It was right on average for the duo, who are averaging 34.6 points per game to rank fourth among power conferences. Seniors Markquis Nowell (44 points) and Keyontae Johnson (31 points) combined for 75 of the Wildcats' 152 points in the wins over Montana State and Kentucky.His 25 wins tie for the second-most by a first-time Division I coach this season, trailing just Duke's Jon Scheyer (27-9).
National Coach of the Year finalist Jerome Tang is the first K-State head coach to guide his team to the Sweet 16 in his first season, while posting just the eighth 25-win season in school history and the first since 2017-18.They used a late second-half 8-0 run, keyed by 3-pointers from junior Ismael Massoud and senior Keyontae Johnson, to defeat the Wildcats for the second consecutive meeting. The Wildcats hit on 58.2 percent (32-of-55) from the field, including 65.4 percent (17-of-26) in the second half, to knock off the Bobcats. K-State earned its way to the Sweet 16 with impressive wins over 14-seed Montana State (77-65) on March 17 and 6-seed Kentucky (75-69) on March 19 at the East Regional First/Second Rounds at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.9 seed Florida Atlantic (33-3, 18-2 C-USA) on Saturday in the East Regional Final for a trip to the Final Four. The winner will advance to play either No. The game will air on TBS with Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Jim Jackson (analyst) and Allie LaForce (reporter) on the call. 15/13 K-State (25-9, 11-7 Big 12) will make its 18th trip to the Sweet 16 and the first since 2018 when the 3-seed Wildcats meet 7-seed Michigan State (21-12, 11-8 Big Ten) in the first game of the East Regional Semifinals at 5:30 p.m., CT on Thursday night at the World's Most Famous Arena - Madison Square Garden - in New York City. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (Based off the last game) In New York, N.Y./Madison Square Garden: 0-0/0-0 NCAA Tournament : 39-35 Įast Regional : 5-4 In Greensboro, N.C./Greensboro Coliseum: 1-1/1-1 NCAA Tournament : 38-35 Įast Regional : 4-4 Record at Michigan State: 687-278/28th Year CT > Madison Square Garden (19,812) > New York, N.Y.
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