Kansas State used a lockdown defensive effort against Oklahoma State on Wednesday night to secure a 59-48 win at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State has now won three straight Big 12 games, the longest regular season league winning streak for the Wildcats since the 2016-17 season. The 48 points allowed by K-State were the fewest surrendered in a Big 12 game by the Wildcats since holding Oklahoma State to 43 on January 14, 2017. K-State improves to 4-0 this season when allowing 49 or fewer points in a game. Kansas State (13-6, 4-3 Big 12) was locked in defensively to begin the…
Author: Mitch Fortner
Matt Hall, from K-State Online, is back to chat about K-State’s huge win over #14 Texas Tech last night. The Athletic’s CJ Moore calls in to talk college hoops. Plus, Jabroni of the Week. 0:00 – K-State defense outshines Texas Tech 14:21 – Interview with CJ Moore 22:35 – Twitter questions 30:37 – Juniors day for KSU football 37:03 – Chris Beard loves KSU’s defense 53:01- Hazelton better fit than Monachino? 1:08:42 – Jabroni of the Week – Mayo and Mustard
From K-State Athletics Kansas State extended its winning streak in Big 12 play to five games, as the Wildcats held No. 14/13 Texas Tech to a season-low 45 points on 32.7 percent shooting in earning a 58-45 victory in front of 11,134 fans on a snowy Tuesday evening at Bramlage Coliseum. The 5-game winning streak in league play is the longest for the Wildcats (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) since rattling off 6 in a row from Feb. 18 to March 5, 2013 and the second such streak under head coach Bruce Weber. K-State has won 3 straight against ranked teams…
From K-State Athletics Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman completed his inaugural coaching staff in Manhattan on Tuesday with the hiring of Scottie Hazelton as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Hazelton comes to Manhattan after a successful two-year run as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Wyoming. Both seasons the Cowboys ranked in the top 25 nationally in total defense and top 30 nationally in scoring defense. Additionally, Hazelton saw 13 Wyoming defenders earn All-Mountain West honors, including four by linebackers. His 2017 defense was one of the best in the country as the Cowboys led the nation in…
From K-State Athletics Kansas State freshman guard Christianna Carr continues to receive accolades for her play last week, as she was named the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National Freshman of the Week on Tuesday. Carr is the first player in program history to earn the USBWA freshman of the week honor. Carr is the seventh Big 12 freshman since 2015 and the second this season to garner a national freshman of the week award. For the week, Carr averaged 13.5 points on 52.9 percent shooting including a 6-of-12 effort from beyond the arc. She also averaged two steals…
Kansas State earned back-to-back Phillips 66 Big 12 Players of the Week for the first time since 2013, as senior forward Dean Wade was honored as the league’s co-Player of the Week in averaging 18 points in Kansas State’s victories over No. 20/19 Oklahoma and TCU last week. Wade, who earned the Big 12’s weekly honor for the second time in his career and the first time since January 22, 2018, shared the accolade with Baylor’s King McClure. Wade follows teammate Barry Brown, Jr., who was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on January 14 after hitting back-to-back…
For the second time in program history and the first time since the 2001-02 season, Kansas State women’s basketball has garnered Big 12 Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week honors in the same week as Kayla Goth was named co-Big 12 Player of the Week and Christianna Carr earned co-Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors on Monday. The last time Kansas State had two recipients of each of the Big 12 Conference’s weekly women’s basketball honors came on January, 7, 2002, as Nicole Ohlde was named Big 12 Player of the Week and Kendra Wecker was…
Huge week for K-State basketball with wins over Oklahoma and TCU. Can the Cats get revenge over Texas Tech on Tuesday? Athletics Director Gene Taylor called in. Plus, a look at the Big 12. 0:00 – Solid week for KSU basketball 13:10 – Monachino out/Mak had a great week 23:21 – Logjam in the Big 12 standings 32:46 – Sandstorm tomorrow?/Texas Tech 38:11 – Should K-State be in the top 25? 48:52 – Interview with Gene Taylor 59:08 – Reaction to Gene/Tech similar to KSU 1:11:53 – Big 12 tonight
(AP) — It’s the dead of winter, meaning the weather in New England can be brutal. And that the Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl. It took them overtime and more of Tom Brady’s brilliance to get there — for the third straight year. While the folks back home dealt with a frigid storm, Brady blew through Kansas City’s exhausted defense on a 75-yard drive to Rex Burkhead’s 2-yard touchdown run in a 37-31 victory Sunday for the AFC championship. The drive, during which New England (13-5) had three third-down conversions, was reminiscent of when the Patriots beat Atlanta…
From K-State Athletics Kansas State extended its win streak to four games by holding TCU to a season-low 55 points, as the Wildcats led wire-to-wire in downing the Horned Frogs, 65-55, in front of 9,809 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday. K-State (14-4, 4-2 Big 12) held the Big 12’s top scoring offense (80.4 ppg.) to 55 points on 42.6 percent (20-of-47) shooting, as the Wildcats have now held 11 of their 18 opponents to 60 points or less this season. The school has now held 80 opponents to 60 points or less under head coach Bruce Weber, where the…