Kansas State obliterates Division I’s worst team, 108-49

After four straight losses – the last three of which weren’t particularly close – Kansas State needed a slumpbuster and the schedule delivered Monday night.

Mississippi Valley State was picked to finish last in the SWAC again after winning just three games last season and has just one win this season, against the Mississippi University for Women (yes, they have a D3 men’s team). So it’s safe to say if the Cats couldn’t win by 20+ we would have needed to consider just shutting the program down.

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Fortunately, K-State came through with a convincing yet not impressive 108-49 win. The best thing we can say about this one is the Cats kept their energy up the entire 40 minutes, which is a difficult thing to do in a game like this but doesn’t really mean a whole lot for competitive games going forward.

PJ Haggerty led the Cats with 28 points on 14 shots, making 5 of his 6 3-point attempts. Nate Johnson added 14 points, 6 assists and 5 steals.

Despite a couple missed threes against the MVSU zone and one really terrible pass in transition that resulted in a turnover, the Cats jumped out to an early 8-2 lead thanks to two steals produced by pressure man-to-man defense. The Delta Devils just didn’t have the athletes to do much offensively against Kansas State and made only 3 of their first 17 field goal attempts.

Haggerty knocked down the Wildcats’ first 3-pointer to fire up some solid outside shooting, leaving MVSU even more helpless defensively against a team it could not hope to stop in the paint given K-State’s considerable size and athleticism advantages. Dorin Buca enjoyed some extended minutes and Marcus Johnson came in late to chuck up some completely unnecessary 3-point shots.

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The Cats once again proved they can hit open looks as they made 7 of 14 attempts from long range while outrebounding the Delta Devils 26-14 on the way to a 55-21 halftime lead. There was no let up as K-State ended the first 20 minutes on a 19-3 run.

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Publish date : 2025-12-09 03:49:00

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