The day may come when Kansas State misses Kamau Stokes on the basketball court, but it hasn’t happened yet.
K-State defeated Oklahoma State 86-82 on Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum without its starting point guard thanks to some heroics from Barry Brown and Cartier Diarra.
Brown, a junior shooting guard, played as if he was trying to win the game all by himself and scored a career-high 38. Diarra, a redshirt freshman, took over at point guard and executed like a veteran, scoring a career-high 17 points on top of four rebounds and four assists.
The Wildcats needed someone to step up with Stokes out indefinitely, watching from the sideline with crutches under his arms and a medical boot on his left foot.