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The Wildcats will play No. 2 seed Baylor in
Thursday's quarterfinal.
After taking a 10-point halftime lead, Kansas State grabbed an
early 33-20 lead in the second half. But a 12-0 TCU run got the
Frogs back into the game. When PJ Fuller hit a 3-pointer with
11:37 left, the game was tied for the first time at 35-all.
TCU got its first lead of the game with 4:47 remaining on a
running layup by RJ Nembhard.
K-State regained the lead with 1:18 left when Makol Mawien
scored inside. Nembhard's 3-point attempt caromed off with four
seconds left.
TCU (16-16, 7-11 Big 12) was led by Nembhard's 19 points and
Desmond Bane's 16, 14 of which were in the second half.
Kansas State (11-21, 3-15) was led by Cartier Diarra with 13
points.
Prior to the night's first game, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby
announced that, beginning with Thursday's games in both the
men's and women's tournaments, all games will be played with
restricted access due to concerns about the coronavirus. Each
team will be allotted 125 tickets to be given to guests of
athletes, coaches and support staff. The arena will be cleared
after each game.
Kansas State turned in a stellar first-half defensive effort,
forcing the same number of turnovers as points allowed (10)
through the first 17:34. The Cats' largest lead of the half was
17 points. In the half, K-State limited TCU to just 31.8 percent
shooting. The Wildcats took a 28-18 lead into halftime.
Kansas State was not exactly hot from the field, only connecting
on 35.5 percent of its shots in the first half, missing 11 of
its final 13 shots. But the Wildcats took nine more shots than
the Horned Frogs.
Kansas State had an evenly balanced attack, led by Diarra with
seven points. Without Nembhard's 12 points, TCU would have been
in worse trouble.
--Field Level Media
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