The Kansas State Wildcats escaped the Presbyterian Blue Hose on Thursday night, 76-67. For No. 3, Kansas State, it was probably too close of a call. Here's what people are saying about the game
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Up 14 at the half, Kansas State (3-0) couldn't shake Presbyterian. The Blue Hose (0-2) opened the half with 13-7 run and then kept chipping away. Jake Troyli and Khalid Mutakbbir hit 3-point shots to cut the Wildcats' lead to 63-60 with 9:35 to play.
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"I just told Victor I've done him a disservice the last couple games, because he deserves to play and I've been playing the guys who look good in pictures," Martin said. I'm a little tired of the game being over and our bigs having zero defensive rebounds. "They're good kids, I like them, but they're not producing. So it's time to move some stuff around."
Cats escape Presbyterian scare | CJOnline.com
Presbyterian is a small college located in Clinton, S.C. It has an enrollment of 1,200 students, approximately the same number Kansas State crams into a Tuesday economics lecture. The school's mascot is the Blue Hose, the Scottish warriors depicted in "Braveheart," and there's probably a metaphor in there somewhere if you want to fish it out. The point is, Presbyterian put a serious scare into the third-ranked Wildcats, who survived for a 76-67 win Thursday at Bramlage Coliseum.
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The home crowd never relaxed until Rodney Magruder hit a 3-pointer with 51 seconds remaining to make it 74-65.
Presbyterian pushes Kansas State
The Blue Hose's shot-making and active 2-3 zone defense had Kansas State on the ropes deep into the second half Thursday night before the No. 3-ranked Wildcats summoned enough energy to escape with a 76-67 victory at Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State sputters to 76-67 victory over Presbyterian - KansasCity.com
"You saw the ugly side of our team today," Martin said. "A group of young kids with upperclassmen that provide absolutely no leadership. That’s our problem. When your best leader is a junior walk-on, your upperclassmen should go look in the mirror and figure that out."