Arizona Wildcats’ 6-game win streak snapped in 73-70 loss at Kansas State

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Arizona made just 2 of 21 3-pointers and had 17 costly turnovers in a 73-70 loss to Kansas State in a battle of Big 12 Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum on Tuesday.

The loss snapped UA’s six-game winning streak and dropped the Wildcats to 17-7 overall and 11-2 in the Big 12. Arizona is now a game behind Houston in the Big 12 but will have a chance to tie the Cougars again Saturday when they host Houston at McKale Center.

Kansas State moved its winning streak to six games, while it improved to 13-11 overall and 7-6 in the Big 12.

Kansas State point guard Dug McDaniel led the homecourt Wildcats with 24 points. K-State shot 45.2% while scoring 23 points off 16 UA turnovers. Arizona shot 41.3% overall and kept in the game largely because of its 45-33 rebounding advantage.

Arizona had made just 1 of 19 3-pointers over the first 35 minutes of the game before KJ Lewis hit one to tie the game at 60 with 4:59 left. Lewis then drove inside for a layup with 4:05 left before both teams turned it over.

But K-State took a 66-64 lead with 1:54 left after point guard Dug McDaniels drove in for a short jumper and, after a turnover from Henri Veesaar, made a layup. Veesaar then tipped a rebound out of bounds, setting up K-State for another score when Coleman Hawkins fired a pass from the perimeter inside to center David N’Guessan for a layup that made it 66-62.

After Arizona called a timeout, K-State’s Mobi Ikegwurka stole the ball from UA’s Jaden Bradley and raced inside for a dunk that gave the home Wildcats a six-point lead.

Arizona had a chance to cut it to a basket with a minute left, after Veesaar hit a pair of free throws and McDaniel missed a layup. But Bradley turned the ball over and K-State took a six-point lead with 57 seconds left before layups from Caleb Love and KJ Lewis pulled UA within a point with seven seconds left.

But K-State’s Coleman Hawkins successfully inbounded the ball to his best-shooting teammate, Brandon Hausen, who sank two free throws to give K-State a…

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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic

Publish date : 2025-02-12 03:51:00

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