From K-State Athletics No. 16/15 Kansas State was held in check to a Big 12-low 32.1 percent shooting and the second-fewest points in Big 12 play this season, as the Wildcats fell 64-49 to No. 15/16 Kansas in the 291st Sunflower Showdown at Allen Fieldhouse on Monday. K-State (21-7, 11-4 Big 12) splits the season series in the Sunflower Showdown with the Jayhawks, as K-State took the first game, 74-67, on February 5, while the Wildcats have lost 13-straight at Allen Fieldhouse. The Wildcats had a tough day shooting, connecting on a Big-12 low 32.1 percent (18-of-56) from the field,…
Author: Mitch Fortner
K-State’s three-game series with San Francisco has been relocated to Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, due to winter weather conditions in Manhattan, officials from both schools announced Monday. The series, which was originally scheduled to open the Wildcats’ home schedule, will begin Friday at 6 p.m., at the home of the TCU Horned Frogs. Game 2 of the series will be Saturday at 3 p.m., with the finale set for a 1 p.m. first pitch on Sunday. Admission is free for all three games. After a visit to Missouri on Tuesday, March 5, K-State (3-5) is slated to return…
John Kurtz will fly solo for the first hour. Mitch Fortner and Mason Voth will take care of the second hour. KSU travels to Lawrence to face the Jayhawks tonight. Can K-State sweep the season series tonight against KU for the first time since 1983? 0:00 – We’ll all be in Lawrence tonight/How big tonight is 15:40 – Jay Bilas/K-State is ripe for the picking 27:03 – Saturday went as well as one could imagine 35:14 – Y.M.C.A. 38:24 – Heading Out to Lawrence/What we expect 52:47 – Time to sweep up 59:39 – Fan_Analysis 1:12:47 – Final predictions
From K-State Athletics K-State saw a two-run lead evaporate after San Diego State put up eight in the sixth inning as the Aztecs claimed the finale of the Tony Gwynn Legacy, 10-7, Sunday at Tony Gwynn Stadium. The Wildcats (3-5) opened a three-run lead after the third and led 4-2 as the game entered the sixth inning. SDSU (5-2) was aided by five walks issued by three K-State pitchers in the inning, scoring eight runs on four hits as 12 Aztecs came to the plate. A three-run double by Chad Bible capped the scoring in the sixth. K-State starter Will…
For the second straight game Kansas State came back from a double-digit third quarter deficit to secure a Big 12 road win with a 75-72 victory at TCU on Saturday evening at Schollmaier Arena. The win was the 550th of head coach Jeff Mittie’s career. Kansas State has won four straight Big 12 road games for the first time since the 2007-08 season. The win ends a three-game losing streak for K-State against TCU. With the game tied at 36 at halftime, TCU (18-8, 8-7 Big 12) started the third quarter with an 11-0 run and when combined with the…
From K-State Athletics No. 23/21 Kansas State connected on a season-high 61.5 percent from the field, including 64 percent in the first half, as five different Wildcats scored in double figures in an 85-46 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon before 10,699 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State (21-6, 11-3 Big 12) was impressive on both ends of the court, scoring a Big 12-high 85 points on the season-high 61.5 percent (32-of-52) shooting, including 50 percent (10-of-20) from 3-point range, while holding Oklahoma State (10-17, 3-11 Big 12) to season-lows for points (46), field goals made (16) and field goal…
From K-State Athletics Senior guard Barry Brown, Jr., has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2019 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Bona, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club (Feb. 21). Brown was one of two Big 12 players named as semifinalists, joining Texas Tech graduate transfer Tariq Owens. The other semifinalists include Gonzaga’s Brandon Clarke, Kentucky’s Ashton Hagans, Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter, Duke’s Tre Jones and Zion Williamson, Michigan’s Zavier Simpson, Washington’s Matisse Thybulle and Tennessee’s Grant Williams. A 6-foot-3, 195-pound three-year lettermen from St. Petersburg, Florida, Brown currently captains the nation’s fourth-best scoring…
The Bruce Weber Pain Train rolls Texas 71-64 last night. Now nine consecutive wins in Big 12 play. Who should be KSU’s “Minister of Culture.” Plus, Who Says No and Jabroni of the Week. 0:00 – Bruce Weber > Shaka Smart 12:26 – Guys stepped up/Carti injury update 23:53 – Who Says No? 31:31 – Minutes for Shaun Neal-Williams 36:57 – This team has “it” 51:34 – Charles from Wamego 1:03:58 – Jabroni of the Week 1:10:38 – Minister of Culture
The Manhattan High boys swimming and diving team took home a third place finish at the Centennial League meet last week. Senior Zane Kohl won a league title in one-meter diving with a score of 458.5. This season, Kohl has won all but two meets for the Indians. Kohl is now a four-time state qualifier and has medaled each of the last two years at state. It was a third place finish for him last season. Congratulations to Zane Kohl of Manhattan High School, the Powercat Sports Grill/KMAN “Student Athlete of the Week!”
From K-State Athletics All five starters scored in double figures, as No. 18/18 Kansas State ran its conference winning streak to 9 games with a 71-64 win over Texas on Tuesday night before 9,418 fans at the Frank Erwin Center. The 9-game conference winning streak is the longest by a K-State team in the Big 12 era and continues the longest regular-season conference winning streak in 45 seasons since the Wildcats won 11 consecutive conference games from Jan. 14 to Feb. 26, 1974 in the old Big Eight Conference. Down 39-31 with 1:37 remaining before halftime, K-State (19-5, 9-2 Big…