By Tim Everson

The question is inescapable for the Kansas State men, especially now that they’ve won six straight games after downing No. 13 Arizona Tuesday evening: What switch has flipped that’s turned the Wildcats from looking like one of the worst teams in the country into what is statistically the best team in the nation over the last three weeks.

No one knows the full answer. In fact, head coach Jerome Tang has joked several times that if he and his staff knew exactly what’s led to the Wildcats’ recent uptick, they would’ve done it sooner.

Some of it’s fairly basic. K-State assembled a roster that most agreed was loaded with talent. They had one of the top transfer portal classes in the country. With 10 new players on the roster and only one returner with significant playing time from previous seasons, the Wildcats needed time to gel and now, roughly two and a half months into the season, it’s happened.

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By Lewis Marien

A former Kansas State men’s basketball All-American returned to Manhattan ahead of the latest Sunflower Showdown.

Through the collective Wildcat NIL — which aims to enhance name, image and likeness opportunities for K-State student-athletes — Michael Beasley held a meet-and-greet Saturday at Rockin K’s to chat with fans and sign autographs. He also sold some of his “We Them Ones” merchandise at the event.

Beasley said it felt good to return with a lot of old memories coming back, and he felt déjà vu driving down some of the streets.

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Kansas State used another fast start to overwhelm an opponent, as the Wildcats raced out to a 15-4 lead en route to a wire-to-wire 85-57 win over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night before 8,542 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.

K-State (9-11, 3-6 Big 12) collected consecutive wins for the first time in 2025 by turning in its best offensive performance of the Big 12 season to avenge an early loss to Oklahoma State (10-10, 2-7 Big 12). The 85 points are the most through their first 9 league games, as the Wildcats connected on 52.6 percent (30-of-57) from the field, including 52.2 percent (12-of-23) from 3-point range, while making 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from the free throw line.

The defense wasn’t bad either, as K-State held OSU to 57 points on 39.6 percent (21-of-53) shooting, including 31.6 percent (6-of-19) from 3-point range, while forcing an opponent-high 21 turnovers. The Wildcats scored 28 points off those miscues, including 22 in the first half. The 57 points were the fewest allowed a Big 12 opponent and were one point shy of the season low.

K-State used its fast start to build a 22-point halftime lead (45-23) before expanding the advantage to as many as 32 points behind a 12-0 run less than 5 minutes into the second half. OSU never got closer than 24 points the rest of the way. It marked the second straight game that the Wildcats built a 20-point lead at halftime, as they have outscored their last 2 opponents, 87-51, in the first half.

The 28-point victory was the second largest of the season and the largest in Big 12 play under head coach Jerome Tang. It is the largest Big 12 win since an 85-46 win over Oklahoma State at home on Feb. 23, 2019.

Four Wildcats scored in double figures led by a team-high 18 points from junior Brendan Hausen, who went a perfect 5-of-5 from 3-point range. He was joined in double figures by fellow seniors Coleman Hawkins (15 points) and Max Jones (14 points) and junior Dug McDaniel (10 points). Sophomore Mobi Ikegwuruka finished with his best game of the season with 8 points to go with 3 rebounds, 3 steals and a block in 12 minutes off the bench.

Hausen is the seventh player in school history to go 5-of-5 or better from 3-point range and the first since Denis Clemente went 6-of-6 from beyond the arc at Texas on Jan. 31, 2009. Hausen’s only misses came inside the arc, going 5-of-6 from the field and 3-of-4 from free throw line. He has now made at least 5 3-pointers in 4 games, including twice in Big 12 play.

Hawkins enjoyed a stellar all-around performance, as he grabbed a game-high 9 rebounds to go with his 15 points, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks in 33 minutes.

Fifth-year transfer forward Marchelus Avery led all scorers with a game-high 22 points on 7-of-8 field goals, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range, and 6-of-7 free throws off the bench. He was joined in double figures by graduate guard Bryce Thompson.

Jerome Tang

Max Jones, Brendan Hausen & Coleman Hawkins

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