LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Devonte Graham had 23 points, Malik Newman hit the go-ahead foul shots with 15 seconds left and No. 12 Kansas held on to beat Kansas State 73-72 in a back-and-forth affair on Saturday.

Udoka Azubuike added 18 points and eight rebounds for the Jayhawks (14-3, 4-1 Big 12), who beat their Interstate 70 rival for the sixth straight time and 12th in a row at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas State (12-5, 2-3) led 67-64 with 3 minutes left when Lagerald Vick knocked down a 3-pointer in front of the Jayhawks’ bench and Newman scored on a put-back to give Kansas the lead.

It was the first of five lead changes in the final 2:18.

Xavier Sneed gave the Wildcats the lead with 30.2 seconds left when he made two free throws, but Newman got to the line at the other end and the 86-percent foul shooter converted both. That gave Kansas State the last shot, but Barry Brown’s rushed 3-pointer from well beyond the arc was no good.

Dean Wade had 22 points to lead the Wildcats. Cartier Diarra added a career-high 18 while Brown finished with 12 points, six assists and five rebounds.

The Jayhawks raced to a 13-4 lead before the Wildcats ratcheted up the defensive intensity. Kansas struggled to get the ball inside and eventually went nearly 10 minutes with just one field goal.

The Wildcats slowly pulled ahead during a 14-3 run, but back-to-back 3s by Svi Mykhailiuk — the last from about 25 feet at the buzzer — knotted the game 34-all at the break.

That’s when Azubuike and Graham went to work.

The big fella scored the first two baskets of the second half, then Graham knocked down a 3, as the pair got an inside-outside game going. They combined for all the Jayhawks’ points during a 15-2 run that turned a 36-34 deficit into a 49-38 lead with about 13 minutes left in the game.

Diarra clawed the Wildcats back once more, at one point scoring 11 straight for them, and the game was tied at 64 at the under-4 media timeout to set up a frantic race to the finish.

DE SOUZA CLEARED

Silvio De Souza, a 6-foot-9 forward from Angola, was cleared by the NCAA before tip to play for Kansas. The five-star prospect graduated from high school last month and has been practicing while waiting for his paperwork to be confirmed. He debuted midway through the first half and played 4 minutes. “I know it’s a big relief to Silvio, who has been very patient throughout this process,” Kansas coach Bill Self.

PRESTON STILL WAITS

Another five-star prospect, Billy Preston, remains sidelined while Kansas looks into the ownership of a car he was driving during an accident last fall. The freshman has not played this season.

STOKES IN A BOOT

Kansas State guard Kamau Stokes, the Wildcats’ third-leading scorer, missed his second straight game with a left foot injury. He was wearing a walking boot and it remains unclear when he will be back.

BIG PICTURE

Kansas State has lost nail-biters in its last two trips to the Phog. Last year, it was a missed traveling call on the Jayhawks’ Mykhailiuk that cost them a win over the Wildcats’ biggest rival.

Kansas has followed a league-opening loss to Texas Tech with three Big 12 wins by a combined 10 points. That ability to close games has been a hallmark ever since Self took over the program.

UP NEXT

Kansas State faces No. 9 Oklahoma on Tuesday night.

Kansas visits No. 2 West Virginia on Monday night.

Girls

Western Athletic Conference
Hays 54 Garden City 30
Buhler 38 Great Bend 52
Dodge City 27 Liberal 47

Mid-Continent League
Hill City 61 Ellis 36
Norton 49 Phillipsburg 54
Stockton 56 Oakley 46
Smith Center 41 TMP 55

Central Prairie League
LaCrosse 31 Otis-Bison 41
*Trego 55 Ness City 26
Victoria 29 Central Plains 95
Macksville 41 Ellinwood 30

North Central Activities Association
Sacred Heart 39 Ellsworth 62

Northwest Kansas League
Hoxie  52  Decatur Com.  20

Central Kansas League
Nickerson 60 Lyons 50
Pratt 37 Larned 23

Western Kansas Liberty League
Logan 41 Triplains 53
Northern Valley 68 Palco 41
Golden Plains  66  Western Plains  19
Wheatland-Grinnell 47 Cheylin 52

Great Western Kansas League
Scott 50 Hugoton 41
Ulysses 52 Goodland 22
Holcomb 39 Colby 43

Northern Plains Tournament 1^st Round @ Lincoln
Lincoln 19 Chase 37
Natoma  24  St. Johns-Tipton  58
Lakeside 46 Rock Hills 24
Southern Cloud 40 Pike Valley 37
Osborne  56  Tescott  25

Western Athletic Conference
Hays 82 Garden City 53
Buhler 44 Great Bend 36
Dodge City 59 Liberal 56

Mid-Continent League
Hill City 40 Ellis 56
Norton  22  Phillipsburg 66
Stockton 34 Oakley 65
Smith Center 42 TMP 75

Central Prairie League
LaCrosse 39 Otis-Bison 38
*Trego  32  Ness City  60
Victoria 27 Central Plains 80
Macksville   54   Ellinwood 26
*Kinsley  46   Kiowa Co.   51

North Central Activities Association
Sacred Heart 62 Ellsworth 47

Central Kansas League
Nickerson 32 Lyons 34
Pratt 49 Larned 42

Western Kansas Liberty League
Logan 50 Triplains 39
Golden Plains 70  Western Plains 54

Great Western Kansas League
Scott  65  Hugoton  67
Ulysses  54  Goodland  53
Holcomb 66 Colby 41

Northern Plains Tournament 1^st Round @ Lincoln
Chase  25   Lakeside  53
Tescott 27  Pike Valley 52
Thunder Ridge 44  Wilson 51
Southern Cloud 58  Natoma 31
Lincoln 23  St. Johns-Tipton  47

*Non-league
AP-KS–Kansas Prep Scores, 2nd Ld-Writethru,1088
Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 62, Clay Center 48
Augusta 35, Wellington 26
Basehor-Linwood 44, KC Turner 42
Baxter Springs 58, Neodesha 40
Beloit 56, Minneapolis 40
Bonner Springs 73, KC Piper 61
Buhler 44, Great Bend 36
Burrton 63, Attica 52
BV West 49, Mill Valley 47
Caney Valley 83, Fredonia 33
Central Plains 80, Victoria 27
Chanute 54, Parsons 35
Chaparral 68, Garden Plain 65
Cheney 58, Belle Plaine 37
Cherryvale 61, Humboldt 54
Circle 68, Clearwater 53
Concordia 62, Chapman 55
DeSoto 65, Louisburg 48
Dodge City 76, Liberal 68
El Dorado 54, Mulvane 42
Ellis 56, Hill City 40
Elyria Christian 53, Goessel 29
Emporia 61, Junction City 51
Eudora 45, Ottawa 31
Fort Scott 70, Independence 57
Frontenac 63, St. Paul 33
Galena 62, Uniontown 14
Goddard-Eisenhower 57, Andover Central 44
Hays 82, Garden City 53
Hays-TMP-Marian 75, Smith Center 42
Hillsboro 63, Haven 53
Holcomb 66, Colby 41
Holton 44, Hiawatha 39
Hugoton 67, Scott City 65
Hutchinson Central Christian 69, Stafford 46
Jefferson West 58, Perry-Lecompton 53
KC Schlagle 73, Atchison 44
KC Wyandotte 59, KC Washington 57
Kingman 67, Smoky Valley 61
Kiowa County 51, Kinsley 46
La Crosse 39, Otis-Bison 38
Labette County 55, Coffeyville 48
Lawrence 72, SM North 64
Lawrence Free State 56, Olathe Northwest 50
Lyons 34, Nickerson 32
Maize 52, Salina Central 29
Maranatha Academy 82, Pleasant Ridge 46
Marmaton Valley 65, Pleasanton 54
McLouth 60, Valley Falls 35
McPherson 36, Andale 34
Medicine Lodge 51, Douglass 46
Oakley 65, Stockton 34
Pratt 49, Larned 42
Pratt Skyline 56, Fairfield 37
Riverside 45, Atchison County 38
Rock Creek 65, Wabaunsee 29
Sabetha 68, Royal Valley 44
Salina Sacred Heart 62, Ellsworth 47
Sedan 79, Oswego 19
Sedgwick 68, Moundridge 52
SM Northwest 54, SM East 51
Solomon 65, Canton-Galva 34
Southeast Saline 69, Republic County 53
St. Thomas Aquinas 56, Bishop Miege 51
Sterling 74, Remington 37
Topeka Seaman 62, Topeka Hayden 47
Udall 44, Flinthills 31
Wellsville 66, Iola 31
West Elk 78, South Haven 39
AVCTL – GWAL Challenge
Hutchinson 67, Wichita West 59
Wichita Bishop Carroll 56, Arkansas City 53
Wichita South 80, Derby 68
Northern Plains League Tournament
Play-In
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 58, Natoma 31
Lakeside 53, Chase 25
Pike Valley 52, Tescott 27
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 47, Lincoln 23
Wilson 51, Thunder Ridge 44
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Andover Central 53, Goddard-Eisenhower 43
Atchison County 63, Riverside 26
Augusta 35, Wellington 26
Baldwin 61, Spring Hill 44
Basehor-Linwood 53, KC Turner 26
Beloit 47, Minneapolis 37
BV Southwest 54, St. James Academy 43
Canton-Galva 57, Solomon 18
Central Plains 95, Victoria 29
Chanute 54, Parsons 35
Cheney 71, Belle Plaine 17
Cherryvale 36, Humboldt 32
Cheylin 52, Wheatland-Grinnell 47
Cimarron 33, Syracuse 7
Circle 60, Clearwater 17
Clay Center 60, Abilene 55
Colby 43, Holcomb 39
Council Grove 49, West Franklin 35
DeSoto 54, Louisburg 40
El Dorado 34, Mulvane 22
Ellsworth 62, Salina Sacred Heart 39
Emporia 54, Junction City 31
Eudora 40, Ottawa 30
Eureka 66, Erie 61
Fairfield 45, Pratt Skyline 36
Fredonia 46, Caney Valley 36
Galena 62, Uniontown 14
Garden Plain 50, Chaparral 18
Goessel 45, Elyria Christian 28
Golden Plains 66, Western Plains-Healy 19
Great Bend 52, Buhler 38
Haven 59, Hillsboro 41
Hays 54, Garden City 34
Hays-TMP-Marian 55, Smith Center 41
Heritage Christian 59, University Academy, Mo. 50
Hill City 61, Ellis 36
Holton 58, Hiawatha 18
Hoxie 52, Oberlin-Decatur 20
Hutchinson Central Christian 38, Stafford 31
Hutchinson Trinity 44, Inman 40
Jefferson North 61, Oskaloosa 30
Jefferson West 55, Perry-Lecompton 16
KC Piper 59, Bonner Springs 20
KC Schlagle 68, Atchison 41
KC Sumner 86, KC Harmon 5
Kingman 57, Smoky Valley 31
Labette County 74, Coffeyville 26
Lansing 48, Tonganoxie 31
Lawrence 62, SM North 30
Liberal 47, Dodge City 27
Little River 50, Herington 32
Macksville 41, Ellinwood 30
Madison/Hamilton 31, Southern Coffey 21
Manhattan 47, Topeka West 23
Marion 35, Bennington 25
McPherson 50, Andale 46
Medicine Lodge 41, Douglass 31
Nickerson 60, Lyons 50
Northern Valley 68, Palco 41
Olathe East 58, Gardner-Edgerton 44
Olathe North 42, Leavenworth 25
Olathe Northwest 60, Lawrence Free State 50
Osage City 43, Lyndon 38, OT
Osawatomie 48, Prairie View 39
Otis-Bison 41, La Crosse 31
Oxford 40, Cedar Vale/Dexter 32
Pawnee Heights 49, Satanta 37
Phillipsburg 54, Norton 49
Pittsburg 56, Girard 25
Pleasant Ridge 60, Maranatha Academy 28
Pleasanton 41, Marmaton Valley 11
Pratt 37, Larned 23
Pretty Prairie 36, Norwich 23
Republic County 55, Southeast Saline 43
Rolla 42, Deerfield 27
Royal Valley 41, Sabetha 33
Rural Vista 59, Centre 33
Salina Central 49, Maize 45, OT
Scott City 50, Hugoton 41
Sedan 57, Oswego 32
SM Northwest 63, SM East 37
SM South 57, Olathe West 50
South Barber 29, Cunningham 18
South Central 72, Ingalls 40
South Gray 58, Ashland 18
St. Paul 48, Frontenac 44
St. Thomas Aquinas 56, Bishop Miege 51
Stockton 56, Oakley 46
Sublette 47, Southwestern Hts. 29
Trego 55, Ness City 26
Triplains-Brewster 53, Logan 41
Udall 64, Flinthills 47
Ulysses 52, Goodland 22
Valley Falls 62, McLouth 9
Wabaunsee 50, Rock Creek 27
Washburn Rural 58, Shawnee Heights 25
Wellsville 66, Iola 31
West Elk 46, South Haven 45
Wichita Independent 47, Wichita Trinity 39
Yates Center 51, Jayhawk Linn 44
AVCTL – GWAL Challenge
Arkansas City 54, Wichita West 38
Kapaun Mount Carmel 64, Andover 44
Wichita East 34, Goddard 29
Northern Plains League Tournament
Play-In
Chase 37, Lincoln 19
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 40, Pike Valley 37
Lakeside 46, Rock Hills 24
Osborne 56, Tescott 25
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 58, Natoma 24

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Rauno Nurger scored 14 points and fifth-ranked Wichita State shook off a slow start to roll past East Carolina 95-60 on Thursday night.

Shaquille Morris added 12 points for the Shockers (14-2), who improved to 4-0 in their first season in the American Athletic Conference.

Wichita State trailed 14-9 early after a 3-for-12 shooting start, but the Shockers quickly settled in to take complete control. Wichita State went ahead for good on a 15-0 run, part of a 36-9 avalanche to close the first half and drain the fight out of a once-feisty Minges Coliseum crowd.

By the time the Shockers added two more baskets to open the second half, Wichita State led 49-23 and soon had many fans streaming toward the exits.

B.J. Tyson scored 16 points for the Pirates (7-9, 1-4), who shot 32 percent in the opening half to quickly see any chance of an upset disintegrate.

BIG PICTURE

Wichita State: This is part of the Shockers’ first go-around through the American after moving from its 72-year home in the Missouri Valley Conference. They’re having no troubles so far, winning all four league games by at least 10 points. There was also the encouraging sign of seeing junior forward Markis McDuffie (12 points) hit double figures for the third straight game; he returned roughly three weeks ago from a stress fracture in his left foot that had sidelined him for the first 11 games.

East Carolina: The Pirates have been in a state of flux since coach Jeff Lebo stepped down six games into his eighth season. Assistant Michael Perry has been leading the program in the interim and there was a buzz with only the second top-five team from the AP Top 25 visiting Minges. But after that 14-9 opening, little went right as ECU fell to 5-5 under Perry.

UP NEXT

Wichita State: The Shockers visit Tulsa on Saturday.

East Carolina: The Pirates host Houston on Sunday in the second game of a three-date home stand.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Barry Brown poured in a career-high 38 points, Cartier Diarra added 17 in his first career start and Kansas State held on late to beat Oklahoma State 86-82 on Wednesday night.

Xavier Sneed added 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (12-4, 2-2 Big 12), who had lost back-to-back games and were without Kamau Stokes, their steady guard and third-leading scorer.

Brown and Diarra helped overcome Stokes’ recent injury by playing nearly the whole way.

Brandon Averette scored 22 points and Jeffrey Carroll had 20 for the Cowboys (11-5, 1-3), who led late in the second half before the Wildcats went on a game-changing run to take a 74-62 lead.

The Cowboys kept fighting, and Averette’s 3-point play with 40 seconds left got them within 81-76. But Dean Wade answered with two free throws and, after Carroll scored at the other end, Brown tacked on the second of two more foul shots to put the game away.

The Wildcats played with the lead most of the way, even pushing their advantage to 27-18 late in the first half, before the Cowboys took a spurt of momentum into halftime.

Carroll provided the spark with a 3-point play and a couple more free throws.

Kansas State regained the lead early in the second half, but neither team was able to shake free until the Wildcats strung together five solid possessions beginning with six minutes to go.

Little-used guard Brian Patrick began the run with a 3-pointer to break a 58-all tie. Wade made four quick free throws. Sneed added a pair of his own. And a 3-pointer by Diarra from right in front of his own bench ignited a sparse but vocal home crowd.

Sneed’s turnaround jumper out of a timeout pushed the Wildcats’ lead to 72-62, their biggest of the game to that point, and coach Bruce Weber’s team held on the rest of the way.

BIG PICTURE

Oklahoma State had won three out of four games decided by two possessions or less. But even though they kept the pressure on the Wildcats by scoring down the stretch, they were unable to make up enough ground for back-to-back wins at Bramlage Coliseum.

Kansas State showed impressive poise whenever the Cowboys made a run, and again in the closing minutes, when they kept making shots to stay alive. Brown and Co. answered with a parade of free throws that kept the Cowboys from ever feeling as if they would make it all the way back.

INJURY UPHEAVEL

The Wildcats could be without Stokes for a while after he hurt his foot in a loss to Texas Tech last weekend. Diarra started in his place, and fellow freshman Mike McGuirl made his college debut in the first half. McGuirl missed the first 12 games this season with an injury.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma State returns home to face Texas on Saturday.

Kansas State hits Interstate 70 to play No. 12 Kansas on Saturday.

Brackets for the upcoming Mid-Continent League basketball tournaments were released on Wednesday. The play-in games will begin Saturday, Jan. 13.

Girls bracket
The Smith Center Lady Red are 8-0 and earned the No. 1 seed. They will play the winner of Saturday’s feather bracket game between Plainville (4-4) and Oakley (3-5) on Monday, Jan. 15 in Smith Center.

The winner of that game will play the winner of the four vs. five matchup between Stockton (6-2) and Trego (6-2) in Plainville on Jan. 19. The losers will also play each other in Stockton on Jan. 18.

TMP earned the second seed with an 8-1 record. The will play the winner of Saturday’s feather bracket game between Ellis (5-3) and Phillipsburg (1-7) on Monday in Hays.

Hill City (5-1) is the No. 3 seed and will host Norton (6-2) on Monday with the winner of that game playing the winner of the TMP game on Jan. 19 in Plainville. The losers will also play each other in Stockton on Jan. 18.

 

Boys bracket
The Phillipsburg Panthers (7-1) are the No. 1 seed on the boy’s side and will host the winner of Saturday’s feather bracket game between Trego (2-6) and Smith Center (2-6) on Tuesday.

Oakley (5-3) is the No. 4 seed and will host Ellis (4-4) on Tuesday. The winner players the winner of the Phillipsburg game on Friday, Jan. 19 in Plainville. The losers will also play each other in Stockton on Jan. 18.

TMP earned the No. 2 seed with a 7-2 record and will play the winner of Saturday’s feather bracket game between Stockton (3-5) and Hill City (1-5).

Plainville (5-3) is the No. 3 seed and will host the six seed Norton (3-5) on Jan. 16. The winner will then play the winner of the TMP game on Jan. 19 in Plainville and the loser will also play each other in Stockton on Jan. 18.