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Kansas State Wildcats basketball Bruce Weber Nijel Pack Mark Smith Markquis Nowell Mike McGuirl Luke Kasubke

Kansas State Wildcats basketball Bruce Weber Nijel Pack Mark Smith Markquis Nowell Mike McGuirl Luke Kasubke

Kansas State scored 50 first half points and built a 16-point halftime lead against Kansas a month ago. Ultimately, the Jayhawks out-scored K-State 44-25 in the second half for the comeback win in Manhattan.

The Wildcats led by five with just over three minutes remaining and had possession, but they failed to score another point and Kansas finished the game on a 9-0 run.

Nijel Pack had the best game of his career, scoring 35 points on 8 of 12 shooting from the three-point line. Markquis Nowell scored 16 and Selton Miguel scored 11 points to join Pack in double figures.

Mark Smith and Mike McGuirl combined for two points.

Kansas was led by Ochai Agbaji’s 29 points. David McCormack and Jalen Wilson both had a double-double and Christian Braun finished with 11 points.

The differences in the game that inspired the comeback from the Jayhawks came in three main areas.

Christian Braun

First, Kansas grabbed 18 offensive rebounds, 52.9 percent of their misses (to just 20.6…

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