Nino Williams scored 16 points and led four players in double figures as K-State sprinted away from South Dakota for a 70-50 victory on Monday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. The Cats led 30-18 at halftime, but the Coyotes pulled with 44-39 of K-State with 9:15 left. South Dakota guard Karim Rowson committed an intentional foul on Williams, which seemed to spark a 12-0 K-State run. Williams hit both free throws, and Shane Southwell scored seven straight points in one stretch. Rodney McGruder scored 15 points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, while Southwell wound up with 12 points and Will Spradling added 11. K-State (11-2) dominated South Dakota on the glass, outrebounding the Coyotes 39-24. South Dakota (6-9) was led in scoring by Rawson with 14 points. Former Wildcat guard Juevol Myles also dropped in 13 points for the Coyotes.
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