MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Will Spradling had a season-high 14 points and Marcus Foster also scored 14 points as Kansas State defeated Troy 72-43 on Sunday evening.

It is the ninth time in 10 games that Foster has reached double figures for the Wildcats.

Despite its undersized roster Kansas State dominated the Trojans on the boards grabbing 17 rebounds on the offensive end and 44 total.

Antoine Myers had 12 points and Wes Hinton added 10 points to pace the Trojans.

Kansas State entered the game with the Big 12’s best scoring defense at 61.2 points while also holding opponents to 26 percent shooting from 3-point range.

The Trojans finished at 36.2 shooting while converting on just 3-19 from 3-point range.

The Wildcats left little doubt from the start. Seven points from Foster backed an opening 14-2 run by the Wildcats over the first four minutes of the first half.

The scoring run was aided by a clean and crisp Kansas State offense that didn’t see its first turnover until the 9:58 mark of the first half. The Wildcats finished the game with only eight turnovers.

The Wildcats used a dozen assists to break apart the Trojans’ 3-2 zone and score 18 first-half points in the paint.

Kevin Thomas was the lone Trojan to score until a Kelton Ford basket made it 24-9 with 6:10 left in the half.

Kansas State shot 40.5 percent from the field in the first half and pulled down an impressive 28 rebounds. The number was evenly split on both ends of the floor.

Troy’s 15 first-half points were its lowest output since facing Arkansas State last season.

Kansas State used another strong scoring run to open the second half, pushing its lead to 50-17. The 33-point margin was the largest of the contest.

The Trojans added back-to-back 3-point baskets from Wes Hinton to cut the Wildcat lead to 23 points, but an 11-3 run quickly pushed the margin back to 31 points.

Spradling added eight of his season-high points in the second half.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jamaal Charles carried the Kansas City Chiefs straight into the playoffs with a record performance.

Charles tied a franchise record with five touchdowns in a game and gained 215 yards from scrimmage as the Chiefs beat the Raiders 56-31 on Sunday to clinch at least a wild-card spot.

Alex Smith threw five TD passes, going 17-for-20 for 287 yards to make the Chiefs the fourth team ever to make the playoffs a year after losing at least 14 games. Kansas City (11-3) is tied for first place in the AFC West with Denver, but needs help to win the division because the Broncos swept the season series.

Matt McGloin threw four interceptions and lost a fumble while sharing time with Terrelle Pryor as Oakland (4-10) allowed the most points in franchise history and lost its fourth straight game. The Raiders had seven turnovers overall.

The performance drew constant boos from a crowd frustrated over 11 straight seasons without a winning record and raised questions about whether the Raiders are showing enough progress in year two under coach Dennis Allen to convince owner Mark Davis to keep him around for a third season.

There is no questioning the progress the Chiefs have made in their first year under coach Andy Reid. He took over a 2-14 team and authored an impressive turnaround.

The addition of Smith to a talented roster that featured six Pro Bowl players also helped. Charles was one of those Pro Bowlers a year ago. but he never had a game quite like this even though he only rushed for 20 yards in eight carries.

He did most of his work in the passing game, beating blitzes with screen passes and also having success running patterns downfield. He caught eight passes for 195 yards and four touchdowns in the third-most productive receiving day by a running back since the 1970 merger.

Charles also joined Shaun Alexander, Jerry Rice and Clinton Portis as the only players since the merger to score five touchdowns and gain at least 200 yards from scrimmage in a single game.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joel Embiid had just picked up his second foul, and like so many other games this season, he knew he was going to be spending the rest of the first half sitting on the Kansas bench.

The 7-foot freshman vowed to make up for it in the second half.

Embiid scored 16 of his career-high 18 points over the final 20 minutes, leading the No. 13 Jayhawks to an 80-63 victory over New Mexico on Saturday night that ended a two-game skid.

”I was frustrated, even though I didn’t think the second one was a foul,” said Embiid, a native of Cameroon who’s only been playing basketball for a few years. ”Yeah, I wanted it bad, and they wanted to throw me the ball and let me score, and that’s what I needed to do.”

Perry Ellis scored 21 points and Andrew Wiggins, despite dealing with foul trouble all night, added 11 for the Jayhawks (7-3), who led 39-38 at halftime before using two big runs to put it away.

It was the Jayhawks’ ninth straight win at the Sprint Center, including their run to last year’s Big 12 tournament title. After dropping games at Colorado and Florida, the win also kept Kansas from losing three straight non-conference games for the first time since the 1982-83 season.

”We knew we had to hit them first,” said the Jayhawks’ Wayne Selden, who finished with 10 points. ”That was our main goal, be the first one on the floor and be the most aggressive.”

Cameron Bairstow and Kendall Williams had 24 points apiece for New Mexico (7-2), but that was about it for the Lobos. Alex Kirk, who came into the game averaging 18.6 points, was held to just five on 2-for-8 shooting before fouling out with 2:53 remaining in the game.

New Mexico was just 2 of 14 from beyond the arc.

”We played really well in the first half, but I thought Kansas played really good. I thought that was the best offensive game Kansas has played all year,” New Mexico coach Craig Neal said. ”We got into some foul trouble and did some things we weren’t used to doing, and we have to improve on that.”

The Jayhawks likewise struggled with foul trouble in the first half, depriving coach Bill Self of Ellis, Embiid and Jamari Traylor for long periods of time. That allowed the 6-foot-9 Bairstow to go to work inside, scoring on an array of putbacks and spin moves.

The senior from Brisbane, Australia, had 16 points at the break.

”We wanted to put them in a position to really feel pressure,” Bairstow said.

The Lobos got within one at halftime on a buzzer-beating basket by Arthur Edwards, but Kansas quickly seized control with a 16-4 run to start the second half.

Embiid had nine points and Ellis the other seven during the spurt, but it was really fueled by the Jayhawks’ defense, which finally slowed down Bairstow and Williams on the other end.

The Lobos chipped away at their 55-42 deficit, most of the surge coming from the foul line. By the time Williams converted a four-point play, New Mexico had managed to scrap and claw to 63-58 with 8:03 left, and briefly silence a crowd heavily in favor of Kansas.

That’s when the Jayhawks turned to Ellis and Embiid again.

Embiid answered Williams with a pair of foul shots, Ellis added a free throw moments later, and Embiid threw down a dunk as the crowd roared. Ellis added a dunk of his own moments later, forcing New Mexico to burn a timeout that didn’t do a whole lot of good.

”Our bigs were really good,” Self said. ”Perry was the most consistent one and he scored the most points, but there was a stretch in the second half where Joel looked pretty good.”

Williams missed after the timeout and Embiid scored again at the other end, pushing the Jayhawks’ lead to 74-59 with 4 1/2 minutes remaining in the game.

”We felt really good after halftime, really fought them off. It really boiled down to their second-half run,” Williams said. ”That was really the story.”

Kansas merely coasted from there, wrapping up the victory in the first meeting between the schools since the 1964-65 season and ending nearly a month spent playing games away from Allen Fieldhouse.

”We came out a lackadaisical to start the second half and they took advantage of it,” Neal said. ”Kansas came out really aggressive in the second half and that cost us.”

— Associated Press —

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Tekele Cotton scored all 19 of his points in the second half and No. 12 Wichita State beat Tennessee 70-61 on Saturday as the Shockers got off to the best start in school history.

Darius Carter had 11 points and 14 rebounds and Cleanthony Early added 13 points for the Shockers (10-0).

Jordan McRae scored 26 points for Tennessee (6-3), which shot 16 of 47 (34 percent) over the final 35 minutes.

Trailing at halftime for the fifth time this season, WichitaState methodically worked its way to a 39-34 lead – the largest of the game for either team to that point – on Cotton’s tip-in with 15:06 remaining.

But WichitaState would not make another field goal for 5:57.

A 10-2 run by the Volunteers contained three dunks and Jarnell Stokes’ slam with 10:22 to play tied it 41-41.

Just 37 seconds later, Stokes dunked again while being fouled. He made the free throw for a 44-41 lead.

That is when Cotton took over.

He made two free throws. Then blocked two Tennessee shots, leading to a transition opportunity he finished with a runner while being fouled.

The crowd – attendance was 14,356 in the downtown Intrust Bank Arena – went crazy, and WichitaState would not trail again.

Cotton’s three-point play made it 46-44 with 9:09 remaining.

Four minutes later, a 3-pointer by Cotton started a 7-0 run that gave Wichita State a 58-49 lead with 4:47 remaining.

A 3 by Early beat the shot-clock buzzer and made it 63-51 with 2:43 to play, allowing WichitaState to milk the shot clock the rest of the way.

The anticipated grinding pace of the game was nowhere to be found at the beginning. WichitaState and Tennessee combined to make 13 of their first 20 field goal attempts, including all five 3-pointers. WichitaState led 17-16 at that point behind eight points from Fred VanVleet.

But the rest of the half was quite the opposite as the teams combined to go 7 of 29 over the final 12 minutes, 1 of 13 from behind the 3-point line.

Neither team led by more than three points in the half’s final 12 minutes and the Volunteers led 26-25 at halftime.

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(AP) Friday’s High School Basketball Scores

Andale 44, Pratt 24

Andover Central 49, Andover 47

Augusta 63, Abilene 55

Baileyville-B&B 51, Washington County 38

Basehor-Linwood 81, Topeka Hayden 75

Beloit 83, Republic County 68

Bennington 63, Solomon 45

Bluestem 53, Flinthills 38

BV North 58, St. Thomas Aquinas 54

BV West 58, Blue Valley Southwest 53

Chapman 54, Salina Sacred Heart 37

Concordia 69, Smoky Valley 41

Council Grove 75, Rock Creek 64

Derby 81, Wichita Campus 48

Doniphan West 48, Frankfort 32

Falls City Sacred Heart, Neb. 59, Wetmore 46

Frontenac 61, Neodesha 49

Galena 67, Fredonia 61

Girard 40, Baxter Springs 39

Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 56, Wilson 29

Goddard-Eisenhower 95, Arkansas City 36

Hanover 52, Troy 47

Holton 58, Royal Valley 30

Horton 67, Immaculata 40

Jefferson North 61, Jefferson West 60, 2OT

Junction City 50, Great Bend 15

Labette County 56, Fort Scott 36

Lansing 58, Topeka Seaman 44

Lawrence Free State 57, Shawnee Heights 54

Linn 44, Axtell 38

Lyndon 59, Chase County 42

Maize 53, Hutchinson 38

Maize South 79, Goddard 59

Manhattan 55, Dodge City 37

Marais des Cygnes Valley 48, Southern Coffey 34

Marshfield, Mo. 48, Olathe South 40

Marysville 61, Clay Center 57

Maur Hill – Mount Academy 50, Pleasant Ridge 26

McPherson 63, Washburn Rural 55

Minneapolis 57, Halstead 47, OT

Sabetha 70, Atchison County 33

Salina Central 62, Newton 45

Salina South 48, Buhler 41

Santa Fe Trail 61, Perry-Lecompton 56

Silver Lake 63, Riley County 54

SM South 75, DeSoto 49

St. Xavier 54, Cin. St. Xavier, Ohio 50

Sylvan-Lucas 78, Natoma 68

Valley Heights 76, Flint Hills Christian 17

Wellsville 71, Valley Falls 66

West Franklin 69, Oskaloosa 31

Wichita Bishop Carroll 51, Wichita South 43

Wichita East 71, Wichita North 61

Wichita Southeast 70, Kapaun Mount Carmel 43

Alva Tournament
South Barber 52, South Central 42

Amos Morris/George Stephens Classic
Consolation Semifinal
Russell 51, Lincoln 37

Semifinal
Ell-Saline 48, Nickerson 39

Baldwin Tournament
Third Place
Chanute 56, Burlington 42

Blue Valley Shootout
Consolation Semifinal
Olathe North 65, Grandview, Mo. 57

Olathe Northwest 50, KC Sumner 30

Semifinal
Highland Park 55, Lee’s Summit, Mo. 39

Lawrence 69, Blue Valley Stilwell 61

Brewster (SageBrush)Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Heartland Christian 51, Healy 19

St. Francis 59, Logan 51

Semifinal
Stockton 52, Triplains-Brewster 23

Weskan 66, Stratton, Colo. 51

Caldwell Tournament
Argonia 48, Central Burden 26

Norwich 36, Caldwell 35

Chapman Tournament
El Dorado 69, Rossville 39

Cheney Tournament
Pool Play
Pool A
Wichita Collegiate 73, Hutchinson Trinity 51

Cimarron Tournament
Semi-Finals
Cimarron 91, Sublette 84

Consolation Semifinal
Satanta 64, Deerfield 54

Circle Tournament
Circle 78, Wichita Defenders 70

Fairfield Tournament
Chase 37, Cunningham 35

Fairfield 43, Otis-Bison 33

Garden Plain Tournament
Hesston 55, Emporia 28

Hesston 55, Emporia 28

Goessel Tournament
Goessel 65, Elyria Christian 34

Little River 48, Canton-Galva 39

Goodland Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Norton 45, Wray, Colo. 20

Semifinal
Oakley 50, Goodland 44

Wallace County 61, McCook, Neb. 57

Herington Tournament
Southeast Saline 51, Rural Vista 39

Holcomb Clarion Classic Roundball Tournament
Denver South, Colo. 62, Garden City 52

Pueblo East, Colo. 72, Holcomb 70

Scott City 67, Wichita Trinity 51

Hugoton Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Southwestern Hts. 59, Hooker, Okla. 53

Semifinal
Hugoton 52, Lakin 38

Ulysses 67, Perryton, Texas 63

Humboldt Tournament
Crest 57, Uniontown 41

Kingman Tournament
Kingman 64, Conway Springs 36

Wellington 51, Medicine Lodge 39

Lakeside Tournament
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 61, Thunder Ridge 45

Larned Tournament
Semifinal
Larned 60, Spearville 39

St. John 67, Macksville 34

Leavenworth Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Topeka 52, Hogan Prep, Mo. 45

Word of Life 68, North Kansas City, Mo. 58

Semifinal
Leavenworth 71, KC Washington 55

Liberal Tournament
Lawton, Okla. 60, Liberal 46

Lincoln Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Ellsworth 61, Phillipsburg 51

Marion Tournament
Marion 61, Belle Plaine 38

Peabody-Burns 46, Remington 41

Marmaton Valley Tournament
Olpe 53, Northeast-Arma 50

West Elk 59, Marmaton Valley 11

McCook Cattle Trail Tournament
Semifinal
Oberlin-Decatur 47, Arapahoe, Neb. 34

Moundridge Tournament
Hillsboro 62, Moundridge 55

Lyons 37, Inman 34

Oklahoma Bible Academy Prep Classic
Wichita County 44, Ripley, Okla. 32

Oxford Tournament
Douglass 70, Oxford 37

Pond Creek-Hunter Tournament
Fifth Place
Deer Creek-Lamont, Okla. 49, South Haven 38

Quinter Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Quinter 55, Wheatland-Grinnell 44

Semifinal
Ellis 64, Rawlins County 63

Hoxie 55, Dighton 28

Rolla Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Rolla 58, Greeley County 44

South Baca, Colo. 57, Moscow 23

Semifinal
Beaver, Okla. 70, Syracuse 61

Elkhart 82, Johnson-Stanton County 62

Shawnee Mission Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
SM North 74, SM West 63

Semifinal
McGuinness, Okla. 64, St. James Academy 59

SM East 75, Center, Mo. 53

Skyline Tournament
Pretty Prairie 66, Stafford 48

Sedgwick 70, Pratt Skyline 56

St. Mary’s Tournament
Onaga 57, Mission Valley 45

Trego Tournament
Hodgeman County 39, Trego 37

Semifinal
Smith Center 72, Western Plains 47

Tri-County Classic
Bennington 63, Solomon 45

Minneapolis 57, Halstead 47

Udall Tournament
Cedar Vale/Dexter 60, Elk Valley 29

Udall 56, Attica 36

Yates Center Tournament
Cherryvale 62, Yates Center 36

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Mill Valley vs. KC Turner, ppd.

Maranatha Academy vs. McLouth, ccd.

Leavenworth Tournament
Semifinal
KC Wyandotte vs. Raytown South, Mo., ppd. to Dec 14.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 53, Augusta 43

Andover 42, Andover Central 41

Axtell 54, Linn 41

Beloit 55, Republic County 32

Buhler 63, Salina South 45

Chapman 55, Salina Sacred Heart 30

Cherryvale 55, Sedan 38

Clearwater 45, Chaparral 34

Concordia 42, Smoky Valley 40

Doniphan West 38, Frankfort 34

Elk Valley 56, Cedar Vale/Dexter 20

Erie 44, Humboldt 37

Falls City Sacred Heart, Neb. 51, Wetmore 33

Flinthills 52, Bluestem 31

Fort Scott 63, Labette County 39

Frontenac 56, Neodesha 20

Galena 70, Fredonia 32

Girard 44, Baxter Springs 37

Goddard-Eisenhower 74, Arkansas City 56

Halstead 48, Minneapolis 39

Hanover 43, Troy 41

Holton 49, Royal Valley 42

Horton 60, Immaculata 29

Jackson Heights 42, St. Mary’s 28

Jefferson North 56, Jefferson West 20

Kapaun Mount Carmel 67, Wichita Southeast 26

Lawton, Okla. 56, Liberal 31

Lyndon 37, Chase County 30

Maize 41, Hutchinson 23

Manhattan 49, Dodge City 30

Marysville 45, Clay Center 42

Nemaha Valley 60, Riverside 19

Olathe Northwest 49, Blue Valley Stilwell 44

Pleasant Ridge 31, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 22

Pratt 57, Andale 42

Riley County 69, Silver Lake 62

Rock Hills 45, Tescott 40

Sabetha 33, Atchison County 27

Salina Central 60, Newton 37

Santa Fe Trail 44, Perry-Lecompton 27

Shawnee Heights 43, Lawrence Free State 31

Spearville 38, Kiowa County 31

St. Thomas Aquinas 55, BV North 41

Sylvan-Lucas 47, Natoma 33

Topeka Hayden 61, Basehor-Linwood 43

Topeka Seaman 65, Lansing 36

Valley Falls 44, Wellsville 31

Valley Heights 70, Flint Hills Christian 7

Washburn Rural 60, McPherson 50

Washington County 40, Baileyville-B&B 35

Weskan 54, Liberty (Joes) / Stratton, Colo. 36

Wichita Campus 47, Derby 44

Wichita East 43, Wichita North 41

Wichita Heights 68, Wichita West 12

Wichita South 41, Wichita Bishop Carroll 23

Alva Tournament
South Central 31, Cherokee, Okla. 29

Baldwin Tournament
Championship
Baldwin 37, Louisburg 35

Brewster (Sagebrush) Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Heartland Christian 49, Healy 36

Logan 48, St. Francis 28

Semifinal
Triplains-Brewster 47, Stockton 43

Weskan 54, Stratton, Colo. 36

Caldwell Tournament
Argonia 47, Central Burden 21

Norwich 42, Caldwell 34

Cattle Trail Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Oberlin-Decatur 56, Hitchcock County, Neb. 36

Chapman Tournament
Rossville 41, El Dorado 36

Cheney Tournament
Pool Play
Pool A
Hutchinson Trinity 54, Wichita Collegiate 24

Pool B
Clearwater 45, Chaparral 34

Cimarron Tournament
Semi-Finals
Meade 50, Bucklin 38

Consolation Semifinal
Satanta 35, Deerfield 19

Circle Tournament
Circle 42, Wichita Defenders 36

Fairfield Tournament
Cunningham 53, Chase 15

Otis-Bison 45, Fairfield 28

Garden Plain Tournament
Garden Plain 58, Rose Hill 55

Hesston 45, Emporia 11

Goessel Tournament
Goessel 43, Elyria Christian 25

Little River 45, Canton-Galva 27

Goodland Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Norton 41, Burlington, Colo. 35

Semifinal
Goodland 40, Oakley 28

McCook, Neb. 41, Wallace County 28

Herington Tournament
Northern Heights 58, Centre 35

Southeast Saline 44, Rural Vista 23

Holcomb Clarion Classic Roundball Tournament
Garden City 66, Denver South, Colo. 29

Holcomb 82, Pueblo East, Colo. 58

Holcomb Clarion Classic Roundball Tournament
Wichita Trinity 50, Scott City 38

Hugoton Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Guymon, Okla. 45, Lakin 41

Ulysses 51, Southwestern Hts. 47

Semifinal
Hugoton 48, Gruver, Texas 42

Kingman Tournament
Wellington 56, Medicine Lodge 28

Lakeside Tournament
Thunder Ridge 46, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 44, OT

Larned Tournament
Semifinal
Ellinwood 60, Hoisington 39

Lincoln Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Phillipsburg 49, Plainville 30

Russell 59, Nickerson 29

Semifinal
Central Plains 56, Ellsworth 47

Ell-Saline 38, Lincoln 20

Marion Tournament
Marion 54, Belle Plaine 25

Marmaton Valley Tournament
West Elk 36, Marmaton Valley 14

Moundridge Tournament
Hillsboro 51, Moundridge 43

Lyons 71, Inman 38

Oklahoma Bible Academy Prep Classic
Wichita County 57, Oklahoma Christian School, Okla. 27

Osawatomie Tournament
Third Place
Central Heights 50, Spring Hill 46

Oxford Tournament
Douglass 49, Oxford 26

Paola Tournament
Seventh Place
Highland Park 49, KC Turner 14

Championship
St. James Academy 38, Bonner Springs 35

Pond Creek-Hunter Tournament
Seventh Place
South Haven 43, Mulhall-Orlando, Okla. 30

Quinter Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Wheatland-Grinnell 66, Quinter 25

Semifinal
Ellis 60, Golden Plains 37

Hoxie 64, Dighton 56

Rolla Tournament
Beaver, Okla. 42, Syracuse 33

Consolation Semifinal
Greeley County 41, Rolla 39

Moscow 67, Elkhart 57

Semifinal
South Baca, Colo. 43, Johnson-Stanton County 38

Skyline Tournament
Pretty Prairie 45, Stafford 14

Sedgwick 46, Pratt Skyline 33

St Paul Tournament
Southeast 47, Derby 44

St. Mary’s Tournament
Mission Valley 42, Onaga 27

Trego Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Trego 46, Western Plains 22

Semifinal
Smith Center 40, Hodgeman County 14

Tri-County Classic
Bennington 42, Solomon 37

Halstead 48, Minneapolis 39

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Maranatha Academy vs. McLouth, ccd.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The most accurate description of Dave Toub may be that he’s a special teams savant.

He’s able to make the rudimentary plays in a football game, kickoffs and punts, seem downright exhilarating. He’s able to get guys who’d rather be playing offense or defense to volunteer for kick coverage or a field-goal unit. He’s able to coax points out of places they shouldn’t be scored.

In fact, what he’s helped Kansas City accomplish through its first 13 games has only been matched or exceeded seven times since 1941, and two of those were by units that Toub coached in Chicago: The Chiefs already have two punt return touchdowns and two kickoff return touchdowns.

“He loves special teams,” explained wide receiver Dexter McCluster, who has both of the Chiefs’ punt return touchdowns. “He probably wakes up and watches film in his bathroom.”

It’s hard to find guys with that kind of zeal for special teams.

The job usually comes under the microscope only when an important field goal is missed, or when an opponent springs a big return of its own. It’s a thankless task. And not surprisingly, coaches tend to gravitate toward sexier positions on offense or defense as soon as they can.

But for Toub, who tried and failed to make it in the NFL as an offensive lineman out of UTEP, the position is also a passion. He spent time as a defensive line coach in the college ranks, but has been coaching special teams since joining Andy Reid’s staff in Philadelphia in 2001.

 Kansas State senior defensive back Ty Zimmerman was named to the USA Today All-America team, the publication has announced.

Zimmerman, who earned second team honors, picked up All-America honors for the second-straight season. Last year, the Junction City, Kan., product was a Second Team All-American by CBSSports.com, recorded third team honors from the Associated Press and was an honorable mention selection by Sports Illustrated.

A two-time team captain, Zimmerman logged 69 tackles in 10 games in 2013 to go along with three tackles for loss and three interceptions. He returned two of his interceptions for touchdowns to lead the Big 12 and tie for second nationally in that department. He has 13 career interceptions to tie for third in school history, while his 221 career interception-return yards rank second.

Earlier this week, Zimmerman was named an All-Big 12 First Team performer by both the league’s coaches and the Associated Press. His designations made him the first player in school history to garner four-straight all-conference accolades, while he is one of just four Big 12 defensive backs to earn four All-Big 12 honors with at least one of those being a first-team designation.

Kansas State travels to Tempe, Ariz., to take on Michigan in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, December 28, at Sun Devil Stadium. The game kicks off at 9:15 p.m. (CT) and will be televised to a national audience on ESPN. Fans can order tickets through the K-State Athletics Ticket office online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets or by phone at 1-800-221-CATS. Fans are strongly encouraged to order through K-State’s official allotment to ensure that all Wildcat fans are seated in the official K-State sections of the stadium.

— K-State Media Relations —