Rodney McGruder is starting to look like a marksman.
The freshman guard came off the bench Thursday in Puerto Rico and knocked down four of five three-point shots and led all Kansas State scorers with 20 points.
His big night couldn’t have come at a better time. Play was sloppy throughout at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, and K-State’s best two veteran guards (Denis Clemente and Jacob Pullen) didn’t play well. But behind McGruder and some tough second play, the Wildcats pushed past Boston University for an 80-70 victory in its first game of the Puerto Rico Tip-off.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Kansas State senior center Luis Colon, a Puerto Rico native, missed the first two games of the season with a hand injury, and once again sat out Thursday’s game. But coach Frank Martin said his no show had nothing to do with his injury this time.
“Some things have come up off the court that we’re looking into right now,” Martin said. “We’re going to continue to keep him out until we get home and get a better idea of what’s happening. It’s unfortunate. He’s healthy enough to play I just can’t play him.”
Not being able to play surely puts a damper on Colon’s trip home. But Martin said he had no choice but to keep him in street clothes.
When asked to elaborate on what the off-court problem was Martin said, “He’s not in trouble with the law. If he was he wouldn’t be here.”
Colon averaged 4.4 points and 4.7 rebounds as a junior.
The Kansas State basketball team made its recruiting class for the 2010-2011 season a lot bigger on Tuesday by announcing that Freddy Asprilla has given his written commitment to play for the Wildcats.
Asprilla, a 6-foot-10, 280-pound center, averaged 14 points and 9.3 rebounds with Florida International and was named 2009 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year for his efforts.
He comes to Manhattan from Miami Dade junior college.
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FINAL
The Kansas State football team has made a name for itself this season by making its opponents pay for their mistakes while limiting its own.
On Saturday at Snyder Family Stadium, the Wildcats were beaten at their own game and lost to Missouri 38-12.
K-State committed three turnovers, never got its running game going and could do nothing to stop Mizzou’s high-powered passing game.
Tigers quarterback Blaine Gabbert completed 20 of 27 pass for 298 yards and three touchdowns. All three of his scores went to wide receiver Danario Alexander, who looked particularly good amassing 200 yards on 10 catches.
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Sitting next to each other behind the Kansas State bench tonight are Will Spradling and Nino Williams, a pair of future Wildcats.
The two high school seniors, who both live in the Kansas City area, seem to be pals.
Spradling, a 6-foot guard from Shawnee Mission South, signed his national letter of intent to play for K-State two days ago and says he is excited to join Frank Martin’s squad next season.
Williams, a 6-foot-5 small forward from Leavenworth, will attend prep school next year and join the Wildcats for the 2011 season.
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Earlier in the week, Frank Martin said he didn’t consider Syracuse losing to Division II Le Moyne as a meaningless loss.
Even though it was labeled as an exhibition game, the Orange still sold tickets and tried to win. The loss may not have done anything to their record, but it was real and so was all the talk about it on ESPN the next day.
Maybe he brought that up to his players on Sunday. Maybe he didn’t. But Kansas State easily avoided the same outcome, and pounded Pittsburg State 89-53 in its exhibition opener at Bramlage Coliseum.
After the first media timeout, the game was horribly lopsided and Martin got to experiment with different lineups. The results were overall good.
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Tags: Curtis Kelly, Denis Clemente, Dominique Sutton, Frank Martin, Jacob Pullen, Jamar Samuels, Jordan Henriquez, K-State, Nick Russell, Pitt State, Wally Judge
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FINAL
It’s a done deal. The fans are still in their seats SCREAMING the K-S-UUUUU Wildcats cheer.
Good win for the Wildcats. They run out the clock and win 17-10 to stay on top of the Big 12 North standings.
3:07 4th Quarter
Kansas is beginning to call timeouts in an attempt to save clock.
K-State can end the game with a series of good runs here.
5:20 4th Quarter
Kansas just made its first field goal of the game and has pulled to within 17-10.
The drive ate up all kinds of clock and ended with a 46-yard field goal.
Kansas State will get the ball back after the ensuing kickoff. A touchdown return from Brandon Banks would be perfect for the Wildcats right now. But a handful of first down runs by Daniel Thomas would do the trick too.
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The Sunflower Showdown is always a big game, but today’s battle between Kansas and Kansas State goes way beyond bragging rights.
If the Wildcats win they will further increase their lead atop the Big 12 North standings and be in terrific shape to go on and win the division.
If the Jayhawks win they will become bowl eligible and get back into the conversation for a North title.
Both teams have only a few games remaining, and anything is possible. But it will be awfully hard for either of these squads to get to where they want to be without first picking up a win in Manhattan.
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By Kellis Robinett
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Tags: Bill Snyder, Dezmon Briscoe, Football, Grant Gregory, K-State, Kansas, Kerry Meier, KU, Mark Mangino, Sunflower Showdown, Todd Reesing
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