Preview // K-State Hosts Newman in Final Exhibtion on Halloween Night

EXHIBITION
KANSAS STATE VS. NEWMAN
Friday, October 31, 2025 | 7 p.m., CT | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) | Manhattan, Kan.

TICKETS
Single-game tickets are available for as low as $14.

There are a variety of season, mini-plan and group ticket packages available. These can be purchased online at kstatesports.com/tickets, by calling (800) 221.CATS or by visiting the Bramlage Coliseum Ticket Office, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.

TELEVISION
ESPN+ (online link)

Ben Boyle (play-by-play)
Stan Weber (analyst)
Hannah Whetstone (sideline reporter)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Flagships: // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580
Satellite Radio: none
Online: Varsity Network [free] / www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]

Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play)
Matt Walters (analyst)

LIVE STATS
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COACHES
K-State: Jerome Tang [Charter Oak State College '07]
Record at K-State: 61-42/4th Year
Career Record: 63-42*/4th Year+
Exhibition Record: 5-2 [0-0 vs. Newman]

Newman: R.J. Allen [Concordia '06]
Record at Newman: 85-133/9th Year
Career Record: Same

EXHIBITION HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads 75-22
Home: K-State leads 58-9
at Bramlage Coliseum: K-State leads 52-9
Road: K-State leads 10-8
Neutral: K-State leads 7-5

K-STATE HOSTS DIVISION II NEWMAN IN FINAL EXHIBITION
K-State will wrap up its exhibition season on Friday night, as the Wildcats take on Division II foe Newman at Bramlage Coliseum. Tip is set for 7:01 p.m., CT and will be aired on ESPN+ as well as the K-State Sports Network. This will be just the second meeting between the schools in exhibition play after K-State posted an 83-56 win at home on Nov. 2, 2010.

This will be the second public exhibition for K-State this season after dropping a 100-91 decision at Missouri on Oct. 24. Junior All-America candidate P.J. Haggerty led all scorers with a game-high 23 points and 6 assists while playing just under 25 minutes.

K-State is 75-22 all-time in exhibition play dating back to 1964, including a 58-9 record at home. The Wildcats have a 52-9 record in exhibition play at Bramlage Coliseum. The team has won 30 consecutive exhibition games at home since a 70-68 win over Global Sports on Nov. 15, 2003. Last season, the Wildcats posted a 70-56 win over Fort Hays State in their lone exhibition game.

K-State will officially open the 2025-26 season on Tuesday, Nov. 4 when the Wildcats play host to UNC Greensboro at 7 p.m., CT. Tip is set for 7 p.m., CT and will air on ESPN+ as well as the K-State Sports Network. Tickets are available one at kstatesports.com/tickets, by calling (800) 221.CATS and in-person at the Athletic Ticket Office in Bramlage Coliseum.

EXHIBITION INS AND OUTS

K-State has been playing exhibitions since the 1963-64 season when the Wildcats defeated the Peruvian National Team at Ahearn Field House. The school played exhibitions off and on, including its first international tour in 1981, before the NCAA regulated the practice by allowing schools the ability to schedule 2 exhibitions per season prior to the 1987-88 season.
K-State has primarily played the Kansas members of the MIAA since switching to Division II teams in exhibition play in 2004, which includes 8 meetings with Washburn, 6 with Emporia State, Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State and 1 with Newman.
K-State is 75-22 all-time in exhibition play dating to 1964, including a 58-9 record at home. The Wildcats have a 52-9 record in exhibition play at Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State played just one public exhibition prior to the 2024-25 season, as the Wildcats posted a 70-56 win over Fort Hays State on Oct. 29, 2024. The team held the Tigers to just 25.7 percent in the first half in jumping out to a 20-point lead, as then junior Brendan Hausen led four players in double figures with a game-high 15 points.
K-State has won 30 consecutive exhibition games at Bramlage Coliseum since a 70-68 win over Global Sports on Nov. 15, 2003. During the summer of 2023, the Wildcats saw their 11-game exhibition streak end with an 83-81 loss to Team Mexico during its 10-day trip to Israel and Abu Dhabi.

A K-STATE WIN WOULD…

Extend its winning streak in home exhibition games to 31.
Move K-State to 2-0 in exhibition play vs. Newman.
Extend its exhibition record to 76-22.
Extend its exhibition record to 53-9 at Bramlage Coliseum.
Extend its exhibition home game record to 59-9.

NOTES ON NEWMAN

Led by ninth-year head coach R.J. Allen, the Jets return 8 lettermen from a squad that posted a 15-13 record and a tie for ninth in the MIAA with an 8-11 mark.
Of the 8 returning lettermen,
The Jets return 5 of their top-6 scorers from a year ago, including their leading scorer Aaron Murphy, who averaged 12.5 points on 52 percent shooting, including 39.5 percent from 3-point range, and 80.6 percent from the free throw line. The team also double-digit scorers Sam Somerhalder (10.0 ppg.) and Jordan Glenn-Hawkins (10.0 ppg.).
Somerhalder led the Jets in both rebounding (6.1 rpg.) and assists (3.0 apg.), while Glenn-Hawkins was the leader in steals (1.4 spg.).
Newman was picked 11th in the preseason MIAA poll out of 14 teams by the league coaches.

SERIES HISTORY

K-State and Newman will meet for the second time in exhibition play.
The Wildcats posted an 83-56 win over the Jets in their first meeting on Nov. 2, 2010, at Bramlage Coliseum. Jacob Pullen paced a balanced attack with 15 points, while Wally Judge added a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
K-State connected on 39.7 percent in the win, including 32 percent from 3-point range, while outscoring Newman, 21-9, from the free throw line.
K-State is 26-0 all-time against the MIAA in exhibition play, including 6-0 vs. Emporia State, 5-0 vs. Fort Hays State, 1-0 vs. Newman, 6-0 vs. Pittsburg State and 8-0 vs. Washburn.

ALL-TIME MEETINGS [1-0]

Date	Rank	Result	Score	Location
11/2/2010	—/—	W	83-56	Manhattan

LAST TIME OUT:
MISSOURI 100, K-STATE 91

Junior P.J. Haggerty led all scorers with a game-high 23 points and 6 assists while senior Nate Johnson added 14 points, as K-State opened exhibition play with a 100-91 loss at Missouri on Oct. 24 at Mizzou Arena.
Haggerty scored his 23 points on 8-of-14 field goals, including 2-of-4 from 3-point range, and 5-of-7 free throws to go with his game-high 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in 25 minutes. Johnson made 5-of-11 shots, including 2-of-5 from long range, to go with a team-high 6 rebounds.
Four Tigers scored in double figures, including 16 points each from junior Anthony Robinson II and graduate Jayden Stone, as the home team connected on 54.8 percent (34-of-62) from the field with 54 points in the paint and 29 fast-break points. Missouri returns 3 starters and 7 lettermen from one of the most potent offenses in the country, ranking ninth nationally at 83.6 points per game.
The Wildcats shot nearly 50 percent from the field (49.3 percent; 33-of-67), while getting 44 points in the paint and 35 points from their bench, as head coach Jerome Tang used a platoon-type system for much of the first half. Nine other players scored at least 5 points, including 7 points from junior Elias Rapieque and freshman Andrej Kostic.

NEWS AND NOTES FROM EXHIBITION OPENER

This was the first time K-State and Missouri have met in an exhibition game after playing 237 times between 1907 and 2018, mostly as conference opponents in the Missouri Valley, Big Six, Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences.
The schools will meet again for an exhibition game at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan., prior to the 2026-27 regular season.
K-State is now 75-22 all-time in exhibition play, including 10-8 on the road.
Junior P.J. Haggerty led all scorers with 23 points on 8-of-14 field goals, including 2-of-4 from 3-point range, and 5-of-7 free throws to go with a game-high 6 assists.
Senior Nate Johnson also registered double figures with 14 points on 5-of-11 field goals, including 2-of-5 from 3-point range, and 2-of-3 free throws to go with a team-high 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.
K-State started a lineup of junior P.J. Haggerty, senior Nate Johnson, junior Abdi Bashir Jr., junior Elias Rapieque and senior Khamari McGriff.

HAGGERTY'S PRESEASON ACCOLADES

Junior P.J. Haggerty has earned a number of preseason honors, earning All-American honors from Jay Bilas, CBS Sports, The Field of 68, Jon Rothstein and @CBBAnalytics.
On Thursday, Haggerty was among 20 players named to the watch list for the 2026 NABC Division I Player of the Year Award.
Haggerty has also been named to the preseason watch list for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award; an award he was a finalist for in 2024-25. He was a preseason All-Big 12 pick from the league coaches.
A consensus Second Team All-American at Memphis, Haggerty is coming off a career year in 2024-25, in which, he became the first Division I player since Ja Morant in 2018-19 to average 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals to go with 6.5 free throws per game.
Haggerty ranked third nationally in both scoring (21.7 ppg.) and total points (759), while his 759 points were an AAC single-season record and the most since Dajuan Wagner (762) set the school single-season record in 2001-02. He became the first Memphis Tiger since 2008 to be named an AP All-American, while he was selected as the AAC Player of the Year, First Team All-AAC and the Most Outstanding Player of the 2025 AAC Championship

'CATS PICKED 9TH IN BIG 12 POLL; HAGGERTY NAMED TO ALL-BIG 12 TEAM

K-State was picked ninth in the 16-team Big 12 preseason poll, while junior transfer P.J. Haggerty was one of 10 selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 by the league coaches.
The Wildcats totaled 117 points in the preseason poll, just 3 points behind eighth-place Cincinnati and 27 points ahead of 10^th-place TCU.
Reigning regular-season and tournament champion Houston was selected first with 224 points and 14 of the 16 first-place votes followed by second-place BYU (204 points, one first-place vote) and third-place Texas Tech (200 points). The rest of the top-7 included Arizona (179 points, one first-place vote), Iowa State (170), Kansas (163) and Baylor (137).
The rest of the preseason poll included eighth-place Cincinnati (120) followed by K-State, TCU, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Utah, UCF, Colorado and Arizona State.
Haggerty's selection marks the second straight year that a Wildcat has been named to the preseason all-conference team (Coleman Hawkins, 2024) by the league coaches. He is one of nine players in school history to be chosen for preseason all-conference honors dating to Manny Dies in 1998-99. Others include Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly in 2010-11, Rodney McGruder in 2012-13 and Marcus Foster in 2014-15 and Barry Brown Jr. and Dean Wade in 2018-19.

WHAT'S BACK FOR K-STATE

K-State returns 4 players (C.J. Jones, David Castillo, Mobi Ikegwuruka and Taj Manning) from the 2024-25 season, in which, the Wildcats posted a 16-17 record, including a tie for ninth in Big 12 play with a 9-11 mark.
Jones played in all 33 games with 9 starts in his first season in 2024-25 after starting his college career at UIC where he played in 62 games from 2022-24. He averaged 5.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 18.9 minutes per game.
Castillo played in 32 games as a true freshman in 2024-25, averaging 2.4 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 10 minutes per game.
Ikegwuruka played in 24 games as a sophomore, scoring in 15 games.
Manning has seen action in 22 games with a start in his K-State playing career, which dates back to the 2022-23 season.

WHAT'S NEW FOR K-STATE

The team welcomes 10 newcomers, including 5 Division I transfers (Abdi Bashir Jr., P.J. Haggerty, Marcus Johnson, Nate Johnson and Khamari McGriff), 4 international players (Dorin Buca, Andrej Kostic, Stephen Osei and Elias Rapieque) and one freshman (Exavier Wilson).
Bashir was the top 3-point shooter in the nation at 3.85 per game as a sophomore at Monmouth in 2024-25, where he was a First Team All-CAA selection.
Haggerty was a consensus Second Team All-American at Memphis last season, where he ranked third nationally in scoring at 21.7 ppg.
Johnson has scored more than 1,900 points in his college career, including more than 1,600 points at the Division I and II ranks at Wheeling and Bowling Green.
Johnson transferred after 3 seasons at Akron where he became the first Zip to be named both the MAC Player and Defensive Player of the Year in 2024-25.
McGriff was part of 99 wins in 4 seasons at UNC Wilmington, where he developed into the CAA's Top Six man and was named to the All-CAA Tournament team.
Buca is one of the tallest players in school history at 7-foot-2, playing for Akern Libertas Livorno in 2024-25 in the Italian Series A2.
Kostic was a member of the Serbian U18 and U19 National Teams, winning gold at the 2023 European U18 Championship. He grew in the KK Crvena Zvezda club team.
Osei played at Casper College in 2024-25, where he scored in 15 of 26 games with 3 20-point games and 7 double-doubles.
Rapieque was a member of the German U18 and U20 National Teams, playing at the 2023 and 2024 European U20 Championships. He grew in the ALBA Berlin club team.
Wilson scored more than 1,700 career points in his prep career at Tolton Catholic High School in Columbia, Mo., which ranks second behind only Michael Porter Jr.

FIVE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

K-State's 5 international players (juniors Dorin Buca, Mobi Ikegwuruka and Elias Rapieque, sophomore Stephen Osei and freshman Andrej Kostic) are the most on any Wildcat team in school history.
Buca (Perugia, Italy), Kostic (Belgrade, Serbia) and Rapieque (Berlin, Germany) are the first Wildcat players from their respective countries.

RECAPPING LAST SEASON

During a roller coaster of a season that included a 6-game losing streak followed by a 6-game winning streak, K-State could not overcome an up-and-down non-conference season, as the Wildcats finished with a 16-17 overall record, including a tie for ninth place with TCU in the new-look 16-team Big 12 with a 9-11 mark.
Among the 16 wins were 10 over teams that advanced to the postseason (3 NCAA Tournament, 1 NIT and 6 College Basketball Crown), including ranked wins over No. 3/3 Iowa State, No. 16/17 Cincinnati, No. 16/17 Kansas and No. 23/23 West Virginia.
K-State won 6 of its first 8 games before losing its last 3 non-conference games (at St. John's, Drake and Wichita State) to enter Big 12 play with a 6-5 record. After a 70-67 win over No. 16/17 Cincinnati in the Big 12 opener, the Wildcats lost their next 6 league games (at TCU, at Oklahoma State, No. 12/11 Houston, Texas Tech, at No. 9/10 Kansas and at Baylor). After an impressive win over No. 23/23 West Virginia, the team rattled off 5 more victories, including an 80-61 win at No. 3/3 Iowa State and back-to-back home wins over No. 16/17 Kansas and No. 13/13 Arizona. However, the Wildcats couldn't keep the momentum going with 4 straight losses (at BYU and Utah, Arizona State and at UCF). The team won 3 of their last 4 before falling to Baylor at the Big 12 Championship.
Seniors Coleman Hawkins and David N'Guessan were both lauded for their outstanding seasons, as Hawkins was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team while N'Guessan was selected to the Honorable Mention team.
Hawkins was the only Division I player in the country to average at least 10 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. The Wildcats' leading scorer (13.3 ppg.) and rebounder (7.2 rpg.), N'Guessan led the Big 12 with a 64.4 field goal percentage while ranking in the league's top 20 in both scoring and rebounding.

1750 WINS AND COUNTING

K-State's win over No. 3/3 Iowa State on Feb. 1, 2025, represented the 1,750th win in school history, as the Wildcats became the 43rd program in Division I history to accomplish the feat. The school has a 1,756-1,255 all-time record which includes 32 NCAA Tournament appearances and 21 conference championships. K-State joined Oklahoma State, Virginia and Marquette with their 1750th wins last season

HARTMAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

Legendary head coach Jack Hartman, who won a school-record 295 games during his illustrious 16-year tenure from 1970-86, will be among eight individuals who will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Hartman was the only head coach in the eight-man induction class, which included Dave Meyers (UCLA), Sihugo Green (Duquesne), Lennie Rosenbluth (North Carolina), Wayne Estes (Utah State), Sam Lacey (New Mexico State), John Rudometkin (USC) and Tom Stith (St. Bonaventure).
Hartman won nearly 600 games in his legendary career, which included stints at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College from 1955-62 and Southern Illinois from 1962-70. He won a NJCAA national championship at Coffeyville in 1961-62, going a perfect 32-0, while he led the Salukis to the 1967 NIT Championship with a 24-2 record.
Hartman led K-State to a 295-169 (.636) record, 3 Big Eight regular-season conference titles (1971-72, 1972-73, 1976-77), 2 Big Eight Tournament championships (1977, 1980) and 9 postseason appearances (7 NCAA Tournaments) during his 16 seasons as head coach.
Hartman saw the Wildcats post 20 or more wins 7 times, including 24 wins in both 1976-77 and 1980-81. He also guided the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament 7 times (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), including 4 trips (1972, 1973, 1975, 1981) to the Elite Eight.
Hartman is the sixth person with K-State to be named to the Hall of Fame, including the fourth men's basketball head coach following Jack Gardner (2006), Tex Winter (2010) and his former player Lon Kruger (2022). In addition, former Wildcat players Rolando Blackman (2015) and Bob Boozer (2016) have also been elected to the Hall of Fame.

Preview // K-State Hosts Newman in Final Exhibtion on Halloween Night

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Players Mentioned

Abdi Bashir Jr.

Dorin Buca

David Castillo

P.J. Haggerty

Brendan Hausen

Coleman Hawkins

Mobi Ikegwuruka

Marcus Johnson

Nate Johnson

C.J. Jones

Andrej Kostic

Taj Manning

Khamari McGriff

David N'Guessan

Stephen Osei

Elias Rapieque

Exavier Wilson

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Preview // K-State Hosts Newman in Final Exhibtion on Halloween Night

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Players Mentioned

Abdi Bashir Jr.

Dorin Buca

David Castillo

P.J. Haggerty

Brendan Hausen

Coleman Hawkins

Mobi Ikegwuruka

Marcus Johnson

Nate Johnson

C.J. Jones

Andrej Kostic

Taj Manning

Khamari McGriff

David N'Guessan

Stephen Osei

Elias Rapieque

Exavier Wilson

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