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David Samuels collected 10 points and 10 rebounds while Eric
McKnight had eight points for Long Beach State (2-2), which
bounced back from a 23-point loss at Xavier by holding Kansas
State to 32.8 percent shooting. Deontae North scored seven
points and Tyler Lamb chipped in six to help the 49ers avenge
last season’s two losses to the Wildcats.
Thomas Gipson led Kansas State (2-1) with 13 points while Nino
Williams scored 12 and Wesley Iwundu collected nine points and
six rebounds. Stephen Hurt grabbed eight rebounds for the
Wildcats, who were 3-of-21 from 3-point range and lost a
non-conference road game for the first time since falling to
Oregon on Dec. 7, 2008.
Kansas State missed 22-of-31 shots from the field in the first
half and trailed 33-26 at the break. Marcus Foster, who shot
57.1 percent and averaged 14.5 points in Kansas State’s first
two games, finished with five points on 1-of-13 shooting.
Iwundu sparked the Wildcats' late rally with four straight
points to cut the the deficit to 57-52 with 3:25 left, and
Caffey missed two free throws one minute later to keep the
Wildcats’ comeback hopes alive. Kansas State pulled within four
points on Gipson’s basket with 47 seconds left, but the 49ers
secured the win at foul line.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Williams and Wildcats freshman G Malek Harris saw
their first action after missing the team’s first two games due
to injury. … Long Beach State won despite missing 13 of its 37
attempts from the foul line. … Tre Harris scored eight points
for Kansas State, which lost for the fourth time in 19 all-time
meetings against Big West opponents.
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