Author: Mitch Fortner

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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0:00 – K-State got screwed by the bowl process 11:25 – KSU really needs the fans to show up in Memphis 20:58 – Hoops with better effort against Marquette 30:31 – Oklahoma gets into the College Football Playoff 0:00 – Interview with K-State Athletic Director Gene Taylor 8:39 – Reaction to Gene/unique to play Navy 19:19 – Charles from Wamego on Navy 29:21 – Twitter/Preview of Alabama State & Miss St hoops

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From K-State With five Wildcats landing on the first or second teams – including Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year Joshua Youngblood – a total of 15 Kansas State players picked up accolades from the Big 12 as the conference announced the coaches’ All-Big 12 football selections on Wednesday. Youngblood, who was also the first-team kick returner, was joined by fullback Nick Lenners and defensive end Wyatt Hubert for top honors, while K-State’s second-team selections were offensive lineman Scott Frantz and punter Devin Anctil. Anctil earned his second-straight All-Big 12 accolade as he was an honorable mention pick…

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0:00 – Mason got engaged last night! 13:18 – CFP committee disrespects KSU through OU 23:02 – Interview with Derek Fox from the Alamo Bowl 29:34 – All-Big 12 teams/Ask Us Anything 0:00 – OSU in CFP ranking & KSU is not/Bowl update 10:08 – Josh Youngblood is why you should trust Klieman 20:44 – Collin Klein on a head coach hot board 29:17 – Jabroni of the Week

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0:00 – Mason feels KSU hoops played “lazy” against FAMU 11:51 – Mike McGuirl with a strong game last night 22:32 – Interview with Curry Sexton 33:29 – Coach O on SEC title game 0:00 – Cats and FAMU 8:05 – Iowa State 30 for 30 16:28 – KU is still bad at football/Wildcats Unis 27:53 – Ask Us Anything

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From K-State Kansas State connected on a season-high 53.7 percent from the field, as the Wildcats used a 15-2 run to start the second half to build an insurmountable lead and snap a 2-game skid with a 76-58 win over Florida A&M to open a three-game homestand on Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State (5-2) set season-highs in points (76), field goals made (29), field goal percentage (53.7), assists (21) and second-chance points (13) en route to extending its winning streak to 32 games against non-conference opponents at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats have also now won 12 straight at home…

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