K-State Skid Reaches Four, Drops Second Straight at Home 78-67 to Seton Hall

As it turns out, meeting newly-introduced Head Football Coach Collin Klein was the pinnacle of the afternoon in Bramlage, as K-State (5-4) dropped their fourth straight – second in a row in the Octagon of Gloom – to the Seton Hall Pirates (9-1), 78-67. K-State entered the game as a 2.5-point favorite, but produced another bed-soiling.

I apologize we have to come down off this high and get kicked in the nuts by reality.

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K-State came out of the gate with a little more fire than the last game (let’s not stub our toes stepping over that bar), connecting on a backdoor alley-oop set play to Nate Johnson to get the crowd fired up and get on the board first 2-0. K-State would never lead again the rest of the way. Poor perimeter defense allowed Seton Hall to connect on a few early threes to steal the lead. K-State’s Dorin Buca – who didn’t see the floor against Bowling Green despite averaging 10 minutes a game – provided a heroic spark off the bench in the half, posting 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists in the half, while turning away the Pirates at the rim on several occasions. The Cats were able draw even at 26-all, before Seton Hall went on an 8-0 run (with Buca out) to regain the lead at the half, 35-29.

Only one team came out after the halftime break – and it wasn’t the team in white and purple. Seton Hall a six-point advantage to a 13-point lead, 44-31, before coach Jerome Tang would call a quick timeout to try to stop the bleeding. Lots of frustration as Seton Hall continued to hold the Cats off – leading to Tang eventually boiling over and picking up a T on a no-call where PJ Haggerty looked to be tripped on a drive to the bucket (honestly, the contact wasn’t a foul; Haggerty tripped over his own feet). Haggerty then picked up two quick personals on absolute crap calls right in front of Tang on a side-out play by Seton Hall, and how Tang managed to not get kicked out is incredible. The technical free throws stretched the Pirate lead out to 16,…

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Publish date : 2025-12-07 01:03:00

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