games before being held to a season-low 16 in the win over Missouri (11/19/18) at the Paradise Jam. The squad scored a season-high 24 in the win over Eastern Kentucky (11/16/18), while they had 23 vs. Denver (11/12/18) and 22 vs. Penn (11/18/18).
K-State has scored more than 3,000 points (3,205) off turnovers during Weber's tenure, an average of 15.3 points per game. In 2017-18, the Wildcats averaged 17.3 points per game off turnovers, including 15.9 points per game in Big 12 play, and outscored opponents, 639-423. The team scored at least 20 points off opponent turnovers in 13 games with a school-record 38 vs. Northern Arizona on Nov. 20 and 36 vs. USC?Upstate on Dec. 5, 2017.
A?year ago, K-State ranked eighth nationally in total steals (294) and 18th in steals per game (7.9), while the school was one of just 5 nationally (Georgia State, Nicholls State, Purdue and Stephen F. Austin) with three players (Barry Brown, Jr., Dean Wade and Xavier Sneed) with 40 or more steals.

OFFENSIVE SPARK

K-State's offense gained a spark during the run to the Paradise Jam Championship, averaging 80.3 points on 50.6 percent (91-of-180) shooting, including 37.5 percent (18-of-48) from 3-point range, after averaging just 60 points on 40 percent (48-of-120) shooting, including 17.5 percent (7-of-40) from long range, after the first two games.
The Wildcats connected on 50 percent or better from the field in five of six halves at the tournament, hitting on 55.2 percent (37-of-67) against Eastern Kentucky (11/16/18) and 53.6 percent (30-of-56) against Missouri (11/19/18).
K-State scored a season-high 95 points in the first-round win over Eastern Kentucky (11/16/18), hitting on 55.2 percent (37-of-67) from the field, as five players scored in double figures led by junior Xavier Sneed's game-high 16 points.
After hitting on just 4 of their first 19 attempts in the first 13 minutes against Penn (11/18/18), the Wildcats connected on 52.6 percent (20-of-38) in the last 27 minutes in a 64-48 victory. Three players scored in double figures led by Dean Wade's 17 points.
K-State connected on 50 percent or better in each half in the win over Missouri (11/19/18), hitting on 53.6 percent for the game, including 50 percent (12-of-24) from 3-point range. Four players scored in double figures, including 21 from Wade and 19 from Barry Brown, Jr.
The 12 3-point field goals were the most since hitting 13 at Iowa State (12/29/17).

GAME OF RUNS

The Paradise Jam was a game of runs for Kansas State, as the Wildcats put together decisive runs, particularly at the end of the first half, en route to double-digit wins.
Leading 23-22 against Eastern Kentucky with 5:57 before halftime, K-State used a 12-2 run to take a 37-28 lead into halftime. After the Colonels had closed to within 43-37 with 16:14 to play, the Wildcats rattled off a 20-6 run to take a 63-43 lead at the 11:28 mark. The lead was never less than 17 the rest of the way and actually grew to 30 with 4:13 remaining.
Down 19-11 to Penn at the 7:16 mark of the first half, K-State erupted for a 17-2 run to take a 28-21 lead into halftime. Again after the Quakers had closed to 46-40 with just under 10 to play, the Wildcats used a 14-4 run to push ahead en route to a 14-point win.
After an early lead evaporated into a 27-all tie with 4:17 before halftime against Missouri,

K-State scored 20 of the next 22 points, including a 13-0 run to end the half. After the Tigers had closed to 60-47 midway through the second half, a 10-4 spurt by the Wildcats pushed the lead back up to 19 points en route to a 15-point win.

NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS

K-State has a 100-6 (.943) record at home venues (includes home games played at Bramlage Coliseum, INTRUST?Bank Arena in Wichita and the Sprint Center in Kansas City) in non-conference play dating back to the 2006-07 season, including a 92-5 (.948) mark at Bramlage Coliseum
The Wildcats have won 87 of their last 91 non-conference home games, including a 25-game winning streak at Bramlage Coliseum. The last home non-conference loss came against Georgia, 50-46, on Dec. 31, 2014.
K-State has posted a 135-33 (.804) record in non-conference play since the 2006-07 season, which includes an 11-2 (.846) mark in 2017-18. The team has posted double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 years, averaging 10.8 non-conference wins in that span, and went a program-best 13-1 in non-conference play during the 2009-10 season.
Since going 7-6 in non-conference in 2014-15, which included back-to-back losses to Texas Southern and Georgia, the Wildcats has won double-digit non-conference games each of the past three seasons and is 38-6 (.864) in non-conference play since the start of 2015-16 season. It is during this span that the school has won 25 consecutive games at Bramlage Coliseum.

A LOOK AT THE 25 STRAIGHT NON-CONFERENCE WINS AT BRAMLAGE COLISEUM

A closer look at K-State's current 25-game non-conference winning streak at Bramlage Coliseum, which dates to the start of the 2015-16 season. During this span, the Wildcats have averaged 75.6 points per game, while holding their opponents to 56.8 points and winning by nearly 19 points per game.

11/13/15 -- Maryland-Eastern Shore, 80-53
11/16/15 -- Columbia, 81-71
11/20/15 -- South Dakota, 93-72
11/29/15 -- South Carolina State, 68-66
12/9/15 -- Coppin State, 83-58
12/22/16 -- North Dakota, 63-49
12/29/16 -- Saint Louis, 75-47
1/30/16 -- Ole Miss, 69-64 (Big 12/SEC Challenge)
11/11/16 -- Western Illinois, 82-55
11/15/16 -- Omaha, 81-68
11/20/16 -- Hampton, 89-67
11/22/16 -- Robert Morris, 61-40
11/30/16 -- Green Bay, 80-61
12/6/16 -- Prairie View A&M, 74-55
12/21/16 -- Gardner-Webb, 67-54
11/10/17 -- American, 83-45
11/14/17 -- UMKC, 72-51
11/17/17 -- UC Irvine, 71-49
11/20/17 -- Northern Arizona, 80-58
11/29/17 -- Oral Roberts, 77-68
12/5/17 -- USC?Upstate, 86-49
12/16/17 -- SE?Missouri State, 89-71
1/27/18 -- Georgia, 56-51 (Big 12/SEC Challenge)
11/9/18 – Kennesaw State, 56-41
11/12/18 – Denver, 64-56

HISTORY AT BRAMLAGE COLISEUM

K-State has posted a 368-116 (.760) record at Bramlage Coliseum since its opening during the 1988-89 season. The 368 wins are the second-most at a home venue, trailing the 378 wins at Ahearn Field House (1950-88).
K-State has registered a 167-36 (.822) record at home over the past 14 seasons, including a 72-31 (.699) mark in Big 12 play. The 167 wins rank fourth among all Big 12 schools in that span, while the 72 league victories at home are only surpassed by Kansas and Texas. In all, the program has earned double-digit victories in 25 of its 30 seasons in the arena, including a current streak of 17 straight seasons.
K-State has a 228-59 (.794) record at home, including a 134-10 (.930) mark in non-conference action, since the 2001-02 season for an average of just over 13 home wins (13.3) per season.
Head coach Bruce Weber has tallied an 83-20 (.804) record at Bramlage Coliseum since taking over at K-State in 2012-13 with non-conference home losses to Northern?Colorado (2013), Texas Southern (2014) and Georgia (2014). The 20 losses (17 of which have come in Big 12 play) have come by a grand total of 140 points or just 7.0 points per game.

MORE ABOUT K-STATE

The Wildcats return 10 lettermen, including six players (Barry Brown, Jr., Cartier Diarra, Makol Mawien, Xavier Sneed, Kamau Stokes and Dean Wade) that combined to start all 37 games a season ago, for a team that posted a 25-12 overall record (10-8 in Big 12 play) and advanced to the Elite Eight for the 12th time in school history and the first time since 2010. It marked just the sixth 25-win campaign in school history, including the second under head coach Bruce Weber, while the school advanced to the NCAA?Tournament for the fourth time in six seasons and 30th time overall.
K-State returns 185 combined starts from 2017-18, which is the most of any Division I team in the country, and ahead of other schools which return all of its starts, including George Mason (165), Iowa (165), Lipscomb (165) and North Florida (165).
K-State returns 93.2 percent (2,452 of 2,630 points) of its offense from 2017-18, which ranks 11th among Division I teams (trailing George Mason, Harvard, Wofford, Washington, Brown, Iowa, Wisconsin, UC Irvine, Syracuse and St.?Francis). The Wildcats also returns more than 90 percent of their field goals made (869/92.7%), 3-point field goals made (232/91.3%), free throws made (482/96%), assists (476/93.3%) and steals (266/90.5%) as well as 80 or better percent of their minutes (6,558/85%), rebounds (905/80%) and blocks (98/89%).
K-State returns seven of its top-8 scorers from last season, including three with double-digit averages [Wade (16.2 ppg.), Brown (15.9 ppg.) and Sneed (11.1 ppg.). Other returners include Kamau Stokes (9.0 ppg.), Cartier Diarra (7.1 ppg.), Makol Mawien (6.8 ppg.) and Mike McGuirl (3.3 ppg.). The Wildcats return their individual leader in scoring (Wade), rebounding (Wade), assists (Brown), steals (Brown) and blocks (Mawien).

'CATS EARN PRESEASON RANKINGS

K-State will open the 2018-19 season in the Top 15 in both major polls, as the Wildcats earned a No. 11 ranking in the preseason USA Today Coaches poll to go with a No. 12 ranking in the preseason Associated Press poll.
It marks the first time that K-State has started with preseason rankings in both polls since the 2010-11 campaign when the school opened at No. 3 in the AP and USA Today Coaches polls.
K-State appeared in the Preseason AP poll for the 17th time in school history, while it was the highest preseason ranking since starting the 2010-11 campaign at No. 3. It was also the 12th time debuting in the AP Top 15 (1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1961-62, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1975-76 and 2010-11).
The Wildcats have received several preseason rankings, including No. 11 by NBCSports.com, Yahoo! Sports, Street & Smith's, Lindy's and Athlon, No. 12 by ESPN.com, CBSSports.com, USA Today, Stadium, No. 13 by The Athletic, Blue Ribbon Yearbook and No. 14 by SI.com.
K-State was one of four Big 12 teams to place in both Top 25 polls, as Kansas was the unanimous No. 1 team. West Virginia was No. 13 in both polls, while TCU was ranked No. 20 (Coaches) and No. 21 (AP), respectively.

'CATS PICKED SECOND IN BIG 12 PLAY; WADE NAMED PRESEASON POY

K-State was picked to finish second by the league coaches in the annual Big 12 Preseason poll released on Oct. 19, as the Wildcats received 72 points and two first-place votes. Kansas was selected first, while West Virginia, TCU and Texas rounded out the Top 5.
The second-place selection was the second-highest by a K-State team in the history of the poll, following the 2010-11 team which was picked to finish first with 119 points. In fact, the Wildcats have been picked to finish fifth or better on just six other occasions in the poll, including fourth in 2007-08, 2009-10 and 2014-15 and fifth in 2006-07, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
Senior Dean Wade became just the second Wildcat to ever be selected the Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year by the league coaches, while Wade and Barry Brown, Jr., were both named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team. The duo was joined on the team by Kansas' Dedric Lawson, Iowa State's Lindell Wigginton and West Virginia's Sagaba Konate.
Wade's selection marked the second time that a K-State player has been named the preseason Player of the Year and the first since Jacob Pullen in 2010-11. It also was just the second time that two Wildcats appeared on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, following Pullen and Curtis Kelly in 2010-11. Wade and Brown are just the sixth and seventh players in school history to earn recognition to the Preseason All-Big 12 (since 1996-97), following Manny Dies in 1998-99, Kelly and Pullen in 2010-11, Rodney McGruder in 2012-13 and Marcus Foster in 2014-15.

ATTEMPTING TO BECOMING FIRST TRIO TO SCORE 1,000 POINTS

Senior Kamau Stokes needs 77 points to become the 30th player in school history to post 1,000 in a career and join fellow seniors Barry Brown, Jr., and Dean Wade in achieving the milestone. If Stokes achieves the mark, the trio would become the first senior class in school history to each top 1,000 career point in a career.
Brown (1,361 points) and Wade (1,266 points) each eclipsed the mark as juniors and currently rank 10th and 13th, respectively, on the all-time scoring list. Brown cracked the school's Top 10 during the Paradise Jam and now needs four points to pass Chuckie Williams (1,364 points; 1972-76) for ninth place, while Wade needs 100 points to join the Top 10.
Stokes already ranks in the career Top 10 for both 3-point field goals made (145/9th) and attempted (428/8th), while he is one of just eight players in school history with 300 or more assists in a career. His current total of 323 assists ties sixth on the all-time list.

BROWN CLOSING IN ON STEALS MARK

Senior Barry Brown, Jr., has a chance to become the school's all-time steals leader, as he trails career leader Jacob Pullen (210, 2007-11) by a mere 12 steals. Brown has 198 career steals in 110 games played, which ties for second on the career per game (1.80) list. He set the school single-season mark with 82 as a sophomore in 2016-17, while his 67 a season ago tied Pullen for the second-most on the single season list.
Brown also ranks among the leaders in games played, as his current streak of 110 consecutive games played ranks seventh in school history, while his 88 consecutive starts ranks fourth. With 110 career games played, he has a chance to eclipse the school record of 135 set by Jacob Pullen (2007-11) and Rodney McGruder (2009-13).

DON'T?FORGET?SNEED

With all the attention paid to the three seniors, the accomplishments of junior Xavier Sneed have somehow been overlooked. The St. Louis native enjoyed a career best year in 2017-18, averaging 11.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 31.4 minutes per game while starting all 37 games. He was named to the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team after averaging 19 points and 7.5 rebounds in games against Kentucky and Loyola Chicago.
Since missing the opener with Kennesaw State, Sneed has scored in double figures in four straight games, including a season-high 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range. His 7 treys pace the team, as he has connected on 6 of his last 12 attempts from long range after going just 1-of-7 in his first game against Denver (11/12/18).
Sneed also paced the Wildcats with 9 steals (along with Barry Brown, Jr.), snagging at least 2 in 3 of four games, including a game-high 4 against Penn (11/18/18).

NEXT UP: AT MARQUETTE (3-2)

K-State plays its first true road game of the season on Saturday, Dec. 1, as the Wildcats begin a home-and-home series with Marquette (3-2) at 1:30 p.m., CT, at the brand-new Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee. The game will air nationally on FS1.

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