by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse LAWRENCE, Kan — Kansas got revenge against Kansas State for their overtime loss two weeks ago with a 90-78 win at Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday night behind impressive scoring performances from two stars. Kansas State jumped out to a 9-6 first-half lead with Ish Massoud drilling a deep 2-point jumper. But Kansas responded when Jalen Wilson buried one of his three first-half 3-pointers at the other end to tie the game at nine. The Jayhawks then opened up a 22-13 with Joseph Yesufu making a 3-pointer with 11:14 left in the first half. But Kansas State quickly responded…
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by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV BIG MEN? Two players that didn’t see the floor two weeks ago will likely be factors of some kind on Tuesday night. For K-State, David N’Guessan returned for 19 minutes of action against Florida over the weekend. With the return, N’Guessan provided a burst of scoring with nine first half points and helped K-State’s defense recover near the rim. K-State held Florida to 60% on shots around the rim, a stark contrast to Tuesday’s loss to Iowa State without N’Guessan, when the Cyclones shot 94% around the rim. After the game,…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV One day after a weekend where K-State hosted a 2024 wide receiver on a visit, K-State’s wide receiver coach is reportedly leaving the program for a job at Illinois. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Thad Ward will be returning to Illinois as their running backs coach, a role he had from 2016-2018 under then-head coach Lovie Smith. He will now join the current head coach and former K-State assistant Bret Bielema. https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1620183678004641806?s=20&t=IpYJKW46r_EChl0YvK3BHQ Ward came to K-State after spending 2019-2021 as the Temple wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. Since arriving in Manhattan, Ward…
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Keyontae Johson followed in the footsteps of his teammates before him in the handshake line following No. 5 Kansas State’s 64-50 drumming of Florida on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. Eventually, Johnson grasped hands with a man that helped save his life just over two years ago when Johnson was still playing basketball for the Florida Gators. Duke Werner is in his 19th year working with the Florida athletic department, and currently holds the title of “Assistant Atheltic Director for Sports Health.” He is responsible for athletes’ care and injury prevention, and rehabilitation…
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by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse The No. 5 Kansas State Wildcats blasted Florida on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum 64-50, improving their record to (18-3, 6-2) on the season. The Wildcats jumped out to an early 11-3 lead with Cam Carter converting on a couple of buckets at the rim. From that point, K-State never looked back. The Wildcats expanded their first-half lead to 22-8 when David N’Guessan — making his first start since the K-State win over Radford on Dec. 21 — slammed home a dunk to put the Wildcats on a 7-0 run with 8:11 left in the first half. N’Guessan…
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Kansas State added their second offensive lineman in the 2024 class on Friday when Ryan Howard of Downingtown (PA) West announced his commitment to the Wildcats. Howard is a three-star prospect and the younger brother of current Wildcats quarterback Will Howard, who took over full-time starting duties in the Wildcats’ route to winning the Big 12 in 2022. Ryan had about two dozen scholarship offers, including Power 5 offers from soon-to-be Big 12 members Cincinnati, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota and Rutgers. Recently, he received scholarship offers form Syracuse and West Virginia. Howard was also receiving some…
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by Gabe Swartz • EMAWOnline – Staff Writer AMES — As fifth-year guard Gabe Kalscheur curled around a screen in the final minute of Tuesday night’s top-15 matchup between Kansas State and Iowa State, he was trailed by sophomore guard Cam Carter. Kalscheur, who had already scored 17 points and made six of his 10 shot attempts for the Cyclones, stepped just inside the 3-point arc and rose for a mid-range jumper, fading laterally as he took the shot. With senior center Abayomi Iyiola staying under a screen from Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, it was on Carter to catch up for a contest on Kalscheur’s shot, which fell…
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