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Tulsa
Kansas State
Tulsa Travels to Kansas State for Last Non-Conference Game
12/27/2019 10:58:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| GAME #13: TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (8-3) vs. KANSAS STATE WILDCATS (6-5) | |
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| Date/Time: | Sunday • Dec. 29, 2019 • 5:00 p.m. (CT) |
| Site: | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) • Manhattan, Kan. |
| Coaches: | Tulsa – Frank Haith (Elon '88), 6th year Kansas State – Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee '78), 8th year |
| TV: | ESPN+ / Big 12 Network |
| Radio: | Big Country 99.5 FM (Bruce Howard & J.R. Rollo) |
| Live Stats: | Live Stats |
| Series: | 9th Meeting (Tulsa has a 7-1 advantage) |
| Twitter: | @TUMBasketball | @TulsaHurricane |
| Instagram: | TulsaMBasketball |
| Game Notes: | Tulsa (PDF) |
THE GAME
• This is the 9th meeting between Tulsa and Kansas State.
• This game is the last contest of the decade for the Hurricane ... it is also the final non-conference game of the 2019-20 season for Tulsa.
• Kansas State is 6-5 on the season … K-State comes into Saturday's match-up after a second consecutive loss as the Wildcats fell 66-63 to St. Louis ... K-State has key wins over UNLV and North Dakota State.
THE SERIES
• Tulsa has a 7-1 series lead ... the Hurricane is 3-1 on the road against the Wildcats and 4-0 at home.
• The last meeting between the two teams came last season as the Hurricane defeated the #16-ranked Wildcats, 47-46, at the Reynolds Center on Dec. 8, 2018.
• The first game between the two teams came in the 1965-66 season as Tulsa beat Kansas State on the road with a final of 70-63.
• Tulsa's last win at Kansas State was in Dec. 1968, 66-63 ... this is the second time back to Manhattan since then.
• Tulsa has won three games in a row against the Wildcats: 1990 (72-61), 2017 (61-54) and 2018 (47-46).
LAST MEETING AGAINST WILDCATS
• In the non-conference home game for the Hurricane on Dec. 29, 2018, Tulsa won 47-46.
• Tulsa was led by Curran Scott who recorded his season-high in scoring with 14 points ... he went 6-10 (60%) from the field ... junior Martins Igbanu added 9 points and 6 rebounds
• Tulsa picked up their first win against a ranked opponent since Feb. 2016 after defeating the #16-ranked Wildcats
• Igbanu scored a basket with 1:53 left in the contest ... the Hurricane forced the Wildcats into 2 turnovers to end the game ... the Wildcats did not score in the final 2:24 of the game
• K-State was led by Xavier Sneed who put in a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Kansas State was picked to finish 9th in The Big 12 Conference.
• The Wildcats finished last season going 25-9 overall, 14-4 in Big 12 play, but lost in the first round of the NCAA Championship to UC Irvine, 70-64.
• K-State has two players who average over 10 points a game with Xavier Sneed (14.1) and Carter Diarra (11.6).
• Sneed was selected to the Big 12 preseason honorable mention team … he was named to the 2018 NCAA South Regional all-tournament team.
• The Wildcats are averaging 66.5 ppg for the season, while their opponents average 59.6 points per game.
A TULSA WIN WOULD
• Give Tulsa their 4th victory in a row against Kansas State ... their 8th total win against the Wildcats.
• Give Tulsa their 3rd win in the month of December and their first road win in just 2 road games in the month.
• Snap a 2-game losing streak.
THE LAST TWO FOR JOINER
• Elijah Joiner has been in the starting lineup for the last 3 games, but in the past 2 contests he has played at a different level offensively.
• He has averaged 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in games against Arkansas and Colorado State
• Joiner shot .526 from the field (10-19), .500 from 3-point range (3-6) and 73-percent from the free throw line (11-15) in those 2 games.
• On the year, Joiner averages 7.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists, while shooting 44-percent from the field and 42-percent from behind the arc.
IMPROVED 3-POINT SHOOTING FOR HORNE
• After the first 5 games this year, junior Jeriah Horne was shooting a paultry 18-percent from behind the arc, but in the last 7 games has really stepped it up.
• His 3-point percentage has improved from 18 percent to a current percentage of 36.8 percent on the year.
• In the last 7 contests, Horne is shooting 48.6 percent from 3-point range, knocking down 17-of-35 treys.
IGBANU CATCHING STEAM
• Senior Martins Igbanu is beginning to catch steam as the season progresses.
• In the last 4 games, Igbanu has scored in double-digits 3 times, whereas in the first 8 games he had just 3 double-figure scoring contests.
• Igbanu has had his top-2 scoring performances of the season in the last 2 games – 18 at Arkansas and 17 vs. Colorado State.
• He averages 9.8 points and 4.0 rebounds this year.
JACK OF ALL TRADES
• Junior Darien Jackson, known mostly for his defense prior to this year, has become a jack-of-all-trades for the Hurricane squad this season.
• He averages 9.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.7 steals through 12 games … he also is shooting a team-best 60.6 percent from the field, with all of his baskets from 2-point range.
• He has had 9 games of shooting bettter than 50-percent from the field, including 8 times better than 55-percent.
• Jackson came into the season as a career 46-percent free throw shooter, but this year has knocked fown 25-of-31 free throws for a .806 percentage.
