Kansas State basketball’s road woes continue, and this time, it was a heartbreaker of the Wildcats’ own making.
After Max Jones’ 3-pointer gave the Wildcats a six-point lead with 3 minutes, 14 seconds left, it was all TCU as the Horned Frogs scored the final seven points for a 63-62 Big 12 victory at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Noah Reynolds’ basket with 12.8 seconds left put TCU in front, and after a K-State timeout, Dug McDaniel’s drive to the basket rimmed out.
With the loss — K-State’s 12th straight dating back to last January — K-State fell to 7-6 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12. TCU improved to 8-5 and 1-1.
K-State which trailed by as many as eight points in the first half, but controlled most of the second period before going cold down the stretch. McDaniel and David N’Guessan both missed one-and-one free throw opportunities with the lead in the last 1:36.
McDaniel scored all of his team-high 12 points in the second half and had four of his five assists after the break. Coleman Hawkins added 11 points, six rebounds, and four assists, while N’Guessan had 10 points and 17 rebounds and Brendan Hausen 10 points, all in the first half.
Reyholds’ 18 points lead TCU, with Vasean Allette and Tarzarien White adding 14 each.
K-State now travels to Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to face Oklahoma State.
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FINAL: TCU 63, Kansas State 62
TCU ends the game with a seven-point unanswered run to hand K-State its 12th straight road loss.
TCU cashes in on another missed free throw to take the lead
David N’Guessan misses the front end of a one-and-one and Noah Reynolds puts TCU up 63-62. Timeout K-State, 9.5 seconds lef.
Missed K-State free throw and TCU 3-pointer cut lead to one
Dug McDaniel misses the front end of a one-and-one and Brendan Wenzel 3-pointer cuts the lead to 62-61 with 1:15 left for TCU.
K-State lead grows, but so does foul trouble
David N’Guessan’s basket puts K-State up 59-54, but then he picks up his third foul with 3:45 left.
Coleman Hawkins already is on the bench with four fouls since the 7:20 mark, and now N’Guessan, Brendan Hausen and Rich have three each.
Kansas State clinging to narrow lead
K-State calls timeout with 5:44 left, leading 53-52. Dug McDaniel 10 second-half points for the Wildcats.
Macaleab Rich giving K-State a lift off the bench
Macaleab Rich has scored six of K-State’s last eight points and the Wildcats lead 51-50 at the 7:40 media timeout. The Wildcats are shooting 63.2% in the second half.
Once concern for the Wildcats: Brendan Hausen, Coleman Hawkins and Rich each have three fouls.
K-State grabs lead on David N’Guessan dunk
K-State takes its first lead of the second half on David N’Guessan’s lob dunk, but TCU comes out of the timeout with a 3-pointer to go back up 40-39.
Dug McDaniel gets to the rim twice
Two Dug McDaniel buckets, one a goaltend, on hard drives to the basket have K-State within three, 34-31, with 15:58 left. The only difference is a banked 3-pointer by TCU’s Noah Reynolds to beat the shot clock.
First-half recap: K-State still very much alive
K-State shot an anemic 26.3% in the first half, including 3-for-22 from 3-point range and turned the ball over seven times to just four for TCU, and yet still only trails 27-24 at the break.
What’s more, the Wildcats had 14 offensive rebounds to four for TCU, but the Horned Frogs had a 10-7 advantage in second-chance points, not to mention an 8-0 edge in points off turnovers.
Brendan Hausen and Coleman Hawkins are keeping K-State in the game, combining for 18 of the Wildcats’ 21 points. Hausen, who has 10 points, is 3 of 5 from 3-point range and the rest of the Wildcats 0-for-17. Hawkins has eight points on 4 of 11 shooting.
Throw out Hawkins and Hausen’s combined 7-for-16 from the field and the rest of the team is 3-for-22 for 13.6%. TCU isn’t tearing it up either, shooting 37%, including 1 of 5 from 3-point range. Noah Reynolds and Vasean Allette lead a balanced Horned Frog attack with six points each.
HALFTIME: TCU 27, Kansas State 24
Despite a dreadful half offensively, K-State trails TCU at the half by only three, 27-24.
Wildcats’ shooting woes continue
K-State gets three shots at the basket and comes up empty. Wildcats trail 26-19 with 3:43 left in the half. The Wildcats are shooting 25.8% and are 2 of 19 from 3. An 11-4 offensive rebounding advantage the only thing keeping K-State in it.
K-State keeps shooting blanks
K-State has made 1 of its last 10 shots and 1 of 15 3-point tries so far and still only trails TCU, 19-14, with 6:55 left in the half.
Only saving grace for the Wildcats so far is an 8-2 advantage on the offensive boards.
Brendan Hausen finally connects from 3
Brendan Hausen, who was 1 of 8 from 3-point range against Cincinnati and missed his first try today, knocks one down with a chance at a four-point play to pull K-State within 15-11 at the 11:42 mark of the first half.
Before that three, TCU put together a 13-2 run.
K-State leads 6-5 at first media timeout
Kansas State jumped out to a 6-2 lead on two baskets by Coleman Hawkins and a tip-in by David N’Guessan, but a 3-pointer from TCU’s Isaiah Manning trims it to 6-5 with 15:42 left in the first half.
McDaniel remains in K-State starting lineup
Dug McDaniel starts at point guard for the second straight game alongside David N’Guessan, Coleman Hawkins, Max Jones and Brendan Hausen.
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Kansas State vs TCU prediction
Kansas State is coming off its biggest victory to date, a 70-67 upset of No. 17 Cincinnati in the Big 12 opener. But the Wildcats have lost 11 straight road games and TCU is 7-0 at home this season, so give the edge to the Horned Frogs.
Prediction: TCU 75, Kansas State 72
Kansas State vs TCU betting odds
Game lines and odds from BetMGM as of Saturday afternoon:
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Spread: TCU -3.5
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Over/under: 139.5 points
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Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.
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