K-State Sports
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State used another balanced scoring attack to close out the 2015 portion of its schedule, defeating Saint Louis, 75-47, in front of a sold-out Bramlage Coliseum on Tuesday night.
K-State (10-2) ended the game on a 21-3 run to break open a 10-point margin with 4:43 to play. The Wildcats connected on a season-tying 50 percent (26-of-52) from the field, scoring 38 points in the paint and 20 points off of 19 Saint Louis (5-7) turnovers. The Billikens were held to just 33.3 percent shooting (17-of-51).
With the win, K-State continued its best start to a season since the 2012-13 season and notched its 10th non-conference victory for the first time since 2013-14. The Wildcats have now posted at least 10 non-conference wins nine times in the past 10 seasons.
Junior Wesley Iwundu led all Wildcats with a game-high 13 points on 6-of-8 field goals to go with team-highs in rebounding (8), assists (4) and steals (2) in 29 minutes. Freshman Kamau Stokes and senior Justin Edwards also scored in double figures, posting 11 points and 10 points, respectively. In all, 10 different players registered at least one field goal in the contest, which matched the most this season.
Saint Louis, which lost for the fourth consecutive contest, was led by sophomore Milik Yarbrough, who came off of the bench to score 12 points. SeniorAsh Yacoubou added 10 points and a team-high 8 rebounds.