First half• Key play: Will Spradling made a three-pointer that bounced off the rim and the top of the backboard, putting K-State ahead 29-18.
• Key stat: Texas scored 11 straight points after falling behind by 15.Second half• Key play: Martavious Irving came up with a steal at midcourt, and Rodney McGruder made a transition dunk to clinch the victory.• Key stat: Texas made 45.8 percent of its shots.New lineupCoach Frank Martin went with a new starting lineup against Texas. He gave freshman guard Angel Rodriguez his first start in place of Martavious Irving and went with freshman forward Thomas Gipson over Jordan Henriquez. The move paid dividends early. K-State rushed to leads of 12-7 and 36-21. Rodriguez went on to score four points, while Gipson scored 11.• Redshirt freshman Nino Williams watched Wednesday’s game from the bench in street clothes. Martin said Williams had come down awkwardly under the basket in practice Monday and suffered what he said was “a severely sprained MCL.” Williams will undergo a MRI this week and will be out at least two weeks, Martin said. After missing most of last year because of a concussion, and playing sparingly early this season Williams was coming off a breakthrough game against Oklahoma, in which he scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds.Read more Kansas State University
Posted on Wed, Jan. 18, 2012 11:04 PM
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| Kellis Robinett, krobinett@kcstar.com
