Author: Mitch Fortner

From K-State Kansas State closed out a three-game road trip on Saturday afternoon against (3/3) Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena. The homestanding Ducks cruised to their sixth home win of the season, 89-51. Oregon (10-1) took an early 12-4 lead but K-State (6-4) answered back with a 6-0 run to pull within two, 12-10, after a jumper from Angela Harris with 2:14 to play in the frame. Ayoka Lee would score six points in the opening quarter for the Wildcats. Peyton Williams took over in the second quarter for K-State, scoring the first eight points for the Wildcats and send…

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From K-State Kansas State freshman kick returner Joshua Youngblood recorded another postseason accolade as he was named a Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Second Team All-American, the organization announced Thursday. It is Youngblood’s fifth All-America designation this year. He was named to ESPN’s team on Monday, while he has also been named a Second Team All-American by CBS Sports, a Freshman All-American by The Athletic and a True Freshman All-American by 247Sports. Youngblood, the first Wildcat true freshman with multiple first- or second-team honors since Tyler Lockett in 2011, was honored as the 2019 Big 12 Special Teams Player…

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0:00 – The David Sloan issue K-State faces 11:37 – Bruce Weber’s jumpsuit/Clint Bowen 21:48 – Fantasy Football with Ben Heisler 33:38 – PG-13 Movies 0:00 – Klieman confirms a big issue with Navy 9:24 – Liberty Bowl Executive Director Harold Graeter 23:31 – How John would spend $150 at Bass Pro Shop 35:02 – Ask Us Anything

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0:00 – Director of Recruiting Taylor Braet & Director of Football Administration Hank Jacobs 16:04 – Part two with Taylor Braet & Hank Jacobs 22:27 – Interesting things to know about the 2020 class 31:17 – KSU’s recruit branding “slaps” 38:04 – Interview with K-State Online’s Derek Young

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0:00 – Hoops continues to struggle finishing games 14:49 – Liberty Bowl excitement is growing 25:09 – KSU hoops is losing. It’s time for lavender magic 33:48 – Ask Us Anything

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From K-State For the fourth consecutive week, Kansas State redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee has been named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week in an announcement by the league office. Lee is the third player in the history of the league to earn at least four consecutive Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors, joining Courtney Paris of Oklahoma in 2006 and Joyner Holmes of Texas in 2017. Lee is the second player in program history to earn four Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors. The product of Byron, Minnesota, paced K-State to a road win at Kansas…

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From K-State A 7-0 run by Mississippi State out of the last media timeout provided the necessary push to lift the Bulldogs to a 67-61 win over Kansas State in the fourth annual Never Forget Tribute Classic at the Prudential Center on Saturday afternoon. Leading 58-55 after a pair of free throws by junior Cartier Diarra with 3:51 to play, redshirt freshman guard D.J. Stewart connected on buckets on consecutive possessions to give Mississippi State (7-2) the lead for good at 59-58 with 3:11 to play. A jumper by senior guard Tyson Carter and a free throw by sophomore Robert…

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From K-State K-State used a 13-0 run on Saturday in its first game in Municipal Auditorium since 2012 to secure a 74-67 win over Kansas City. K-State (5-4) trailed 67-61 with just under six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats would start the game-defining run with layups from Ayoka Lee and Angela Harris to pull within two, 67-65. Lee would then bury two of her career-high 12 made free throws to even the game at 67 with 2:51 remaining. Jasauen Beard then banked in a 15-foot jumper to give the Wildcats a 69-67 lead. After an offensive rebound…

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0:00 – Media bowl gifts from past years/No Orlando/Navy 16:29 – Notable Navy alumni/Battleship/KSU recruit 26:10 – Cats stomp Alabama State/Kellis heading to NYC 36:05 – Stacy hot-take 0:00 – Antonio Gordon blowing kisses 10:39 – Bowl game or not a bowl game? 20:28 – Powercat Gameday location for Liberty Bowl 30:04 – Ask Us Anything

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From K-State Kansas State set season-highs in 11 offensive categories, including its highest assist total (29) in more than a decade, as the Wildcats led wire-to-wire in wrapping up a three-game homestand with an 86-41 win over Alabama State at Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night. K-State (6-3), which connected on a season-low 32.3 percent (20-of-62) in its home loss to Marquette on Saturday, jumped out to a 20-2 advantage en route to a 52-point first half and led by as many as 47 in the second half to Alabama State (1-8), which is in the midst of a 15-game road…

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