In a physical, at times chippy game, Marquette’s offensive talent ultimately proved too much for Kansas State, who fell at home to the Golden Eagles, 73-65, on Saturday night. K-State can also blame its customary offensive fits and starts, low-scoring first half, and recurrent poor free throw shooting for coming up short.
The loss brings a 33-game home winning streak in non-conference games to an end. Of course, the Cats have not played many (if any) teams the caliber of Marquette in that streak, which traced to 2014.
The start looked momentarily promising, though the season theme of first half offensive struggles asserted itself again.